Death grunt

The death grunt (also referred to as death growl or death vocals) is a singing style most usually employed by vocalists from the death metal musical genre, but also utilised in different variations by vocalists from genres which derive from heavy metal music. Vocalists from bands which perform grindcore and hardcore music are amongst those which use the technique in a similar manner to that of death metal bands, whilst bands which perform melodic death metal, doom metal and occasionally gothic metal tend to use the technique with noticeable deviation.

Key artists

Key artists in the development of the death grunt and the bands they represent are:

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• Chris Barnes (ex-Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under)
• Nic Bullen (Napalm Death)
• Lee Dorrian (Napalm Death)
• Martin van Drunen (Pestilence, Asphyx)
• Mark "Barney" Greenway (Benediction, Napalm Death)
• Nick Holmes (pre-1995 Paradise Lost)
• Sylvain Houde (Kataklysm)
• Dave Ingram (Benediction)
• Kam Lee (Massacre, Mantas/Death)
• Darren Moore (Mourning Beloveth)
• Frank Mullen (Suffocation)
• Chris Reifert (Autopsy)
• Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
• Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride)
• Bill Steer (Carcass)
• John Tardy (Obituary)
• Jeffrey Walker (Carcass)
• Darren White (Anathema)
• Karl Willetts (Bolt Thrower)
• Lord Worm (Cryptopsy)
• Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)