"sludge metal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sludge metal (uncountable)
  1. An abrasive, distorted subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by hardcore punk and doom metal, typically with a slightly higher tempo than doom metal but still slower than average. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: sludgecore, sludge
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