metalhead

plural metalheads

1. informalSomeone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music.

   Synonyms: headbanger, metaller

2. derogatoryhumorousrareA robot.

   Why don't we send some Cogs over to stop her! She can't cast the spell with those metalheads around!

   1996 August 2, Elizabeth J. Dedman, “The Last Coin- part 26”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

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   łNooooooooo!˛ Adam yelled frustratively as he saw the gateway closed. He turned his attention to the remaining Cogs. łOkay, you metalheads! Where did Sprocket take Billy?˛

   1997 January 23, Kat, “NEW FANFIC: Billy Pt 2”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

   I did like the episode when they encountered the planet of humans with the 'East' fighting the 'West', and we were never really certain if we found a futuristic version of the Earth. I wished they did more stuff like that and less stuff with the large stupid metalheads intoning "by your command" before dying in a dogfight rerun...

   1997 February 14, William Edward Woody, “This week's BORG Episode on VOYAGER”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

   This particular day, the robots were in charge. They were everywhere--tiny maintenance drones no larger than a mouse, giant intelligent earth-movers, humaniform robots of varying complexity, even a self-aware Soong-style android who had graciously consented to serve as the festival's keynote speaker. […] --Fred-- (who's got his hands full with 3 NPC's and a building full of "metalheads")

   1997 April 23, Fred Warren, “USS EXCALIBUR: At the Robotics Fair”, in alt.starfleet.rpg (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

   At least one of the stories in the _I, Robot_ anthology assumes this; "Little Lost Robot" is typical. Not that we've made all that much progress in intelligent amiable ambulatory metalheads anyway.

   2003 September 28, The Ghost In The Machine, “Nasa's list of emerging physics : ( Vacuum Energy )”, in sci.physics (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026