Top 10 Songs With Sustains by Metal Singers Longer Than 10 Seconds
Lung volume, breath control and volume control matter!Lord Worm - over 25 seconds long sustain, in the form of a scream.
Michael Kiske - about 20 seconds (background vox).
Matt Smith - about 23 secs. It's longer than Kiske's at #2 but I put it at #3 because Matt suffers a bit towards the end.
Eric Adams - 19 seconds (LIVE! )
Eric Adams - about 33 sec long, in the form of a scream. A very convincing sustain. It's from 4:36-5:08. I didn't consult the Guinness book of records but this is the longest scream/sustain I know.
Rob Halford - about 18-19 seconds. A perfectly crafted sustain.
Michael Kiske -18 seconds towards the end of the song. Perfection!
Michael Kiske again - 16 seconds.
Ralf Scheepers - effortles 15 seconds LIVE! (Ralf is currently in Primal Fear). But on the song sample here isn't Ralf, it's Kai Hansen.
@AggressiveBlaze - this is the best song on this but my idea was to rank the songs by the length of the sustain and there are songs with longer sustain.
Bruce Dickinson - 13 seconds (LIVE! 1982)
16-17 seconds in the intro
Tim Charles: 2 great consecutive sustains in the background for about 12-13 seconds each, at 2:50 and 3:03
An insane 26 second long shriek from sheepdog
Zachary Stevens - 14 seconds. Awesome!
Tobias Sammet - about 13 seconds.
Kai Hansen - about 11-12 seconds.
This song is NOT metal. And the band isn't metal.