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Meaning of coldwave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A European style of post-punk music in the 1980s.
    uncountable
  2. The industrial metal music genre in the 1990s.
    US, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Coldwell coldwork Cole Cole County Cole Green Cole Harbour

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