I think many people kinda misunderstood the video here. It says 'the most unique...", which doesn't necessarily mean "the best". Gaahl is a fantastic vocalist, but there are others more unique than him. Imo, the vocalist of Inquisition sucks ass, but yeah, he's unique.

Personally, I love the singer from Summoning. Sounds like whispering trees, is beautiful.

0:00 - Intro 0:33 - #1 Urfaust (IX) 1:28 - #2 Silencer (Nattramn) 2:21 - #3 Inquisition (Dagon) 3:36 - #4 Aaskereia (Grim) 4:40 - #5 Behemoth (Nergal) 5:24 - #6 Bethlehem (Rainer Landfermann) 6:14 - #7 Cradle of Filth (Dani Filth) 6:57 - #8 Immortal (Abbath) 7:35 - Durbatuluk (Farvann the Salesman) 7:54 - Honorable mentions 9:28 - Outro

Ruins of Beverast vocals are also very unique, even album to album

Protector from Summoning is my favourite. His mix of black metal screaming and clean singing is one of the most beautiful things that i ever heard in music.

Nice list, but not mentioning Attila Csihar feels off... Yes, many would say Mayhem is overrated or whatever, but I think that Attila's approach is unique - especially considering how early they began recording together. The live presence of Attila is also something else; the chanting, whispering and laughter all add up to it.

I think my favourite would be ONIELAR, both in Bethlehem and in Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult. Her voice is so unique to me as well, with this desperate screaming and howling she does

Weird that Attila Csihar isn't here, as he has very recognisable style of singing - mad and expressive mixture between clean vocal, throat singing and scream, usually with pretty free approach to rhythm.

I love Belphegor’s Helmuth vocals especially live. These lion like growls scratch my brain differently.

Early Cradle of Filth is legendary!

Was suprised to not see Malefic of Xasthur here. I always thought his vocals were some of the most depraved and depressive in all of Black Metal.

Morean from Dark Fortress is criminally underrated. He has insane range both stylistically and tonally.

I think ihsahn also deserves a mention. Eclipse and anthem have easily one of the most recognizable vocals in bm

Lifelover does the high pitched shrieking and also the post punk style, pretty unique

We called Inquisition vocals already in the late 90's or early 2000's as "grandma vox" - Thanks for including & tagging my Inquisition interview btw! Much appreciated.

I love the sound of Quorthon! And if you want that rough high pitched screams: Depressive Years. Especially Suffering Mental Illness is great with the basic intro riff.

Neige from Alcest. You can argue that their stuff nowadays isnt black metal anymore, but he has a quite unique screaming style. The most extreme Ive heard of him was Peste Noire - Dueil Angoisseus. These vocals are absolutly insane and very unique. But even his more "regular" screaming is very recognisable. I instantly recognised his vocals in Saor - Forgotten Paths without knowing that he is featured in this album.

How Garm didn't make this list is criminal. He is unique even within his own material.

Valfar deserves to be mentioned. He does both the typical Black Metal style vox and also the epic cleans.

I love mortuus from marduk/funeral mist. He’s definitely not insanely unique, but I can tell his vocals from anyone else’s, and I think he made Marduk better as a result. Also his lines that he speaks, have this chanting, almost preaching kind of style to them.

I recommend Stworz: Pagan Black Metal from Poland. the singer also has an iconic voice

My favorite black metal vocalist is Garm. He is able to do the black metal shrieks like on Nattens Madrigal and soothe you like on Bergtatt and Kveldssanger.

Great content as always!

I don't know if this counts but Woods of Ypres's Aaron Gold had a very disctinct and recognizable voice. I know Woods isn't strictly black metal (even when they started and had more of a raw type of sound), but it's certainly BM-adjacent.

I think the vocal of Master's Hammer is really aggressive for their album "Ritual". Ritual is definitely a masterpiece.

A little surprised Attila Csihar wasn't on here somewhere. His range is just all over the place and, for me, easily distinguishable from other artists. Maybe I'm just partial to him since Mayhem were one of the first Black Metal bands I heard over 25 years ago. Damn...I'm getting old lol EDIT: Forgot to add ICS Vortex. His screams are pretty basic stuff but his clean singing gives me goosebumps EVERY time. You have to admit, his cleans are pretty damn unique. And this might sound a bit weird....but I've always wanted to hear him and Bjork do some weird vocal thing together.

