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doom metal

doom metal noun: a subgenre of heavy metal characterised by a slow tempo and low-tuned guitars, often emphasizing despairing lyrics.

Noun

doom metal (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of heavy metal characterised by a slow tempo and low-tuned guitars, often emphasizing despairing lyrics.
    • Devotees of doom metal often cite as early instances of the sub-genre mid-1980s albums by Saint Vitus and Candlemass, the title of Candlemass' 1986 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus perhaps inspiring the sub-genre's eventual designation.2016, Ronald Bogue, Deleuze's Way: Essays in Transverse Ethics and Aesthetics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 39

doom metal meaning in Marathi

doom metal in Marathi

heavy metal subgenre
डूम मेटल ḍūma meṭala

Origin of doom metal

Perhaps from the 1986 album title Epicus Doomicus Metallicus or maybe from the 1970 Black Sabbath song "Hand of Doom".

Questions about doom metal

What does doom metal mean?
Doom metal means a subgenre of heavy metal characterised by a slow tempo and low-tuned guitars, often emphasizing despairing lyrics.
What is doom metal in Marathi?
Doom metal in Marathi is डूम मेटल (ḍūma meṭala). See Doom metal meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is doom metal?
Doom metal is a noun.

Words near doom metal in the dictionary

  1. Doom clones
  2. doom folk
  3. doom jobbing
  4. doom loop
  5. doom loops
  6. doom metal
  7. doom palm
  8. doom palms
  9. doom rock
  10. doom scrolling
  11. doom spending

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