death metal

American  

noun

1. a type of speed metal music featuring violent or Satanic imagery.

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death metal British  

noun

1. 1. a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extreme speed and lyrics dealing with violence, satanism, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a death-metal band

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Etymology

Origin of death metal

First recorded in 1985–1990

Example Sentences

The music itself is mostly fearsome golden oldies including the preternaturally ghastly “Take on Me,” but perhaps fearing massive customer defections or class-action suits the store doesn’t play Nordic death metal or anything by James Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal

There, a performance by American group The Eagles of Death Metal had just started, when three jihadists burst in and fired indiscriminately into the auditorium.

From BBC

I have two sons who are into melodic death metal.

From Los Angeles Times

With a career spanning nearly four decades, American death metal progenitors Cannibal Corpse have been one of the most infamous, enduring bands in the genre.

From Los Angeles Times

A death metal band doesn’t really have hits in the way other kinds of music might, because there’s no singles chart for death metal, for example.

From Los Angeles Times