Heavy metal is your favorite music? What decade of metal?
I wouldn't say its my favorite, Im actually not too familiar with it, do you know anything about it?
I like some of the newer bands like Norma Jean from early 2000s. 
Oh okay, is that still a heavy metal band?
I think it counts as metal or post-hardcore at least. 
I see. What would make a band qualify to be of the heavy metal genre?
Heavy metal genres
A number of heavy metal genres have developed since the emergence of heavy metal (often shortened to "metal") during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At times heavy metal genres may overlap or are difficult to distinguish, but they can be identified by a number of traits. They may differ in terms of: instrumentation, tempo, song structure, vocal style, lyrics, guitar playing style, drumming style, and so on.
Alternative metal.
Alternative metal is a style of heavy
lot. I like to be in control of what’s going on musically, and we pushed her, encouraged her to do a heavy record.”
He also went on to say that: “We did it because that’s just the way I write music. One thing led to another, and before you know it we’ve got this brutally heavy album. I’m totally happy about that because I think metal needs to be raw, and not necessarily easy to listen to. I think that this record is