metal umlaut

Noun

metal umlaut (plural metal umlauts)

1. Synonym of heavy metal umlaut.
   • Metallurgists from Motörhead to Mötley Crüe have proven the eensy diacritic as iconic as Spandex, pyrotechnics and Aqua-Net. Spin̈al Tap’s David St. Hubbins explains the umlaut’s universal appeal: “It’s like a pair of eyes. You’re looking at the umlaut, and the umlaut is looking at you.” But unlike...2000 October, Lisa Gidley, “Hell Holes”, in Scott Frampton, editor, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 86, New York, N.Y.: CMJ, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11
   • Even Hüsker Dü’s umlauts were gratuitous. They named themselves after a Danish game called Husker Du, which means “Do you remember?” but added metal umlauts to make it look edgier.2006, Björn Türoque with Dan Crane, “Björn Is Born”, in To Air Is Human: One Man’s Quest to Become the World’s Greatest Air Guitarist, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, part 1 (Welcome to the...

   Synonyms:

   heavy metal umlaut