@RorrKonn
Didn't see that full album upload, I'll listen to ya album later then.  So what is it that causes people to think of Rock as Metal or get confused?  And before you say 'not knowing the genres', I know that (which I don't), and I hardly take notice of genres anyway, but to be fair there's so many now it's just ... lol.  Rock didn't even enter my head when I heard a couple of their tracks, so there's either something Metal about them or maybe they're doing something not usually done in Rock music.

I can't remember exacty what video it was in, but you're no doubt aware of  Infidelamsterdam  on YouTube, and there's a video where he talks about subgenres.  Sounds like he has the same opinion as you (and me) - there's too many subgenres now.

@DeathMetalDesk
I like Ambient and Industrial, but not folk - but I don't dislike Folk - I just don't listen to it.  The real wrist-cutter for me is Gospel music, I absolutely cannot stand Gospel music, I f*cking hate it with a vengeance!  It's like everyone has been given a happy-pill and, on command, they all start moving around frantically like someone let a scorpian loose in their pants - and the bit inbetween the first and last note is some kind of hell - a very different hell to a likeable hell.  I actually sat and thought once (yeah I know), I wondered to myself, other than physical pain, what could be worse than being shoved into a room and forced to listen to Gospel with some headphones strapped to your head so that they can't be removed no matter how hard you try.

Scary stuff.

@Razor
Steel Panther - Seemed like the same sort of style RorrKonn posted.
Behemoth - That's more like it, that's a lot more like the chords and tones I expect when I think "Metal" - and the video was fantastic!
Trivium - Sounds a bit teenish, like a version of Steel Panther but for a younger audience (maybe the vocal though, I dunno).

Liking your carefully modified avatar!