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Black Metal Bands - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 633 times
- The average score is 18 of 40
Answer Stats
| Song or Album | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | Notorious & highly influential band who started the Norwegian black metal scene. Vocalist Dead committed suicide in 1991, while guitarist Euronymous was murdered in 1993. | Mayhem | 95%
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| Dunkelheit | Band of notorious Norwegian musician Varg Vikernes, who burnt down several churches & murdered Mayhem guitarist Euronymous. | Burzum | 88%
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| A Blaze in the Northern Sky | Influential Norwegian musical duo featuring drummer Fenriz & vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto. | Darkthrone | 84%
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| Hammerheart | Swedish band featuring late frontman Quorthon. They are considered a major influence on black & viking metal. | Bathory | 76%
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| Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk | Influential Norwegian band, featuring Ihsahn & Samoth. Former member Faust was convicted for a 1992 murder. | Emperor | 71%
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| Welcome to Hell | English NWOBHM band who are considered a major influence on the later thrash and extreme metal scenes. Black metal even took its name from this band's second album. | Venom | 71%
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| Sons of Northern Darkness | Norwegian band featuring Abbath & Demonaz. Their music videos for the album "Battles of the North" were very influential on the genre's imagery. | Immortal | 70%
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| The Satanist | Black/death metal band from Gdansk, Poland. Frontman Nergal has faced numerous blasphemy charges in his home country. | Behemoth | 69%
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| Under the Sign of Hell | Satanic Norwegian band, once featuring notorious musician Gaahl. They are named after a wasteland region of Mordor from the LOTR. | Gorgoroth | 64%
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| To Mega Therion | Swiss extreme/avante-garde metal band featuring Tom G. Warrior. They were a major influence on the later extreme music scene. | Celtic Frost | 61%
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| K.I.N.G | Norwegian band featuring members Satyr and Frost. Their later sound is more accessible & has been described as "black 'n' roll". | Satyricon | 59%
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| Puritania | Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland. They often get flack for being more melodic & commercially successful than their peers. | Dimmu Borgir | 56%
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| Dusk And Her Embrace | Well known English band featuring vocalist Danni Filth. Their music is also described as symphonic or gothic metal. | Cradle of Filth | 55%
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| Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered | Swedish band named after an ancient Babylonian deity. Other albums include "Dark Endless" and "Opus Nocturne". | Marduk | 49%
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| Melissa | Danish heavy metal band featuring vocalist King Diamond, known for his distinctive falsetto voice. Their image & satanic themes were a big influence on black metal. | Mercyful Fate | 47%
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| I.N.R.I. | Cult Brazilian band whose name means "sarcophagus" in Portuguese. Their sound and image were a big influence on the later Norwegian scene. | Sarcófago | 46%
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| Apocalyptic Raids | Tom G.Warrior's first band. Their primitive sound was ridiculed by the music press during their active years, but they proved influential on the later extreme metal scene. | Hellhammer | 43%
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| Defending The Throne of Evil | Norwegian black metallers featuring frontman Nattefrost. Other albums include "Morbid Fascination of Death" & "Black Shining Leather". | Carpathian Forest | 40%
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| Unchain My Soul | Swedish band founded by Blackmoon & Lord Ahriman in 1993. They are fond of Latin album titles & the usual satanic schtick. | Dark Funeral | 40%
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| Triarchy of the Lost Lovers | Greek band who have received a lot of negative publicity over the years due to their controversial name. Their sound is also described as gothic metal. | Rotting Christ | 40%
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| Drawing Down The Moon | Finnish band whose name is Syriac for Satan. They branched out into dark ambient for two of their 90s recordings. | Beherit | 36%
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| Sunbather | San Francisco band who created a unique sound blending black metal, shoegaze, and post-rock, later dubbed "blackgaze" by reviewers. | Deafheaven | 36%
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| Ugra Karma | Controversial Finnish band featuring Mika Luttinen and named after the idea of Christ becoming a vampire. | Impaled Nazarene | 36%
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| The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide | San Francisco one man band whose music is often charmingly described as "depressive suicidal black metal". | Leviathan | 36%
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| Ashes Against The Grain | Band from Portland, Oregon, named after a resinous wood. Their sound features acoustic guitars, neo-folk & post rock influences. | Agalloch | 35%
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| Blood Inside | Band whose name is Norwegian for "wolves". They started as black metal but evolved into an experimental electronica band. | Ulver | 35%
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| Vertebrae | Norwegian band who incorporate progressive rock, jazz & other diverse influence into their sound. Most of their lyrics relate to Norse mythology & they are sometimes labelled as viking metal. | Enslaved | 34%
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| The Work Which Transforms God | French avant-garde/atmospheric/industrial black metal band. Their name is German and literally translates as "blood from north". | Blut Aus Nord | 33%
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| Rabid Death's Curse | Swedish band known for their over the top stage shows involving pyrotechnics, candles, Satanic rituals, animal carcasses & blood. | Watain | 32%
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| V: Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas) | Swedish band featuring Niklas Kvarforth, whose music is sometimes classified as "depressive, suicidal black metal." | Shining | 31%
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| Paracletus | Mysterious avant-garde black metal band from France who have never performed live. | Deathspell Omega | 30%
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| Myr | Band originally named Thule, whose lyrics are all sung in the Norwegian language. Hoest is their only constant member. | Taake | 28%
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| Tara | Black/thrash metal band from Dallas, Texas. Their lyrical themes often involve Celtic, Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology. | Absu | 27%
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| Wolfheart | The most well known of Portugal's metal bands. Their sound is also described as gothic metal. other albums include "Irreligious". | Moonspell | 27%
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| Born from the Serpent's Eye | Atmospheric black metal band from Olympia, Washington, who incorporate post-metal into their sound. Other albums include "Two Hunters". | Wolves in the Throne Room | 26%
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| Grand Luciferian Theophany | One of Finland's first black metal bands. They are openly satanic and their music has strong anti-Christian themes. Also goats. | Archgoat | 23%
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| We Will F***ing Kill You | British band from Birmingham whose name means "snake's breath" in Irish. They mix grind, death and industrial metal into their sound. | Anaal Nathrak | 22%
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| Ceremony of Opposites | Swiss band who started in 1987 as old school black metal but who gradually evolved into an industrial/electronic metal outfit. | Samael | 21%
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| Kentucky | Kentucky one man band who incorporates bluegrass and Appalachian folk music into its sound. Also notable for its environmentalist & political themes. | Panopticon | 17%
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| Grymyrk | Band of guitarist Snorre "Blackthorn" Ruch who is credited, along with Euronymous, with pioneering the original tremolo-picking Norwegian black metal riffing style. | Thorns | 17%
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