They have metal and prog in their music, so how are they not metal-prog(To some degreee). DT has influenced every prog-metal band to be formed after them. I won't say every prog-metal band ever because King Crimson did metal-prog occasionally.

There is clearly a lot of prog in their music...but not metal. Hardcore, but not metal.

I'd say hardcore is strongly influenced by metal. Listen to John Petrucci's guitar, then Fall of Troy.

They're nothing alike..Petrucci writes god damn wankathon solos.

I see you're not going to be convinced. Ah well.

now that I know you were just being a cheeky bastard and you aren't really banned I'll reply to this.

I don't see how Black Flag is "strongly influenced" by metal, or influenced by metal at all really.

Hehe...
Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United States in the late 1970s. It emerged as many of the first-wave punk bands disbanded or moved onto different genres, and as many of the newer punk musicians focused on music with faster tempos, louder volume and harder bass levels.[1] The hardcore punk sound is generally thicker, heavier, and faster than 1970s-style punk rock, and it is sometimes characterized by short, loud[1], and passionate songs about serious topics such as government, capitalism, anarchism, war and the punk subculture itself.[2][3]

With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion and fast guitar solos. The All Music Guide states that "of all rock & roll's myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality."[2]

Similarities, no?

I dont care how every genre came to...most people hear no traces of metal in their music because there really any. Nobody cares what genre came from what other genre 40 years ago.

Sounds similiar when you read a wikipedia article. Maybe if you actually listened to the music you'd see how different they are.

Yeah I would say that from what I hear Rush and Hardcore are the two main influences on THE FALL OF TROY. I can't hear metal either.