headbanger

[hed-bang-er]

noun

Slang.

1. metalhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of headbanger¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

A balladeer in the body of a headbanger, Ozzy Osbourne brought soul and emotion to the heavy-metal genre he helped invent as the frontman of Black Sabbath and which he turned into a global force as an outrage-courting solo act.

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Also on board: international EDM stars Galantis and Alison Wonderland, dubstep headbanger Sullivan King and many more.

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It’s one of rock’s best-known and strangest songs: a six-minute radio hit that starts out as a piano ballad, becomes a high-pitched opera, then tumbles into a headbanger’s anthem.

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Peppered with O.G.s like Ministry and Sisters of Mercy and young bloods like Turnstile and Machine Girl, it will be a headbanger’s ball to remember.

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For the fiery headbanger, Post unleashed a string of guttural screams and blew half his pyro budget for his biggest rock-star moment of the night.

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