Brendon Small (Metalocalypse/Dethklok)
SPB: Who has the best “metal voice” of all time?
Small (Nathan Explosion): He's not a metal singer but he happens to have a very brutal voice: Harvey Fierestein. It's between him and Louis Armstrong. Easy.
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