an "is it metal?" argument. hrmmn. i can't claim i'm much of an expert on the topic, but i can point out that 80% of the rock music i listen to has a genealogical relationship over on the punk side, and one of the reasons i like krallice better than most other things labeled 'metal' is that i find the guitars are very much in the hardcore/punk sphere. i can relate to this in ways that i often can't relate to "metal".

that being said, the vocals are kind of annoying. i'd like this infinitely better if it were entirely instrumental. in fact, i'd probably like it almost as much as i like indricothere. and i really like indricothere (the other 20% of rock i like is almost entirely jazz or psych on some level).

so, i'm not sure if that's of any use or not. despite this here punk liking it better than most metal, if it is still "metal", it definitely has a crossover.