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  • noun A subgenre of punk rock, incorporating horror themes, that emerged in the United States in the late 1970s.

Etymologies

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death +‎ rock

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Examples

  • I just learned that about a week after my new book "American Inquisition" is released, the deathrock band "Christian Death" will release their long-awaited thirteenth album, entitled ... you guessed! ...

    Is That Legal?: September 2007 Archives 2007

  • I just learned that about a week after my new book "American Inquisition" is released, the deathrock band "Christian Death" will release their long-awaited thirteenth album, entitled ... you guessed! ...

    Is That Legal?: Is This, Like, Gnarly, or What? 2007

  • I just learned that about a week after my new book "American Inquisition" is released, the deathrock band "Christian Death" will release their long-awaited thirteenth album, entitled ... you guessed! ...

    Is That Legal?: Oddities Archives 2006

  • I just learned that about a week after my new book "American Inquisition" is released, the deathrock band "Christian Death" will release their long-awaited thirteenth album, entitled ... you guessed! ...

    Is That Legal?: Music Archives 2006

  • I just learned that about a week after my new book "American Inquisition" is released, the deathrock band "Christian Death" will release their long-awaited thirteenth album, entitled ... you guessed! ...

    Is That Legal?: Books Archives 2006

  • Check out www. deathrock.com/antiworld for a great Northwest band!

    hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004

  • What got through was much more New Wave-ish or synthpunk than the deathrock I'd originally heard them described as.

    nightlightX2: Veronica Blood, the Sixteens, Carrie Shull, Chris Cutler badger 2004

  • Went to King's last night to see deathrock/surf music hybrids 1 The Phantom Creeps from Boston and The Crimson Ghosts from "Spook City".

    [scorp] the little ones are growing up badger 2004

  • Los Angeles based "blackened deathrock" act Arcane Asylum is currently streaming a new track online.

    Metal Underground.com 2010

  • She's a great mix of tattooed, pierced, goth, deathrock, emo, and raver, all wrapped up in one edible little package.

    AltPorn.net - alt.porn erotica 2010

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