To each their own.
Metal and Hard Rock have a lot of different subgenres, I love/loved many from a lot of different styles and levels of heaviness, and so did some of the biggest metalheads I grew up with. A MF trying to be "hard core" or a bs social club instead of about the MUSIC itself, that's what a poser is, tryna be king of the sausage fest. I welcome ANYONE who would support the genre and support these bands/players! THE GUITAR and musicianship/chops is what differentiates the REAL players from the glam(that's what we used to call it)/fashion, CAN YOU PLAY, did you love it enough to put in the WORK.... "I'm heavier because I bought an 11 string and sub woofer fart box for my tone" but can't play shit is a poser, not the kid who spent 8 hours playing till his fingers bled for nothing but the love of it.