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blackgaze

UK/ˈblækˌɡeɪz/

blackgaze noun: a fusion music genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze.

Noun

blackgaze (uncountable)

  1. A fusion music genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze.
    • California’s Deafheaven are blackgaze’s de facto poster boys, the most likely to open up black metal to an even wider audience.2015 October 5, Tom Howells, “Blackgaze: meet the bands taking black metal out of the shadows”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of blackgaze

Blend of black metal + shoegaze.

Questions about blackgaze

What does blackgaze mean?
Blackgaze means a fusion music genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze.
What part of speech is blackgaze?
Blackgaze is a noun.
How do you pronounce blackgaze?
Blackgaze is pronounced /ˈblækˌɡeɪz/ (UK).

Words near blackgaze in the dictionary

  1. blackfriars
  2. blackfulla
  3. blackfullas
  4. blackgame
  5. blackgames
  6. blackgaze
  7. blackgin
  8. blackgins
  9. blackgirl
  10. blackgrass
  11. blackguard

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