Heavy metal genres - Quiz
  • 1. What does the acronym RABM stand for?
A) Rare Anarchist Black Metal
B) Revolutionary Artistic Black Metal
C) Red and Anarchist black metal
D) Radical Anarchist Black Music
  • 2. Which ideologies are often associated with RABM?
A) Marxism and anarchism
B) Capitalism and nihilism
C) Satanism and occultism
D) Totalitarianism and fascism
  • 3. RABM emerged as an amalgamation of black metal and what other genre?
A) Anarchist crust punk
B) Nordic folk music
C) Classical symphony
D) Death metal
  • 4. Which band is mentioned as an artist that does not explicitly associate with the red or anarchist label?
A) Iskra
B) Black Kronstadt
C) Storm of Sedition
D) Wolves in the Throne Room
  • 5. What lyrical themes does RABM typically eschew?
A) Satanic and nihilist lyrics
B) Nordic mythology and paganism
C) Environmentalist and political lyrics
D) Orchestral and symphonic themes
  • 6. What is a defining musical characteristic of symphonic black metal?
A) Complete absence of keyboards
B) Strictly acoustic instrumentation
C) Inclusion of orchestral elements
D) Exclusively clean vocal delivery
  • 7. Which band is cited as an example of symphonic black metal?
A) Amon Amarth
B) Storm of Sedition
C) Bathory
D) Dimmu Borgir
  • 8. What traditional black metal characteristic is often retained in symphonic black metal?
A) Focus on pop song structures
B) Complete lack of guitar distortion
C) Shrieked vocals
D) Slow, acoustic guitar melodies
  • 9. What is a common feature used in symphonic black metal to create pseudo-orchestral landscapes?
A) Music workstation keyboards
B) Traditional jazz brass sections
C) Synthesized drum machines
D) Sampled nature recordings
  • 10. Viking metal originated from which two genres?
A) Symphonic metal and thrash metal
B) Death metal and opera
C) Crust punk and Marxism
D) Black metal and Nordic folk music
  • 11. What are the common lyrical themes in Viking metal?
A) Norse mythology and paganism
B) Satanism and nihilism
C) Industrial landscapes and futuristic tech
D) Urban decay and anarchy
  • 12. Which band is credited with pioneering Viking metal with the album 'Blood Fire Death'?
A) Emperor
B) Enslaved
C) Amon Amarth
D) Bathory
  • 13. Viking metal developed in the 1980s and 90s as a rejection of what?
A) Orchestral arrangements
B) Fast-paced guitar riffing
C) Satanism and the occult
D) Nordic history
  • 14. Which death metal band adopted Viking themes in the early 1990s?
A) Fauna
B) Panopticon
C) Amon Amarth
D) Iskra
  • 15. What type of vocals can be found in Viking metal?
A) Both clean and harsh
B) Strictly spoken word
C) Only shrieked
D) Exclusively operatic
  • 16. What is a main characteristic of alternative metal guitar riffs?
A) Minimalist jazz-influenced chords
B) Acoustic folk-style strumming
C) Downtuned, mid-paced chug-like riffs
D) High-pitched rapid solos
  • 17. Where did many of the early alternative metal bands originate?
A) Bakersfield
B) Los Angeles
C) San Francisco
D) New York City
  • 18. Which band is mentioned as a prominent alternative metal group?
A) Red Hot Chili Peppers
B) Soundgarden
C) Fishbone
D) Korn
  • 19. Funk metal is a fusion of heavy metal and which other genre?
A) Funk
B) Grunge
C) Industrial
D) Hip-hop
  • 20. Which city had the biggest regional scene during funk metal's prime?
A) San Francisco
B) Los Angeles
C) Bakersfield
D) Seattle
  • 21. Which band was the first to be labeled as nu metal?
A) Linkin Park
B) Limp Bizkit
C) Korn
D) Slipknot
  • 22. Which of these instruments is sometimes included in nu metal?
A) Piano
B) Turntables
C) Saxophone
D) Violin
  • 23. When did alternative metal gain popularity?
A) Late 1970s
B) Early 1990s
C) Early 2000s
D) Late 1960s
  • 24. How do nu metal guitarists increase the heaviness of their sound?
A) Increasing the treble settings
B) Using standard acoustic strings
C) Down-tuning seven-string guitars
D) Playing only high-pitched chords
  • 25. Which vocal and lyrical form is instituted by rap metal bands?
A) Death growls
B) Hip-hop
C) Operatic
D) Screamo
  • 26. Which thrash metal band helped pioneer rap metal?
A) Anthrax
B) Metallica
C) Slayer
D) Megadeth
  • 27. How are rap metal bands usually fronted?
A) By rappers
B) By poets
C) By screamers
D) By melodic singers
  • 28. Avant-garde metal evolved out of which genre?
A) Blues
B) Classical
C) Progressive rock
D) Country
  • 29. Which city is mentioned as a local scene for avant-garde metal?
