If you’re looking for a Swedish growler from the new school, Alexander Högbom is probably the best choice. Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Demonical) I also like what he did with the underrated band Divine Empire. And this guy has one of the best classic American-style death metal growls for sure. Unlike most classic Malevolent albums, that one actually features bass player Jason Blaczowicz on vocals. Malevolent Creation’s “Eternal” album was one of the first death metal albums I enjoyed. Jason Blaczowicz (ex-Malevolent Creation, ex-Divine Empire) If you enjoy it, check out all our music on Bandcamp or Spotify, or follow the latest news by liking us on Facebook.Ģ0. I’ll just smack in our song “Portal Tomb” from the 2020 album “Sermon of Apathy” below so you can take a look.
We’re a mix between Swedish and American death metal bands that fits fans of both styles equally. Quality of music participated on over timeĪnd of course, level of aggression and how visceral the vocal delivery is.īefore we start counting down death metal vocalists, here’s a nice little piece of self-promotion: if you like old school death metal you should check out my band Desolator.Level of influence on other singers (including myself).Some criteria for listing the 20 best death metal vocalists are: Just like my recent list of the 100 best death metal bands, this is bound to raise some eyebrows, and I’m OK with that. Hence, this is a highly subjective piece. On one hand I’m a fan of many different styles and eras, on the other hand it’s very hard to compare charismatic legends to savvy modern growlers. Despite being two separate cities, Dallas and Fort Worth are combined due to amount of bands listed as 'Dallas/Fort Worth'.Listing the 20 best death metal vocalists is not an easy deal. New York, New York includes all boroughs and bands listed as 'Long Island, NY' or just 'New York'. Los Angeles, California includes all cities/neighborhoods in LA County, except Long Beach listed separately per US Census. Also, bands may be counted more than once due to being active in more than one locale. listing only state, or a region that did not readily match census designation). In some cases (affecting approx 2-3 percent of bands), the source data formatting was inconsistent or vague (i.e. Best faith effort was made to reconcile source data with US Census data. Final band counts via advanced search on site June 6, 2016. US Census 2015 population estimates.Ĭities: Chosen from pool of top 125 cities by population per 2015 US Census estimates with 10+ bands in database and cities in top 300 with 20+ bands. States: Advanced search via site June 6, 2016. But it's certainly a fun exercise to check out the data on how each locale measures up, and what that data tells us about its present…and its past. Nor does it tell us about other important factors like say having a plethora of metal friendly venues. Just because a lot of bands came from a specific area doesn't make them all good.
Of course, all the numbers in the world can't tell us the quality of a city's metal scene, which is a much more subjective and complex matter. In absolute numbers, Los Angeles has the most bands in the database (1,086) though it comes in at no. All the other cities in the top 10 similarly feature more active bands than inactive, making the total count a better proxy for how, well, active the local scene is. This is apparently a relic of its 90s thriving death metal scene. A closer look at the numbers however, reveals that only 124 of the bands in from Cleveland are listed as active (38 percent). While there are some large underground labels like Hells Headbangers and Shadow Kingdom there, at first glance it still seems a bit of a stretch that it would surpass Portland (and even Finland!).
By employing the same metric that was used to come up with state and country level data, the city with the highest amount of bands per capita is…Cleveland, Ohio, with 837. At the city level, the variation is far greater, with some interesting findings.
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