David Looser wrote:

I'd pay good money, if necessary, to avoid having to listen to any
heavy-metal!

David.

Well, yeah.... You (one) can "look past" the "intimidating" aspect of
the fact that it is noisy and sung in a certain way, and listen to
the words, in some cases, and appreciate, and be moved by it.

For example "Sanatarium" by Metallica about mental illness is very
moving - moved me to tears a few times. I was at the time seeing a
girl with pretty serious mental health issues, and deeply in love with
her, but it was all a waste of my time and emotion, but that song
really was near to the bone; miserably beautiful. If you can see/hear
past the "heavy metal format" of some of those songs, they can be
very moving.

In the end I got thoroughly sick of her and her abuse and binned
her off.