death metal

noun

: a type of heavy metal music that is characterized by the use of dark, violent, or gory imagery

Examples of death metal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The exclusive excerpt here traces the origins of Mantas and the beginnings of Florida death metal, looking at each musician’s contribution to the genre and how everything fell into place. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2025

Future via Getty Images According to Swedish news outlet SVT, Tomas Lindberg, vocalist for the pioneering Swedish death metal band At The Gates, has died at the age of 52. —Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Montana attained some fame in the early- to mid-1980s as a guitarist for the pioneering death metal band Possessed. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025

Michigan bluegrass aficionado Billy Strings has showcased his diverse tastes and genre-shifting proficiency as part of a new collaboration with Canadian death metal outfit Cryptopsy. —Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 17 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for death metal

• gunmetal
• nonmetal
• resettle
• teakettle
• unsettle
• betel
• cetyl
• kettle
• mettle
• nettle
• petal
• setal