Let us never forget, it was Nocturno Culto with Panzerfaust who gave us one of the most unique vocals on a BM album ever. After 25 years I still don't know if I like it or not. But this is a classic I will listen to again and again. Fuck!

I really love Mystifiers Vocals actually, they contribute a lot to their occult sound, I love it. Not sure whether one can call them unique, but they are certainly ancient. And I think Dead does also qualify as unique, because we can all recognize him

Graf from Psychonaut 4 has one of the my favorite and unique vocal styles. The wailing and shrieking is legitimately chilling to listen to

Vocalists that were overlooked here. - Mikko Aspa (Clandestine Blaze/Deathspell Omega) - Nebiros (Malign/Ofermod/Mephorash) - Emperor Magus Caligula (Dark Funeral/Hypocrisy/God Among Insects) - Arioch/Mortuus (Marduk/Funeral Mist/Triumphator) - ICS Vortex (Dimmu Borgir/Borknagar/Arcturus) His clean vocals make you instantly recognize that its him singing. - Hoest (Taake/Ragnarok) Can't say I've ever heard anyone else sound like him. - Nattefrost (Carpathian Forest/Nattefrost) - Graav (Armagedda/Lönndom/LIK) - Acerbus (Ondskapt/IXXI) - Maniac (Mayhem/Skitliv)

I appreciate what you do, plz keep yer thoughts flowing & camera going.

Nice T-Shirt Man the Great Mystifier!!!! Very good vídeo!

Stawrogin of Odraza has also some insane deep grunts he is able to perform really well during live shows too. Besides the names mentioned in the video, I would say that Attila Csihar, Arioch/Mortuus, Onielar and Mika Luttinen have unmistakable vocals.

I would say that Mirai Kawashima's vocals are also really unique. Especially since he has so many different styles of singing in his songs

So glad you brought up Rainer Landfermann, I heard him for the first time on Anal Nathrakh's album Passion, and I never managed to find out who did those absolutely insane vocals. It's one of my favorite songs purely because of his vocal style and how batshit insane he sounds, I absolutely adore it.

I miss Legion a ton! Erik to me had one of the most recognizable voices in all BM. A true master of belching forth demons.

I think you're not overtly fond of Marduk and probably Funeral Mist, but I love Mortuus' weird, wet, gurgling, guttural rasp amid the more standard fare. I love the guy from Ruins of Beverast, a German guy, one man band, who has classic BM vocals but interspersed with deep, baritone clean vocals, haunting death-like gasps and hissing whispers. In terms of weird, I think Attila has some of the most bizarre vocals, but that's an obvious one. As a fan of Inquisition, check out a London based BM outfit called Abgott; see what you think of their album Fizala and the undead frog in the throat vocals.

I was waiting for Landfermann so much. One of my favourites, such as Nocturno Culto, Thomas G. Fisher, Quorthon and probably Hoath Torog. Thank you for your content, Farvann. You're special

I always agree 100% with you. Love your videos!

I love the howling shrieks of German atmospheric black metal band Ultha. They're doing great stuff!

best vocal performance of all time is on Peste Noire's La Sanie des siècles - having both Neige and Famine trading off in the song Deuil Angoisseux is probably the most insane metal vocal moments of all time. I personally think that Moonblood's vocalist is also very recognizable. Also B.S.O.D uses some very experimental vocals in Grausamkeit (monkey sounds at the beginning of Kratze off the Pink Green demo lol)

Farvann I'm surprised that Neige from Peste Noire/Amesoeurs/Alcest wasn't highlighted. His screeching popping vocals are extremely unique. You did mention Peste Noire, but the sample you provided was of Famine who has an entirely different sound and style. Neige is one of my favorite vocalists.

Dornenreich, not really black metal these days but I find the vocals exceptional. Another one I love would be Emptiness, in their album Nothing but the Whole. Crazy good.

I quite like the vocals in Aara (Switzerland) mostly quite shrill and high pitched, but the vocals are sort of behind the instrumentation in the mix, which i think works pretty well

Before watching I wanna say that Varg was pretty unique on the first albums. Nobody sounded like that before he did it

Missed Vintersorg. Thanks for the video.

