Melkor’s voice is difficult to pin down.
He’s a genderfluid primordial entity who rocked too hard and blew out Heaven’s speakers and was kicked out of the choir. And to make matters more difficult, his voice changes over the arc of his story. It starts out mellifluous and smooth, and ends up harsh and ragged after the scream of Lammoth.
Melkor’s gender, size, and body shape all change with his mood, and so does his voice. I can’t point to one discreet human voice that covers all his bases, so the best I can do is present you with a selection of vocal references and say “that sounds like Melkor to me”, and hope you can find the average of them.
The typical Melkor-fodder for me includes really thrashed, gritty female vocals, and melodic, tremulous male vocals. And some stuff that just feels right.
Speaking Voice: In my head, his speaking voice sounds like a rusty hinge of indeterminate gender, excessive volume, and enough shade to plunge Arda into everlasting night.
Singing Voice/s:
Darkness, Darkness / Pitaju me, pitaju – Boris Benko
Agnus Dei – Rufus Wainwright
Judith (renholder remix) –Maynard James Keenan
Beast– Nico Vega
Long Snake Moan– PJ Harvey
Corporate Cannibal– Grace Jones
Tear the Place Up– Skunk Anansie
Bonus: Discord-In-The-First-Music Weirdness
Come Talore– Helium Vola
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