Learn some Jack Johnson or DMB and you'll be swimming in vaginas. Yeah, you heard me, swimming. A buffet of hipster pussy like you'd never seen before.

Or you might become a victim of Bro Rape. It can go either way sometimes. D:

 

I agree that you should try getting a teacher. Not necessarily now, nor do you have to keep one. But, in general, a teacher can help a ton in pointing out things you're doing wrong that you never even realized, and make sure that you always go a little out of your comfort zone. Once you get to a point, you're never going to benefit from just learning songs over and over again.

As far as just beginning, first thing you should do is learn a few basic chord shapes.
http://www.cyberfret.com/chords/primer/index.php
http://www.cyberfret.com/chords/beginning-7/index.php

Those 7 chords will cover a whole lot of basic songs that you can just strum along to. Even if the songs aren't just strumming, you can just play the chords along to it just to get used your fingers used to them, as well as building up finger strength.

As far as metal songs go, The bad news is that, off the top of my head, there are very few to no complete beginner level metal songs. On the other hand, once you master the powerchord, its pretty easy to get the basic idea of a lot of songs (and the power chord is pretty easy, someone else already explained it).
http://www.cyberfret.com/chords/power/index.php (if that helps any.)

Finally, get Guitar Pro. It will help a ton, especially because with a lot of songs, the only accurate tabs to find are guitar pro tabs. There is one caveat to this, which I only mention because I really regret it now. Make sure not to become too reliant on tablature. Make sure you try to figure out some songs by ear. It's frustrating, especially if you don't naturally have a good ear, but it will help a ton in your playing down the road if you have a good ear.

 

But neither should you disregard Tab for just playing by ear, I've run into a few like that. It'll deprive you of some really good songs to play if you do that.

 

Once I get away from the school system, I will demonoid Guitar Pro 5, in the mean time thanks for the help so far. I've started with Whiskey in the Jar by Metallica. Not sure how long it'll take since I fucked up my right wrist today and it's making picking hurt like a bitch. I got the notes down with the left hand though (I think), so I just have to wait for it to get better.

 

Oh yea, of course not, then, unless you really are amazing, you're gonna look like an idiot when you play the song wrong. Definitely use tabs to learn intricate songs you don't have the time/ability to figure out yourself, or to check yourself when you've figured out a song, though keep in mind anyone can post a tab, so use your best judgment.

I'm not even saying to learn most of your songs by ear, just to not completely disregard it.

It shouldn't be too difficult to learn a few green day songs once you've picked up powerchords, then once you've done that, its not that bad trying to figure out their songs by ear.

 

Hey guys I actually have a question of my own here. I'm currently learning songs in which nail attack is very important but it's damaging to my nails. I don't really want to get falsies so do you guys think that fingerpicks will allow for nail attack techniques? I've heard that some people like Fred Kelly's Freedom Picks, any ideas on how well they work?

 

A few helpful links: Guitar section on Wikibooks pretty helpful for learning to play.

TuxGuitar - free tab editor (works with guitarpro tabs and powertab tabs)