holy unblack metal

noun

A subgenre of black metal with Christian lyrics.

Meanings

nounholy unblack metal (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of black metal with Christian lyrics.

Origin

  1. Norwegian Bokmålhellig usvart
  2. Englishholy unblack metal

The part holy unblack is a calque of Norwegian Bokmål hellig usvart, after Hellig Usvart, a record by Horde.

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