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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The fatal encounter comes just weeks after South San Francisco officers shot and killed 60-year-old Brian Montana, a former member of Bay Area death metal band Possessed.
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Brian Montana, a former guitarist for the Bay Area death metal band Possessed, was killed in a shootout with police in South San Francisco.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
At a detention hearing, Allison’s defense claimed the writings were old song lyrics from his high school death metal band, Putrid Flesh.
—James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
Overall, what Blood Incantation attempt on Absolute Elsewhere is leaps and bound ahead of any other modern death metal act, moreover most modern metal bands.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Brian Montana, a former guitarist for the Bay Area death metal band Possessed, was killed in a shootout with police in South San Francisco.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
At a detention hearing, Allison’s defense claimed the writings were old song lyrics from his high school death metal band, Putrid Flesh.
—James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
Overall, what Blood Incantation attempt on Absolute Elsewhere is leaps and bound ahead of any other modern death metal act, moreover most modern metal bands.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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 15 Jul. 2025.
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