Style of rock music originating in the US in the 1980s, characterised by a distorted guitar sound and angst-ridden lyrics (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GRUNGE Style of rock music originating in the US in the 1980s, characterised by a distorted guitar sound and angst-ridden lyrics (6) (6)
6% POWERCHORDS Rock guitar sounds (11) Thomas Joseph Jan 13, 2026
5% CHORD Guitar sound (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 9, 2026
5% DEATHMETAL Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars (10) New York Times Dec 27, 2025
5% EMO Angst-ridden rock (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 17, 2019
4% ATEMPO At the original rate, in sheet music (6) LA Times Daily Jan 14, 2026
4% TABLATURE Form of musical notation typically used for the guitar (9) The Times Specialist Jan 12, 2026
4% SKEWS Distorts (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 11, 2026
4% WORDS Lyrics (5) Eugene Sheffer Dec 24, 2025
4% SKEW Distort (4) USA Today Dec 23, 2025
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