> I'm still a bit confused how this counts as "metal", though. I think I mostly associated metal with, er, death metal I guess it's called? What exactly counts

> I'm still a bit confused how this counts as "metal", though. I think I mostly associated metal with, er, death metal I guess it's called? What exactly counts as metal then? It's quite a large genre that likes to borrow from other genres and infuse local influences. Death metal is just one sub genre of metal and itself has multiple styles.