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Extreme Music! Trivia Quiz

A quiz about extreme forms of heavy music: Death, Black, Thrash and Gore Metal!

A multiple-choice quiz by razorboy. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
razorboy

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,019

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
2201

Last 3 plays: Guest 79 (7/15), Guest 80 (11/15), Guest 107 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of the following bands was not one of the 'Big 4' of the 80's? Hint

Testament

Anthrax

Slayer

Megadeth

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which band coined the term 'Gore Metal'? Hint

Six Feet Under

Impaled

Exhumed

Cannibal Corpse

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the name of the style of death metal played by bands like Dark Tranquility, The Haunted and In Flames? Hint

Blackened Death

Wanton Death Metal

Melodic Death Metal

Brutal Death Metal

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who is widely believed to be the first Death Metal band? Hint

Obituary

Cannibal Corpse

Possessed

Death

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which band coined the term 'Black Metal'? Hint

Sins of Thy Beloved

Bathory

Venom

Black Sabbath

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Question 6 of 15

6. _________
_________ left Cannibal Corpse to form the band Six Feet Under.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 15

7. What band did Cannibal Corpse open for during the Milwaukee Metal Fest in 1993? Hint

Obituary

Possessed

Body Count

Death

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which record label has signed such bands as Children of Bodom, In Flames and Meshuggah? Hint

Nuclear Blast

Necropolis

Metal Blade

Wrong Again

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Question 9 of 15

9. Some music magazines refuse to review material from bands on the 'Necropolis' record label because of which band? Hint

Pissing Razors

Witchery

Impaled

War

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the name of Cannibal Corpse's first album? Hint

Hammer-Smashed Face

Butchered at Birth

Eaten Back to Life

Tomb of the Mutilated

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the name of the first live In Flames album? Hint

Tokyo Showdown

Black Ash Inheritance

Subterranian

Lunar Strain

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which band named one of their albums after the short lived Black Metal band Black Water Park? Hint

Dark Funeral

Dimmu Borgir

Opeth

Marduk

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Question 13 of 15

13. The band Usurper was formed in what year? Hint

1991

1993

1990

1992

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which band's guitarist had to go in for neck surgery in early 2001 for headbanging too much? Hint

Celtic Frost

Scortched Earth

Iced Earth

Earth Crisis

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Question 15 of 15

15. On which Slayer album did the song 'Chemical Warfare' appear? Hint

Show No Mercy

Haunting the Chapel

Reign In Blood

Divine Intervention

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following bands was not one of the 'Big 4' of the 80's?

Answer: Testament

The 'Big 4' were Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica.

2. Which band coined the term 'Gore Metal'?

Answer: Exhumed

One of their albums was titled 'Gore Metal'.

3. What is the name of the style of death metal played by bands like Dark Tranquility, The Haunted and In Flames?

Answer: Melodic Death Metal

It's a very melodic, new-school style of Death Metal. Not too many bands do this style any more, with most now opting for this new "Thrash Death" thing.

4. Who is widely believed to be the first Death Metal band?

Answer: Possessed

Their first recordings beat out Death's by several years.

5. Which band coined the term 'Black Metal'?

Answer: Venom

Their second album was titled 'Black Metal'.

6. _________ _________ left Cannibal Corpse to form the band Six Feet Under.

Answer: Chris Barnes

George 'Corpse Grinder' Fisher replaced him as the front man for Cannibal Corpse.

7. What band did Cannibal Corpse open for during the Milwaukee Metal Fest in 1993?

Answer: Body Count

Led by rap legend Ice-T.

8. Which record label has signed such bands as Children of Bodom, In Flames and Meshuggah?

Answer: Nuclear Blast

It is based out of Germany.

9. Some music magazines refuse to review material from bands on the 'Necropolis' record label because of which band?

Answer: Impaled

The band's second album 'Choice Cuts' featured a picture of a dead, mangled fetus bathed in blood and choked by its umbilical cord, and a lot of music magazines have refused to review material from Necropolis ever since.

10. What is the name of Cannibal Corpse's first album?

Answer: Eaten Back to Life

11. What is the name of the first live In Flames album?

Answer: Tokyo Showdown

It was recorded in Tokyo, Japan. Hence the name.

12. Which band named one of their albums after the short lived Black Metal band Black Water Park?

Answer: Opeth

13. The band Usurper was formed in what year?

Answer: 1992

A band that combines both aspects of Death and Black Metal.

14. Which band's guitarist had to go in for neck surgery in early 2001 for headbanging too much?

Answer: Iced Earth

15. On which Slayer album did the song 'Chemical Warfare' appear?

Answer: Haunting the Chapel

More of an MCD than an album.

Source: Author razorboy

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