Far from real metal and more like close to nu-metal and rap which is realy sad. There's no technicality and heavy? No, i mean, this may be heavy to people who think korn is truly heavy or whatever but if you listing to extreme deathmetal or grind-gore you'll know that kse isn't a bit heavy at all. Get the latest album from mastodon title"leviathan" but don't bother with any album from kse because they just as bad as nu-metal and rap and pop music. When you see nu-metal kids and kids that like hip hop started to enjoy your music and yet you think you play real metal ?Foget about it ! Not recommended.