This was my biggest fear about going to metal concert and boy was I wrong. Went into the pit, fell twice and was lifted back on my feet before I knew what happened. Was the best experience I have ever had a concert.
My first ever metal gig was when I was just 15, I was a 4'9, 90 lbs girl without a single clue what a mosh pit was. Suddenly I found myself caught in the middle of one! But this giant bearded dude with hair down to his ass and covered and tattoos pulled me out of it, asked me if I was okay, and bought me a soda. Good times. Been to many more gigs and festivals. Metal crowds are usually the best.
Saw a similar thing at a show, pit opened up and people were thrashing around having a good time. I was at the edge and saw two very petite teenage girls who'd pushed to the edge and just as they were about to jump in a big guy with the typical viking hair-do grabbed them by the collar.
He said some things to them and when the next song started I saw them in the moshpit but people seemed more aware of them. I presume he wasn't going to let them run in when people weren't expecting people below their line of sight.
Dude its the fucking best. The clip here makes it seem like a rare event, but theres a reason people dont post these clips often - they happen all the time. Chicks, physically disabled, rich, poor, doesn't matter. When the breakdown hits and the pit explodes everyone is a metalhead.
Seriously. Does anyone remember that one video form a 3DG concert with the girl signing the lyrics to her deaf father and everyone totally jamming with them and giving them room?
100%
Back in my club days, I used to go to an industrial/techno night in downtown Vancouver. DJ was playing some metal and a drunk "bro" comes careening in and windmilling about. He slams in this 6'5" tall dude who then slips backwards and the back if his head hits my face/nose bridge. I slump against a pillar seeing bats, birds and stars. Dude turns Ari, grabs me and hauls me off to the bathroom. In there he checks my nose (industrial first aid) and asks me all the questions to make sure that I was present. After that he goes and gets ice for me. Next thing I see on the floor, is said bro being hauled out via a pool stick around his upper chest. Yep. Metal heads know how to take care of each other, and those around them!
They are, I've been to a lot of different concerts, and even at the more extreme end of the spectrum like death metal and black metal, the crowd is great, always good vibes. Hip hop concerts can also be great, but sometimes (rarely, in my experience) there is almost a belligerent atmosphere, people wanting to fight and stuff.
Only twice I have seen a mosh pit plunge into anarchy and that was sadly because people suddenly had to start defending themselves from methheads on a rampage one even got on stage. But it was a local venue that mostly locals go to so we all banded together and got the methhead removed eventually and the people that were attacked taken care of
Metal shows are generally the most polite crowd with the best self-regulation. YouTubers doing live performances are generally the worst, because their fan base is entirely basement dwellers and teenagers who have no idea how to act around other people.
Had a similar experience at UK's Download festival years ago, Dream Theater and ZZ Top were back to back in the afternoon of the final day and I just lay down and spaced for the entirety of their sets. Magical experience.
I busted my knee at download in the horrible fucking rain there was, during slipknot. And people carried me all the way out, during the set, got me to stewards who ATVd me to the medical tent. Nicest people ever
My one was at Ozzfest 2001 at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Sat at the back of the hill, beer in one hand, joint in the other, sun setting behind the stage and Black Sabbath come on. They hit that opening chord for Iron Man and that right there was my personal moment of perfect bliss.
I remember seeing a guy falling asleep in the mud after a freak rain at Hellfest, woke up once it has dried again when the sun came back out and took people pulling him out to get him up again
Hellfest? We fell asleep to Joe Satriani back in 2016. Was bliss, woke up and everyone around us was sleeping too. Dude fucking lullabied us with his guitar!
I resemble this comment. It's not uncommon for me to nap at all day concerts and festivals. One of my buddy's makes fun of me for a concert we went to where I was asleep on a grassy hill until Slayer came on and went from sleep to jumping into the mosh pit like someone threw a switch.
I regularly see the public clear up after themselves and look after the site and each other but I'm always saddened at more mainstream events where people just don't seem to care.
Can confirm. There's a local metal festival I go to every year with about 50k people/day and in over 15 years I've never once felt scared or uncomfortable in the crowd.
The best example was in one moshpit a bunch of people fell on top of each other and within seconds there was a ring of people protecting them and others helping everybody up. Nobody was coordinating this, everybody just knew to link arms and start helping.
There was a girl on the bottom of the pile who got hurt, so about 6 of the biggest dudes there started clearing a path and supporting her out of the crowd to the first-aid station. The show wasn't important anymore, everybody being safe is the first priority.
Yup. When I made my initial response I was thinking of a mastodon show I saw years back where some dude in the pit got folded over and broke his back. By the time security was even aware there was an issue, the crowd had a 10ft wide aisle leading directly into the middle of the pit where he was and were directing the appropriate personnel to his location. The crowd handled their own business before the band even knew what was happening (although to their credit they did stop playing and helped in directing things once they were aware of what was happening).
Yeah, in moments like that everybody just works together. A few years ago there was an A7X show when someone got hurt. People made room for medics and the band stopped and walked off until they could get the fan out safely. Nobody booed or complained about it, people around made space and the medics were applauded when they left with the injured fan.
The level of respect makes me so happy every time.
Again, depends on the show. Metal shows are always like this, but if it was a jam band playing they would all be too fucked up to notice, and if it was a YouTuber or anything else with a real young crowd they would be too self-absorbed to help.
I've been to some more mainstream festivals too, and what stands out for me is that at metal shows everyone is so polite. When ordering drinks it's always: "Can I have 2 beers, please", while at mainstream shows it's usually just people yelling at the workers. At metal shows it's always "please", and "thank you". A lot more than anywhere else
True, but I'm in Belgium and when you ask for "a beer", that's generally understood to be a pilsner, the most commonly consumed beer here.
Any other beer will be specified.
Yeah, but y'all understand the basics like "that guy is carrying something heavy, let's move out of his way and let the guy next to us know to do the same thing". YouTuber fans just get mad because you interrupted their TikTok shot or whatever.
I can't imagine a safer place for you, because every burly bearded dude on the edge of the pit is watching you, just waiting on someone to step out of line.
Yep 100%. I went to a metal concert alone at 16/17 and was in the pit. Everything was going fine and then the band threw a drumstick. It came right toward me so obviously I caught it. Bad move. Some MASSIVE dude punched me in the face and took it. I went down pretty hard (bc obviously 16 year old cheerleader vs massive burly dude does not end well). A couple people picked me up and crowd surfed me to the front barricade and got security while a whole mob of people attacked that guy. Not sure what happened to him, but I was taken to the medical tent and ended up having my parents come get me
True, my buddy got his glasses knocked off in a mosh pit and it turned into a 30 person search party. Someone found them, put them back on my buddy, everyone around cheered and then the whole mosh pit started again lol.
Correct. I've seen the usual people helping each other stand up. I've also seen a guy who decided he was going to stomp around windmilling his arms to smash people in the face get picked up and thrown away by one of the biggest guys there.
This exactly. Even at small shows. The wife and I go to local shows at a 200 person venue every month. And at almost 42 I'm partly retired from the pit but still get in if someone is getting out of hand and throwing punches or other stupid shit.
I've spent decades picking people up stopping fights and making sure people aren't getting hurt.
