black metal

English

Noun

black metal (uncountable)

Iron, or similar metals worked by a blacksmith
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal employing fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, double-kick drumming and unconventional song structure, often emphasizing antireligious and misanthropic themes.
(music, dated, 1980s and early 1990s) Any form of extreme metal having a Satanic or anti-Christian theme.

Antonyms

white metal

Derived terms

Derived terms

ambient black metal
atmospheric black metal
black metaller
depressive black metal, depressive suicidal black metal

folk black metal
national socialist black metal (NSBM)
symphonic black metal

Translations

a subgenre of heavy metal

Georgian: ბლეკ-მეტალი (bleḳ-meṭali)
Marathi: ब्लॅक मेटल n (blǎka meṭala)
Norwegian: svartmetall

Portuguese: black metal (pt) m
Spanish: black metal m

Portuguese

Noun

black metal m (uncountable)

(music) black metal (a subgenre of heavy metal)

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