Just started the video and I'm already digging Urfaust. Thanks Farvann :)

I know they're well known, but no Varg, no Satyr, no Attila Csihar, no Garm, no Gaahl etc.? They're still pretty unique in their vocals. Anyway, Rainer Landfermann on Dictius Te Necare did the most insane vocals I've ever heard in BM. Glad he's back with a solo album, and still can do it.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Dave Hunt from Anaal Nathrakh. He's pretty unique too, able to sing clean operatic vocals (even falsetto) and screams interchangeably.

this was a great watch, thanks for the inspiration. have you heard sortsind from denmark? don't know if they would qualify as unique vocal wise but thought they were worth mentioning

Thanks a lot for this comprehensive list. I agree on many of them, though i did miss Dødheimsgard's Vicotnik. His voice on kronet til konge gets me every time - it's so uncanny and complex... 🤘🏽

ALN from Mizmor has a really wide vocal range, from unique sounding pained screams, to deathcore-esque inhaled growling, and even Ring Wraith shrieks

Cool list. I would just add my honorable mention. Spellgoth from Horna. Awesome vocal. \m/

It's nice to see you mentioning Odraza.

Great channel

Amazing! You should do a dsbm list as well I would definitely put Graff from Psychonaut 4🖤

So glad Famine from KPN made it on the list, if even briefly, he has perhaps my favorite BM vocals, so unique, with his high pitched shrieks more common in their older material and the style mentioned in this video, where every word is almost spat out horrifically. Really makes you feel like a medieval French peasant

Endless Dismal Moan. One of the most unique voices in black metal, cannot forget that. Totally underrated.

Fluss from Aara is pretty spectacular. Her high pitch screams, while typical of black metal are quite unique, calm and haunting. Just saying! Their Triade albums are amazing

Regarding Odraza - their vocalist (Stawrogin) has a quite unique growling sound that is more prominient in on the Odraza's second album. Also famine's other style of vocals is quite unique, too

I was sure you would mention Emperor and Ihsahn

One of my favorite black metal bands and experience with "howling" type vox is Daemon of Limbonic Art.

It's good to see that that Berserker guy from the movie Clerks got his break finally, doing vocals for Inquisition.

I'm a bit disappointed Gaahl didn't make it to the list. He does both amazing screams and a lot of very deep, low clean vocals as well in his current band. Personally I find his style being very recognizable.

Franta Štorm from Masters Hammer surely has a very unique twisted shrieky howl, which coupled with the old style Czech lyrics is an unmistakable identity.

Depressive Years - Inmense Emotional Pain is a masterpiece that i bet Farvann would like.

Ole Luk's vocals for Afsky sounds like he is absolutely shredding his vocal chords, definitely on of my favorites

I've always thought Dagon from Inquisition had some super unique vocals that nobody else quite does, glad you and others hear it!

I really enjoy Déhà's work on albums like 'Cruel Words' and 'A Fleur de Peau'. I don't think that those albums may qualify as "black metal" for the purists (more post/black or shoegaze perhaps, though I don't think that really matters) but his vocal range is quite unique. He has an incredible amount of bands, projects and collaborations going on by the way, for anyone interested in checking him out. The other one that brings joy to my ears is Dany Tee from "Los Males del Mundo". Their album "Descent Towards Death" is incredible, especially for the intro from "The seventh seal" film.

I think it also would be nice to mention the vocals on Behemoth's Grom, Pest on Gorgoroth's 1997 Under the Sign of Hell, Levifer - Tribute to the Supreme Beast, Pactum - Summa Imperii Satanae (pretty close to Pest's voice, but still worth to check/mention) and Varjoherra on Azaghal's Helvetin yhdeksän piiriä (specifically on Kun Aurinko Kuoli). Great video, thanks for sharing.

Nice video and nice channel, thanks. You mention Nattramn from Silencer and would like to know more in the style? Try Nordgaren from Fleurety and comment, please.

Pest from Gorgoroth, Particularly on Under the Sign of Hell, his clean singing is very convincing. Erik Danielson hasn't been mentioned yet, I think I could pick him out from a crowd.

For me some of the most unique vocals in Black Metal is from Messiah from Arkona (I had an opportunity to play with band on one stage) and Nantur Aldaron from Sacrilegium. I recommend to listen albums like: Arkona - Imperium Arkona - Zeta Reticuli: A Tale about Hatered and Total Enslavement Arkona - Lunaris Sacrilegium - Wicher

Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ J.J. of Harakiri for the Sky Sakis style and unique intonation is recognizable instantly. And J.J. has a more typical style, however you can instantly recognize his voice whether it's Karg, Seagrave, HFTS, or any other features like in Ellende's song.

