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Metal Music Quiz

A metal quiz is won by the ear that tells a riff from a breakdown and a subgenre from a growl. The family tree is huge: Black Sabbath's doom, Metallica's thrash gallop, the hair-metal gloss of the 80s and the rap-metal crossover Linkin Park pushed into the 2000s all sit in one game. Half the challenge is placing the era, since a down-tuned riff can sound at home in early Sabbath or 2000s nu-metal. Guess the metal song from the opening riff, drop it in its subgenre, and see whether the deep cuts push your score past the anthems. Press play and find out how heavy you really are.

OriginsLate 1960s and early 70s · UK and USA
CharacteristicsDistorted riffs, power and volume, virtuoso solos, aggressive vocals
SubgenresHeavy metal, thrash, doom, glam metal, nu-metal, metalcore
Adjacent genresRock, hard rock, punk, industrial
Best-known songs to guessParanoid, Enter Sandman, Sweet Child O' Mine, Back in Black, In the End
Iconic producersRick Rubin, Bob Rock, Martin Birch, Ross Robinson
Why it works in quizRiffs and vocal styles create instant signatures across eras
Ideal to start withBlack Sabbath classics, 80s Metallica, 2000s nu-metal
Tricky for quizDown-tuned riffs, subgenre boundaries, thrash vs speed metal
Quiz difficultyEasy on the anthems, hard on the subgenre and the era

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🎵 Le saviez-vous ? Anecdotes

Derrière les refrains les plus évidents se cachent des choix de production, des clips et des habitudes d'écoute qui rendent ces morceaux parfaits pour le quiz.

✦Black Sabbath's self-titled 1970 debut is widely cited as the first true heavy metal album, and its tritone title-track riff is one of the fastest IDs in any metal quiz.
✦Metallica's 1991 'Black Album' is the best-selling album of the SoundScan era in the US, which makes its riffs near-guaranteed anthems in any metal round.
✦Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' (2000) is one of the best-selling rock debut albums ever and pushed nu-metal into the mainstream.
✦Judas Priest's leather-and-studs look, adopted in the late 1970s, became the visual uniform of heavy metal worldwide.
✦Down-tuned guitars are the metal-quiz trap: the same low riff can sound at home in 1970s doom or 2000s nu-metal, so the era is often harder to place than the band.

Questions fréquentes

How does the metal music quiz work?

Songtrivia plays a short clip of a metal track and you name it before the clip ends. Guess the song and answer trivia from 70s doom to 2000s nu-metal.

Which metal bands come up the most?

Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC and Linkin Park are among the most played on Songtrivia.

What's the difference between metal and rock?

Metal grew out of hard rock but pushes it further: heavier distortion, faster riffs, darker themes and more aggressive vocals. Songtrivia keeps a separate rock quiz for the lighter side.

Is nu-metal included?

Yes. The rap-metal of the early 2000s, led by Linkin Park, sits alongside classic heavy metal and thrash in the quiz.

How hard is the metal quiz?

The anthems are easy points; the traps are the down-tuned riffs, where the era is harder to place than the band, and the subgenre boundaries.

Is the metal quiz free?

Yes. Every metal quiz is free to play, with no signup and no Spotify account needed.

📚 Sources et méthodologie

Sources consultées

Wikipédia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · équipe éditoriale Songtrivia.

Notre méthodologie

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