Best "metal scream"

I have always loved the start of "Resurrection" by Halford. Still gives me goosebumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeh2H3K_HkY

Ripper Owens on Ten Thousand Strong, Scream Machine, Jugulator

I know I will be lambasted for this, but Micheal Sweet could scream with the best of him. Some of his high screams were glass shattering back in the 80's.

ultmetal wrote:

I know I will be lambasted for this, but Micheal Sweet could scream with the best of him. Some of his high screams were glass shattering back in the 80's.

Mmmmmm basted lamb....

Russ Anderson
Ripper Owens
Michael Sweet

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Russ Anderson

Excellent choice.

ultmetal wrote:

I know I will be lambasted for this, but Micheal Sweet could scream with the best of him. Some of his high screams were glass shattering back in the 80's.

Agreed 100 % - The first two Stryper songs i heard were "To Hell With The Devil" And "Soldiers Under Command", and I was floored by his vocals

Halford for sure
But I dig how Sebastian Bach can take a scream from up in heaven and take it down to the gutter in one breath. He does it all over slave to the grind.

Flotsam and Jetsam's "No Place For Disgrace" comes to mind for me. The last scream at the end of the song. Killer.

Rob Rock
Eric AK
Michael Sweet
Rob Halford
Guy Ritter (StopThe Bleeding)
King Diamond

ultmetal wrote:

I know I will be lambasted for this, but Micheal Sweet could scream with the best of him. Some of his high screams were glass shattering back in the 80's.

I didn't think that michael could still hit those high notes, but he did when I saw him live on 2005

powermacho wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

I know I will be lambasted for this, but Micheal Sweet could scream with the best of him. Some of his high screams were glass shattering back in the 80's.

I didn't think that michael could still hit those high notes, but he did when I saw him live on 2005

I have no doubt that he must be able to hit those higher notes since he is one of two replacement singers for Boston's late Brad Delph.

Troublezone wrote:

Rob Rock
Eric AK
Michael Sweet
Rob Halford
Guy Ritter (StopThe Bleeding)
King Diamond

Nice List TZ.I forgot about Guy Ritter.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I've always liked Tom's scream at the beginning of Slayer's Angel of Death. As for Halford, I once tried to scream along "Stand by for exciter!!!!!!" and almost passed out.

The moment I read the topic, Tom's scream was the first thing that entered my mind. Halford is the origional screamer and all others are imitators. The song with the best screams is one I listened to last night, Stryper-Rock The Hell Out Of You. Micheal Sweet had one hell of a voice (don't know if he can still do it now over a decade later).

Jimmy Brown Deliverance song Awake from the Greetings of Death demo.

Great list, Halford is definitely the king of Scream, I'd have to also consider Dale Thompson of Bride and Queensryche's Geoff Tate.

Lance King and Rob Rock should also be mentioned IMO.

I thought of two more examples of killer screams...

Halford on the song Ram It Down and Eric AK on I Live You Die.