Moshradar Games · 12 questions
Metal Mascots & Characters Quiz
Some bands have a logo. The best ones have a monster. Twelve mascots and characters — whose are they?
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Question 1 of 12
Eddie the Head is the long-running mascot of which band?
Iron Maiden. Artist Derek Riggs created Eddie, who has fronted almost every Iron Maiden album cover since their 1980 debut.
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Question 2 of 12
Vic Rattlehead — the skeleton who sees, hears and speaks no evil — belongs to which band?
Megadeth. Vic first appeared on the cover of their 1985 debut, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
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Question 3 of 12
Snaggletooth, the tusked 'War-Pig' face, is the emblem of which band?
Motörhead. Artist Joe Petagno drew it for the band's 1977 debut album.
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Question 4 of 12
Murray, the demon on the Holy Diver cover, is the mascot of which act?
Dio. Murray first appeared on the cover of the band's 1983 debut, Holy Diver.
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Question 5 of 12
The Crimson Ghost skull, borrowed from a 1946 film serial, is the logo of which band?
The Misfits, the New Jersey band who more or less invented horror punk.
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Question 6 of 12
Which Canadian band is named after the post-apocalyptic character its drummer created?
Voivod, from Jonquière, Quebec. Drummer Michel 'Away' Langevin draws the character and much of the band's artwork.
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Question 7 of 12
Which band's frontman performs as a line of anti-popes called Papa Emeritus?
Ghost, from Linköping, Sweden. The man behind the masks, Tobias Forge, was publicly identified in 2017.
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Question 8 of 12
Which masked band's original members were known by the numbers 0 to 8?
Slipknot, from Des Moines, Iowa — nine members, numbered 0 to 8.
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Question 9 of 12
Oderus Urungus was the frontman of which band of intergalactic barbarians?
GWAR, from Richmond, Virginia. Dave Brockie played Oderus until his death in 2014.
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Question 10 of 12
Which monster-costumed band won Eurovision for Finland in 2006?
Lordi, with 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' — Finland's first Eurovision win.
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Question 11 of 12
Which band's original line-up played as the Demon, the Starchild, the Spaceman and the Catman?
KISS. Gene Simmons was the Demon and Paul Stanley the Starchild.
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Question 12 of 12
The winged skull known as the Deathbat is the symbol of which band?
Avenged Sevenfold, from Huntington Beach, California.
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