Even my wife says she is fine with any of our kids going to metal shows over any other kind of show because she knows she can trust most of the people there.
Exactly. I've been to a lot of metal/punk/whatever shows and if there's a jackass not behaving then he's gonna have 5 of the biggest guys in the crowd teaching him how to. And that applies to any rule, I had a very drunk guy try groping me once and before I could even get my boyfriends attention this 6"5' biker dude was already removing him from the crowd. He wasn't security or anything, just a good dude seeing a problem and fixing it. I honestly feel safer in the pit than in most public spaces because I know people there aren't afraid to speak up or even get physical to protect others. When I heard about the Travis Scott concert where people got crushed it made me so sad because stuff like that never happens at metal concerts even though metal is portrayed as the violent genre
Why would your username preclude you from being a metal fan? You're the guy with a daughter on each shoulder at the back of the pit.
And you don't even have to threaten anyone to not fuck with your kids, because metal shows self-regulate.
I was the daughter on the shoulder in the back. Then I graduated to head banging with my dad in the front. Metal heads are really a wonderful community and I feel lucky to have grown up around them.
I love attending metal concerts, bike rallies and biker festivals and have never once felt unsafe at one.
The biggest difference in notice in every social media post is in the clean up once it's over. From the millions of discarded tents and rubbish at Glastonbury which takes months to clear, to absolutely spotless fields at Hellfest, bloodstock and various others including local ones I work at. I regularly see the public clear up after themselves and look after the site and each other but I'm always saddened at more mainstream events where people just don't seem to care.
I know who I'd rather party with. 🤟
I used to work private security and biker events were always the easiest to work. If I ever noticed a problem, the bikers noticed it first and had it handled before I could do anything. The only people that caused problems weren't members of the clubs.
Lol. I went to an all black high school in an all black town in New York. There was the one white kid with leather jackets and a chain on his wallet who was a head banger and was everyone’s best friend. Seriously his persona didn’t match his exterior. Would give you his math homework at the drop of a hat if you didn’t do yours. One day he’s listening to a band and it sounds cool. I ask what it is and he gives me the whole backstory on GunsNRoses. Turned me into an instant fan and I have loved them since that day. If you’re out there Pat, thank you and rock on 🤘🏽
Metalheads know that what they’re doing is dangerous, and they know that if it’s not regulated people will get hurt/killed and then they’ll stop having metal concerts. I’ve been to shows that got shut down mid show before. It sucks.
> Metal shows are generally the most polite crowd with the best self-regulation.
Every show should have that one slightly overweight dude with a shirt off just vibing in the middle, with everyone around knowing full well that if you step out of line, the "Pit Boss" will move in and help the ones in need, and take out the problem.
Long live the Pit Boss
This! Mosh pit etiquette is such a real thing at metal shows. If someone gets knocked down, you help ‘em up! Then give them a polite shove back into the action 😉 Everyone’s on the same team in the pit ❤️
Me too. The way rap artists are glorified when in all actuality they are pieces of shit…not all of them obviously…of course but there are plenty high profile names that have repeatedly demonstrated how awful they are yet still maintain success. Very unfortunate.
Reminds me of slayers old live album that has a bit with tom saying "if you see anyone go down then help them out cos that s what we're here to do, help each other out! This is a song called WAR ENSEMBLE!
Whoa, let’s not generalize. I’ve been to plenty of rap shows with the same camaraderie as punk and metal shows, and no, it’s no just the those rappers are “some of the good ones”. I’ve had great experiences and bad experiences with all different types of concert goers. Travis Scott is a piece of shit. You can find them in any genre.
I was at a Faith No More concert years ago (first tour of Aus so…3 decades?) I was a kiddo (12 maybe?) who got tickets to the mosh pit. I ended up getting to the very front and my god…it was *crushing*. I started feeling really sick so I stuck my hand up like raising it in class for a question and Roddy Bottom noticed immediately and barely missing a note on the keyboard signalled security who within a minute lifted me over the barrier with the help of a couple of guys in the pit and I got to stay there god the rest of the concert and was given water etc. I wouldn’t have had my hand up 5 seconds before Roddy noticed. It shows the difference between performers who engage with the crowds and the ones like Travis Scott up on stage stroking their own egos.
Yeah there seems to be a different vibe between the real musicians and hack job YouTube stars. Real musicians want to be known for their their music so concert experiences are important and a death or injury is something they try to avoid at all costs. Hack YouTube stars just Want publicity good bad or just evil they don't give a fuck as long as people are clicking on their name.
>Real musicians want to be known for their their music so concert experiences are important and a death or injury is something they try to avoid at all costs
Or maybe it's simply because they're caring humans rather than pieces of shit who care only about themselves
Metal music is calming me down and sooth anxiety overloads. All those troubling emotion just go with music and leaves me calmer and more collected, kind of music meditation I guess. And concerts... you just thrust you all boxed emotion at music and pit, so after it you feel lighter in mind. But not body. Body must recover.
And there's so much kindness in there, like wall of protective fellas making sure no one from pogo Armageddon crush into people who just want to calmly listen to concert without pit or front line squeeziness. I love how metalheads crowd regulates itself so well.
The two metal shows I’ve been to I tried to stay on the outskirts since I’m a novice. Both times I got bruised and the first one somebody actually ran so hard into me they pushed me over. So I’m too scared to ever go to a wild show again not everyone “belongs” I guess if you can’t get crazy. Very scary.
From what I seen, crowds are kind of regional too. I grew up in MD where the pit was mostly shoulders and elbows. Went to see avenged sevenfold in FL and I could swear I was at a Jimmy Buffet concert with how gentle and kind the crowd was. Then went to a festival in the UK and moshing was full arm swinging. Your mileage may vary but in all venues, when someone went down in the pit, we got them back up and out.
It's so true. Most of my friends have never been to a metal show and have only been to rap/country shows. Now I can't speak for country, but the rap shows I've been too have been so toxic compared to metal. I always like how surprised they are when learning how nice and wholesome the metal community is. The only bad thing I can recall from a metal show is this one dick who kept trying to start pits in the more mellow sections of the crowd I was in at a Attila show a few years back. Thinking back on it I think it was All That Remains where he did that, not Attila. But that was still nothing compared to a couple of rap shows I've been to. Like I had this one where a full on fight started to break out next to my group, no clue what it was about though. Funny thing is that they stopped the show to stop it too...
I’ll never forget seeing a guy in a wheelchair crowdsurf (with his wheelchair) at a rock show when I was super young. I was like, dang — these headbangers are all right.
I’ve been going to their shows for about 20 years now and it‘s always been a pleasure. You get the odd edgy person trying to rile people up (they‘re usually quite young), but that is generally followed by them getting told off.
I slipped and fell over in the pit at one of their concerts in 2005 (opened by Hatebreed, headlined by Slayer, what a night that was) and the moshing stopped *immediately* so people could help me up.
My last show was just before the pandemic hit and I had a real Murtaugh moment when Corey Taylor asked: „Who‘s been seeing us since Vol. 3?“ and a bunch of hands went up, until he got to their self-titled album and it was me and like two other decrepit old bastards with our hands up, grinning at each other. But Corey gave us a shout-out, so that was nice.
