I'm not quoting anything that was said on this particular page, but some of it just makes me feel ashamed to even call myself a metalhead.
Metal shouldn't be about elitism. It should be the very oppositve of that. It's about having an open mind and being receptive to different and interesting styles of music. Not shutting other people off because what they listen to is 'nu' or something gay like that.
Another thing...you don't have to 'know' everything about metal to be a metalhead. Fuck, I wouldn't be able to name any of the albums that Anthrax, Megadeth, Iron Maiden etc released, because they simply don't interest me. And in retrospect, I'm not going to try and convince anyone that those bands suck. I'll just listen to the hundreds of other bands I'm into.
Anyway, why get worked up about shit like this? I mean, seriously...think about it. You're not going to get hot chicks, or millions of dollars, a sports car, or even a nice cake by hanging shit on someone. You're just going to convince them that you're a prick.
Major props to The_Ghoul for cooling things down and being the voice of reason.