Originally Posted by mojopinuk

I dont feel like an outsider or a misfit as a metal fan. Sure, in some situations i might not be the life and soul of the party but I am not socially retarded. I'm just fine.

I don't like your more conventional, "trendy" nightclubs, they make me uncomfortable and I don't enjoy them. Mainly because the music is (what I consider to be) awful and I don't feel I belong so maybe that makes me an outsider? But I just see it as a difference in preference, when it comes to music, surroundings, circles of friends and what an individual considers to be a good night out. Most of those people feel like outsiders when they come to some of the clubs I DO enjoy! Some of them won't even come to the metal clubs I go to because they are intimidated.

In most social situations I am just fine. I CAN be shy but 90% of the time I'm not. I don't feel different in any way. I like music that they don't. Big deal.

Even though there are "metalheads" who can be very narrow minded and probably LIKE being seen as some kind of outsider or rebel, I feel I encounter many more people who would judge me for enjoying metal.

"Thats just noise."

"How could you possibly like that SHIT?!"

The kind of people who think metal is defined as a thousand notes a second, fast paced, blast beats and screaming/growling. Yeah, cause that covers the genre perfectly, doesn't it?

If I'm an outsider, that's because these people make me one. Not the other way around.