Metallica Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

A Metallica quiz measures how well you know its dynamic range, because the songs live at opposite extremes. Guess the Metallica song from the Black Album staples 'Enter Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters', then test your trivia on the harder tiers, where the thrash riffs of 'Master of Puppets' and 'Battery' blur together, a clean intro hides 'Fade to Black', and the instrumentals 'Orion' and 'The Call of Ktulu' offer no vocals. See how well you really know Metallica before the riff drops.

Main genreRock (thrash metal)

ActiveSince 1981 (1980s, 1990s)

Formed1981, Los Angeles, from a classified ad

Best-known songs to guessEnter Sandman, Master of Puppets, Nothing Else Matters, One, Sad but True

Deep cuts fans missOrion, The Call of Ktulu, Blackened, Whiplash, Damage, Inc.

Eras in the quiz80s thrash, the 1991 Black Album, 2000s-2020s stadium metal

MembersJames Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo (founding bassist Cliff Burton, 1962-1986)

Related artistsGuns N' Roses, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin

Quiz difficultyEasy on the singles, brutal on the thrash riffs

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Reconhece o máximo de músicas a partir de excertos áudio. Quanto mais rápido responderes, mais pontos fazes.

10 perguntas4 respostas cada

As 8 músicas mais conhecidas

De intros imediatamente reconhecíveis a refrãos universais — perfeitas para testar a sua memória.

Enter Sandman

Master of Puppets

Nothing Else Matters

One

Sad but True

Orion

The Call of Ktulu

Blackened

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✦The band started with a 1981 classified ad drummer Lars Ulrich placed in The Recycler, a Los Angeles paper, looking for musicians to jam with.

✦'Master of Puppets' was the first thrash metal album added to the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry, chosen in 2016 for preservation.

✦The first Grammy for a hard rock or metal performance, at the 1989 ceremony, famously went to Jethro Tull over Metallica, a result the Recording Academy revisited soon after.

✦Their 1989 song 'One' was Metallica's first music video, built around the anti-war novel Johnny Got His Gun.

✦'Master of Puppets' returned to the charts in 2022 after it soundtracked a pivotal 'Stranger Things' scene, sending the 1986 track to a new generation.

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The radio metal (where everyone scores)

Start here for the easy points. The 1991 self-titled record, universally called the Black Album, streamlined Metallica for radio, and its singles are the ones nearly everyone can name: 'Enter Sandman', 'Sad but True', 'The Unforgiven', 'Wherever I May Roam' and 'Nothing Else Matters'. If a Metallica quiz opens with one of these, it is handing you a point.

The thrash blur (where the riffs run together)

This is where the quiz gets tricky. The early albums, Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets, are built on fast, down-picked riffs that sound like cousins of each other. Telling 'Battery' from 'Whiplash', or 'Seek & Destroy' from 'Damage, Inc.', from a short intro is the mark of a real thrash listener, not a casual one.

The ballads that fool you (where casual fans guess wrong)

Metallica's slow songs trip up anyone who assumes the band only plays loud and fast. 'Fade to Black', 'Nothing Else Matters', 'Mama Said' and 'The Day That Never Comes' open with clean, gentle guitar, and players who expect a wall of noise often guess a different artist entirely. In a guess-the-song round, the quiet intros are the classic trap.

The instrumentals and epics (where superfans pull ahead)

At the top end sit the songs with no vocals to help you. 'Orion' and 'The Call of Ktulu' are full instrumentals, and the long, multi-part epics 'One', 'Master of Puppets' and '...And Justice for All' shift through several sections before any singing starts. Name these from a single riff and you are in the top tier of any Metallica quiz.

Perguntas frequentes

How well do you know Metallica?

Play the free Metallica quiz on Songtrivia and find out. You will guess songs from a short clip, from Black Album singles to 80s thrash, and answer trivia about the band's albums, lineup and history. It runs in your browser with no signup.

Which Metallica songs are in the quiz?

Expect the staples, 'Enter Sandman', 'Master of Puppets', 'Nothing Else Matters', 'One' and 'Sad but True', mixed with deeper cuts like the instrumentals 'Orion' and 'The Call of Ktulu' that sort the superfans from the rest.

How hard is the Metallica quiz?

The singles are easy, but the early thrash riffs sound alike until you learn them, and the clean-guitar ballads fool players who expect only fast and heavy. That range is what makes the guess-the-song round fun.

Can you score a perfect 10 on Metallica?

Only if you know more than the radio hits. Naming an instrumental like 'Orion', or telling 'Battery' from 'Blackened' before the vocals arrive, is what turns a good score into a perfect one.

Who are the members of Metallica and when did they form?

Metallica formed in Los Angeles in 1981 after Lars Ulrich placed a classified ad. The long-running lineup is James Hetfield (vocals, guitar), Lars Ulrich (drums), Kirk Hammett (lead guitar) and Robert Trujillo (bass). Founding bassist Cliff Burton died in 1986.

Is the Metallica quiz free?

Yes. The Metallica quiz is completely free, needs no account, and plays straight from your browser on phone or desktop.

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