The Obamas may not be the hippest married couple ever to live in the White House — but they’re not completely out of touch either. And though they had acts like Beyonce, Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen at their inaugural celebration, the first family likes to bang their collective head whenever they can. Need evidence? Look no further.

On the cover of VOGUE, Michelle Obama shows her love for Cradle of Filth on the DL, though the inset photo proves she isn’t always quite so guarded about her love of all things extreme metal.

These images were taken during the Clintons first term in office. When Serj Tankian, singer of Chelsea’s favorite band System of a Down, showed up at a White House press event, both the prez and his first lady shot the singer a metal sign salute as thanks … sort of.

Longtime Washington, D.C. politician Marion Barry is mostly a hip-hop guy, but in the slammer the white power dudes turned him onto Malevolent Creation, and he still listens to their 1993 opus “Stillborn” all the time. Particularly while smoking rock.

Dick Cheney doesn’t love metal, but he does worship the devil. How else to explain the 8 years he spent as Veep?

Nicolas Sarcozy, current President of France, doesn’t much care for the American metal scene, but he sure loves French power metallers Anthropia.

Little known fact: Ahnuld and Maria decided not to hire a traditional wedding band and instead settled on their favorite Euro-metal quartet Entombed.

Televangelist Pat Robertson worships God. And also the early records by Venom. Here we see the preacher entranced by the first side — the “Black” side — of the band’s “Black Metal” album.

And it isn’t just political figures that have been photographed showing their love of all-things metal. Sports figures love to rock too. Like Barry Larkin, former shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, who had a habit of pumping Voivod in the dugout before heading up to bat.

Here we see two-time World Heavyweight champ George Foreman and his buddy as they gear up for a trip to see Bad Brains in concert. Bad Brains may not be metal exactly, but you try telling George Foreman that.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams and tennis superstar Andy Roddick are both fans of Mudvayne. Perhaps the only two.

Plenty of pop stars are closeted metal maniacs too. Beyonce likes to do her vocal warm-ups to the sounds of Christian metal band Stavesacre.

We know Celine Dion likes metal per ,” but besides AC/DC, Ms. Dion digs Bathory. Her version of “Son of the Damned” has been closing her Vegas show for years.

Madonna doesn’t go for the obscure shit. She likes Metallica and has been known to add some Kirk Hammet-like guitar solos into her live version of “Like a Prayer.”

Mariah has also had success with interpreting hard rock songs, like Def Lep’s “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak.” But few people have heard that record’s B-side, a stirring rendition of “Fairies Wear Boots.”

It was Macaulay Culkin who turned the King of Pop on to Candlemass.

Usher and Kelly Clarkson don’t have much in common beyond their love of Death Angel, but both really relate to the way the Bay Area band blended funk with thrash.

And of course movie and TV stars need to get prepared for the cameras by listening to intense tunes on their iPods. Meryl Streep is old school, pledging her allegiance to industrial metalheads the Revolting Cocks, who helped her get into her role as a nun in “Doubt.”

“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart sticks to his roots by supporting Jewish metal band Anthrax.

Fellow talk show host Bill Maher prefers Otep.

Here’s a shot of Matthew McConaughey throwing up a double viking during Meshuggah’s set at a European metal fest.

Salma Hayek likes to sing along in Spanish to Sepultura’s early records. She became a fan after dating drummer Igor Cavalera.

Pulling one over on TV Guide, Jason Alexander gives a subtle salute to his favorite band at the time, Fear Factory. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

And here we see Megan Fox on her way to see the Crue at the Staples Center. Intent on proving she’s old school, she sports her vintage “Dr. Feelgood” tour shirt from 1989.

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