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doom/death

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • 2010, Jeff Wagner, Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, Bazillion Points, →ISBN, page 245. The only other notable band incorporating violin into metal at taht time was U.K. avant-garde doom/death act My Dying Bride.
  • 2015, "Myraeth", in Brian Giffin (comp.), Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal, Lulu (3rd revised ed.), →ISBN, page 2194. Myraeth is a doom/death band from the Blue Mountains, formed by Samantha Kempster from Lycanthia, Ryan Casey and Max Vandyke in 2009.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: death/doom

Antonyms: none provided

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