Bands And Albums Quiz | Heavy Metal

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1. This album is often credited as one of the major influences in the creation of gothic and industrial metal. Released in November 1987, this album pretty much differed from the band's previous releases.

Answer: " Into The Pandemonium " - Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost's first two thrash metal releases contained also death and black metal elements. These albums are often cited as source of inspiration by many extreme metal bands. Thomas Gabriel Fischer was one of the pioneer vocalists to use black metal shrieks. Later on in his career he broadened his range, performing some deep guttural vocals too. Lyrical themes on this album included demons, destruction, dreams, fear and some unusual for the band love songs. Female vocals also appeared from time to time.

2. The year is 1988. This complex thrash metal album contains lyrics about war, politics, censure of speech, etc. The duration of the album is quite impressive too - the regular edition contains nine songs with total length of about 65 minutes.

Answer: " ... And Justice For All " - Metallica

The album produced four singles - "Eye Of The Beholder", "Harvester Of Sorrow", the title track and "One". Metallica received their first Grammy nomination for this album, but the award was given to Jethro Tull.

3. This album came out in 1992. It peaked at number 44 on the Billboard 200 chart, spending a total of 158 weeks on it. The album achieved double platinum status in the US.

Answer: " Vulgar Display Of Power " - Pantera

The album was one of the most important in the creation of the groove metal genre. Four singles were released in support of this album - "Mouth For War", "This Love", "Walk" and "Hollow". Chad Bowar from About.com ranked "Vulgar Display Of Power" at number one on his "Best Heavy Metal Albums Of 1992" list. Since then the album has received recognition, being rated at number four on "The Top 10 Guitar Albums Of 1992" by "Guitar World" magazine, and number one on Loudwire's "Top 11 Metal Albums Of The 1990s".

4. Back to Europe. Releasing this album on April Fools' Day, the band wasn't joking at all. Some of the songs are in the band's native language. The album contains elements of gothic, black and folk metal.

Answer: " Wolfheart " - Moonspell

Moonspell are from Portugal, so part of the album is in Portuguese. The artwork for this album is pretty impressive too. The regular edition shows a werewolf howling at the moon on the cover, while on the digipak edition you can see two fighting wolves depicted.

5. This is a concept album, based on the prophecies of Nostradamus. It refers to the prophecies made by him for the years 1994-2000. The album was dedicated to the memory of the band's ex-drummer, who committed suicide the previous year.

Answer: " The Time Of The Oath " - Helloween

Helloween's ex-drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, committed suicide on March 8, 1995. Sad day... The album was recorded the same year and released in 1996. It was the first album where all band members got songwriting credit.

6. This album saw the world on August 22, 1995. The lead singer on it became one of the most notable frontwomen in metal at that time. Twelve years later she left to focus on her own rock band.

Answer: " Mandylion " - The Gathering

The band recorded this album in Hagen, Germany. Producers were Siggi Bemm, Waldemar Sorychta and the band themselves. Anneke Van Giersbergen was the lead singer for The Gathering between 1994-2007.

7. Which band, whose lyrics focus mostly on mythology and evil, released the album "Sumerian Cry" in 1990?

Answer: Tiamat

This album is a piece of raw black metal with death metal influences. The song "Where The Serpents Ever Dwell" was later covered by the German black metal band The Ruins Of Beverast. Initially known as Treblinka (German extermination camp from World War II located in modern-day Poland), the band later took the name of an ancient chaos monster.

In Babylonian mythology Tiamat is the primordial goddess of the ocean. She is sometimes depicted as dragon or sea serpent.

8. To which band and respective album does the following quotations belong to: 1. "Lord of lies Don't care about the truth Lord of lies Just want your way Lord of lies Don't care who you harm Lord of lies It's just about your way" 2. "I behold the names of his holiness Because i grind them between my jaws And cut them out my body The power of the pentagram Does not frighten me I am the master of the triangle" 3. "With you to the end of the world To the end of our life Neither death nor Satan are Capable of seperating us" 4. "Step back Deprive yourself of the spell Seduction is death Is death Step back Deprive yourself of the spell Hallucinations mean death Mean death" 5. "Look in the mirror And feel what you see Don't close your eyes And you wanna be free Inside yourself There's a way we can hide In an inhibited society You always collide" 6. "I see smoke, patches of fog Darkness clothes me well Where were you all the years Where were your signs The search for you is the loss of you" So which band and album am I speaking of?

