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death metal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A subgenre of heavy metal music typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ديث ميتال — death metal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死亡金屬 /死亡金属 (sǐwáng jīnshǔ) — death metal
  • Danish: dødsmetal — death metal
  • Dutch: deathmetal — death metal
  • Finnish: death metal — death metal
  • French: death metal — death metal
  • Georgian: დეზ მეტალი (dez meṭali) — death metal
  • German: Death-Metal — death metal
  • German: Deathmetal — death metal
  • Italian: death metal — death metal
  • Japanese: デスメタル (desumetaru) — death metal
  • Persian: دث متال (des metâl) — death metal
  • Portuguese: death metal — death metal
  • Romanian: death metal — death metal
  • Russian: дэт-ме́тал (dɛt-métal) — death metal
  • Swedish: death metal — death metal
  • Swedish: dödsmetall — death metal
  • Ukrainian: дез-ме́тал (dez-métal) — death metal
  • Ukrainian: дет-ме́тал (det-métal) — death metal
  • Vietnamese: death metal — death metal