| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Ozzy Osborne & Co., the first heavy metal band. | Black Sabbath | 100%
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| L | 70s hard rock titans behind “Stairway to Heaven” and “Whole Lotta Love.” | Led Zeppelin | 95%
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| R | German industrial metal band behind "Du Hast." | Rammstein | 94%
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| A | Australian hard rock legends led by guitarist Angus Young. | AC/DC | 92%
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| D | English hard rockers who gave us “Smoke on the Water.” | Deep Purple | 91%
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| M | Lemmy’s band, writers of “Ace of Spades” and “Overkill.” | Motorhead | 91%
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| K | Jonathan Davis’ band that launched the nu metal genre. | Korn | 87%
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| P | The "Cowboys from Hell’ featuring guitar hero Dimebag Darrell. | Pantera | 86%
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| I | Huge English NWOBHM band featuring Bruce Dickinson. | Iron Maiden | 84%
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| S | Thrash legends behind “Angel of Death” and “Reign in Blood.” | Slayer | 82%
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| J | Metal pioneers fronted by leather-and-studs icon Rob Halford. | Judas Priest | 80%
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| T | US alt/prog metal band behind "Sober" and "Schism." | Tool | 73%
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| C | Infamous death metal band known for gore-themed songs. | Cannibal Corpse | 66%
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| G | Spooky Swedish band whose singer likes to dress up as the Anti-Pope. | Ghost | 66%
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| N | Grindcore pioneers who recorded the shortest-ever song, “You Suffer.” | Napalm Death | 56%
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| O | Florida death metal legends whose name is a synonym for a death notice. | Obituary | 56%
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| E | Bay Area thrash legends who unleashed "Bonded by Blood." | Exodus | 53%
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| V | English NWOBHM band known for their shocking image, behind “Welcome to Hell.” | Venom | 53%
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| W | David Coverdale's hard rock band, behind "Here I Go Again." | Whitesnake | 53%
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| H | Weather themed US band featuring siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale. | Halestorm | 51%
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| Q | US prog metal pioneers behind "Operation: Mindcrime." | Queensrÿche | 44%
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| F | US funk-metal innovators fronted by Mike Patton, known for "Epic." | Faith No More | 41%
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| U | "Spacey" 70's English hard rock band behind the song "Doctor Doctor." | UFO | 35%
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| X | American glam metal band who evidently know the alphabet. | XYZ | 32%
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| Z | U.S. thrash band named after a fairy tale involving seven dwarfs. | Znöwhite | 20%
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| Y | Oregon doom metal trio with a name that means “lout” in UK slang. | YOB | 13%
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