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  • 1. What does the acronym RABM stand for?
A) Revolutionary Artistic Black Metal
B) Radical Anarchist Black Music
C) Rare Anarchist Black Metal
D) Red and Anarchist black metal
  • 2. Which ideologies are often associated with RABM?
A) Capitalism and nihilism
B) Totalitarianism and fascism
C) Satanism and occultism
D) Marxism and anarchism
  • 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) Wolves in the Throne Room
B) Storm of Sedition
C) Black Kronstadt
D) Iskra
  • 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) Exclusively clean vocal delivery
D) Inclusion of orchestral elements
  • 7. Which band is cited as an example of symphonic black metal?
A) Dimmu Borgir
B) Amon Amarth
C) Storm of Sedition
D) Bathory
  • 8. What traditional black metal characteristic is often retained in symphonic black metal?
A) Slow, acoustic guitar melodies
B) Shrieked vocals
C) Complete lack of guitar distortion
D) Focus on pop song structures
  • 9. What is a common feature used in symphonic black metal to create pseudo-orchestral landscapes?
A) Synthesized drum machines
B) Sampled nature recordings
C) Music workstation keyboards
D) Traditional jazz brass sections
  • 10. Viking metal originated from which two genres?
A) Symphonic metal and thrash metal
B) Crust punk and Marxism
C) Death metal and opera
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) Urban decay and anarchy
D) Industrial landscapes and futuristic tech
  • 12. Which band is credited with pioneering Viking metal with the album 'Blood Fire Death'?
A) Enslaved
B) Emperor
C) Amon Amarth
D) Bathory
  • 13. Viking metal developed in the 1980s and 90s as a rejection of what?
A) Orchestral arrangements
B) Nordic history
C) Satanism and the occult
D) Fast-paced guitar riffing
  • 14. Which death metal band adopted Viking themes in the early 1990s?
A) Iskra
B) Panopticon
C) Amon Amarth
D) Fauna
  • 15. What type of vocals can be found in Viking metal?
A) Only shrieked
B) Strictly spoken word
C) Both clean and harsh
D) Exclusively operatic
  • 16. What is a main characteristic of alternative metal guitar riffs?
A) Acoustic folk-style strumming
B) Downtuned, mid-paced chug-like riffs
C) Minimalist jazz-influenced chords
D) High-pitched rapid solos
  • 17. Where did many of the early alternative metal bands originate?
A) San Francisco
B) Los Angeles
C) Bakersfield
D) New York City
  • 18. Which band is mentioned as a prominent alternative metal group?
A) Fishbone
B) Soundgarden
C) Korn
D) Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 19. Funk metal is a fusion of heavy metal and which other genre?
A) Hip-hop
B) Grunge
C) Funk
D) Industrial
  • 20. Which city had the biggest regional scene during funk metal's prime?
A) San Francisco
B) Seattle
C) Los Angeles
D) Bakersfield
  • 21. Which band was the first to be labeled as nu metal?
A) Slipknot
B) Korn
C) Limp Bizkit
D) Linkin Park
  • 22. Which of these instruments is sometimes included in nu metal?
A) Saxophone
B) Piano
C) Turntables
D) Violin
  • 23. When did alternative metal gain popularity?
A) Late 1960s
B) Late 1970s
C) Early 2000s
D) Early 1990s
  • 24. How do nu metal guitarists increase the heaviness of their sound?
A) Playing only high-pitched chords
B) Using standard acoustic strings
C) Increasing the treble settings
D) Down-tuning seven-string guitars
  • 25. Which vocal and lyrical form is instituted by rap metal bands?
A) Death growls
B) Operatic
C) Screamo
D) Hip-hop
  • 26. Which thrash metal band helped pioneer rap metal?
A) Anthrax
B) Metallica
C) Megadeth
D) Slayer
  • 27. How are rap metal bands usually fronted?
A) By screamers
B) By poets
C) By rappers
D) By melodic singers
  • 28. Avant-garde metal evolved out of which genre?
A) Classical
B) Blues
C) Progressive rock
D) Country
  • 29. Which city is mentioned as a local scene for avant-garde metal?
A) London
B) Berlin
C) Tokyo
D) Paris
  • 30. Which of these is considered a pioneer of experimental metal?
A) Boris
B) Black Sabbath
C) Iron Maiden
D) Judas Priest
  • 31. What type of guitar technique is common in black metal?
A) Fingerstyle
B) Classical strumming
C) Tremolo picking
D) Slide guitar
  • 32. Which band is associated with the 'first wave' of black metal?
