blackgaze

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US, UK/ˈblækˌɡeɪz/

noun

A fusion music genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze.

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Meanings

nounblackgaze (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA fusion music genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze.

    California’s Deafheaven are blackgaze’s de facto poster boys, the most likely to open up black metal to an even wider audience.

    2015 October 5, Tom Howells, “Blackgaze: meet the bands taking black metal out of the shadows”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

Blend of black metal + shoegaze.

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APA

blackgaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackgaze

MLA

“blackgaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackgaze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackgaze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackgaze.

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