Answer: " Awake " by Crematory

The first quote is from the song "Lord Of Lies", the second one is from "My Last Words", the third is from "For Love", the fourth one is from "Yourself", the fifth - from "Mirror", and the last one is from a song entitled "The Loss". Other songs on this album include "The Maze", which is a short intro, and "Away". Also, the album includes a cover of Sisters Of Mercy's "Temple Of Love".

The song "Crematory" is built lyrically by the titles of other songs of the band, quotations from different songs by the band's previous albums and demos, and titles of some of the band's albums.

Interesting decision, but the lyrics actually match together pretty well. "Awake" was the last album to feature Lothar Forst on lead guitar and clean vocals.

9. Which pair of bands (the one part of the power/symphonic metal scene, the other extreme metal act) released albums with the same title (the only difference being the article "the" in the album title of the extreme metal band) in a period of just few months between 1994 and 1995?

Answer: Stratovarius and Hypocrisy

Stratovarius's album is entitled "Fourth Dimension", Hypocrisy's - "The Fourth Dimension". Hypocrisy's album was released few months earlier (October 25, 1994). Stratovarius released their album on January 11, 1995. Another interesting coincidence is that the legendary vocalists of both bands - Timo Kotipelto for Stratovarius and Peter T�gtgren for Hypocrisy respectively - made their debut on lead vocals on these albums exactly. Before the arrival of Kotipelto lead vocals for Stratovarius were performed by Timo Tolkki. Peter T�gtgren had provided some vocals on Hypocrisy's first album, entitled "Penetralia", but only on the title track. All other songs were sung by Masse Broberg, who was the lead singer on Hypocrisy's first two albums.

10. Which of the following metal bands released their very successful debut album "Glory To The Brave" in 1997?

Answer: Hammerfall

The album reached 38th position on the German Music Chart on the week of its release - something which had never been achieved by a debut heavy metal music album before. The album gave Hammerfall an opportunity for touring Europe with bands such as Gamma Ray, Lake Of Tears, Jag Panzer and Raven. The concert at Wacken Open Air was performed in front of more than ten thousand fans.

11. In 1994 this band released two albums, entitled "Vikingligr Veldi" and "Frost". Lyrically the albums focused on Nordic mythology. Which band released these two albums, one of the first labeled as viking metal sub-genre of black metal ever?

Answer: Enslaved

The band's later releases include progressive metal elements and clean vocals performed by keyboardist Herbrand Larsen, contrasting with the harsh vocals of the lead vocalist and bass player of the band Grutle Kjellson.

12. Which band released the album "Tales From The Thousand Lakes" in 1994? The album was one of the major influences in the development of melodic death metal. Lyrics focused on Finnish national epos "Kalevala". Music was also highly influenced by metal bands such as Black Sabbath and Pentagram. Unlike its predecessor, this album included clean vocals (in combination with death growls) and synthesizers. So which band released this album?

Answer: Amorphis

Clean vocals were performed by Ville Tuomi, who served as additional musician for this album. Keyboards and synthesizers were played by Kasper Martenson. Growls were performed by rhythm guitarist Tomi Koivusaari. Bonus tracks for this album include a cover of The Doors's song "Light My Fire".

Some of the songs on this album were included into the 2010 compilation "Magic & Mayhem - Tales From The Early Years", where vocals were performed by both Tomi Joutsen (lead singer of the band since 2005) and Tomi Koivusaari.

13. Released in 2010, this album differed a lot musically from the band's previous releases. Their traditional melodic death metal sound was mixed with elements of alternative metal and hard rock. The enlarged amount of clean vocals is obvious. Also, the harsh vocals are mixed behind the layers of distorted guitars. Songs like "My Own Life" and "Turn It Up' were criticized for having too much pop influence. Which modern metal band released this rather controversial album entitled "We Rule The Night" ?

Answer: Sonic Syndicate

A fair use of acoustic guitars is also contributed on this album. After the release of the album, Richard Sjunnesson, who performed harsh vocals, quit the band, citing the above-mentioned circumstances as some of his reasons.

14. Which of the following bands released the album "Slaughter Of The Soul" - one of the key points in the development of melodic death metal?

