doom/death

alternative doom death · alternative doom-death

1. uncountableentertainmentA hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.

   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.

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   The Gathering from the Netherlands also previously a doom/death metal band, now play a form of psychedelic/gothic rock.

   2007, Keith Kahn-Harris, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge, Berg, →ISBN, page 133

   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.

   Synonyms: death/doom