He hasn’t listened to it or anything similar. I’m sure he hates Maiden too.
Of course!
I understand your distaste of thrash. I happen to like it but I understand that it isn’t for everybody. But you should really give Iron Maiden a chance. They have none of the qualities you dislike about thrash and they write very intelligent, melodic and classically inspired music. They aren’t even restrained to metal. https://youtu.be/2G5rfPISIwo
Also I’ve done some metal covers of video game songs you might enjoy.