How many metalheads in the world

This table lists the proportion of metal bands per , people, number of bands, and total population by country for each country with data about heavy metal bands. Great work! I isolated data from Quebec within Canada and the numbers reveal surprising data — Quebec has more metal bands per capita than Germany!

Is there some way I could feed you my data to integrate it in this interactive map? Email the data to editor gislounge.

Interesting that Bhutan has some bands that made the list. Not sure why they were omitted from the list.. Metal is freedon, the soundtrack for anyone who is not part of mediocrity. I do not know how it is in other countries, but here in Brazil fans ranging and Headbanging!!! That's because misconceptions about those who listen to loud or aggressive music still exist, unfortunately, even though such notions are largely receding.

Regardless, those who research metal music and how it can influence fans' mental or physical states nearly always elicit some enticing bit of information. Did you know one study found metal fans are most likely to have a sexual encounter in a car? Or that listening to metal may lower one's blood pressure?

How about the study that said listening to metal can reduce anger? It seems science is always finding something new about metalheads and the music we love. Finland has more than 50 metal bands for every , citizens, making it, perhaps, the heaviest of all metal places in the world. So, when a national search in Finland to find the heaviest of all heavy metal places brought the town of Lemi — population 3, — into the international spotlight, it presented the small town with a unique economic opportunity.

With the popularity of bands like HIM, Nightwish and Children of Bodom in the lates, Finland cemented its reputation as a metal stronghold. While metal is a genre relegated to the underground in many countries, metal has flourished in Finland and its Nordic neighbors. Hyyrynen certainly looks the metalhead part with long blond hair, arms and hands covered in tattoos and a T-shirt of British death metal band Carcass. Just like metal. It spans three days with 15, people attending each day.

He says Finnish bands take their music seriously, but always include a hint of humor. More than that — could they find the city in the country with the highest concentration of heavy metal bands? Could it be a contest where cities were ranked on how metal they are? A perfect opportunity to promote Finnish culture and boost tourism.

A city to crown the Capital of Metal. Lemi, a municipality with just 3, residents, emerged as that place because it had 13 metal bands.