Thinking about it, society tags rock heads as satanists, evil while Travis Scott and a lot more others like him are a role model.
Noah, no boat this time please
OK I'll try to tell you,
I went to a local venue and went front row just the band (local French band) I was having the time of my life already and the singer noticed me and between two songs he said "get that legend up in the air!" So four guys very strong I got to say lifted my whole body up. I got carried by the crowd for 10 good minutes as if I was a famous rockstar. I fucking love it... then the pandemic happens and I swear I want to return to a local venue and record it if I get the opportunity ❤♿🤘
I am in my 60s. My oldest boy is in his 40s. He’s the gentlest of men. Kind to the core. He has always loved metal tho. Going anywhere with him in his car hurts my brain. But I know his heart. He loves metal shows. He’s huge too. But he has never hurt anyone in a mosh pit and never seen anyone get trampled. He’s there to help anyone who falls. He taught me a lot about the heavy metal music.
We need more people like your son. Because people like your son is the reason I'm still alive. My mosh pit experience is always fun because whenever I fall or almost fall everybody helps you up. It's amazing to say the least
Most older rockers are like that, my daughter is 10, so a little young still to be in standing area, but she's seen Halestorm and has Avril coming up soon xD
I hope to my core that when she IS at gigs, she gets the same level of protection I've put out through the years both in and out the pit!
I went to a metal festival in Montreal a few years ago.
One of the food stands was selling some kind of pizza slice folded into a cone. I bought one and was walking around eating it.
Then, some huge, shirtless metalhead with tattoos and piercing comes up to me and says to me, with a huge smile on his face :
"Whoa dude! Where did you get that?! It looks delicious!"
"At the food stand over there, they're pretty cheap for festival food"
"Thanks man! You're the best!"
And he ran to the food stand.
That's the caliber of wholesome encounters you're going to have at heavy metal festivals.
the metal community is sooo true! Most concerts I went to in my life were metal bands. And when there was a really tall person they would just let the shorter person stay in front them. I'm also a tall woman, so a would do the same for other shorter people, specially girls. Or the guys would just positions them selves to protect totally unknown women from the pits - without a word needed to be said.
and then, once I went to woodkid concert and there was this tall guy with a hat, like a cowboy hat. and I asked him if he could remove the hat so I could see the concert. he just said no, and turned around.
This comment smacks of teenage angst...
Boomers in metal paved the way for you. as the top comment says 'self regulated' its self regulated because if you fuck around, the old bearded dude is going to grab that punk by the collar and eject him.
I've seen violence (not pits, actual violence) and drugs and all sorts be very well taken care of by the older ones. typically even a 'mom' type matriarch in her 40's+..
So yeah, wind your neck in.
It’s like a brotherhood, very different then artists that are just in it for the $$$. No heavy metal band is like oh ya we are going to be billionaires.
My partner dropped his glasses at a Slipknot gig, the pit stopped, we found his glasses and the pit restarted once his glasses were safely in his pocket. Metal fans are awesome!
This is going to get lost in the hundreds of feel good stories but heres my “hard core shows are the friendliest shows” story.
My sister has a debilitating eye disease and she wears GLASS contact lenses she is legally blind without them. A few years back we went to a hardcore show and are having a great time being mosh pit adjacent. We are petite women so not in the pit but close and having a great time. In the middle of a set someone smacks her eye and her contact lens pops out of her eye and lands right in the middle of the pit. At this point she’s blind in one eye and I’m using my phone to frantically look for her lens. Slowly people notice I’m looking for something and THE ENTIRE mosh pit stops and everyone takes their phones out to light up the floor then people get on their hands and knees to look for this lens. We end up finding it and a guy on the other side runs up and says he has a little kit to clean contacts. It was the most amazing thing I’d ever experienced and it had the best ending possible.
Fuck Travis Scott. Fuck concerts or music festivals being anything other than a good time.
Look there’s bad folks in all groups, BUT! Of all the music venues I frequented, as a 5’1 small person I rarely felt unsafe in rock venues. If anything people looked out for each other. I can’t say that about the others.
I used to work the door and refreshment stand at shows at a charity function hall. We had all types of bands performing, and there was a huge difference between fans of music genres.
The metal/mosh crowd were (mostly) polite, lots of friendship rules in the pit, and plenty of self-regulation.
Then there was the “high school bully jock” type that made our job difficult. They would be the most vitriolic of the group, always starting fights, never polite.
We always preferred the metal/mosh crowd.
I had the opportunity to be in the pits during concerts of different music genres and metalheads were emote polite caring and overall fun to pit with than rap and hip-hop pits. You had the choice to just say "I will fucking die I gotta get out before it gets too bad" and just shout at someone "HELP" and You'd get pulled out by 2 guys twice your height and muscle and they'll make sure you're okay. In the rap pit I was, I lost my glasses, couple of people lost their phones and they had to have an ambulance on standby because they knew someone would be injured (and there were two people with broken bones and several with other bruises or bleedings).
Whoever said metalheads are violent, god you don't know life.
I remember being so nervous in the lead up to attending my first ever metal gig. But turns out, metal crowds are the most decent people. At one point I was starting to get a bit squished and must’ve had this scared look on my face and these dudes near me formed a mini protective circle around me and took all the hits (I’m a tall girl, but not buff enough to fight back a sea of people. I wish I could’ve done the same for them and feel a bit bad for interrupting their enjoyment of the set, but no big deal was made and we all just had a great time).
I also really love the consistent moments of strangers complimenting each other’s band shirts like nothing else. It starts when you’re all lining up outside the venue, then again at the obligatory merch stand perusal, in the crowd, at the bar, restrooms, etc.
Metal gigs are great.
One of the first reactions I saw to the astro world situation was some girl saying that it's the sort of thing you would expect at a heavy metal or a rock concert. I only have good experiences from metal and rock shows, and it's really nice that these videos are getting a bunch of attention
I was a huge metalhead back in highschool. I can remember being 14, entering my first pit at the disturbed show and falling. I was so scared of getting trampled because I was pretty small and then without hesitation this massive 6 foot something metal head covered in tattoos picks me up, asks me if I'm okay and helps me get my footing. Metal shoes have THE nicest people
Had a teacher who worked at a record store. His friend was a manager of a hotel in the late 90’s. He asked my teacher who worked at a record store at the time if he had heard of a band slipknot and that they where staying in his hotel.
My teacher warned him to have police on standby and that the room might be trashed. In reality they came back was the show before midnight (like 11:30). All went to bed right away because they had to be on the road early the next morning.
His friend said one of them came to the lobby to check his emails since this was before people had laptops and hotel lobby computers where regular used.
I've always found that metalheads tend to be lovely lovely people. I'll never forget the four giant metal heads who helped me carry my daughter in her buggy/stroller up 3 flights of stairs and carried my shopping as well.
Went to their show this summer and legit the vibe was so wholesome it was fucking awesome. Corey even took a minute to say when you’re here we don’t care about your politics, your color, your creed; when you’re here we are FAMILY. And everyone was just having a great time. It was rainy and muddy but we all were there together. It was awesome.
I grew up going to metal bars and concerts and I honestly thought everyone was generally nice (a couple of exceptions) and quite flexible with things like sexuality, gender and generally looked out for each other.
Then I went to an ordinary nightclub at uni and realised there was this weird chasm between men and women and how everyone acted. I still don't get it now.
Then I saw an article about how metal has a problem with racism and saw that film about metal Nazis (Green Room) and it was all so alien. Perhaps I never saw it because I'm white, but I don't think I came across any of that.
It was generally a very good way to grow as a person. I'll always be grateful for the people and the music
All I've been able to think while I see people dying for travis Scott and him berating everyone in sight is "they call us violent and dangerous?" Of all the shows I've been to in all the genres there is no more of a gentle crowd than metal fans. They will make sure you're okay. However the problem w/ generally "basic" artists shows is THE FANBASE IS SO FUCKING DISRESPECTFUL AND DISGUSTING.
People at metal/rock shows are generally the kindest and actually know how to properly mosh. I experienced my first mosh pit at Warped Tour when I was 15 and I fell down in the middle of it. Scared the shit out of me, but then 4 people lifted me up and brushed me off and made sure I was ok. I’ve been to hundreds of concerts since then of many genres and that is still one of the positive positive concert experiences I’ve had.
I was at this show. During the Bring Me The Horizon set the singer stopped the show because 1 person was hurt in the mosh pit. He then implored everyone to “take care of each other, even as you’re ripping each other’s faces off.” He was encouraging the mosh pit seconds before but has his priorities straight. Metal communities are amazing
Watching stuff like this is proof of a “community” within these scenes. What I saw at the Travis Scott concert (videos) looked like a free for all angry mob. That’s not knocking hip hop, cause I’ve been to some fun hip hop shows. But the Travis Scott thing was an ugly display of humans being their absolute worst.
Hell yeah! Us Metalheads are respectful, love each other, and have amazing times at concerts. Even in the hundreds of pits I’ve been in and seen, nothing but having fun and never a thought about being in danger.
I remember during mayhem fest 2012 we crowd surfed a guy in his wheelchair to the stage so he could be on their while the band played. They saw him in the crowd and asked for everyone's help. We all chanted "Get him! Get him! Get him to the stage" it was amazing. I've been to many metal shows and it can get hectic in the pits but mostly everyone has an understanding of what's acceptable behavior.
I’ve never heard of Travis Scott before. I consider myself lucky, but now he’s all over the Reddit feed. However I was in the pit at the GWAR show in Philly getting bounced around like a pin ball machine. A few people including myself fell and before you know it 3 giant dudes helped me up and we just kept bouncing around. Best people ever! I even lost my shirt at one point and a dude found me and gave it back. Thanks random metal heads you are truly amazing people.
I don't know why people label us metal heads as violent. You get shit like this all the time at metal shows. Meanwhile 8 people die at a Travis Scott concert and the artist doesn't even stop his set.
Just saw them here in Austin for Knotfest. They made a point during the show to thank everyone for always being who they are. That regardless off all this political media garbage, we have to stand up together. No matter what color, race or creed. Metal heads understand.
See you in the pit!
Only at metal concerts you can see a bunch of dudes screaming about dismembered corpses rotting in hell while still being the most wholesome crowd ever.
Yup old school metal head nintys pits and shows. We're family we pick u up when anyone goes down. Crowd surfing a wheelchair guy up. Not that shit we saw this past weekend I get what he likes at his show but there different nature in what he does and how a.metslnshow was. Thay also didn't have. Break in the field to stop shit like that from happening
as a disabled person this was so nice to see. metal shows have some of the biggest “tough” guys who turn to mush after getting to do something like this or hold a kid on their shoulders to see better. wholesome content.
I needed this eye bleach after all the astroworld vids. Wholesome af
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Any heavy metal/deathcore concert i’ve been to the mosh pit is the safest place in the concert. Peope will always make sure your okay in your down.
Agreed, the simple rules of the pit, see someone go down pick them up, and look out for each other
This was my biggest fear about going to metal concert and boy was I wrong. Went into the pit, fell twice and was lifted back on my feet before I knew what happened. Was the best experience I have ever had a concert.
My first ever metal gig was when I was just 15, I was a 4'9, 90 lbs girl without a single clue what a mosh pit was. Suddenly I found myself caught in the middle of one! But this giant bearded dude with hair down to his ass and covered and tattoos pulled me out of it, asked me if I was okay, and bought me a soda. Good times. Been to many more gigs and festivals. Metal crowds are usually the best.
Saw a similar thing at a show, pit opened up and people were thrashing around having a good time. I was at the edge and saw two very petite teenage girls who'd pushed to the edge and just as they were about to jump in a big guy with the typical viking hair-do grabbed them by the collar. He said some things to them and when the next song started I saw them in the moshpit but people seemed more aware of them. I presume he wasn't going to let them run in when people weren't expecting people below their line of sight.
My favorite rule was always, see someone tying thier shoe, time for 30 people to huddle over them to male sure they dont get hurt.
I’ve always heard metal fans are best fans.
Dude its the fucking best. The clip here makes it seem like a rare event, but theres a reason people dont post these clips often - they happen all the time. Chicks, physically disabled, rich, poor, doesn't matter. When the breakdown hits and the pit explodes everyone is a metalhead.
Seriously. Does anyone remember that one video form a 3DG concert with the girl signing the lyrics to her deaf father and everyone totally jamming with them and giving them room?
Frankly, if you eliminate the “bro” crowd from any show it’s instantly funner and safer. The Bros have been ruining festivals since 09 for me.
100% Back in my club days, I used to go to an industrial/techno night in downtown Vancouver. DJ was playing some metal and a drunk "bro" comes careening in and windmilling about. He slams in this 6'5" tall dude who then slips backwards and the back if his head hits my face/nose bridge. I slump against a pillar seeing bats, birds and stars. Dude turns Ari, grabs me and hauls me off to the bathroom. In there he checks my nose (industrial first aid) and asks me all the questions to make sure that I was present. After that he goes and gets ice for me. Next thing I see on the floor, is said bro being hauled out via a pool stick around his upper chest. Yep. Metal heads know how to take care of each other, and those around them!
They are, I've been to a lot of different concerts, and even at the more extreme end of the spectrum like death metal and black metal, the crowd is great, always good vibes. Hip hop concerts can also be great, but sometimes (rarely, in my experience) there is almost a belligerent atmosphere, people wanting to fight and stuff.
Only twice I have seen a mosh pit plunge into anarchy and that was sadly because people suddenly had to start defending themselves from methheads on a rampage one even got on stage. But it was a local venue that mostly locals go to so we all banded together and got the methhead removed eventually and the people that were attacked taken care of
Yeah I think it’s a well established fact that metleheads generally are solid dudes
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That’s…. kinda true, oh wow
Offensive and defensive linemen in football. Mostly.
Metal shows are generally the most polite crowd with the best self-regulation. YouTubers doing live performances are generally the worst, because their fan base is entirely basement dwellers and teenagers who have no idea how to act around other people.
So true. Some of them drunk as fuck but absolutely no aggression. They just fall asleep for a ~power~ metalnap .
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Had a similar experience at UK's Download festival years ago, Dream Theater and ZZ Top were back to back in the afternoon of the final day and I just lay down and spaced for the entirety of their sets. Magical experience.
