It may not be a suitable topic, but it seems quite strange to me and I haven't encountered it in metal. Of course I know a guy who only listens to 4 old bands, an elitist and so on, but i never met someone who claims he knows every band and also listens it for long time. A longer story follows, feel free to skip it, even if it's a little more odd in some parts, and just answer if you know that type of fan and if you find it weird AF.
A year ago, after a long time, a dude from our old university "group of friends" called me. He ended his long-term relationship and wanted to have a beer. Why not, I visited him. After few beers, he showed me a new Behemoth and Decapiatted T-shirt. Unfortunately, he bought them from an overpriced store in our area. I told him I knew better shop and coincidentally I was going to order some t-shirts and CDs that day. He agreed and as i ordered few tshirts and cds he basically copycat my order. I was a little surprised in university he never talked to us about music, he never went to any concert with us. I asked, do you know Nasum? Not many people listen to it. He told me: "of course, for about 10 years , I listen grindcore and death metal since im 15 years old." I was pleasantly surprised, it's always nice to have a new metal buddy, i like changing new bands, talk them over beer, you know what i mean
But then it started get really weird
Every time I put on a some of my band's t-shirts, he ordered the same t-shirt in a week. Of course he knows that band. When i recommened him new band, of course he knows it. Three months ago at a small local concert, I met a guy and after a while I found out that we both know this dude. The funny thing is, the guy at the concert told me: "How is he? I've known him since childhood. I didn't see him for half a year, although we called two months ago and he told me that he had just started listening to hard music and metal." So yeah no nasum, grindcore and death metal for 10 years. Not gonna lie i was little bit pissed off, i dont like when people are lying to me.
I later saw him listening to my playlist on spotify and the band Ancst. Of course he sent me a week ago that he had ordered their T-shirt. I didn't forgive myself for a teasing remark on whether he knew them. (to be clear here i really dont care if someone buy band thisrt and eend dont listem to them) And I honestly didn't expect what happened next. Of course he told me that he had been listening to them for a long time. He nearly instantly liked them on Facebook and then for about two weeks when I watched what my friends were listening to on spotify he was listening only their albums like he was trying to prove to me he knows them. The last experience pissed me off a little. Once in a while I recommend good bands to my friends and they recommend me some back. I sent him a Crippled Black phoenix. To my surprise, he didn't say he'd been listening to them for a long time. Today I saw about a week after he shared one of their songs. I wrote to him in the chat, I'm glad you like their music, even if it's not exactly extreme metal. His answer: yes I listen to them after a long time. I asked him : wtf dude, you didn't know them yet last week. Answer: he had known only a little before. Unbelievable.