metal band
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈmɛtəl bænd/
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banda de heavy metal
- Nick and I actually do have a metal band called Twice Born.
- a heavy metal band
Sort of a glam punk metal band from the local area.
- Sort of a glam punk metal band from the local area.
- She was sort of like in this, you know, metal band.
- You you were a lead guitarist in the metal band.
- And, and you just don't see that with metal, you know, very few metal bands.
- So we were like a proper Mexican, Mexican metal band.
- Nick and I actually do have a heavy metal band called Twice Born.
- Ben Gordon, who's the drummer for a heavy metal band called Parkway Drive.
- From Prague metal to metal bands to to Pop X, things like that, they all do it.
Examples
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Simon took his dad's advice and joined a thrash metal band playing bass.
Academic text (2015) -
Well, in college I played in a badass metal band.
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Nick and I actually do have a heavy metal band called Twice Born.
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- They wanna be one of the biggest metal bands in the world.
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Fenton, did you join a heavy metal band?
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Most heavy metal bands couldn't do that.
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I've been listening to Machine Head, a great metal band out of Oakland, CA.
Blog text (12) -
Today in weird music news, Anthrax became the first metal band played on Mars by the Curiosity rover.
Blog text (5) -
Bruce Dickinson is the larger than life front man of Iron Maiden, one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time.
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Man, it would be cool to see a metal band perform live.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of musicians who play together
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2.1
A group of musicians who play rock music with electric guitars, bass, and drums
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
metal + band
The compound is compositionally formed (noun modifier + noun) so someone who knows 'metal' as the music genre and 'band' as an ensemble can readily infer 'a band that plays metal music'. However, because 'metal' also primarily denotes a material, learners who only know the literal sense may misinterpret it, so understanding depends on having the genre sense and some cultural knowledge.
Etymology
Metal band comes from the words metal, meaning something heavy and hard, and band, meaning a group of musicians. People felt this music sounded strong and loud like metal, so a metal band is a group that plays 'heavy, loud rock music'.