metalhead
noun
met·al·head ˈme-tᵊl-ˌhed 
: a fan or performer of heavy metal
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Outfitted in a battle vest — an imposing denim jacket covered in band patches that was standard apparel for every card-carrying metalhead in the Reagan era — singer-guitarist James Hetfield even dressed the part. 
Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2022 Quinn starred on Stranger Things 4 as new character Eddie Munson, the teenage metalhead and Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master who gets blamed for all the Vecna killings in Hawkins. Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2022 Stranger Things, whose final fourth-season episodes premiered July 1; the sync helps shape a pivotal sequence involving metalhead Eddie Munson (played by Joseph Quinn). Xander Zellner, Billboard, 12 July 2022 And of course metalhead Eddie was living out his rock-god dreams while in his own real-life Dungeons and Dragons battle against the demobats – literal mind puppets of Vecna – in the Upside Down. Anna Chan, Billboard, 12 July 2022 Joseph Quinn joins the cast in Season 4 as Eddie Munson, the metalhead leader of the Hellfire Club. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 The former self professed metalhead quickly found a niche in the world of Americana music, which is defined as a kind of Alternative Country. John Canale, cleveland, 23 May 2022 The group is led by the zany and outspoken metalhead Eddie Munson, played by newcomer Joseph Quinn. Antonio Ferme, Variety, 15 May 2022 Release Date: April 8, 2022 Game of Thrones' Greg Shapiro and D.B. Weiss bring us this Netflix movie, about a high-school metalhead who is desperate to win an upcoming Battle of the Bands. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022 See More
Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2022 Quinn starred on Stranger Things 4 as new character Eddie Munson, the teenage metalhead and Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master who gets blamed for all the Vecna killings in Hawkins. Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2022 Stranger Things, whose final fourth-season episodes premiered July 1; the sync helps shape a pivotal sequence involving metalhead Eddie Munson (played by Joseph Quinn). Xander Zellner, Billboard, 12 July 2022 And of course metalhead Eddie was living out his rock-god dreams while in his own real-life Dungeons and Dragons battle against the demobats – literal mind puppets of Vecna – in the Upside Down. Anna Chan, Billboard, 12 July 2022 Joseph Quinn joins the cast in Season 4 as Eddie Munson, the metalhead leader of the Hellfire Club. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 The former self professed metalhead quickly found a niche in the world of Americana music, which is defined as a kind of Alternative Country. John Canale, cleveland, 23 May 2022 The group is led by the zany and outspoken metalhead Eddie Munson, played by newcomer Joseph Quinn. Antonio Ferme, Variety, 15 May 2022 Release Date: April 8, 2022 Game of Thrones' Greg Shapiro and D.B. Weiss bring us this Netflix movie, about a high-school metalhead who is desperate to win an upcoming Battle of the Bands. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above