Death growl

For the sound sometimes made by the dying, see Death rattle.
George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher, of American death metal band Cannibal Corpse
Sean Beasley, one of the two growling vocalists of American death metal band Dying Fetus.

The death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other extreme subgenres of heavy metal music.[1] Sometimes death growl vocals are criticized for their "ugliness" and inability to be understood without an accompanying lyric sheet, but the presentation of gruff vocals contributes to death metal's abrasive style and often dark, obscene subject matter.[2]

  1. ^ York, Will (July 2004). "Voices from hell". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
  2. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. Death Metal, ISBN 0-9582684-4-4