Meanings
noundeath metal (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentA 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.
Translations
Arabic ديث ميتال
- ديث ميتالdeath metal
Chinese Mandarin 死亡金屬 /死亡金属
- 死亡金屬 /死亡金属 (sǐwáng jīnshǔ)death metal
Danish dødsmetal
- dødsmetaldeath metal
Dutch deathmetal
- deathmetaldeath metal
Finnish death metal
- death metaldeath metal
French death metal
- death metaldeath metal
German Death-Metal, Deathmetal
- Death-Metaldeath metal
- Deathmetaldeath metal
Italian death metal
- death metaldeath metal
Japanese デスメタル
- デスメタル (desumetaru)death metal
Persian دث متال
- دث متال (des metâl)death metal
Portuguese death metal
- death metaldeath metal
Romanian death metal
- death metaldeath metal
Russian дэт-ме́тал
- дэт-ме́тал (dɛt-métal)death metal
Swedish death metal, dödsmetall
- death metaldeath metal
- dödsmetalldeath metal
Ukrainian дез-ме́тал, дет-ме́тал
- дез-ме́тал (dez-métal)death metal
- дет-ме́тал (det-métal)death metal
Vietnamese death metal
- death metaldeath metal
Cite this entry
APA
death metal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20metal
MLA
“death metal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20metal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death metal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20metal.
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