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Thrash metal’s aim, creating tunes (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melismata

'tunes' is the definition.
(plural of melisma, a type of vocal melody)

'thrash metal's aim' is the wordplay.
'thrash' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'metals'+'aim'='metalsaim'
'metalsaim' with letters rearranged gives 'MELISMATA'.

'creating' is the link.

(Another definition for melismata that I've seen is " songs".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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