I’m also classically trained but played some jazz and while it’s anecdata I’ve seen far more classically trained musicians in the metal scene than jazz players.

I’m also classically trained but played some jazz and while it’s anecdata I’ve seen far more classically trained musicians in the metal scene than jazz players. While hip hop is basically pop today, I haven’t found any jazz musicians in, say, the extreme rap music scenes. But you’ll find them more in experimental music in general for sure (there’s rather little experimentation in extreme metal with folks like Deathspell Omega maybe being an exception). Unsure if it’s more a correlation of socioeconomic factors than musical / artistic ones. Metal is closer to a recreational drug for me than escapism / nesting with all the aesthetics of other senses like a holiday or vacation. That droning wall of sound is pretty awesome wherever it comes from. Bolt Thrower, Tsjuder, Demoncy, Emperor, etc. do it for me in ways that melodic metal of any sub genre doesn’t. Similar for why Gost (not the much more popular Ghost) works for me much more than Daft Punk despite many musical similarities.