Buy yourself an identity. A few CDs, a tshirt or two, and you're a metalhead. That's fine, and I encourage it. If you want to go further however, you need to figure out what this music has in common that you like -- and then discover the ideas behind that. Why I'm a Hessian and not a metalhead
I actually am a Hessian. Like, my ancestry goes back to one of those mercenaries who fought in the revolutionary war. So I guess both meanings of the word apply to me.