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Is It a Real Metal Subgenre?

Below are 20 phrases that sound vaguely like small, obscure subgenres of metal. Can you tell which are real and which aren't?
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Last updated: November 15, 2021
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1. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Bullet metal
Speed metal
Thrash metal but faster and with cooler, more technical guitar solos; see Accept
2. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Goregrind
Bloodgore
Death metal mixed with punk-influenced grindcore; see early Carcass
3. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Djent
Grime
Prog but with weird guitar tones; see Meshuggah
4. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Nightslam
Deathcore
Death metal but with metalcore breakdowns; see early Whitechapel
5. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Blast Metal
Sludge metal
Really slow, heavily downtuned punk music; see Acid Bath
6. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Spirit metal
Funeral doom metal
Metal but they play 8 notes a minute; see Evoken
7. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Neo-Metal
Death 'n' Roll
Death metal vocals over 80s hard rock guitar; see later Entombed
8. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Blackgaze
Downtone
Black metal mixed with shoegaze and post rock; see Deafheaven
9. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Unblack Metal
Life Metal
Black metal but Christian; see Horde
10. Which of these is a real metal subgenre?
Brutal slamming death metal
Technical blackened grind metal
Death metal but more angry and aggressive; see Devourment
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Level 77
Nov 21, 2021
Gongi metal????
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Level 54
Jul 14, 2022
Very good quiz idea, but I've seen the term life metal used.
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Level 58
Sep 7, 2022
I suggest adding "Kawaii Metal" and "Mathcore" and, as a wrong answer, "Trash Metal" :D