Melodic Horror Metal

Definition:
A metal music sub-genre combing elements of shock rock, doom metal, black metal, and dark-folk music.

Key Characteristics:
- Dark & chromatic melodies.
- Odd & uncommon time signatures.
- Clean & gritty vocal styles.
- Folk instrumentation.
- Distorted electric and acoustic guitars.
- Keyboard and synth FX.
- Lyrical storytelling.
- Lyrical themes of folk horror, supernatural, etc.

“Have you ever heard of ‘Melodic Horror Metal’?” “No, I haven’t” “It’s this new metal sub-genre. I think you’ll dig it!”

by Mitch Harper May 2, 2023

Metal Santa

Only the one and only master of the bass guitar Tom Araya (note metal Santa is only a term used after he got his kickass beard)

Metal Santa only plays for the one and only best band in the world, FUCKING SLAYER

by Mr-big-nobb November 14, 2018

metal oak

A guy who's voice has reached puberty before his body. He is Prune to violence and takes his gaming very seriously

Geez you got bad temper. You are a metal oak

by ladyofmadhouse July 7, 2017

parking lot metal

A genre of music classified by their bands giving concerts at parking lots, of strip malls or supermarkets. They usually set up their instruments right on the handicapped space. That causes problems.

Mastodon, Idiots on Guitar, Warren Trenchcoat, and Swayzak 1 TOM Robot 0 are examples of parking lot metal bands.

by IDONTMIND August 27, 2017

Navy Metal

When a tough guy navy prick listens to music. Pretty much the least amount of talent is required to play this music. He thinks he sounds cool listening to metal, but everybody knows hes a douche.

Adam: Bro, I hate John's taste in music.
Steve: ikr, listens to all that navy metal

by Dontuseyourrealnams February 27, 2019

Metal shade

A subgenre of hardbass with ominous and infernal atmosphere. It contains dark, distorted, metallic bamboo-basses (donks) and scary vocals (moans, shouts or laughs) or even rap. The first metal shade track was made by DJ Bar@bass in around 2005. The most notable artist are DJ Surov, DJ Rentgen, Just Motion, Beat Of Bass, DJ Bampiness, DJ B'lOod, Liquid Sound, Wicked Gummi, Dread System, DJ Chuck, Metall Scary, DJ Danger, Dimsound, DJ Frostb1t and Obscure Candy.

Artyom: Damn, look at those gopniks, seems like they're listening to metal shade!

Mikhail: Yeah, they from Wicked Gummi's district.

by Kiriusz March 14, 2019

metal harvester

A tweaker who goes out at night and steals any type of metal to sell for money to buy meth.

Don't leave anything in your front yard that might attract the metal harvesters....

by Knot u December 13, 2018