A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, unclean vocals, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genres, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.

Death metal, in particular, is associated with growled vocals. Death metal, which tends to be darker and more morbid than thrash metal, features vocals that attempt to evoke chaos, death, and misery by being "usually very deep, guttural, and unintelligible." Natalie Purcell notes, "Although the vast majority of death metal bands use very low, beast-like, almost indiscernible growls as vocals, many also have high and screechy or operatic vocals, or simply deep and forcefully sung vocals." Sociologist Deena Weinstein has noted of death metal: "Vocalists in this style have a distinctive sound, growling and snarling rather than singing the words. Making ample use of the voice distortion box."