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khanate

n.

1. A large mass of land under the control of the great Khan/Mongolian empire.

2. A contemporary doom metal band consisting of former members of OLD, Burning Witch, Thorr's Hammer, and Blind Idiot God and current members of (among others) Sunn0))). Possibly one of the slowest, loudest, and creepiest doom metal bands ever, especially since much of the music is coupled with bass player James Plotkin's fantastic sequencing work.
Khanate is the loudest band I have ever seen; the entire room was vibrating through their set.
by Sommy March 21, 2005
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math rock/metal

n.

1. A term that encompasses most all modern progressive rock or metal that places emphasis on time signature modulation and meter as opposed to dynamics, melody, or harmony. "Math rock/metal" encompasses everything from the jazzier leanings of post rock act Slint, to the phrase swapping and odd meters of the Dillinger Escape Plan, and even the hemiola and polyrhythm experiments of bands like Meshuggah and Tool.

2. A term often falsely described as "intelligent music" by people who simply regurgitate what they are told and apparently have no idea how to count.
by Sommy July 9, 2004
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rock revival

Rock revival is a new genre of music that mixes goth rock, metal, punk, and alternative toghter. Think of it as Kittie meets Dead Kennedys.
The Sins, Nirvana (though grunge), Horrorpops are one of the Rock Revival bands
by Sommy February 5, 2005
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continental breakfast

n.

1. A small breakfast consisting of coffee and a roll or bran muffin, named so not for continental airlines (as popularly believed), but rather, because coffee coupled with a bran muffin tend to make one have to defecate, close to the point of <i>incontinence</i>.
The continental breakfast they offered really made me have to crap.
by Sommy September 8, 2004
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polyrhythm

n.

1. A section of music featuring two independent pulses of different speeds playing against each other within the same time frame. For instance, a quarter note triplet in 4/4 meter is a simple polyrhythm in which 3 notes betas take the same time and space of 2 quarter notes of the 4/4 value. Not to be confused with hemiola.
Meshuggah is a band whose music features complex polyrhythms and hemiolas.
by Sommy July 9, 2004
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h2

n.

1. What Flava Flav bought when he realized that he'd have to save money for his daughter to go to college.
You know what I did when I realized I had to send my daughter to college?

I BOUGHT A H2!
by Sommy July 9, 2004
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hemiola

n.

1. A phrase of music notated in one type of meter but accented as though it were being played in another meter. The classic hemiola is a phrase of triple meter (in this case 3/4) accented as though it were written in duple (2/4) meter. Hemiolas are often used to give the illusion of accelerando or ritardando.

2. Italian for "one and a half."
That hemiola made my head spin.
by Sommy July 9, 2004
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