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death metal

death metal noun: a subgenre of heavy metal music 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.

Noun

death metal (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of heavy metal music 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.

death metal meaning in Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

death metal in Arabic

death metal
ديث ميتال

death metal in Persian

death metal
دث متال des metâl

death metal in Vietnamese

death metal
death metal

Words formed from death metal

Questions about death metal

What does death metal mean?
Death metal means a subgenre of heavy metal music 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.
What is death metal in Arabic?
Death metal in Arabic is ديث ميتال. See Death metal meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is death metal?
Death metal is a noun.

Words near death metal in the dictionary

  1. death marches
  2. death mask
  3. death masks
  4. death messenger
  5. death messengers
  6. death metal
  7. death metaller
  8. death metallers
  9. death nail
  10. death note
  11. death notes

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