Top 10 Metal Songs with the Best Screams
Screams are different from screamed vocals. There are songs with screamed vocals start to finish (aka screamers, employing screaming technique to sing the words) but some of them have no distinct screams.On the other hand, there are metal singers who aren't screamers but have awesome individual screams.
This list is about screams and not screamed vocals.
There are different types of screams - raw, brutal, melodic, single, multiple...
Screams in metal are part of the vocal skills and vocal technique.
I took into account the length of the screams, their power and difficulty. Also the singers skills to nail the screams. I'm not impressed by short and/or simple screams everybody can do. Yet, this list is not about the longest screams - some screams are not very long but they are still awesome.
Please don't add screamo bands because screamo is punk and not metal.
There are 5 well performed screams - 2 are longer, one is in the background.
Yes I agree with this being number 1 The screams are amazing
I must agree with Painkiller being number 1, but this is a (very) close second.
A very powerful and well performed scream (12-13 seconds long).
Bruce's gull rules over all!
Unleashing the beast.
Perfection at 0:20 - a powerful, beautiful and long scream (10-11 seconds).
I made a list with more screams by him - Top 10 Tobias Sammet Screams
28 seconds! A raw and brutal scream by Lord Worm at 3:45.
I love that scream in the beginning a great start to one of their heaviest songs
How he did this intro scream?
A brutal, raw and long scream in the intro.
2 remarkable screams by Tim 'Ripper' Owens - an intro scream for about 13 seconds and another one towards the end for about 12 secs.
Ian Gillan was the first metal screamer. He screams for about 2 minutes towards the end of this song (after 8:00).
I'll never get tired of this. Never!
His scream in this song descends into an evil cackle, coinciding with a burst of thunder... then epic Maiden soloing commences. This one's the best, folks.
A very good one and it's over 10 seconds long (8:53-9:04, right before the guitar solo)
I never expected that scream, but it's cool!
Excellent and long intro scream. Reminds me of Gillan's Highway Star scream.
A very good high pitched intro scream by Kai Hansen, 6-7 seconds long.
Tobias Sammet is perfect again - you can hear the scream on the song sample. On the song it is at 0:50
2 amazing intro screams and more screams later. All these screams are perfect. Michael Coons sounds like a combination of Rob Halford, Bobby Blitz and King Diamond.
A great intro scream, legendary for a reason.
Matt Smith screams for about 23 seconds.
He sounds like a Pteranodon when he did that scream.
An impressive scream by Ihsahn - about 23 seconds long.
A good intro scream but compared to the other screams on this list, it's not very long though - 5 seconds
Not very long intro scream (5-6 seconds) but deserves an honorable mention.
Yes, there's an intro scream (about 6 seconds long).
At 28 seconds in Mille does an epic scream.
The scream after 4:00.