Can you name the Metal Music genres roughly according to Metal: A Headbangers Journey? by PackerBacker4

Example Band(s)	Genre	Years
Cream, Jim Hendrix		1966-1971
Kiss, Alice Cooper		1968-1983
Rush		1970-present
Twisted Sister Poison		1973-1990
Sex Pistols, The Ramones		1976-1979
Motorhead, Iron Maiden		1979-1983
Van Halen, The Darkness		1978-present
Dio (RIP), Judas Priest		1976-present
Misfits, Dead Kennedys		1980-1986
Venom, Centic Frost		1981-1986
Cannibal Corpse, Possesed		1985-present
Trouble, Cathedral		1982-present

Example Band(s)	Genre	Years
Slayer, Metallica		1983-present
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Hatebreed		1985-present
Napalm Death, Carcass		1987-present
Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson		1988-present
Nirvana, Pearl Jam		1988-1993
My Dying Bride, Opeth		1990-present
Arch Enemy, Unleashed, At the Gates		1990-present
Mayhem, Enslaved		1990-present
The Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine		1985-present
Anthrax ft. Public Enemy		1987-present
Slipknot Disturbed		1994-present
Lamb of God, Chimaira		2000-present

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Metal Genres for Headbangers Quiz

by PackerBacker4

Created May 23, 2010 in Music
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	dxman:	May 24th, 2010 at 04:35 GMT	1 point
	Early metal isn't a genre. Replace it with rap-metal.

	Sinistercharlo:	May 24th, 2010 at 11:51 GMT	6 points
	There is a lot wrong with this quiz. The metal elitist in me is going nuts. Early metal, shock metal, pop metal, and grunge are not legitimate metal genres. Why are hard rock, punk, hardcore and hard alternative on a metal quiz? Also, "New Wave of American" metal is only a descriptor used by a few bands and at this point, not used often enough to include on this quiz. It's very hard to guess "First wave of black" and "Norwegian black"; while those might be two separate genres in some people's minds, most people just consider them both "black metal", which should be an acceptable answer. Same with "Swedish Death". If you want death metal subgenres, try technical death metal or brutal death metal. "NWOBHM" should be acceptable in place of "New Wave Of British Heavy". You are missing folk metal, melodic death metal, symphonic metal, and (arguably) neo-classical metal. It seems like most metal genre quizzes are riddled with these types of errors.

	cassavetes:	May 24th, 2010 at 21:03 GMT	2 points
	^ word.

	PackerBacker4:	May 24th, 2010 at 21:15 GMT	1 point
	^^ spoiler I fixed the points in your comment I thought were valid. Death, Heavy, American, Alternative, Black are now all acceptable. I kept Early Metal/pop/glam because I think it's important to distinguish the genres of metal before there was a defined barrier to what would become what we know metal to be today. That is a root to your frustration among the other metal quizzes, there are still discrepancies as to who belongs to what genre and what genres even exist. Ex. early Korn=Nu Korn since 95=lame. I think I'm going to add more example bands though to help out the users. Thoughts?

	t567f:	May 25th, 2010 at 03:19 GMT	1 point
	for prog metal add tool and for stoner metal add electric wizard, candlemass, maybe kyuss, sleep, and acid king

	shadesgordon:	Dec 18th, 2010 at 22:26 GMT	1 point
	GRUNGE IS NOT ****ING METAL!!!!

	Isles91:	Dec 20th, 2010 at 06:31 GMT	2 points
	Judas Priest isn't really power metal. They're closet to NWOBHM (although they came out years before that movement).

	nesquik:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 00:16 GMT	1 point
	Centic Frost?

	classicrocker34:	Mar 5th, 2011 at 16:18 GMT	2 points
	not bad, but it's missing doom, a major subgenre (Candlemass, Warning, Black Sabbath, My Dying Bride, etc.) Also, swedish metal is generally also called Melodic Death and Gothenburg Metal otherwise good effort

	Pidge:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 18:53 GMT	1 point
	Opeth are not GOTH!!!

	TheDookieNut:	Mar 15th, 2012 at 10:14 GMT	1 point
	Where's your Viking, Pagan, Folk, Doom, and Celtic metal.. To be honest, I'd change the industrial examples to Rammstien, it'll make people understand your quiz better