Originally Posted by Ki

Well you also have to keep in mind that while I do agree with him, he's also only describing a few albums, not the band entirely. The way I see it is with the description he's giving, he describes QOTSA as Rock/Metal or whatever variant you want whether it's stoner rock or w/e. Either way, I don't think he's trying to describe the band as metal as a whole, which I think is where some of the confusion is coming from.