I got into death metal around ~2000. At that point I reached the incredibly named anus.com.* Y'all might laugh, but this was a super reactionary place at that point. I'll always remember the triggering moment for me: a simple question of whether culture determined race (social constructionism), or whether race determined culture. Just that possibility led me down a rabbit hole that never ceased. My nasty right-wing thoughts ever permeated, and after a touch of Sowell, I was done for.
*These days, some of the reviews on the old website are available at deathmetal.org.
--- a little drunk, so including some links:
**Never stopped creating and being into metal. Recent album from me: https://youtu.be/s3t07Bm_xYc
***and some beautiful metal from one of my favorite metal bands - no worries about wokeness here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX08XkWW7HU&t=1759s
**** and some more nice black metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIkL52qlcHA
There is no radicalization.
I stayed put, and the extremists shifted the carpet beneath me. I am a left-leaning lib(ertarian). Well, was. Now what used to be left-leaning is extremist far right. Positions like "people can do what they want, as long as it doesn't impact anyone else" are scary alt-right talking points. Now, it's not enough to not be racist (actual tagline they've used), you have to be anti-racist (or in other words, be racist, but against the right targets). Words like "equality of opportunity" are now considered the purest of evils.