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Top 10 Metal Singers With The Craziest Growls

Metal music is not just about chunky riffs or relentless drums; it’s also about vocals that sound like they crawled out of the hellish underworld. Growling vocals are a key part of what makes metal so thrilling.

From classic groove metal icons to modern genre-mixing, ear-drum-rupturing screams, here’s a roundup of the ten most metal male and female vocalists whose growls are absolutely next level!

1. Daisuke Tsuda — Maximum The Hormone

Maximum The Hormone is one of those rare bands that give you something different in each song. It’s like that box of chocolates Forrest Gump’s been eating. Lead vocalist Daisuke Tsuda is the definition of loud chaos. He’s able to switch from guttural grunts to demonic squeals to playful rapping five times in a single song! Check out tracks like “Zetsubou Billy” or “What’s Up, People?!,” both of which are tied to the Death Note anime, to get a good sense of the Japanese vocal craziness, but my favorite is by far their collab with Atarashi Gakkou—Shimi.