I think it depends who you're talking to.
When I was in middle school, everybody knew who Anthrax, Megadeth, and even Voivod were because they were all on Guitar Hero II. There were daily discussions about how hard "Hangar 18" was to play on expert mode. It was considered like a right of passage to play "Hangar 18" on expert mode among my friends. "Hangar 18 expert mode" is a meme I still see sometimes. This was 13-14 year-olds first experience with metal that wasn't "Enter Sandman".
Among the older generation, maybe, but among my generation, hell no.
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