Techstep

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A subgenre of drum and bass music heavily influenced by techno and industrial music. uncountable

    "Another area where I suspect there's some crossover, but I haven't poked around in much, is within death/black metal. Certainly some of what I've heard has the dark techy feel of techstep / darkstep like Technical Itch and whatnot, but it's not something I've had the time to look into properly."

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"Another area where I suspect there's some crossover, but I haven't poked around in much, is within death/black metal. Certainly some of what I've heard has the dark techy feel of techstep / darkstep like Technical Itch and whatnot, but it's not something I've had the time to look into properly."

Etymology

From tech + -step.

Related phrases

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