"alternative metal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} alternative metal (uncountable)
  1. (music) A loose collection of styles of modern metal music influenced by alternative rock, including many bands in the nu metal, industrial metal, grunge, and gothic metal styles. Tags: uncountable Translations (heavy metal subgenre): مِيتَال بَدِيل (mītāl badīl) [masculine] (Arabic), metal alternatif [masculine] (French), ალტერნატიული მეტალი (alṭernaṭiuli meṭali) (Georgian)

Alternative forms

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