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The Wall of Death is a form of moshing seen during heavy metal (and increasingly seen during punk rock) concerts, where the singer of the band playing divides the crowd into two portions, with a gap of at least 10 metres between them. At a signal given by the singer (often during a particularly grooving part of the song, or the beginning of the vocals, or the heaviest part) or by one of the guitarists starting to play, the two crowds run into each other at high velocity, in a rather violent fashion.

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The term "mosh" probably came from the term "mash" or dance (as in "monster mash"). In the early eighties, it was frequently spelled "mash", but pronounced "mosh", as in the 1982 song "Total Mash" by the Washington D.C. based hardcore group "Scream", on their "Still Screaming" album. Later, the term began to appear in fanzines of the time with its current spelling. The Jamaican pronunciation is likely due to the influence of ska and reggae on punk rock, as in the song lyric "Mash it up in Zimbabwe" in the song "Zimbabwe" on Bob Marley's 1979 "Survival" album.

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