Is It a Real Metal Subgenre?

Below are 20 phrases that sound vaguely like small, obscure subgenres of metal. Can you tell which are real and which aren't?
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1. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Thrash metal but faster and with cooler, more technical guitar solos; see Accept
Bullet metal
Speed metal
2. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Death metal mixed with punk-influenced grindcore; see early Carcass
Goregrind
Bloodgore
3. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Prog but with weird guitar tones; see Meshuggah
Djent
Grime
4. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Death metal but with metalcore breakdowns; see early Whitechapel
Nightslam
Deathcore
5. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Really slow, heavily downtuned punk music; see Acid Bath
Sludge metal
Blast Metal
6. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Metal but they play 8 notes a minute; see Evoken
Funeral doom metal
Spirit metal
7. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Death metal vocals over 80s hard rock guitar; see later Entombed
Neo-Metal
Death 'n' Roll
8. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Black metal mixed with shoegaze and post rock; see Deafheaven
Blackgaze
Downtone
9. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Black metal but Christian; see Horde
Unblack Metal
Life Metal
10. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Death metal but more angry and aggressive; see Devourment
Technical blackened grind metal
Brutal slamming death metal
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5 Comments
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Level 85
Nov 21, 2021
Gongi metal????
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Level 55
Jul 14, 2022
Very good quiz idea, but I've seen the term life metal used.
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Level 59
Sep 7, 2022
I suggest adding "Kawaii Metal" and "Mathcore" and, as a wrong answer, "Trash Metal" :D
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Level 48
Feb 11, 2025
never have I heard of UNDEATH METAL what?
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Level 48
Feb 11, 2025
*UNBLACK sorry