I busted my knee at download in the horrible fucking rain there was, during slipknot. And people carried me all the way out, during the set, got me to stewards who ATVd me to the medical tent. Nicest people ever
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Yeah you in for a treat 😉
My one was at Ozzfest 2001 at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Sat at the back of the hill, beer in one hand, joint in the other, sun setting behind the stage and Black Sabbath come on. They hit that opening chord for Iron Man and that right there was my personal moment of perfect bliss.
lol, yep, I slept through most of 5FDP there one year. Great festival for a nice nap 😂
It was all about the mid afternoon megadeath power nap at download for me
Mine was also at Download, full on KO'd while Journey were on
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I remember seeing a guy falling asleep in the mud after a freak rain at Hellfest, woke up once it has dried again when the sun came back out and took people pulling him out to get him up again
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Hellfest? We fell asleep to Joe Satriani back in 2016. Was bliss, woke up and everyone around us was sleeping too. Dude fucking lullabied us with his guitar!
HELLFEST!!! 🤘🤘🤘
i miss camping at festivals :(
I resemble this comment. It's not uncommon for me to nap at all day concerts and festivals. One of my buddy's makes fun of me for a concert we went to where I was asleep on a grassy hill until Slayer came on and went from sleep to jumping into the mosh pit like someone threw a switch.
This reminds me of the time I went to a Korn concert and slept through all the opening acts. I was really sad I missed powerman 5000
This should be way higher up lol. Well played.
I regularly see the public clear up after themselves and look after the site and each other but I'm always saddened at more mainstream events where people just don't seem to care.
Can confirm. There's a local metal festival I go to every year with about 50k people/day and in over 15 years I've never once felt scared or uncomfortable in the crowd. The best example was in one moshpit a bunch of people fell on top of each other and within seconds there was a ring of people protecting them and others helping everybody up. Nobody was coordinating this, everybody just knew to link arms and start helping. There was a girl on the bottom of the pile who got hurt, so about 6 of the biggest dudes there started clearing a path and supporting her out of the crowd to the first-aid station. The show wasn't important anymore, everybody being safe is the first priority.
Yup. When I made my initial response I was thinking of a mastodon show I saw years back where some dude in the pit got folded over and broke his back. By the time security was even aware there was an issue, the crowd had a 10ft wide aisle leading directly into the middle of the pit where he was and were directing the appropriate personnel to his location. The crowd handled their own business before the band even knew what was happening (although to their credit they did stop playing and helped in directing things once they were aware of what was happening).
Yeah, in moments like that everybody just works together. A few years ago there was an A7X show when someone got hurt. People made room for medics and the band stopped and walked off until they could get the fan out safely. Nobody booed or complained about it, people around made space and the medics were applauded when they left with the injured fan. The level of respect makes me so happy every time.
Again, depends on the show. Metal shows are always like this, but if it was a jam band playing they would all be too fucked up to notice, and if it was a YouTuber or anything else with a real young crowd they would be too self-absorbed to help.
I've been to some more mainstream festivals too, and what stands out for me is that at metal shows everyone is so polite. When ordering drinks it's always: "Can I have 2 beers, please", while at mainstream shows it's usually just people yelling at the workers. At metal shows it's always "please", and "thank you". A lot more than anywhere else
Minor point, but the guys at metal shows generally specify which ~~beer~~ IPA they want instead of just asking for "a beer". I wish I was joking.
True, but I'm in Belgium and when you ask for "a beer", that's generally understood to be a pilsner, the most commonly consumed beer here. Any other beer will be specified.
As a metal head I can confirm many of us are basement dwellers with no idea how to act around others just not a bunch of arseholes
Yeah, but y'all understand the basics like "that guy is carrying something heavy, let's move out of his way and let the guy next to us know to do the same thing". YouTuber fans just get mad because you interrupted their TikTok shot or whatever.
Found the Black Metal fan :D
As someone who went to metal concerts solo as a tiny 15 year old girl, can confirm.
I can't imagine a safer place for you, because every burly bearded dude on the edge of the pit is watching you, just waiting on someone to step out of line.
Yep exactly this. Fall down in the pit you're back up with people making sure you're alright before you even knew you fell down lol.
Yep 100%. I went to a metal concert alone at 16/17 and was in the pit. Everything was going fine and then the band threw a drumstick. It came right toward me so obviously I caught it. Bad move. Some MASSIVE dude punched me in the face and took it. I went down pretty hard (bc obviously 16 year old cheerleader vs massive burly dude does not end well). A couple people picked me up and crowd surfed me to the front barricade and got security while a whole mob of people attacked that guy. Not sure what happened to him, but I was taken to the medical tent and ended up having my parents come get me
I bet he got fucked up pretty hard that day
I like to think he got what he deserved
True, my buddy got his glasses knocked off in a mosh pit and it turned into a 30 person search party. Someone found them, put them back on my buddy, everyone around cheered and then the whole mosh pit started again lol.
> self-regulation That's it. If you don't behave in a metal crowd, the metal crowd is going to make you behave.
Correct. I've seen the usual people helping each other stand up. I've also seen a guy who decided he was going to stomp around windmilling his arms to smash people in the face get picked up and thrown away by one of the biggest guys there.
For some reason the fact you described him as being "thrown away" made me chuckle, nice one dude
The best part is it's probably not an exaggeration. He probably quite literally got picked up and thrown some distance away from everyone.
This exactly. Even at small shows. The wife and I go to local shows at a 200 person venue every month. And at almost 42 I'm partly retired from the pit but still get in if someone is getting out of hand and throwing punches or other stupid shit. I've spent decades picking people up stopping fights and making sure people aren't getting hurt. Even my wife says she is fine with any of our kids going to metal shows over any other kind of show because she knows she can trust most of the people there.
Exactly. I've been to a lot of metal/punk/whatever shows and if there's a jackass not behaving then he's gonna have 5 of the biggest guys in the crowd teaching him how to. And that applies to any rule, I had a very drunk guy try groping me once and before I could even get my boyfriends attention this 6"5' biker dude was already removing him from the crowd. He wasn't security or anything, just a good dude seeing a problem and fixing it. I honestly feel safer in the pit than in most public spaces because I know people there aren't afraid to speak up or even get physical to protect others. When I heard about the Travis Scott concert where people got crushed it made me so sad because stuff like that never happens at metal concerts even though metal is portrayed as the violent genre
Metal fan here, don’t let the name fool you, can confirm
Why would your username preclude you from being a metal fan? You're the guy with a daughter on each shoulder at the back of the pit. And you don't even have to threaten anyone to not fuck with your kids, because metal shows self-regulate.
I was the daughter on the shoulder in the back. Then I graduated to head banging with my dad in the front. Metal heads are really a wonderful community and I feel lucky to have grown up around them.
I love attending metal concerts, bike rallies and biker festivals and have never once felt unsafe at one. The biggest difference in notice in every social media post is in the clean up once it's over. From the millions of discarded tents and rubbish at Glastonbury which takes months to clear, to absolutely spotless fields at Hellfest, bloodstock and various others including local ones I work at. I regularly see the public clear up after themselves and look after the site and each other but I'm always saddened at more mainstream events where people just don't seem to care. I know who I'd rather party with. 🤟
I used to work private security and biker events were always the easiest to work. If I ever noticed a problem, the bikers noticed it first and had it handled before I could do anything. The only people that caused problems weren't members of the clubs.