Answer: At The Gates

Steve Huey from Allmusic awarded this album with five stars. He called it an "excellent example of Gothenburg-style melodic death metal, and certainly the band's best and most focused album to date". The album was nominated for Swedish Grammis Award. At The Gates disbanded in 1996, but reunited in the late 2000s.

In October 2012 lead vocalist Tomas Lindberg stated that he doesn't exclude the possibility of At The Gates recording again.

15. Which Paradise Lost record contains songs such as "Once Solemn", "Elusive Cure", "Shades Of God", "I See Your Face", "The Last Time" and "Forever Failure"?

Answer: " Draconian Times "

Other tracks include "Enchantment", "Hallowed Land", "Shadowkings", "Jaded",
"Yearn For Change" and "Hands Of Reason". Japanese edition includes three bonus tracks - "Walk Away", "Laid To Waste" and "Master Of Misrule". To promote "Draconian Times" the band toured through Europe, South America, Australia and Japan. This record is one of their most popular releases to date. In 2011 the band performed the entire album on a couple of concerts, one of which was recorded on DVD, entitled "Draconian Times MMXI".

16. Meanwhile, in South America Sepultura were having hard times. Their lead vocalist Max Cavalera left after the release of "Roots", which was quite successful album, selling 2 million records worldwide. In 1997, Cavalera was replaced by Derrick Green. What was the title of the first Sepultura album with Green on vocals?

Answer: " Against "

Just like its predecessor, "Against" includes tribal motives. The Xavantes tribe, featured on "Roots", appear on this disc too. Japanese percussion elements are also added thanks to the assistance of the taiko group Kodo. Guest appearances on this album were made by Mike Patton, Jason Newsted, Carlinhos Brown, original Sepultura guitar player Jairo Guedz and Coffin Joe. "Against" sold over 130,000 copies in the US, but compared to "Roots", the album was a commercial disappointment.

However, Allmusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, stating that "there are enough flashes of the old Sepultura brilliance to suggest that great things are still to come".

17. In 2010 this band released an album, entitled "Eparistera Daimones". The band was founded as a musical project of ex-Celtic Frost lead vocalist Thomas Gabriel Fischer. Current line up consists of Fischer, Dark Fortress guitar player Victor Santura, Norman Lonhard and Vanja Slajh. So how are they collectively known?

Answer: Triptykon

After the release of "Eparistera Daimones", Triptykon came out with an EP entitled "Shatter". Music video was filmed for the title track, which was also included on the Japanese edition of "Eparistera Daimones".

18. Which of the following bands, releasing albums like "The Phantom Agony", "Consign To Oblivion", "The Divine Conspiracy", "Design Your Universe" and their most recent "Requiem For The Indifferent", took their name from an album by symphonic metal band Kamelot?

Answer: Epica

Mark Jansen founded Epica in consequence of his departure from After Forever. Initially the band was known as Sahara Dust, but soon the name was changed, inspired by Kamelot's eponymous album. Epica's music has been labeled as symphonic metal, gothic metal and progressive metal. Lyrical themes deal with philosophical topics - religion, science, world events, nature, etc.

19. During the 1990s this band released albums such as "Shadows Of The Past", "North From Here", "Amok" and "Down". They released eight albums before disbanding in 2005. Their early albums contained more elements of death metal, black metal and melodic death metal. Their later material was more gothic metal oriented. Which band, whose last release was entitled "The Funeral Album", I'm talking about?

Answer: Sentenced

The group's career ended on October 1, 2005 with a final show in their hometown Oulu, Finland. This concert was filmed and released on DVD entitled "Buried Alive". The DVD achieved platinum status in Finland. In 2011 a tribute CD, named "Russian Tribute To Sentenced", was released by couple of Russian bands.

20. In 1992 this album, named "The End Complete", sold over 550,000 copies worldwide, reaching number 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. This is the band's best selling album. Also, the band's new logo introduced on this album is the best selling shirt print in the history of Roadrunner Records. Music video was filmed for the title track. Which death metal band released "The End Complete"?

Answer: Obituary

Obituary is one of the pioneering acts of death metal. Founded in Seffner, Florida in 1984, the band is one of the longest running representatives of the genre (with split between 1997 and 2003). The band's vocalist and drummer are brothers John and Donald Tardy respectively.

Source: Author blackandgreen

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