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{{short description|Gratuitous diacritic used in the names of some rock bands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} [[File:MötleyCrüe Star.jpg|thumb|[[Mötley Crüe]]'s [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] star, which shows the two metal [[Umlaut (diacritic)|umlauts]] used in the band's name.]] A '''metal umlaut''' (also known as '''röck döts''')<ref>{{cite book | last=Gray | first=R. | title=Great Brand Blunders: The Worst Marketing and Social Media Meltdowns of All Time...and How to Avoid Your Own | publisher=Hodder & Stoughton | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-78059-230-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtLnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 | access-date=May 10, 2024 | page=164}}</ref> is a [[diacritic]] that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly [[hard rock]] or [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands—for example, those of [[Blue Öyster Cult]], [[Queensrÿche]], [[Motörhead]], [[the Accüsed]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Hüsker Dü]], and the parody bands [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spın̈al Tap]] and [[Green Jellÿ]].
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