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What Type of Metalhead Are You? Find Out in This Quiz!

Ready for the ultimate metal subgenre quiz? Find your metal style now!

Editorial: Review CompletedCreated By: Joseph OtungUpdated Aug 27, 2025
2-5mins
Profiles
paper art collage of metal symbols and bold text on dark blue background inviting quiz takers to find their metal subgenre

This metalhead quiz helps you find your true metal style by matching you with the subgenre that fits how you listen. Answer quick questions about riffs, speed, and mood, and you'll discover your type while you play. Want more? Explore your metal persona or see if you're truly one of us .

Your ideal riff feels like
A buzzsaw sprint that never lets up
A monolithic wave that hangs in the air
A windswept tremolo over endless horizon
A gleaming melody you can shout from a mountaintop
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Pick the live show moment that makes you grin
Circle pit snaps into motion at the first snare crack
The room holds its breath between thunderous chords
Fog rolls in and the stage looks like a nocturnal forest
The whole crowd belts the chorus in perfect unison
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Your album art brief to the designer is
Skulls, speed lines, street grit, DIY energy
Weathered stone, runes, smoke, negative space
Moonlit peaks, stark trees, cosmic void
Dragons, banners, radiant light, vivid colors
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Choose a lyrical spark
Urban struggle turned into defiant action
Existential weight carried like a ritual
Nature's indifference and personal transcendence
Heroic quests where courage remakes fate
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Your tempo sweet spot is
As fast as the drummer can count off
Slow enough to feel the earth shift
Surging mid-fast that breathes like wind
Driving and uplifting, built for singalongs
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Pick a stage lighting mood
Strobe bursts and raw warehouse glare
Dim amber glow with slow-moving haze
Icy blues and deep shadows like midnight
Golden spotlights that bloom on big choruses
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Your favorite weather to write in
Dry heat and a restless breeze
Heavy overcast that makes time feel slow
Frosty night with a clear constellation map
Crisp sunrise after a storm
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Preferred vocal energy
A serrated bark that cuts through the mix
A mournful bellow steeped in gravity
A distant rasp that feels like wind over stone
A soaring belt that carries the banner high
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Your go-to guitar tone
Tight, biting, and palm-muted punch
Thick, saturated, and slow-churning
Raw, reverb-kissed, and atmospheric
Bright, harmonized, and triumphant
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Pick a rehearsal space
Graffiti-scarred garage with cement floors
Candlelit room with amps like monoliths
Cabin near the treeline with cold air creeping in
Sunlit hall with banners and big acoustics
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Your crowd interaction style
Fuel the pit and shout the next riff count
Let silence speak and then crush with one chord
Few words, let the atmosphere do the talking
Rally everyone into a unison chant
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Choose a non-music hobby
Skateboarding through backstreets
Collecting old books and slow brewing tea
Night hikes and stargazing
Tabletop adventures and worldbuilding
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Your ideal song ending
All-out sprint to a hard stop
A final chord that rings like a bell for miles
Fade into the whisper of the void
Last chorus modulated higher for victory
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Your recording philosophy
Capture the take with sweat still on it
Let the amps breathe and the room rumble
Embrace raw edges and wide open space
Layer harmonies until it shimmers
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Pick a symbol
Lightning bolt on a battered patch
Obsidian monolith under low clouds
Crescent over a pine ridge
Winged sword with a radiant halo
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Your exercise vibe
Sprint intervals that leave you buzzing
Slow, heavy lifts with long rests
Solitary trail runs at dusk
Group ride where everyone pushes the climb
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Favorite mythic image
A rebel forging a path through steel and smoke
An ancient titan waking beneath the earth
A lone seer under auroras reading the void
A knight raising a banner on sunlit ramparts
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Choose a garment for the show
Patched battle jacket and scuffed sneakers
Heavy boots and a long, dark coat
Hooded cloak and black denim
Studded leather with a bright crest
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Your planning style before a project
Start now, refine on the run
Outline steps, leave room for long pauses
Research deeply, strip to essentials
Write the ending first to keep spirits high
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Pick a cinematic landscape
Neon alleys and roaring highways
Desert plateau under slow-moving clouds
Glacier valley at midnight sun
Sky islands above a golden sea
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Every song gains intensity by playing faster.
True
False
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A single sustained note can feel heavier than a flurry of notes.
True
False
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Atmosphere in music only comes from lyrics.
True
False
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Hopeful melodies can still be heavy.
True
False
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Raw production always means low artistry.
True
False
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Solitude can sharpen creative focus.
True
False
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Stories and fantasy themes have no place in heavy music.
True
False
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Nature can be a muse for extreme music.
True
False
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Community and chaos cannot coexist in a pit.
True
False
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Patience can make impact deeper.
True
False
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Profiles

  1. The Doom Sower -

    Immersed in slow, monolithic riffs and moody atmospheres, you gravitate toward doom metal's melancholic depths. Quick tip: Explore Candlemass or Pallbearer for a crushing soundtrack and join an online doom community to connect with like-minded fans.

  2. The Thrash Titan -

    Fueled by lightning-fast riffs and relentless energy, you thrive on thrash metal's raw intensity. Quick tip: Build a playlist of classics from Metallica and Exodus, then challenge friends to a headbanging contest - show them what type of metalhead you are!

  3. The Black Coven -

    Drawn to frostbitten melodies and occult themes, you find your calling in the shadows of black metal. Quick tip: Delve into Emperor and Darkthrone for atmospheric chills, and attend a local black metal show to fully embrace the ritual.

  4. The Symphonic Virtuoso -

    With a love for lush orchestrations and grandiose vocals, you excel at blending classical elegance with metal might. Quick tip: Stream Nightwish or Epica to fuel your symphonic passion and share your favorite anthems in our metal subgenre quiz forum.

  5. The Groove Shredder -

    You live for head-nodding grooves and infectious riffs that lock in tight pockets of rhythm. Quick tip: Crank up Pantera or Lamb of God and refine your air-guitar chops - you'll soon discover how to command any mosh pit.

  6. The Progressive Architect -

    Inventive structures and technical prowess define your world; you crave ever-evolving songscapes. Quick tip: Dive into Dream Theater or Opeth, then compose your own intricate playlist - this metalhead quiz was made for innovators like you.

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