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epic doom

epic doom noun: a subgenre of doom metal having a heavy classical influence.

Noun

epic doom (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of doom metal having a heavy classical influence.
    • Dread Sovereign draw deep from the well of epic doom bands like Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus, though Nemtheanga’s voice is distinctive enough to draw in some of the Primordial appeal as well. […] This is epic doom for the ages, reinvented and born anew.2017 March 31, Ian Chainey, Aaron Lariviere, “The Black Market: The Month In Metal – March 2017”, in Stereogum, 15. Dread Sovereign – “Twelve Bells Toll In Salem”

Questions about epic doom

What does epic doom mean?
Epic doom means a subgenre of doom metal having a heavy classical influence.
What part of speech is epic doom?
Epic doom is a noun.

Words near epic doom in the dictionary

  1. epibulbar
  2. epibyssate
  3. epic
  4. epic catalogue
  5. Epic Cycle
  6. epic doom
  7. epic fail
  8. epic fails
  9. epic formula
  10. Epic Greek
  11. epic poem

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