For the sound sometimes made by the dying, see Death rattle.
A death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other extremesubgenres of heavy metal music.[1] Death growl vocals are often criticized for their difficulty to understand without a lyric sheet, but they contribute to death metal's abrasive style and often dark and obscene subject matter.[2]
Death metal, in particular, is associated with growled vocals; it tends to be lyrically and thematically darker and more morbid than other forms of metal, and features vocals which attempt to evoke chaos, death, and misery by being "usually very deep, guttural, and unintelligible".[3] Natalie Purcell notes, "Although the vast majority of death metal bands use very low, beast-like, almost indiscernible growls as vocals, many also have high and screechy or operatic vocals, or simply deep and forcefully-sung vocals."[4] Sociologist Deena Weinstein has noted of death metal: "Vocalists in this style have a distinctive sound, growling and snarling rather than singing the words, and making ample use of the voice distortion box."[5]
Terminology and techniqueedit
Death growls and their variants are also known as death metal vocals, brutal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, growled vocals, low pitched vocals, low growls, unclean vocals, harsh vocals, vocal fry, glottal fry, false cord vocals and death cord vocals. Despite the misconceptions that are commonly associated with them, death growls require clean/melodic vocal techniques to be done properly.
...You have to change your way of thinking about death metal vocals. Many metal singers think that it’s all about yelling or screaming. That’s actually not the case unless you want permanent damage to your voice. -How to Sing Extreme Metal without Killing Your Voice, Jason Stallworth, September 17, 2020[6]
In June 2007, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands reported that, because of the increased popularity of growling in the region, several patients who had used improper growling techniques were being treated for edema and polyps on the vocal folds.[7]
In 2005, professional vocal coach Melissa Cross released a DVD called "The Zen of Screaming" which features instructions on how to utilize growling and screaming techniques without damaging one's vocal folds. "The Zen of Screaming" was recently re-released as a digital download.[8]
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