heavy metal umlaut

heavy metal umlaut (plural heavy metal umlauts)

1. An umlaut over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band (as in "Motörhead", "Queensrÿche" and "Mötley Crüe"), added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.
   • 2007, Mark Ellingham, editor, The Rough Guide Book of Playlists‎, →ISBN, page 32:

     Blue Öyster Cult
     Too clever by half to be heavy-metallers (though not too clever to deploy a Heavy Metal umlaut), the Cult's list of listenable songs goes nowhere near eleven.

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