The term Clean Vocals is used to describe melodic and clear singing styles. It is most notably used to refer to metal music, as an alternative to harsh, screamed or growled vocals, which are mainly displayed in extreme metal bands. Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Heavy metal music. ... Scream can refer to several topics: Look up scream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The death grunt (also referred to as harsh vocals, death growl, death vocals and [usually derogatorily or humorously] cookie monster vocals[1]) is a growling vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... Extreme metal is a broad term for metal subgenres of a much more aggressive or dark style than traditional metal. ...

Bands can create this contrast in two ways. One way, employed by bands such as Opeth and My Dying Bride have one singer produce both harsh and clean vocals. Other bands, such as Cradle of Filth or The Project Hate employ two singers - one for each style. Bands such as Vintersorg and Arcturus often shift between clean and growled vocals. Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... The Project Hate MCMXCIX (often refered to as Project Hate or simply The Hate) is a swedish death metal band. ... Vintersorg (IPA: ) is a Swedish progressive, folk/viking, black metal-influenced band formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron (Wolfthrone in English). ... Arcturus (α Boo / α Boötis / Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, and the third brightest star in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of −0. ...

A lot of Melodic Death metal bands use clean vocals, Soilwork, In Flames, Scar Symmetry and Dark Tranqulity (though their latest album, Character, does not not feature them) being four well known examples. In the majority of songs, clean vocals are mainly used in the chorus or as back up vocals during verses, but songs like Only For The Weak and Ordinary Story by In Flames are exceptions in that they use clean vocals in the verses and growled vocals in the choruses. Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in late 1995, originally under the name of Inferior Breed. ... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... SCAR SYMMETRY Line-up: Christian Älvestam (Lead Vocals) Jonas Kjellgren (Guitars) Per Nilsson (Guitars) Kenneth Seil (Bass) Henrik Ohlsson (Drums) SCAR SYMMETRY was formed in 2004 when Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge, Centinex, World Below), Henrik Ohlsson (Theory In Practice, Mutant, Altered Aeon), Per Nilsson (Altered Aeon), Christian Älvestam (Unmoored, Incapacity... In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ...

Clean Vocals, when referred to in the context of metal music, can range from operatic vocals to simple melodies to harsh yelling, which would only be considered clean vocals when compared to death growls. The death grunt (also referred to as death growl or death vocal) is a singing style most usually employed by vocalists from the death metal musical genre, but also utilised in different variations by vocalists from genres which derive from heavy metal music. ...