There's that darker patch between the upper booklungs, along the center of the furrow, which appear to be epiandrous fusillae. They're a cluster of micro-spinnerets that aide a male in creation of sperm webs after he matures. That, combined with the epigastric furrow not being very open or "lippy" in appearance leads me to believe your T is a male.
It isn't the same species so it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but here's the ventral on female P. rufilata just a smidge smaller than your P. metallica. Note that the furrow is very lippy and it lacks any noticable off-colored patch where there's one present on yours.
@JS35 NP. And remember to always check the next molt for confirmation, as even with Poecilotheria who're supposed to be very easy to sex ventrally, it is not 100% accurate by any stretch of the means.
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