headbanger
noun
head·bang·er
ˈhed-ˌbaŋ-ər 
: a musician who performs hard rock
also
: a fan of hard rock
Examples of headbanger in a Sentence
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Pretty Runaway’s fan club took to TikTok to share their love for the headbanger.
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Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
It’s been a decade since the old Station 4 night club closed on 4th Street, leaving headbangers and metal heads — among other fans of underground music — a bit adrift.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2024
Still, at the same time, his records were instant headbangers amongst the younger generation and ear candy for clubgoers.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
Its music scene, anchored by place-proud local artists, is reaching global dimensions, with emerging festivals like the thunderous Aftershock drawing crowds of over 160,000 headbangers.
—Leilani Marie Labong, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
O’Neal wanted an event that headbangers could appreciate.
—Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
And some of those Black Sabbath headbangers really got into it, big time!
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
Metallica’s latest tour is only playing select cities this year (Cleveland is not one of them), but headbangers can get their fix this weekend when the group’s two performances at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, are live-streamed to movie theaters nationwide.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
Goths, punks, headbangers, and even a few normies are scattered throughout the crowd, ready to give these road dogs a victory lap.
—Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 24 May 2023
Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
It’s been a decade since the old Station 4 night club closed on 4th Street, leaving headbangers and metal heads — among other fans of underground music — a bit adrift.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2024
Still, at the same time, his records were instant headbangers amongst the younger generation and ear candy for clubgoers.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
Its music scene, anchored by place-proud local artists, is reaching global dimensions, with emerging festivals like the thunderous Aftershock drawing crowds of over 160,000 headbangers.
—Leilani Marie Labong, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
O’Neal wanted an event that headbangers could appreciate.
—Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
And some of those Black Sabbath headbangers really got into it, big time!
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
Metallica’s latest tour is only playing select cities this year (Cleveland is not one of them), but headbangers can get their fix this weekend when the group’s two performances at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, are live-streamed to movie theaters nationwide.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
Goths, punks, headbangers, and even a few normies are scattered throughout the crowd, ready to give these road dogs a victory lap.
—Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 24 May 2023
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“Headbanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headbanger. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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