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