In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.

Example input: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: Funk metal is a subgenre of funk rock that fuses elements of heavy metal and funk .
A:
Funk metal ( also known as thrash funk or punk-funk ) is a fusion genre of funk rock and alternative metal which infuses heavy metal music ( often thrash metal ) with elements of funk and punk rock .