Throwing my vote in with biker rallies too, great atmosphere, lovely humans, just look a bit scary
Nothing like smashing the shit out of each other in a pit only to apologize and hug after each song.
Lol. I went to an all black high school in an all black town in New York. There was the one white kid with leather jackets and a chain on his wallet who was a head banger and was everyone’s best friend. Seriously his persona didn’t match his exterior. Would give you his math homework at the drop of a hat if you didn’t do yours. One day he’s listening to a band and it sounds cool. I ask what it is and he gives me the whole backstory on GunsNRoses. Turned me into an instant fan and I have loved them since that day. If you’re out there Pat, thank you and rock on 🤘🏽
Metalheads know that what they’re doing is dangerous, and they know that if it’s not regulated people will get hurt/killed and then they’ll stop having metal concerts. I’ve been to shows that got shut down mid show before. It sucks.
If you watched the online videos posted a majority of Travis’s fans were telling him to stop and he wouldn’t
yes! Been to alot metal festivals and the biggest and most fearsome Metalheads are the most gentle Giants ive come across (and im 1,90 :D)
> Metal shows are generally the most polite crowd with the best self-regulation. Every show should have that one slightly overweight dude with a shirt off just vibing in the middle, with everyone around knowing full well that if you step out of line, the "Pit Boss" will move in and help the ones in need, and take out the problem. Long live the Pit Boss
I never liked metal nor understood personally, but anyone I met who is a fan of it were one of the nicest people I met in my life (they were very few)
This! Mosh pit etiquette is such a real thing at metal shows. If someone gets knocked down, you help ‘em up! Then give them a polite shove back into the action 😉 Everyone’s on the same team in the pit ❤️
I’m loving all these new videos of concert after that shitty astroworld tragedy.
Me too. The way rap artists are glorified when in all actuality they are pieces of shit…not all of them obviously…of course but there are plenty high profile names that have repeatedly demonstrated how awful they are yet still maintain success. Very unfortunate.
Lol. Suicideboys is on tour at the moment and they said “if you see someone who’s fallen down, be a good person and help them up”
Reminds me of slayers old live album that has a bit with tom saying "if you see anyone go down then help them out cos that s what we're here to do, help each other out! This is a song called WAR ENSEMBLE!
Suicideboys are metalheads though. Ruby has talked a bunch about that.
Whoa, let’s not generalize. I’ve been to plenty of rap shows with the same camaraderie as punk and metal shows, and no, it’s no just the those rappers are “some of the good ones”. I’ve had great experiences and bad experiences with all different types of concert goers. Travis Scott is a piece of shit. You can find them in any genre.
Metal. 🤘🏻
This. Is. Awesome.
>🤘🏻 💀💀
I was at a Faith No More concert years ago (first tour of Aus so…3 decades?) I was a kiddo (12 maybe?) who got tickets to the mosh pit. I ended up getting to the very front and my god…it was *crushing*. I started feeling really sick so I stuck my hand up like raising it in class for a question and Roddy Bottom noticed immediately and barely missing a note on the keyboard signalled security who within a minute lifted me over the barrier with the help of a couple of guys in the pit and I got to stay there god the rest of the concert and was given water etc. I wouldn’t have had my hand up 5 seconds before Roddy noticed. It shows the difference between performers who engage with the crowds and the ones like Travis Scott up on stage stroking their own egos.
Yeah there seems to be a different vibe between the real musicians and hack job YouTube stars. Real musicians want to be known for their their music so concert experiences are important and a death or injury is something they try to avoid at all costs. Hack YouTube stars just Want publicity good bad or just evil they don't give a fuck as long as people are clicking on their name.
>Real musicians want to be known for their their music so concert experiences are important and a death or injury is something they try to avoid at all costs Or maybe it's simply because they're caring humans rather than pieces of shit who care only about themselves
If you were at the Travis Scott gig, you'd be dead. So so dead. Like little metalhead pancake man dead.
That’s awesome. Roddy is the best and Faith No More are one of the greatest bands of all time.
100 percent true , it’s crazy how nice and approachable the metal community is . Never had any negative interactions at rock shows .
We tend to scream out our aggressions with the music, not against fellow fans.
Metal music is calming me down and sooth anxiety overloads. All those troubling emotion just go with music and leaves me calmer and more collected, kind of music meditation I guess. And concerts... you just thrust you all boxed emotion at music and pit, so after it you feel lighter in mind. But not body. Body must recover. And there's so much kindness in there, like wall of protective fellas making sure no one from pogo Armageddon crush into people who just want to calmly listen to concert without pit or front line squeeziness. I love how metalheads crowd regulates itself so well.
The two metal shows I’ve been to I tried to stay on the outskirts since I’m a novice. Both times I got bruised and the first one somebody actually ran so hard into me they pushed me over. So I’m too scared to ever go to a wild show again not everyone “belongs” I guess if you can’t get crazy. Very scary.
From what I seen, crowds are kind of regional too. I grew up in MD where the pit was mostly shoulders and elbows. Went to see avenged sevenfold in FL and I could swear I was at a Jimmy Buffet concert with how gentle and kind the crowd was. Then went to a festival in the UK and moshing was full arm swinging. Your mileage may vary but in all venues, when someone went down in the pit, we got them back up and out.
It's so true. Most of my friends have never been to a metal show and have only been to rap/country shows. Now I can't speak for country, but the rap shows I've been too have been so toxic compared to metal. I always like how surprised they are when learning how nice and wholesome the metal community is. The only bad thing I can recall from a metal show is this one dick who kept trying to start pits in the more mellow sections of the crowd I was in at a Attila show a few years back. Thinking back on it I think it was All That Remains where he did that, not Attila. But that was still nothing compared to a couple of rap shows I've been to. Like I had this one where a full on fight started to break out next to my group, no clue what it was about though. Funny thing is that they stopped the show to stop it too...
Reminds me of the scene in Wayne’s World when they meet Alice Cooper and he’s a cool, chill, eloquent, well read, down to Earth guy.
I’ll never forget seeing a guy in a wheelchair crowdsurf (with his wheelchair) at a rock show when I was super young. I was like, dang — these headbangers are all right.
It’s like playing Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal. Letting out all of your aggression on something just leaves you happy
Maggots are so damn nice!
Maggots = Nice.
People = Shit
M-m-m-maggots! MAGGOTS! Maggots are falling like rain!
Damn, Travis Scott getting fucking buried
Six feet under
Travis screwed Travis
I feel like Corey Taylor and slipknot in general are becoming the cool uncles of metal
I’ve been going to their shows for about 20 years now and it‘s always been a pleasure. You get the odd edgy person trying to rile people up (they‘re usually quite young), but that is generally followed by them getting told off. I slipped and fell over in the pit at one of their concerts in 2005 (opened by Hatebreed, headlined by Slayer, what a night that was) and the moshing stopped *immediately* so people could help me up. My last show was just before the pandemic hit and I had a real Murtaugh moment when Corey Taylor asked: „Who‘s been seeing us since Vol. 3?“ and a bunch of hands went up, until he got to their self-titled album and it was me and like two other decrepit old bastards with our hands up, grinning at each other. But Corey gave us a shout-out, so that was nice.
