The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for his exploration of the esoteric and little known history of the Burned Over District of western New York State.
He attended Gates-Chili High School before earning a BA (1978) and MLS (1979) at the State University of New York at Geneseo (where he studied four-dimensional geometry and quantum physics with Rudy Rucker.
[3] His association with Autonomedia commenced with inclusion of his work in the Semiotext(e) U.S.A. issue, at the invitation of Peter Lamborn Wilson.
[5] By direct transmission from Hakim Bey,[6] Metzger was authorized to found the Ziggurat Lodge of the Moorish Orthodox Church in 1993.
Metzger has been a founding member of various avant garde musical groups, among them: Health and Beauty, the Fabulous Rectotem, Ziggurat Prison Ministries, and the Badenovs.