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metalhead en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal English -head English metalhead From metal + -head.

Meanings

1. (informal) Someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.
2. (derogatory, humorous, rare) A robot.
   • łNooooooooo!˛ Adam yelled frustratively as he saw the gateway closed. He turned his attention to the remaining Cogs. łOkay, you metalheads! Where did Sprocket take Billy?˛ 1997 January 23, Kat, “NEW FANFIC: Billy Pt 2”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:
   • I did like the episode when they encountered the planet of humans with the 'East' fighting the 'West', and we were never really certain if we found a futuristic version of the Earth. I wished they did more stuff like that and less stuff with the large stupid metalheads intoning "by your command" before dying in a dogfight rerun... 1997 February 14, William Edward Woody, “This week's BORG Episode on VOYAGER”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:
   • Why don't we send some Cogs over to stop her! She can't cast the spell with those metalheads around! 1996 August 2, Elizabeth J. Dedman, “The Last Coin- part 26”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:
   • At least one of the stories in the _I, Robot_ anthology assumes this; "Little Lost Robot" is typical. Not that we've made all that much progress in intelligent amiable ambulatory metalheads anyway. 2003 September 28, The Ghost In The Machine, “Nasa's list of emerging physics : ( Vacuum Energy )”, in sci.physics (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:
   • This particular day, the robots were in charge. They were everywhere--tiny maintenance drones no larger than a mouse, giant intelligent earth-movers, humaniform robots of varying complexity, even a self-aware Soong-style android who had graciously consented to serve as the festival's keynote speaker. […] --Fred-- (who's got his hands full with 3 NPC's and a building full of "metalheads") 1997 April 23, Fred Warren, “USS EXCALIBUR: At the Robotics Fair”, in alt.starfleet.rpg (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026:

Forms

Relateds

hesher

Synonyms

headbanger · metaller

Translations (29)

pt metaleira (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · it metallara (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · he מטאליסט (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · mk металец (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · da heavyrocker (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · fr métalleuse (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · fr métalleux (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · et hevinaine (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · nb metalhead (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · es metalero (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · sv metalhead (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · fi hevari (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · cy pendonciwr (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · de Metallerin (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · tr metalci (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · it metallaro (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · ru металли́ст (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · nb hardrocker (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · ja メタラー (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · is málmhaus (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · sv hårdrockare (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · pl metalowiec (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · nn hardrockar (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · pt metaleiro (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · nn metalhead (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · et metallist (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · es metalera (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · de Metaller (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music) · et hevimees (someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music)