On a house, no. The sound people remember comes from metal fixed directly onto open purlins over a barn or shed, with nothing underneath it at all. A residential metal roof sits on a solid deck, over underlayment, usually above attic insulation and a finished ceiling, and every one of those layers absorbs sound. In practice a properly installed metal roof on a house is no louder in rain than an asphalt one. What you will notice is snow behaving differently: metal sheds it, which is an advantage in ice-dam country like Carbon County, and a reason to think about snow guards where a roof slope discharges over a doorway, walkway or driveway.
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