death metal

noun

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

death metal

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of death metal¹

First recorded in 1985–1990

Example Sentences

I have two sons who are into melodic death metal.

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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.

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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.

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We’re also totally fine with just doing a full-on death metal tour as well, and we’ve done plenty of those, too.

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Bassist and founding member Alex Webster recently spoke with The Times from the road, just before the band’s stop in Oklahoma City, as part of its current U.S. tour with crossover thrashers Municipal Waste, guttural death metal band Fulci and up-and-coming hardcore grind band Full of Hell.

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