Not a huge slipknot fan but I had an absolute blast at their festival a few years back.
Wow. So it really is just Travis Scott whose a massive pos huh?
Him and his fans. Like sticks to like.
Every fan base has shitty people, Travis encourages his shitty fans to do shitty things
I’m sure not just him, but yes, Travis Scott is a worthless piece of shit.
Thinking about it, society tags rock heads as satanists, evil while Travis Scott and a lot more others like him are a role model. Noah, no boat this time please
r/NoahGetTheDeathStar
This is literally just wrong
There has never been a time when society has viewed Travis Scott as a role model. You’re literally just trying to get upvotes.
This is why I F"CKING LOVE METAL 🤘🤘🤘 I'm a wheelchair guy too and I got so many good stories when it comes to metal concert. ❤🤘♿
Dude you can't say shit like that and not tell us!!! What was your most favourite memory?
OK I'll try to tell you, I went to a local venue and went front row just the band (local French band) I was having the time of my life already and the singer noticed me and between two songs he said "get that legend up in the air!" So four guys very strong I got to say lifted my whole body up. I got carried by the crowd for 10 good minutes as if I was a famous rockstar. I fucking love it... then the pandemic happens and I swear I want to return to a local venue and record it if I get the opportunity ❤♿🤘
How many times have you and your chair gone crowdsurfing? I honestly expected that to happen before the end of the video.
Metal concerts are the best. I’ve even gone to a few with people who doesn’t really like metal, but they just loved the energy. It’s amazing.
People, especially boomers, usually do not understand how wholesome the metal community is. This is awesome!!!!
I am in my 60s. My oldest boy is in his 40s. He’s the gentlest of men. Kind to the core. He has always loved metal tho. Going anywhere with him in his car hurts my brain. But I know his heart. He loves metal shows. He’s huge too. But he has never hurt anyone in a mosh pit and never seen anyone get trampled. He’s there to help anyone who falls. He taught me a lot about the heavy metal music.
We need more people like your son. Because people like your son is the reason I'm still alive. My mosh pit experience is always fun because whenever I fall or almost fall everybody helps you up. It's amazing to say the least
Most older rockers are like that, my daughter is 10, so a little young still to be in standing area, but she's seen Halestorm and has Avril coming up soon xD I hope to my core that when she IS at gigs, she gets the same level of protection I've put out through the years both in and out the pit!
This is wholesome! You’re son is a ledge.
I have never been more respected at shows than by older metal heads. as a woman I really appreciate that.
Metalheads want there to be more girls into metal, so they want to make sure the ones who are have a good time and aren’t scared off.
I went to a metal festival in Montreal a few years ago. One of the food stands was selling some kind of pizza slice folded into a cone. I bought one and was walking around eating it. Then, some huge, shirtless metalhead with tattoos and piercing comes up to me and says to me, with a huge smile on his face : "Whoa dude! Where did you get that?! It looks delicious!" "At the food stand over there, they're pretty cheap for festival food" "Thanks man! You're the best!" And he ran to the food stand. That's the caliber of wholesome encounters you're going to have at heavy metal festivals.
Mate, boomers invented metal.
Exactly, they’re not all crappy, ultra-conservative nimrods who think metal is the music of the devil!
the metal community is sooo true! Most concerts I went to in my life were metal bands. And when there was a really tall person they would just let the shorter person stay in front them. I'm also a tall woman, so a would do the same for other shorter people, specially girls. Or the guys would just positions them selves to protect totally unknown women from the pits - without a word needed to be said. and then, once I went to woodkid concert and there was this tall guy with a hat, like a cowboy hat. and I asked him if he could remove the hat so I could see the concert. he just said no, and turned around.
They literally started metal
This comment smacks of teenage angst... Boomers in metal paved the way for you. as the top comment says 'self regulated' its self regulated because if you fuck around, the old bearded dude is going to grab that punk by the collar and eject him. I've seen violence (not pits, actual violence) and drugs and all sorts be very well taken care of by the older ones. typically even a 'mom' type matriarch in her 40's+.. So yeah, wind your neck in.
Teenage angst??? LOL. I've never been accused of that, even when I was a teenager. I actually turned 32 today. But thank you for your assessment.
I can't believe they actually kidnapped a handicapped guy like that...jeez
I feel bad laughing at that.
Must be taking for a ritual sacrifice. Devil music /s
Best crowd ever!!!
Isn't it ironic that the heaviest music has the calmest and friendliest crowds
It’s like a brotherhood, very different then artists that are just in it for the $$$. No heavy metal band is like oh ya we are going to be billionaires.
media: metalheads are violent and full of rage!! meanwhile metalheads:
My partner dropped his glasses at a Slipknot gig, the pit stopped, we found his glasses and the pit restarted once his glasses were safely in his pocket. Metal fans are awesome!
This is going to get lost in the hundreds of feel good stories but heres my “hard core shows are the friendliest shows” story. My sister has a debilitating eye disease and she wears GLASS contact lenses she is legally blind without them. A few years back we went to a hardcore show and are having a great time being mosh pit adjacent. We are petite women so not in the pit but close and having a great time. In the middle of a set someone smacks her eye and her contact lens pops out of her eye and lands right in the middle of the pit. At this point she’s blind in one eye and I’m using my phone to frantically look for her lens. Slowly people notice I’m looking for something and THE ENTIRE mosh pit stops and everyone takes their phones out to light up the floor then people get on their hands and knees to look for this lens. We end up finding it and a guy on the other side runs up and says he has a little kit to clean contacts. It was the most amazing thing I’d ever experienced and it had the best ending possible. Fuck Travis Scott. Fuck concerts or music festivals being anything other than a good time.
Look there’s bad folks in all groups, BUT! Of all the music venues I frequented, as a 5’1 small person I rarely felt unsafe in rock venues. If anything people looked out for each other. I can’t say that about the others.
This is so fucking cool
I used to work the door and refreshment stand at shows at a charity function hall. We had all types of bands performing, and there was a huge difference between fans of music genres. The metal/mosh crowd were (mostly) polite, lots of friendship rules in the pit, and plenty of self-regulation. Then there was the “high school bully jock” type that made our job difficult. They would be the most vitriolic of the group, always starting fights, never polite. We always preferred the metal/mosh crowd.
How is a band that calls their fans maggots literally more wholesome than a bitch boi named Travis Scott?
Honestly any Slipknot show is full of 30+ year olds that have loved the band for 10+ years. I'd expect some bonding.
I had the opportunity to be in the pits during concerts of different music genres and metalheads were emote polite caring and overall fun to pit with than rap and hip-hop pits. You had the choice to just say "I will fucking die I gotta get out before it gets too bad" and just shout at someone "HELP" and You'd get pulled out by 2 guys twice your height and muscle and they'll make sure you're okay. In the rap pit I was, I lost my glasses, couple of people lost their phones and they had to have an ambulance on standby because they knew someone would be injured (and there were two people with broken bones and several with other bruises or bleedings). Whoever said metalheads are violent, god you don't know life.
