death metal

See also: deathmetal

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

death metal (uncountable)

1. (music) A subgenre of heavy metal 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.

Derived terms

• death metaller
• death 'n' roll

 

Translations

death metal

• Arabic: ديث ميتال
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死亡金屬／死亡金属 (sǐwáng jīnshǔ)

• Danish: dødsmetal n
• Dutch: deathmetal (nl) m
• Finnish: death metal
• French: death metal (fr) m
• Georgian: დეზ მეტალი (dez meṭali)
• German: Death-Metal m, Deathmetal m
• Italian: death metal (it) m
• Japanese: デスメタル (desumetaru)
• Persian: دث متال (des metâl)
• Portuguese: death metal (pt) m
• Romanian: death metal n
• Russian: дэт-ме́тал (ru) m (dɛt-métal)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: death metal c, dödsmetall c
• Ukrainian: дез-ме́тал m (dez-métal), дет-ме́тал (det-métal)
• Vietnamese: death metal

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taw/ [ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taw/ [ˈdɛ.fi ˈmɛ.taʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fe ˈmɛ.taw/ [ˈdɛ.fe ˈmɛ.taʊ̯]

Noun

death metal m (uncountable)

1. (music) death metal (subgenre of heavy metal)

Romanian

Noun

death metal n (uncountable)

1. death metal

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

Noun

death metal c

1. (music) death metal

   Synonym: dödsmetall

See also

• black metal
• growla

References

• death metal in Svensk ordbok (SO)