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