A) Berlin
B) London
C) Paris
D) Tokyo
  • 30. Which of these is considered a pioneer of experimental metal?
A) Boris
B) Judas Priest
C) Black Sabbath
D) Iron Maiden
  • 31. What type of guitar technique is common in black metal?
A) Slide guitar
B) Tremolo picking
C) Fingerstyle
D) Classical strumming
  • 32. Which band is associated with the 'first wave' of black metal?
A) Emperor
B) Burzum
C) Venom
D) Mayhem
  • 33. The 'second wave' of black metal was spearheaded by bands from which country?
A) Germany
B) Norway
C) USA
D) Sweden
  • 34. What ideology is associated with National Socialist black metal?
A) Anarchism
B) Socialism
C) Neo-Nazism
D) Communism
  • 35. What is a common trait of the drum style in black metal?
A) Minimalist percussion
B) Blast beat drumming
C) Swing drumming
D) Jazz fusion rhythms
  • 36. Which genre fuses hardcore punk with hip-hop?
A) Death metal
B) Nu metal
C) Black metal
D) Rapcore
  • 37. Which avant-garde metal pioneer is named in the text?
A) Slipknot
B) Neurosis
C) Limp Bizkit
D) Korn
  • 38. Which religious standpoint has caused hostility towards black metal?
A) Pro-Buddhism
B) Pro-Hinduism
C) Pro-Christian
D) Anti-Christian
  • 39. What term is used to describe the band Der Stürmer's ideology?
A) Esoteric Hitlerism
B) Capitalist realism
C) Liberal humanism
D) Democratic socialism
  • 40. Which journalist described war metal as "rabid" and "hammering"?
A) Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann
B) The Billboard 200
C) Alcest
D) Revolver magazine
  • 41. Which band is listed as a war metal band?
A) Blasphemy
B) Stryper
C) Petra
D) Underoath
  • 42. Which of these bands is considered an influence on war metal?
A) P.O.D.
B) Norma Jean
C) Alcest
D) Sodom
  • 43. Blackgaze is a fusion of black metal and what other genre?
A) Shoegaze
B) Rap metal
C) Death metal
D) Grindcore
  • 44. Which band is credited with influencing and forming the blackgaze genre?
A) Mortification
B) Sarcófago
C) Alcest
D) Blasphemy
  • 45. Which band is synonymous with defining blackgaze characteristics?
A) In Battle
B) Resurrection Band
C) Tourniquet
D) Deafheaven
  • 46. When did Christian metal emerge?
A) Early 2000s
B) 1990s
C) 1980s
D) Late 1970s
  • 47. Which band pioneered Christian metal?
A) Blasphemy
B) Petra
C) Autopsy
D) Zyklon-B
  • 48. Which band achieved wide success in Christian metal during the 1980s?
A) Impiety
B) Stryper
C) Liturgy
D) Deafheaven
  • 49. Post-black metal emphasizes what trait more than other forms?
A) Exclusive lyrical content
B) Experimentation
C) Strict adherence to tradition
D) Commercial success
  • 50. Which of these is a notable post-black metal band?
A) Autopsy
B) Sodom
C) Deathspell Omega
D) Repulsion
  • 51. What is a characteristic of war metal drumming?
A) Shoegazing
B) Christian
C) Melodic
D) Chaotic
  • 52. Which band was formed in 1986 by two brothers from Brazil?
A) Incubus
B) Living Sacrifice
C) Mortification
D) Crimson Thorn
  • 53. Which country is the band Mortification from?
A) Brazil
B) Australia
C) United States
D) Norway
  • 54. Which album by the band Horde brought unblack metal to media attention?
A) The Defeat of Satan
B) A Blaze in the Northern Sky
C) Martyrium
D) Hellig Usvart
  • 55. The term 'holy unblack metal' is a play on a slogan used by which band?
A) Horde
B) Darkthrone
C) Extol
D) Antestor
  • 56. In what year did the Norwegian band Antestor form?
A) 1986
B) 1994
C) 1990
D) 1991
  • 57. Which band is from India and joined the forefront of Christian death metal in the late 2000s?
A) Sacrificium
B) Blood Covenant
C) Antidemon
D) Impending Doom
  • 58. Which of these bands is listed as a progenitor of Christian death metal from Canada?
A) Pantokrator
B) Holy Blood
C) Sympathy
D) Extol
  • 59. What was the original genre of the band Antestor before shifting towards black metal?
A) Power metal
B) Death/doom
C) Thrash metal
D) Heavy metal
  • 60. Which country is the band Antidemon from?
A) Ukraine
B) Brazil
C) Germany
D) Finland
  • 61. Which of these bands is considered an example of an unblack metal band?
A) Tortured Conscience
B) Becoming the Archetype
C) Crimson Moonlight
D) Feast Eternal
  • 62. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, which band represented the country of Ukraine?
A) Holy Blood
B) Immortal Souls
C) Pantokrator
D) Sacrificium
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