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doom rock

doom rock noun: a subgenre of rock music influenced by hard rock, protometal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and blues, commonly incorporating lyrics about the occult or referencing horror movies and books.

Noun

doom rock (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of rock music influenced by hard rock, protometal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and blues, commonly incorporating lyrics about the occult or referencing horror movies and books.
    • More industrial rhythms and gothic, doom rock combined with suitably mocking voice to express the dark matters afoot in the songs, which this time dwell on the subject of suicide, making Manson the latest in a long line of heavy metal artists to do so.2006, Steve Taylor, The A to X of Alternative Music, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 144
    • They're not death metal; they're calling it doom rock. It's essentially an updated version of early 70s Sabbath.[2007 March 16, Paul Lester, quoting Elijah Wood, “Frodo gets funky”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    occult rock, witch rock

Synonyms of doom rock

  • occult rock
  • witch rock

Questions about doom rock

What does doom rock mean?
Doom rock means a subgenre of rock music influenced by hard rock, protometal, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and blues, commonly incorporating lyrics about the occult or referencing horror movies and books.
What part of speech is doom rock?
Doom rock is a noun.

Words near doom rock in the dictionary

  1. doom loop
  2. doom loops
  3. doom metal
  4. doom palm
  5. doom palms
  6. doom rock
  7. doom scrolling
  8. doom spending
  9. doom'd
  10. doom-and-gloom
  11. doom-and-gloomer

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