Im curently searching my "uniqe" voice... you opened my mind to some ideas thx ;)

I'd personally include Mikko Aspa as well, and possibly Haela from Liturgy

Drapsnatt has great howling vocals. Forgotten Woods are another one. In the Woods, "Heart of the Ages" is probably my fave BM album. Masterpiece.

Nice Moonblood banner in the background!

Oh I thought you wouldn't mention Famine from Peste Noire, but I'm happy to see it on honorable mentions

Great list. Dictius Te Necare is probably my favorite BM album for vocals, but I think my favourite BM singer is Onielar (Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult / Bethlehem) : she has a unique voice and his work on the two last Bethlehem albums is really good.

Check out Alexander Norfgaren’s vocals from the Fluerety: A darker Shade of Evil demo (1994), piercing high pitch screams. Previously from Dodheimsgarde, Aldrahn influenced a lot of the singer’s styles you mentioned with his shouts. Garm from early Ulver and later has a versatile singling style.

Nice list, I hadn't heard of a few of these. My personal favourite is Vulnus from the band Sjodogg.

Very nice Mystifier shirt! Classic ancient black metal band from Brazil.

Gleb Sysoyev from Grima and Second to Sun to me is single-handedly the most unique sounding vocalist, his screams are so high-pitched and long it's chilling, almost like tinnitus sometimes

How is Aldrahn not on this list?!

What a list! I had 70% the same vocalists in my mind, but you def missed out on Gaamalzagoth from Moonblood.

I actualy love inquisitions vocals

I think my favorite is Paul Ledney from Havohej and Profanatica, and also Imperial from Krieg. Both very distinctive and recognizable.

I like your list of BM singers. I am surprised you did not include Ihsahn of Emperor. I think he sounds very unique. His clean vocals on his solo CDs are spectacular. Skål \m/

Top 3 to me: 1 - Immortal; 2 - Behemoth; 3 - Silencer. I loved your T-shirt! Hail Mystifiel!

Having a unique voice in metal is one of most important things as a vocalist.

Dani Filth is definitely one of the most unique. As far as my favorites? Young Shagrath from Dimmu's early days (Enthrone Darkness and Spiritual Black era) is probably the best black metal vocals, IMO. Also, Emperor Magus Caligula (Dark Funeral), Jon Nödtveidt (Dissection), Abbath (Immortal), Mikko Aspa (Deathspell Omega).

My all time favorite Blackmetal band is Helrunar. The voice is maybe standard blackmetal stuff, but I like their style (I prefer the old albums).

shining vocals sound really calming and strong for me which makes it unique for me

Hope there will be a video about Les Légions Noires, these guys are really good with what they do

I love Menetekel's vocals in ungfell because I love the howling vocals; and also gorgoroth's Pest is one of my favorites

Corvus! egal ob mit Horna / Korgonthurus/ (ehem.) Totalselfhatred oder jetzt ja auch Ymir bleibt für mich die Stimme im BM die am ehesten in Richtung Wahnsinn geht. Und wenn man Corvus 1x live gesehen hat weiß man auch genau warum. Ich hab ihn das letzte mal 2015 auf `m UTBS gesehen es war einfach genial! . Besonders weil er damals noch 4 Songs als Zugabe mit Horna live gespielt hatte. Da hat sich wahrlich die Hölle aufgetan!.

What's the name of that Peste Noire's song ? Also the Inquisition one ?

Something I think is pretty interesting is how Black Metal has such a massive range in vocal styles, and how ‘unsafe’ (for lack of a better term) much of it is for the voice. I hypothesize part of that is enabled because of less heavy touring and fewer live performances. Abusing the voice long enough to record an album every once in a while is less likely to do significant damage than playing 5 shows a week for 6 months or something like that. It’s also neat to describe the ‘howling’ style as sounding the most painful… because it absolutely is, even from a technical standpoint! Black Metal being a genre less focused on live performances really opens it up to creative styles and techniques that would otherwise be quite ill-advised if performing regularly because of how unsustainable it is, and I think that’s pretty cool. Also great vid, as usual 😁

Check out Furia (PL). They're not only black metal, they have their own, unique style. A song "Niezwykła nieludzka nieprzyzwoitość" is a masterpiece.