Ah, Instagram, a nonstop visual feast for fanboys, publicists, and people on the toilet. Not quite the pithy sparring match of Twitter, nor the baby picture-packed complainathon of Facebook, Instagram has remained a relatively fun and quick way for people to give those around them a cool snapshot of what's going on with them. That said, the platform is also a hub of self-branded social media celebrities and influencers obsessed with posting trendy memes and carefully-planned shots that show off their mimosa-soaked “best lives”… none of which feels pretty metal.
But it’s not a complete pop culture wasteland. Metal Instagram is alive and pulsating with merch appreciation, fan art, and shaky concert footage. Plenty of the cooler accounts in IG are those of metal musicians whose crazy touring lives and storied careers give them plenty of rare and killer pictures to post. Even better, a handful of them know how to use the platform as another way to entertain, and have filled their feeds with hilarious videos and fascinating real-time adventures.
Here are 12 metal musicians whose Instagram accounts you should need to follow immediately…