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doom/death

doom/death noun: a hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.

Noun

doom/death (uncountable)

  1. A hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.
    • The Gathering from the Netherlands also previously a doom/death metal band, now play a form of psychedelic/gothic rock.2007, Keith Kahn-Harris, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge, Berg, →ISBN, page 133
    • The only other notable band incorporating violin into metal at taht time was U.K. avant-garde doom/death act My Dying Bride.2010, Jeff Wagner, Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, Bazillion Points, →ISBN, page 245.
    Synonyms:
    death/doom

Synonyms of doom/death

Forms of doom/death

alternative formdoom death
alternative formdoom-death

Questions about doom/death

What does doom/death mean?
Doom/death means a hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.
What part of speech is doom/death?
Doom/death is a noun.

Words near doom/death in the dictionary

  1. doom-monger
  2. doom-mongering
  3. doom-mongers
  4. doom-scrolling
  5. doom-surfing
  6. doom/death
  7. doomage
  8. doomages
  9. doomba
  10. doombas
  11. doombur

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