Danish Death Metal: Growls from the North
Denmark may be famous for hygge, but its underground has been growling, blasting and riffing since the late 1980s.
- Art and music
- Adults
- Medium
- Educational
- 10 questions
- about 5 min
- Feedback after each question
Against each other
For kids and playful souls
See the questions
Without the right answers, so they're still a surprise when you play.
Question 1
Which hugely influential Danish band plays classic heavy metal rather than death metal?
- Volbeat's hidden death side
- Illdisposed
- Mercyful Fate
- Iniquity
Question 2
Illdisposed, among Denmark's longest-running death metal bands, comes from which city?
- Aarhus
- Copenhagen
- Odense
- Aalborg
Question 3
The Copenhagen band Undergang has a Danish name. What does it mean?
- Underground
- Undertaker
- Underworld
- Downfall
Question 4
What was the title of Baest's debut album, released in 2018?
- Necro Sapiens
- Danse Macabre
- Justitia
- Venenum
Question 5
Copenhell, Denmark's big metal festival on Refshaleøen, was first held in which year?
- 1995
- 2005
- 2010
- 2016
Question 6
Where did death metal first take shape as a genre in the mid-1980s?
- Florida and California, USA
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Oslo, Norway
Question 7
Tue Madsen is a big name in Danish metal. What is he best known as?
- Illdisposed's original drummer
- Founder of Copenhell
- Owner of Century Media
- Producer at Antfarm Studios
Question 8
Which guitarist, known from Death and Testament, played with Copenhagen's Konkhra?
- Andy LaRocque
- James Murphy
- Chuck Schuldiner
- Trey Azagthoth
Question 9
Which vocal style is typical of death metal bands like Illdisposed?
- High operatic falsetto
- Clean melodic singing
- Deep guttural growls
- Thin high-pitched shrieks
Question 10
Iniquity, one of Denmark's earliest death metal bands, formed in Copenhagen in which year?
- 1989
- 2001
- 2008
- 1994
