Permanently Institutionalized Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Madhouse"

"It's a madhouse, or so they claim! It's a madhouse, am I insane?!"

The song "Madhouse" was released by Anthrax on their second studio album "Spreading the Disease" in 1985. The music video for "Madhouse" has the band playing the song inside an insane asylum, with a bunch of the hospitals patients comically headbanging to the song. Anthrax is one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands along with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer.

Answer: "Demise of Sanity"

"All that has been, all that's to be, no tomorrow, the demise of sanity!"

"Demise of Sanity" was released on the album "1919 Eternal" by Black Label Society in 2002. Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band that was formed in 1998 by Zakk Wylde (aka Jeffrey Weilandt). Zakk Wylde is a guitarist who had previously worked with Ozzy Osbourne, performing on many of Ozzy's solo albums.

Answer: "Psycho Man"

"Psycho man, psycho man! Looking for a victim wherever he can! Psycho Man, psycho man. He's a killer!"

Black Sabbath was formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 and originally featured Ozzy Osbourne as the band's lead vocalist. Ozzy was fired from the band in 1979 due to excessive alcohol abuse. He rejoined the band in 1997. The song "Psycho Man" was released by Black Sabbath on the album titled "Reunion" in 1998.

Answer: "Loco"

"Mi loco, mi loco, mi loco, mi loco!!"

Coal Chamber was a nu metal band that formed in 1993. The song "Loco" was released on the band's self-titled album in 1997. In the music video for "Loco", Ozzy Osbourne stars as an evil ice cream man. He goes around a large house forcing each band member to look through a hypnotic View-Master that shows the band thrashing around to the song.

Answer: "Insanity's Crescendo"

"Empty the sun, carve out the wind, insanity's crescendo!"

Dark Tranquillity is a death metal band from Sweden. The song "Insanity's Crescendo" appears on the band's third album "The Mind's I", which was released in 1996. The song is a duet featuring guest female vocalist Sara Svennson alongside the band's main vocalist, Mikael Stanne. The song mixes Sara's soothing voice with Mikael's aggressive voice.

Answer: "Asylum"

"Don't want to live in asylum, I live a lie! Don't make me live in asylum, I am a lie!"

"Asylum" is the title track of the album of the same name, which was released by Disturbed in 2010. The music video for "Asylum" features a mental patient suffering through a never-ending string of nightmares where the doctors and hospital workers seem to be even more deranged than the patient.

Answer: "Basket Case"

"It all keeps adding up! I think I'm cracking up! Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?"

"Basket Case" is one of the most famous songs performed by punk rock band Green Day. The song was released on the band's breakthrough album "Dookie" in 1994. The music video for "Basket Case" features the band playing inside a mental hospital, with the drummer Tre Cool performing from a wheelchair.

Answer: "Insane"

"I'm constantly beat up inside, and I'm the one to blame! No one can relate to me! Does nobody know I'm insane?!"

The song "Insane" was released on Korn's twelfth studio album "The Serenity of Suffering" in 2016. The video for "Insane" takes place inside an old photography studio from around the late 1890s/early 1900s. The photographer tries to take a picture of a dead woman. When he looks at her through the camera, the woman seems to return to life.

Answer: "Delirium"

"Enclosed in a shrine! Locked away inside my mind! I walk in the darkness and neon lights! Delirium will take me away!"

The song "Delirium" was released by Italian metal band Lacuna Coil on the album of the same name in 2016. In an interview conducted by the website PlanetMosh, the band's male vocalist Andrea Ferro explained the band's inspiration for the album. He explained that "every song is like a room of the sanatorium where a patient is facing a different kind of illness".

Answer: "The Right to Go Insane"

"How will I face the day tomorrow, if I can't make it through today?! I've got nothing left to lose but my sanity and the right to go insane!"

"The Right to Go Insane" was released by Megadeth on the album "Endgame", which was released in 2009. The music video for the song was inspired by an incident that occurred on May 17, 1995. On that day, Army veteran Shawn Nelson stole a tank and took it on a destructive rampage through the streets of San Diego, California.

Answer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"

"Sanitarium, leave me be! Sanitarium, just leave me alone!"

"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" was featured on Metallica's third studio album "Master of Puppets", which was released in 1986. "Master of Puppets" was the last Metallica album to feature former bassist Cliff Burton, who was tragically killed later that same year. Metallica's private bus was involved in an accident while on tour in Sweden, which caused the vehicle to overturn and land on top of Cliff.

Answer: "I'm Going Slightly Mad"

"I'm going slightly mad! I'm going slightly mad! It finally happened!"

Queen released the song "I'm Going Slightly Mad" on the album "Innuendo" in 1991. It was the band's final album before the death of Freddie Mercury. The music video for the song is quite goofy. Freddie Mercury wore a bunch of bananas on his head, Brian May dressed up as a penguin, Roger Taylor rode around in a mini tricycle and there was also a man in a gorilla suit.

Answer: "Paranoid Android"

"I may be paranoid, but not an android."

"Paranoid Android" was featured on Radiohead's third studio album "OK Computer", which was released in 1997. The music video for "Paranoid Android" is animated and features a young man who rides around town, where some weird stuff happens around him. He visits a woman in a tree who flashes him for cash. He goes to a bar where he gets ridiculed by a seductive female bartender and later he sits on top of a lamp post while a European ambassador tries to save him while wearing a spiked thong bathing suit.

Answer: "Eyes of The Insane"

"The eyes of the insane on a demented campaign!"

Slayer released the song "Eyes of The Insane" on their tenth studio album "Christ Illusion" in 2006. The music video for "Eyes of The Insane" depicts the single eye of a soldier. In his eye, we see the reflection of everything that this soldier has experienced both at home and on the battlefield. The reflections also show the soldier get injured and eventually he ends up taking his own life by the end of the song.

Answer: "Moonlight and Madness"

(this song is an instrumental, so no quote for this one)

"Moonlight and Madness" appears on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra album "Night Castle" which was released in 2009. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is an American heavy metal band that gained notoriety for their heavy metal renditions of holiday and classical music. The opening of "Moonlight and Madness" features a portion of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata".