Underground Quiz Series

Quiz #7


Big thanks go to Chris for providing six of these questions (and another four that I will probably use for the next installment).

All questions valid as of June 2000. Please inform me if any have become outdated.


Question 1: Norwegian band Darkthrone were censored by their label, Peaceville, for putting the following on the liner notes of Transylvanian Hunger: "If any man should attempt to criticize this LP, he should be thoroughly patronized for his obvious Jewish behaviour". The band rushed an apology to the public - what was their excuse?
(a) A rabbi had dared them to do it
(b) God made them do it
(c) In Norwegian, "Jewish" means "stupid"
(d) Satan made them do it
(e) Surveys showed that 99% of Jews like being vilified

Question 2: Which of the following pairs of black metal bands have not had a split album?
(a) Beherit & Barathrum
(b) Det Hedenske Folk & Abyssic Hate
(c) Enslaved & Emperor
(d) Sacrilegium & North
(e) Vlad Tepes & Belketre

Question 3: In which film does a priest, trying to avert the birth of the antichrist, listen to satanic death metal, in order to unlock the secrets of Satan?
(a) Day of the Beast
(b) End of Days
(c) Flubber
(d) Last Temptation of Christ
(e) The Exorcist

Question 4: Polish parliament recently cited a poster by the Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir as an example of negative influences on the nation's youth. Quite ironic, given the political persuasions of Poland's thriving underground. Which of the following Polish bands does not advocate National Socialist politics?
(a) Fullmoon
(b) Graveland
(c) Infernum
(d) Lux Occulta
(e) Veles

Question 5: Legendary vocalist Lord Worm disappeared from his band Cryptopsy after the cult None So Vile album was released. Why?
(a) He converted to Christianity
(b) He got a job at a brewery
(c) He left to join a drum 'n' bass group in Nova Scotia
(d) He overdosed on heroin and is now in a coma
(e) He was jailed for manslaughter

Question 6: Which of the following people has never played for Emperor?
(a) Bård Eithun
(b) Johann Vaaler
(c) Tomas Haugen
(d) Trym Torson
(e) Vegard Tveitanhas

Question 7: Which of the following bands has never featured guitarist Michael Amott?
(a) Arch Enemy
(b) Carcass
(c) Carnage
(d) Dismember
(e) Spiritual Beggars

Question 8: Which of the following bands is not Brazilian?
(a) Hermetica
(b) Krisiun
(c) Mortem
(d) Sarcofago
(e) Sepultura

Question 9: Which of the following artists is best known for creating Cannibal Corpse's gruesome album covers?
(a) Dan SeaGrave
(b) Hiro Takahashi
(c) Michelangelo
(d) Steven O'Malley
(e) Vincent Locke

Question 10: All but one of the following are real song titles. Which one is made up?
(a) Customs of Tasseomancy (Quoth the Sky, Nevermore) ACT I
(b) Enthroned in the Temple of the Serpent Kings
(c) Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates
(d) Golden Winds of Red Streams of Ocean Lightning
(e) Pagan Fire Unleashed unto Cold Darkness
(f) Writhing upon the Wind of Mystic Philosophy and Dreams


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