History Main / HarshVocals

* The primary vocal style of Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman, especially on their more recent material. He can also affect a much smoother, crooning vocal style for contrast - in fact he ditched the growling almost entirely for a few musically LighterAndSofter albums in the mid-80's.

* Most [[{{Industrial}} hellektro-industrial]].

* Not ''quite'' what's meant here, but LeonardCohen did say, ""Only in Canada could [[SelfDeprecation somebody with a voice like mine]] win Vocalist of the Year" when accepting the Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist in 1992.

* Not ''quite'' what's meant here, but LeonardCohen did once say, "Only Canada would give a Best Vocalist award to a guy [[SelfDeprecation who sounds like me.]]"

* {{Otep}}'s Otep Shamaya does a lot of this, and is also another rare female example.

* [[{{Motorhead}} Motörhead's]] Lemmy Kilmister was one of the first people to sing exclusively with a throat full of gravel.

* Not ''quite'' what's meant here, but LeonardCohen did once say, "Only Canada would give a Best Vocalist award to a guy [[SelfDeprecation who sounds like me.]]"

* [=NWOBHM=]/Black Metal band {{Venom}} were perhaps the UrExample of the "Cookie Monster" style.

* Another female example: [[ArchEnemy Angela Gosslow.]]

* Not ''quite'' what's meant here, but LeonardCohen did once say, "Only Canada would give a Best Vocalist award to a guy who sounds like me."

* Terje Winterstø from Kaizers Orchestra when he's singing for his project, Skambankt.

* Rare hip-hop example: Nicki Minaj uses these sparingly in 'Roman's Revenge'.

* Nathan Explosion of Dethklok/ {{Metalocalypse}}. It's his normal voice.

* Nils Frydakahl of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.

* MikePatton sometimes uses this type of vocal style in his music. But that's because he uses almost ''every'' vocal style in his music. His performance as TheDarkness in the videogame of the same name essentially is [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Nightmare Fueled]] death metal vocals.

* Infamously to anyone who's played ''[[RockBand Rock Band 2]]'', Mallika Sundaramurthy from Abnormality (as in "Visions"), who is also a rare female example.

The use in music of vocals that are...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, harsh]]. Typically this refers to vocals that are [[GutturalGrowler growled]], in attempt to make the music sound more "evil". This is commonly associated with [[DeathMetal extreme]] [[BlackMetal metal]] but shows up in other genres as well. See SopranoAndGravel for when this is paired up with cleaner, usually female, vocals.

* Another female example: [[ArchEnemy Angela Gosslow.]]

* Carl [=McCoy=] of FieldsOfTheNephilim.

* Max Cavalera of {{Sepultura}}. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_6IjeprfEs&ob=av3n ROOTS! BLOODY ROOOOOOOTS!]]

The use in music of vocals that are...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, harsh]]. Typically this refers to vocals that are [[GutturalGrowler growled]], in attempt to make the music sound more "evil". This is commonly associated with [[DeathMetal extreme]] [[BlackMetal metal]] but shows up in other genres as well.

Please note that HarshVocals are not the same as Screamo, which is another genre of music entirely. Most metalheads will [[BeserkButton be rather upset]] if you refer to them as such.

* Terje Winterstø from KaizersOchestra when he's singing for his project, Skambankt.

* Dan [=McCafferty=] of {{Nazareth}}. His gravelly style is rather similar to that of DeepPurple's Ian Gillan, although both (especially Gillan) are capable of more melodic styles.

Please note that HarshVocals are not the same as Screamo, which is another genre of music entirely. Most metalheads will [[BeserkButton be rather upset]] if you refer to them as such

* Dan [=McCafferty=] of {{Nazareth}}. His gravelly style is rather similar to that of DeepPurple's Ian Gillan, although both (especially Gillan) are capable of more melodic styles.

* Albert Kuvezin's singing is all like this. This is a result of him being a VERY accomplished throat singer. Here's an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F548r32GdT0 example.]]

* PJ Harvey's song 'Joy'.

* PJ Harvey's song 'Joy'.

* Hurricane Smith, best known for "Oh Babe What Would You Say"

* Minoru Niihara of {{Loudness}}.