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Traditionally metal has been easy to classify, music consisting of long (apx 4 minute,) tracks, guitar solos, double bass and generally long hair. It's always been easy to know metal in it's old form, but times are changing. Today metal has taken on new attributes, moving from the traditional guitar, bass, drum, singer combo to include new instruments and new sounds. Turntables, keyboards, sample machines, kazoos, tribal instruments, and even symphonies are making appearances in today's metal. It's almost as if anything that can make a sound can be featured on some band's album. So, why is metal so flexible now? Why is it that we can now enjoy bands like Candiria and Puya using jazz to support their riffs? Why is it that we can now listen to Cryptopsy's use of an aboriginal instrument in the middle of their chaotic death metal?