coldwave

See also: cold wave

English

Etymology

cold +‎ wave, perhaps influenced by earlier genres such as new wave and darkwave.

Noun

coldwave (uncountable)

  1. (music) A French style of post-punk music in the 1980s.
  2. (music, US) The industrial metal music genre in the 1990s.
    • 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, page 37:
      Modern industrial music subgenres and fusion-genres include EBM, futurepop, power-noise, aggrotech (terror-EBM), coldwave, elektro, dark-electro, and industrial-metal. Yes, it can be quite confusing.
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