death metal

See also: deathmetal

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

death metal (uncountable)

  1. (music) A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.

Usage notes

People who do not listen to metal music often erroneously refer to all metal as death metal.

Derived terms

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taw/ [ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.fe ˈmɛ.taw/ [ˈdɛ.fe ˈmɛ.taʊ̯]

Noun

death metal m (uncountable)

  1. (music) death metal (subgenre of heavy metal)

Romanian

Noun

death metal n (uncountable)

  1. death metal

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

Noun

death metal c

  1. (music) death metal
    Synonym: dödsmetall

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References

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