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depressive black metal

depressive black metal noun: a subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.

Noun

depressive black metal (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.
    • The first MCD was sometimes really depressive, and the new full-length CD (out March/May 2001) will be definitively pure Depressive Black Metal, something in between Abyssic Hate, old Katatonia, old Burzum, Dolorian.January 22, 2001, marchisio, “Re: Depressing Black Metal”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet)
    • Dunkel - Evighed (depressive black metal in the Burzum vein - rare tape!) $6August 1, 2003, Convivial Hermit, “various stuff for sale”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet)

Examples of depressive black metal in a sentence

  • - FORGOTTEN TOMB "Songs to Leave" CD (great depressive black metal) 15$October 6, 2003, O.T., “Tour de Garde mail order.”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):
  • Our recent discovery of a blog dedicated to “depressive black metal” We guess the music sounds neat.The SPIN 20 in SPIN, September 2011 edition, SPIN Media LLC, page 30

Questions about depressive black metal

What does depressive black metal mean?
Depressive black metal means a subgenre of black metal that focuses on slow, repetitive instrumentation and depressive or suicidal lyrics and imagery.
How do you use depressive black metal in a sentence?
- FORGOTTEN TOMB "Songs to Leave" CD (great depressive black metal) 15$
What part of speech is depressive black metal?
Depressive black metal is a noun.

Words near depressive black metal in the dictionary

  1. depressionless
  2. depressionlike
  3. depressionogenic
  4. depressions
  5. depressive
  6. depressive black metal
  7. depressive disorder
  8. depressive disorders
  9. depressive personality disorder
  10. depressive personality disorders
  11. depressive realism

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