Heavy Metal music and the Oscars

[u/DioSwiftFan]

Why is it that the Academy avoids heavy metal music in the best original song category?

My biggest beef is Ozzy, Zakk Wylde, and Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead never getting a nomination for their original movie song Hellraiser for the 1992 film Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth.

The academy embraces every genre of music except heavy metal.

[u/ButterscotchFormer84]

same reason they ignore most genre movies. Because they're a bunch of snobs.