Quote Originally Posted by - - - TAURUS - - - View Post
Yes they are, look 'em up. They don't have to be Death or Black metal to be considered metal. Most are hardcore, heavy, thrash, or emocore metal.
That list is mainly made up of metalcore acts who apparently are more core than metal. I listen to thrash metal and those bands are not thrash. The only 2 metal bands you mentioned were Opeth (progressive) and Acid Bath (doom). I just checked http://www.metal-archives.com and most of the bands there aren't even in the database.