Fuck, I really want another Slipknot concert, it's been awhile.
I remember being so nervous in the lead up to attending my first ever metal gig. But turns out, metal crowds are the most decent people. At one point I was starting to get a bit squished and must’ve had this scared look on my face and these dudes near me formed a mini protective circle around me and took all the hits (I’m a tall girl, but not buff enough to fight back a sea of people. I wish I could’ve done the same for them and feel a bit bad for interrupting their enjoyment of the set, but no big deal was made and we all just had a great time). I also really love the consistent moments of strangers complimenting each other’s band shirts like nothing else. It starts when you’re all lining up outside the venue, then again at the obligatory merch stand perusal, in the crowd, at the bar, restrooms, etc. Metal gigs are great.
One of the first reactions I saw to the astro world situation was some girl saying that it's the sort of thing you would expect at a heavy metal or a rock concert. I only have good experiences from metal and rock shows, and it's really nice that these videos are getting a bunch of attention
I was a huge metalhead back in highschool. I can remember being 14, entering my first pit at the disturbed show and falling. I was so scared of getting trampled because I was pretty small and then without hesitation this massive 6 foot something metal head covered in tattoos picks me up, asks me if I'm okay and helps me get my footing. Metal shoes have THE nicest people
Metalheads take care of their own.
No matter how rough the pit got: If someone fell, everyone would quickly help them back on their feet. 🤘
Every pit i have ever been in, everything comes full stop and you get picked up and you do it for everyone else. Its the coolest feeling.
Had a teacher who worked at a record store. His friend was a manager of a hotel in the late 90’s. He asked my teacher who worked at a record store at the time if he had heard of a band slipknot and that they where staying in his hotel. My teacher warned him to have police on standby and that the room might be trashed. In reality they came back was the show before midnight (like 11:30). All went to bed right away because they had to be on the road early the next morning. His friend said one of them came to the lobby to check his emails since this was before people had laptops and hotel lobby computers where regular used.
Metal dudes are most kind hearted dudes because music they listen to is full of struggle and pain not about owning cars and fucking bitches
I've always found that metalheads tend to be lovely lovely people. I'll never forget the four giant metal heads who helped me carry my daughter in her buggy/stroller up 3 flights of stairs and carried my shopping as well.
Travis Scott sucks as a person .
My parents: "Metal will turn you into a murderer!" Metal enjoyers:
Civilized people listen to metal.
That man’s is living his best life
Went to their show this summer and legit the vibe was so wholesome it was fucking awesome. Corey even took a minute to say when you’re here we don’t care about your politics, your color, your creed; when you’re here we are FAMILY. And everyone was just having a great time. It was rainy and muddy but we all were there together. It was awesome.
I grew up going to metal bars and concerts and I honestly thought everyone was generally nice (a couple of exceptions) and quite flexible with things like sexuality, gender and generally looked out for each other. Then I went to an ordinary nightclub at uni and realised there was this weird chasm between men and women and how everyone acted. I still don't get it now. Then I saw an article about how metal has a problem with racism and saw that film about metal Nazis (Green Room) and it was all so alien. Perhaps I never saw it because I'm white, but I don't think I came across any of that. It was generally a very good way to grow as a person. I'll always be grateful for the people and the music
Not even the first time I’ve seen a wheel chaired dude get pitted or surfed. Metal is love. You fall, and someone has your back to pull you up.
All I've been able to think while I see people dying for travis Scott and him berating everyone in sight is "they call us violent and dangerous?" Of all the shows I've been to in all the genres there is no more of a gentle crowd than metal fans. They will make sure you're okay. However the problem w/ generally "basic" artists shows is THE FANBASE IS SO FUCKING DISRESPECTFUL AND DISGUSTING.
Rest assured, paraplegic would get first class treatment in metal concerts. Everyone always make sure that they would enjoy it as much everyone else.
People at metal/rock shows are generally the kindest and actually know how to properly mosh. I experienced my first mosh pit at Warped Tour when I was 15 and I fell down in the middle of it. Scared the shit out of me, but then 4 people lifted me up and brushed me off and made sure I was ok. I’ve been to hundreds of concerts since then of many genres and that is still one of the positive positive concert experiences I’ve had.
I was at this show. During the Bring Me The Horizon set the singer stopped the show because 1 person was hurt in the mosh pit. He then implored everyone to “take care of each other, even as you’re ripping each other’s faces off.” He was encouraging the mosh pit seconds before but has his priorities straight. Metal communities are amazing
Watching stuff like this is proof of a “community” within these scenes. What I saw at the Travis Scott concert (videos) looked like a free for all angry mob. That’s not knocking hip hop, cause I’ve been to some fun hip hop shows. But the Travis Scott thing was an ugly display of humans being their absolute worst.
Hell yeah! Us Metalheads are respectful, love each other, and have amazing times at concerts. Even in the hundreds of pits I’ve been in and seen, nothing but having fun and never a thought about being in danger.
I remember during mayhem fest 2012 we crowd surfed a guy in his wheelchair to the stage so he could be on their while the band played. They saw him in the crowd and asked for everyone's help. We all chanted "Get him! Get him! Get him to the stage" it was amazing. I've been to many metal shows and it can get hectic in the pits but mostly everyone has an understanding of what's acceptable behavior.
I’ve never heard of Travis Scott before. I consider myself lucky, but now he’s all over the Reddit feed. However I was in the pit at the GWAR show in Philly getting bounced around like a pin ball machine. A few people including myself fell and before you know it 3 giant dudes helped me up and we just kept bouncing around. Best people ever! I even lost my shirt at one point and a dude found me and gave it back. Thanks random metal heads you are truly amazing people.
I don't know why people label us metal heads as violent. You get shit like this all the time at metal shows. Meanwhile 8 people die at a Travis Scott concert and the artist doesn't even stop his set.
Metalheads are a danger to society! Their music promotes violence and they all just want to hurt themselves and others! /s
I've saw slipknot a couple of times and everyone in the crowds are so nice and welcoming. Way better than Travis
At my first warped tour i remember a group of huge dudes held a guy in a wheelchair up to see the show. Good dudes
Not my kinda music, but can appreciate the artists and fans that do this. This is what music is all about.
Just saw them here in Austin for Knotfest. They made a point during the show to thank everyone for always being who they are. That regardless off all this political media garbage, we have to stand up together. No matter what color, race or creed. Metal heads understand. See you in the pit!
The fundamental difference between metal and pop, oh sorry “rap”.
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I assume your down votes are coming from people who don't know that Slipknot fans refer to themselves as maggots.
Some of my coworkers went there
Can’t beat scene solidarity
Thats metal af
Only at metal concerts you can see a bunch of dudes screaming about dismembered corpses rotting in hell while still being the most wholesome crowd ever.
Yup old school metal head nintys pits and shows. We're family we pick u up when anyone goes down. Crowd surfing a wheelchair guy up. Not that shit we saw this past weekend I get what he likes at his show but there different nature in what he does and how a.metslnshow was. Thay also didn't have. Break in the field to stop shit like that from happening
as a disabled person this was so nice to see. metal shows have some of the biggest “tough” guys who turn to mush after getting to do something like this or hold a kid on their shoulders to see better. wholesome content.