Modern Heavy Metal quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which band won the 2016 metal Grammy for Cirice?

   Answer: Ghost

   Why: Cirice was the lead single from their album Meliora, cementing their rise on mainstream rock radio.

2. 2 Medium

   Who narrates on Nightwish's Endless Forms Most Beautiful?

   Answer: Richard Dawkins

   Why: Dawkins had never heard of Nightwish before Holopainen's letter; he narrated two tracks and spoke the closing lines live at Wembley in 2015.

3. 3 Hard

   Which band member designed the iconic album artwork for Converge's Jane Doe?

   Answer: Jacob Bannon

   Why: Bannon built the cover from hundreds of xeroxed, inked images; in 2021 model Audrey Marnay revealed she was the source, 20 years on.

4. 4 Easy

   Which book inspired Mastodon's 2004 concept album Leviathan?

   Answer: Moby-Dick

   Why: Brann Dailor read Moby-Dick on a flight to London and pitched the concept; Melville's text calls the whale a salt-sea Mastodon.

5. 5 Medium

   Which singer wears a horned gold demon mask onstage?

   Answer: Alex Terrible

   Why: Alex Terrible has produced his Kid of Darkness masks in Russia since 2016 and sells the handmade, moving jaw replicas to fans worldwide.

6. 6 Hard

   Which pedal type lets metal guitarists drop their tuning instantly?

   Answer: Pitch shifter

   Why: The DigiTech Drop retunes all six strings at once, from one semitone down to a full octave, at a single footswitch tap.