Coldwave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coldwave is a noun meaning (music) A European style of post-punk music in the 1980s.
Meaning
(music) A European style of post-punk music in the 1980s.
More Meanings
- (music, US) The industrial metal music genre in the 1990s.
Example Sentences
Band member Azzedine Amrani reflects: “[…] Then, The Cure came to our ears; therefore we started to turn into coldwave music with brand new instruments [such as keyboards and drum machines]^([sic]).”
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.
Word Forms
- cold wave
Related Words
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