1. fade to black - Noun
2. fade to black - Verb
fade to black (third-person singular simple present fades to black, present participle fading to black, simple past and past participle faded to black)
(film) To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black.
fade to black (plural fades to black)
(film) An ending of this kind.
The magazine credited the group for redefining the norms of thrash metal with "Fade to Black", the genre's first power ballad. Source: Internet