Origins, subgenres, and landmark bands with years.
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- Black Sabbath pioneered what sound with their 1968 self-titled album?
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Heavy metal
- Tony Iommi wrote which iconic Black Sabbath song riff?
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Iron Man
- Ritchie Blackmore is famous for the riff in which song?
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Smoke on the Water
- Machine Head is the landmark 1970 album by what band?
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Deep Purple
- Paranoid was released by Black Sabbath in what year?
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1970
- Metallica formed in what year?
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1981
- James Hetfield is the vocalist and guitarist of which band?
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Metallica
- Slayer formed in what year?
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1981
- Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? was released by what band?
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Megadeth
- Mustaine founded Megadeth after being fired from which band?
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Metallica
- Anthrax formed in what year?
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1981
- The Big Four of Thrash Metal consists of which four bands?
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Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
- Chuck Schuldiner pioneered which metal subgenre?
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Death metal
- Scream Bloody Gore was Death's debut album released in what year?
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1987
- Bathory released The Return...in 1985, pioneering which subgenre?
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Black metal