DOOM Level or Band Name? Vol. V

When describing the DOOM series, throwing up some horns and screaming ‘metaaaal!’ ain’t a half-bad way of putting it. That’s why sometimes the line between the games and the hardcore music that inspired it (and vice-versa) can get blurred.

So, in this challenge of your DOOM knowledge and/or muscial chops, we will give a name of either a level from a DOOM game or a pretty sick band name. In the case both a DOOM level and a band share a name, we err on the side of the DOOM level because hey, it’s the Slayers Club. Ready? Go!

Unruly Evil

An apt descriptor of DOOM’s enemies, Unruly Evil is the fourth map of DOOM (1993)’s fourth chapter, “Thy Flesh Consumed.” What this level lacks in complexity it makes up in the demons’ sheer numbers. It’s crawling with Imps, Spectres, Zombie Gunners and the odd Caco, but a seasoned DOOM player should be able to handle Unruly Evil by sticking to their guns…literally.

Nocturnal Rites

Formed in 1990, Nocturnal Rites is a Swedish act whose sound has evolved from death metal to thrash metal over the band’s long career. While the name sounds like it could invoke a Hell Knight to our realm, turning up some Nocturnal Rites will instead invoke some serious head-banging and perhaps some noodly air guitar playing.

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon is (another) Swedish power metal band that combines all the best elements of the genre – grandstanding anthems with epic, over-the-top lyrics, studded leather, face paint and sweet guitar solos – with prog metal to create a sound that transports you back to the 90s’ in the best way.

Blood Command

Hailing from Bergen, Norway, the band Blood Command has been performing for over a decade. Their high-energy punk rock sound is a perfect fit for any underground venue or skatepark, despite the name sounding like an encampment for Hell’s elite demons. (Not that their music couldn’t fit in there...just sayin’.)

Mt. Erebus

This one’s tricky. Named after a personification of darkness from Greek mythology, Mount Erebus is a real-life level – the second-highest volcano in Antarctica, to be exact. It just so happens to also be the name for the sixth map of the Inferno chapter in DOOM (1993). Though technically this makes the name a DOOM level, the real-world location and mythological basis for Mt. Erebus has been used for many a band, album and song title. That’s what happens with any proper noun that, let’s face it, sounds really cool.

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