A) Burzum
B) Emperor
C) Venom
D) Mayhem
  • 33. The 'second wave' of black metal was spearheaded by bands from which country?
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) USA
D) Germany
  • 34. What ideology is associated with National Socialist black metal?
A) Neo-Nazism
B) Anarchism
C) Communism
D) Socialism
  • 35. What is a common trait of the drum style in black metal?
A) Blast beat drumming
B) Minimalist percussion
C) Swing drumming
D) Jazz fusion rhythms
  • 36. Which genre fuses hardcore punk with hip-hop?
A) Death metal
B) Black metal
C) Nu metal
D) Rapcore
  • 37. Which avant-garde metal pioneer is named in the text?
A) Korn
B) Slipknot
C) Limp Bizkit
D) Neurosis
  • 38. Which religious standpoint has caused hostility towards black metal?
A) Anti-Christian
B) Pro-Buddhism
C) Pro-Hinduism
D) Pro-Christian
  • 39. What term is used to describe the band Der Stürmer's ideology?
A) Capitalist realism
B) Liberal humanism
C) Esoteric Hitlerism
D) Democratic socialism
  • 40. Which journalist described war metal as "rabid" and "hammering"?
A) Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann
B) Revolver magazine
C) Alcest
D) The Billboard 200
  • 41. Which band is listed as a war metal band?
A) Petra
B) Stryper
C) Blasphemy
D) Underoath
  • 42. Which of these bands is considered an influence on war metal?
A) P.O.D.
B) Sodom
C) Norma Jean
D) Alcest
  • 43. Blackgaze is a fusion of black metal and what other genre?
A) Rap metal
B) Grindcore
C) Shoegaze
D) Death metal
  • 44. Which band is credited with influencing and forming the blackgaze genre?
A) Blasphemy
B) Alcest
C) Sarcófago
D) Mortification
  • 45. Which band is synonymous with defining blackgaze characteristics?
A) In Battle
B) Resurrection Band
C) Deafheaven
D) Tourniquet
  • 46. When did Christian metal emerge?
A) 1980s
B) 1990s
C) Early 2000s
D) Late 1970s
  • 47. Which band pioneered Christian metal?
A) Autopsy
B) Zyklon-B
C) Blasphemy
D) Petra
  • 48. Which band achieved wide success in Christian metal during the 1980s?
A) Stryper
B) Deafheaven
C) Impiety
D) Liturgy
  • 49. Post-black metal emphasizes what trait more than other forms?
A) Exclusive lyrical content
B) Commercial success
C) Strict adherence to tradition
D) Experimentation
  • 50. Which of these is a notable post-black metal band?
A) Repulsion
B) Autopsy
C) Deathspell Omega
D) Sodom
  • 51. What is a characteristic of war metal drumming?
A) Christian
B) Chaotic
C) Melodic
D) Shoegazing
  • 52. Which band was formed in 1986 by two brothers from Brazil?
A) Incubus
B) Crimson Thorn
C) Mortification
D) Living Sacrifice
  • 53. Which country is the band Mortification from?
A) Australia
B) Norway
C) United States
D) Brazil
  • 54. Which album by the band Horde brought unblack metal to media attention?
A) Hellig Usvart
B) A Blaze in the Northern Sky
C) Martyrium
D) The Defeat of Satan
  • 55. The term 'holy unblack metal' is a play on a slogan used by which band?
A) Extol
B) Antestor
C) Horde
D) Darkthrone
  • 56. In what year did the Norwegian band Antestor form?
A) 1986
B) 1990
C) 1991
D) 1994
  • 57. Which band is from India and joined the forefront of Christian death metal in the late 2000s?
A) Antidemon
B) Impending Doom
C) Sacrificium
D) Blood Covenant
  • 58. Which of these bands is listed as a progenitor of Christian death metal from Canada?
A) Holy Blood
B) Sympathy
C) Pantokrator
D) Extol
  • 59. What was the original genre of the band Antestor before shifting towards black metal?
A) Heavy metal
B) Power metal
C) Death/doom
D) Thrash metal
  • 60. Which country is the band Antidemon from?
A) Germany
B) Ukraine
C) Finland
D) Brazil
  • 61. Which of these bands is considered an example of an unblack metal band?
A) Feast Eternal
B) Becoming the Archetype
C) Tortured Conscience
D) Crimson Moonlight
  • 62. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, which band represented the country of Ukraine?
A) Pantokrator
B) Immortal Souls
C) Holy Blood
D) Sacrificium
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