| Hint | Band | Hint |
| Chuck Schuldiner = father of modern Death metal | |
| These haunted ghouls pioneeredFlorida death metal | |
| Iowa | |
| 18-minute guitar solos + slaying dragons + keyboard | |
| Pure. American. Metal. | |
| Insane (answer: insane) | |
| The most negative band in the United States | |
| Turkish tech-death led by the prodigy Muhammad | |
| The most 'djenty' band out there | |
| Drummer Tom Lombardo practically invented the double bass technique | |
| Sumeriancore band with Egyptian bent | |
| Modern mainstream metal featuring Mike Portnoy temporarily | |
| Self-described rocky-mountain-hydro-grind | |