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Local Boob
I thought I was going to stay out of this thread entirely but I'm going to pile on to your quote as well. Sorry.
There is a whole subgenre, called symphonic metal, heavily inspired by classical music. The band Symphony X does it best, IMO. No growling vocals (he can actually sing), incredible guitars/synth, and one of my favorite drummers, Jason Rullo.
Here's a short little tune based on the epic poem by Homer:
and there is also a lot of great "symphonic" metal with growling and clean vocals mixed...Ne Obliviscarius, Opeth, just to name 2 off the top of my head
and t his also makes me alwyas got back to this question:
why does music have to be jazz or classically influenced to be considered legit? There is an awful lot of absolute crap jazz and classical out there...I always feel like that is the viewpoint/answer from people who really don't know what they are talking about. They are just repeating a viewpoint that is popular/common in the mainstream
it is like me saying that all American Football players are just big dumb idiots