“Wait, they like Slayer?!”
Metalheads come in all shapes, sizes, and shockingly… careers. From wizarding world icons to Hollywood A-listers and even a royal or two (seriously), here are 12 famous faces who secretly (or not-so-secretly) bang their heads to blast beats and breakdowns.
🥇 1. Jason Momoa – King of Atlantis, Lord of the Pit
Metal Credentials: Massive Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera fan. Has jammed onstage with Primus.
Highlight: Named one of his kids after Kratos. He’s basically a riff in human form.
Vibe: If Conan the Barbarian joined Lamb of God.
🥈 2. Jack Black – High Priest of the D
Metal Credentials: Frontman of Tenacious D, worshipper of Dio, and full-blown shred disciple.
Highlight: “The Metal” is basically our national anthem.
Vibe: Chaos goblin with a Les Paul and a falsetto that could summon Odin.
🥉 3. Post Malone – From mumble rap to Metallica tap
Metal Credentials: Covered Metallica, rocked with Ozzy, and lives for Megadeth.
Highlight: Wore a Cannibal Corpse T-shirt on stage. Respect.
Vibe: If your tattooed cousin DJ’d your BBQ… and played Cowboys From Hell mid-set.
🎤 4. Kristen Stewart – Twilight? More like Deathklok at Midnight
Metal Credentials: Big Tool and Mastodon fan.
Highlight: Named Baroness and Gojira among her favourites.
Vibe: Brooding stoner metal queen with eyeliner sharper than her cheekbones.
👑 5. Prince Harry – The Royal Riffer
Metal Credentials: Confessed to loving Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Megadeth.
Highlight: Once said he used metal to drown out the press. Tidy move.
Vibe: If Bruce Dickinson crashed a polo match.
🎧 6. Keanu Reeves – Matrix? Try Morbid Angel
Metal Credentials: Bassist in his own alt-rock band, Dogstar, and longtime fan of metal.
Highlight: Loves Meshuggah. Let that sink in.
Vibe: Neo, but with a studded belt and a love for odd time signatures.
📚 7. Stephen King – Master of Horror… and Sabbath
Metal Credentials: Massive AC/DC and Metallica fan. Referenced Slayer in books.
Highlight: Uses metal to soundtrack his writing sessions. No wonder Pennywise’s a freak.
Vibe: What if your spooky uncle was into Sepultura?
🧙♂️ 8. Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Chamber of SLAAAYEEEERRR
Metal Credentials: Total metal nerd. Loves Napalm Death, System of a Down, and Motorhead.
Highlight: Once said he’d love to be in a grindcore band. YES MUN.
Vibe: Wizard by day, pit warrior by night.
🎮 9. Finn Wolfhard – Stranger Strings
Metal Credentials: Grew up on Metallica and Sabbath. Plays in his own band.
Highlight: Absolute scene-stealer in Stranger Things 4’s Eddie Munson tribute.
Vibe: Teenage dirtbag with killer taste.
🪓 10. Margot Robbie – Harley Quinn, Slayer Stan
Metal Credentials: Grew up listening to heavy metal in Australia, cited Slipknot and heavy punk bands.
Highlight: Played air guitar to Korn on chat shows.
Vibe: Barbie, but she screams along to Wait and Bleed in the car.
🎤 11. Lady Gaga – Mother Monster Goes Metal
Metal Credentials: Loves Iron Maiden, went to their gigs, and calls Bruce Dickinson one of her heroes.
Highlight: Said the Maiden crowd made her feel more accepted than pop fans ever did.
Vibe: Madonna meets Motörhead.
🤯 12. Nicolas Cage – The Unhinged Doom Enthusiast
Metal Credentials: Total recluse metal fan. Said he finds metal “relaxing.”
Highlight: “Mandy” soundtrack slaps, and he’s admitted to zoning out to black metal.
Vibe: That guy in the corner of the pub drinking Guinness and whispering “Emperor’s early stuff was better.”
🏁 Honourable Mentions:
- Ryan Gosling – big Deftones and Gojira fan
- Anthony Hopkins – has composed classical music but digs heavy sounds 🤯
- Demi Lovato – formerly pop, now full-blown metal scream queen
- Andrew Garfield – digs Bring Me The Horizon
🎬 Closing Riff:
Whether it’s royalty, witchcraft and wizardry, or the Hollywood elite, metal has no borders, mun. These celebs might walk red carpets, but in their hearts, they’re stomping through circle pits.
🖤 Got more unexpected metalhead celebs? Drop ‘em in the comments or yell at us from a rooftop with a megaphone.
