You might like King Diamond – Sleepless Nights. Really anything King Diamond or Mercyful Fate, especially off the Songs for the Dead Live tour.
That was sick. Coming from a not metal head
Also Welcome Home. First thing that came to my head when I saw this thread haha
Not me, but my dog.
Back when CDs were a new thing, there was this song I can’t remember, that used something like a 21KHz tone as part of a “scream”. By then I was old enough to barely hear up to 20KHz, but my dog jumped up and scowled at it.
I dunno about the highest I’ve ever heard, but I really like the scream at around 0:33 in Death Grips - You might think he loves you for your money but I know what he really loves you for it’s your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
Probably Diamanda Galas. Saw her perform in the mid 90s.
Fleurety. This vocalist did permanent damage to his vocal chords.
Another winner.
There’s a lot of high notes in pretty much anything from Kiske-era Helloween, particularly on the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums. Halloween is a nice example.
Similarly, a lot of stuff by Judas Priest when Rob Halford is on vocals, with Painkiller being a perfect example.
But Geoff Tate is one of the best, IMO, perfectly encapsulated in Queen of the Reich.
I don’t know that any of them are the “highest” I’ve heard, exactly, but Geoff Tate is probably up there.
Deftones - Knife Prty comes to mind. The chick can wale.
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Winner.
Not menacing but I will gladly accept it.
Not the highest, but one of my favorites is Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden.
Pantera’s Phil Anselmo on the Cemetary Gates outro, battling with Dimebag’s pinch harmonics as the track is about to fade out is an insane powermove. I’d link with a timecode, but the track must be listened to from start to end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVMvART9kb8
Bonus: Voice coach reaction videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtN9fhPOGRs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cquZKJhkk3g
Vocal damage.
While there are probably tons much more recent, here are some (old and non metal songs) that come to mind: Prince in The Beautiful Ones, Steven Tyler in Dream On, Roger Daltry, in Won’t Get Fooled Again.
