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sludge metal

sludge metal noun: an abrasive, distorted subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by hardcore punk and doom metal, typically with a slightly higher tempo than doom metal but still slower than average.

Noun

sludge metal (uncountable)

  1. An abrasive, distorted subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by hardcore punk and doom metal, typically with a slightly higher tempo than doom metal but still slower than average.
    Synonyms:
    sludgecore, sludge

Synonyms of sludge metal

Questions about sludge metal

What does sludge metal mean?
Sludge metal means an abrasive, distorted subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by hardcore punk and doom metal, typically with a slightly higher tempo than doom metal but still slower than average.
What part of speech is sludge metal?
Sludge metal is a noun.

Words near sludge metal in the dictionary

  1. Sluders
  2. sludge
  3. sludge acid
  4. sludge hole
  5. sludge holes
  6. sludge metal
  7. sludge out
  8. sludgecore
  9. sludged
  10. sludged out
  11. sludgelike

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