Yeah, there's so many types of metal that you can't really call any one kind the "real" kind of metal, lol. I'm a European power metal/melodic death metal fan myself.
That Richard Cheese song is fantastic, I love his stuff. His version of Welcome to the Jungle is hysterical.
I like King Diamond and a fair amount of Norweagin Death Metal, but for the most part I hate metal, well, modern metal at least. James Dio, Black Sabbath, Megadeath, thats the kind of metal I like, and I know that some people consider Jimi Hendrix to be the founder of metal, and oh yes, I DESPISE Metallica with all my heart and soul, mainly because its just lyrics, theres nothing behind the music, they just say "Hey dudes, does this not sound totally kick ass!?" and then put it in a song......wich is how most modern music works, all that crap that they play on MTV......