Beautiful
Beautiful adjective - Very pleasing to look at.
Harsh
Harsh adjective - Disagreeable to one's aesthetic or artistic sense.
Usage example: the harsh lighting in the cafeteria makes the food look slightly off-color
Both words in one sentence
- And then there's former member and occasional guest vocalist Speed from Soilwork, who uses both harsh and clean singing, resulting in a quite beautiful vocal mess.
Source: Soprano and Gravel - Jesus Himself was particularly harsh on Holier Than Thou types, calling them hypocrites who "are like a tomb whitewashed and beautiful but full of old bones and dead people".
Source: Holier Than Thou - Man of a Thousand Voices: Dave utilizes deep death growls; post-hardcore style shouts; extremely harsh, high pitched shrieks (his signature); and eerily beautiful melodic singing.
Source: Music / Anaal Nathrakh
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