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 long-running death metal and grindcore group, which put out a collaborative album with Melvins called Savage Imperial Death March last year, kept the proceedings short and bittersweet. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026

Mike Browning, the drummer and vocalist best known for co-founding the pioneering death metal bands Morbid Angel and Nocturnus, has died. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

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. — 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

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for death metal

• acetyl
• bimetal
• gunmetal
• nonmetal
• resettle
• teakettle
• unsettle
• betel
• cetyl
• kettle
• mettle
• nettle