black metal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblæk ˌmɛtəl/

Noun

black metal (uncountable)

1. Iron, or similar metals worked by a blacksmith
2. (music) A subgenre of heavy metal employing fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, double-kick drumming, raw recording and unconventional song structure, often emphasizing antireligious and misanthropic themes.
3. (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
• holy unblack metal
• national socialist black metal (NSBM)
• symphonic black metal
• unblack metal

Translations

a subgenre of heavy metal

• Dutch: black metal m
• Georgian: ბლეკ-მეტალი (bleḳ-meṭali)
• Marathi: ब्लॅक मेटल n (blĕk meṭal)

• Norwegian: svartmetall
• Portuguese: black metal (pt) m
• Spanish: black metal m

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• blackmetal (unofficial)

Etymology

Borrowed from English black metal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛk ˌmɛ.təl/
• Hyphenation: black me‧tal

Noun

black metal m (uncountable)

1. (music) black metal (extreme-metal genre)

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English black metal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌmetɑl/, [ˈblækˌme̞t̪ɑl]
• IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌmetɑlːi/, [ˈblækˌme̞t̪ɑlːi]
• Rhymes: -etɑl, -etɑlli
• Syllabification: black‧me‧tal(‧li)

Noun

black metal

1. (music) black metal

   Synonym: bläkkis

Declension

Inflection of black metal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		black metal	black metalit
genitive		black metalin	black metalien black metaleiden black metaleitten
partitive		black metalia	black metaleita black metaleja
illative		black metaliin	black metaleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		black metal	black metalit
accusative	nom.	black metal	black metalit
	gen.	black metalin
genitive		black metalin	black metalien black metaleiden black metaleitten
partitive		black metalia	black metaleita black metaleja
inessive		black metalissa	black metaleissa
elative		black metalista	black metaleista
illative		black metaliin	black metaleihin
adessive		black metalilla	black metaleilla
ablative		black metalilta	black metaleilta
allative		black metalille	black metaleille
essive		black metalina	black metaleina
translative		black metaliksi	black metaleiksi
instructive		—	black metalein
abessive		black metalitta	black metaleitta
comitative		—	black metaleineen

Possessive forms of black metal (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	black metalini	black metalimme
2nd person	black metalisi	black metalinne
3rd person	black metalinsa

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English black metal.

Noun

black metal m (uncountable)

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