death metal
noun
: a type of heavy metal music that is characterized by the use of dark, violent, or gory imagery
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And one track prominently features a country singer, a drastic departure from the usual Fire-Toolz mélange of screensaver EDM, Hypercolor death metal, blackened new age, and copious other mutant genres that usually don’t mix.
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Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026
There are some fine metal bands visiting Connecticut this week, from the darkly improvisatory Puscifer to Michigan death metal icons The Black Dahlia Murder to the local nu-metal act Cheem.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
In between their trips to visit national parks together, the couple enjoyed attending death metal concerts and collecting crystals.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Everything but death metal and gangster rap.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
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Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026
There are some fine metal bands visiting Connecticut this week, from the darkly improvisatory Puscifer to Michigan death metal icons The Black Dahlia Murder to the local nu-metal act Cheem.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
In between their trips to visit national parks together, the couple enjoyed attending death metal concerts and collecting crystals.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Everything but death metal and gangster rap.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for death metal
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“Death metal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20metal. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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