The aim of the thesis is to investigate to what extent current so called metalheads and their musical and cultural experience of metal can still be connected with the concept of classic subculture. At the same time I wonder if metalheads nowadays are still typical representatives of a typical subculture, or in what sense does current image of the metal scene still resembles the core heavy metal subculture. The changes that have taken place from the past to the present will be outlined on the basis of the theoretical elaboration of classic subcultural theory and modern post-subcultural studies. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to find the origins of both subcultural theories. The interviewees were divided into two generational groups. Five of them belong to the younger generation of metalheads with all being in their late twenties, while the other five belong to the older generation, with the interviewees being in their forties or older. In the analytical part, I dissect the given interviews and identify the similarities and above all the differences between the older and the younger generation. A comparison of the views, attitudes, perceptions, opinions and experiences of the two generations roughly outlines where and how metal and metalheads nowadays can be defined within the concepts of such a turbulent, living and changing idea as subculture.
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