The biggest misconception about heavy metal fans is that they are exclusively interested in metal at the expense of all other genres. There is an unusual stereotype that heavy metal has a magical ability to completely absorb the personality of the listener. However, metal fans are music enthusiasts like any other - and so are rather more complex and promiscuous in their tastes, enjoying a wide variety of music genres. This element of heterogeneity is grounded in the genre itself: with metal artists taking influence from classical, avant-garde, jazz, and folk genres to name only a few. What hold true about metal fans - at the risk of making a further generalisation - is an appreciation of craft; wherever the intricacies of musical craftsmanship are on clear display you are likely to find significant crossover with heavy metal audiences.