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folk-metal

folk-metal noun: a genre of heavy metal influenced by folk music and various traditional musical forms.

Noun

folk-metal (uncountable)

  1. A genre of heavy metal influenced by folk music and various traditional musical forms.

Questions about folk-metal

What does folk-metal mean?
Folk-metal means a genre of heavy metal influenced by folk music and various traditional musical forms.
What part of speech is folk-metal?
Folk-metal is a noun.

Words near folk-metal in the dictionary

  1. folk-lores
  2. folk-magic
  3. folk-magick
  4. folk-medicine
  5. folk-medicines
  6. folk-metal
  7. folk-punk
  8. folk-rock
  9. folk-rocker
  10. folk-rockers
  11. folk-rockish

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