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The Quietus | Opinion | Black Sky Thinking | Taking The Heavy Metal Umlaut Seriously (Or, Why Motörhead Are Azerbaijani)
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET on X: "A "metal umlaut" is a phonetically irrelevant diacritic used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of some heavy metal bands A journal's impact factor could skyrocket
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Singing Organ-Grinder on X: "I think that the rebellious grocer's apostrophe used by Brumbeat band The Ugly's cleared the path for the heavy metal umlaut https://t.co/b8vVcb1N9C https://t.co/1zoapZNr4j" / X
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