How to Use headbanger in a Sentence

headbanger

noun
  • There does seem to be fewer headbangers than there used to be.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
  • This is why headbangers and punks are the most loyal fans on the planet.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Roan is backed by a metal band of female headbangers.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The pit is the Promised Land every true headbanger longs for.
    — Bob Larsen, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2022
  • That’s two new tunes, two classics in four nights — something for every headbanger.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
  • After the Azure headbanger leaves the stage, Nadella emerges from the wings.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The worst part about weddings for headbangers is wedding DJs and their staid playlists.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 29 May 2023
  • Metallica has always been a headbanger band.
    — Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The last elimination of the season is a good old-fashioned headbanger.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2023
  • That's right, the producers are pulling out all the headbanger classics for All Stars!
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • And some of those Black Sabbath headbangers really got into it, big time!
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Pretty Runaway’s fan club took to TikTok to share their love for the headbanger.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor Momsen slays a sludgy headbanger, with an assist from half of Soundgarden.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 July 2021
  • The title track kicks off with a tornado of high-speed shred that plays like the headbanger’s version of a classical overture.
    — Hank Shteamer, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The 13-track album straddles pop and rock, acoustic tracks and nostalgic pop-punk headbangers.
    — Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 27 Sep. 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
  • Even though many Metallica fans pretended to loathe the Load albums, headbangers came out for them.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
  • The string arrangement adds a gorgeous drama to the tune, while also making the headbanger shockingly graceful.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2019
  • As far as biases go, my taste is for anything exciting, emotional, dance-worthy, and an outright headbanger.
    — Vogue, 7 Dec. 2021
  • And if the elimination is a headbanger, Big Easy would obviously win.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the Nashville concert was sold-out and 9,800 headbangers were waiting.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Walking into Purgatory, there's just an empty circle in the pit, meaning this is going to be a headbanger!
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 June 2020
  • But according to the film, Alago was recognized as a headbanger whose knowledge of the scene demanded respect.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2017
  • Days earlier, the band had wrapped up a spring tour supporting the Viking headbangers Amon Amarth and Dethklok.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
  • Like the classic headbanger this challenge is based on, this will all be happening at once, so players can and will collide in the center, like a three-way Hall Brawl.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Hordes of headbangers amassed in Germany for the world’s largest heavy metal festival – among them, two elderly men who apparently left their retirement home to rock out, police said.
    — Rick Noack, The Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Flavors of Detroit techno and soulful wailing gradually seep in to this deranged headbanger that seemingly crept in from a dimension just adjacent to ours.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026

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