The Complete Taxonomy of Mosh Noises

Edit: I've added another bunch to the list! Specifically the ones that I consider to be examples of new 'categories'. As you can see, variations on EUGH and BLEGH are very highly represented but I wanted to stick to a rule of one of each type. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Hi r/Metalcore,

I’ve been listening to metal and hardcore for many years and it’s been fun and interesting to observe all of the different mosh call ‘memes’ that have come and gone. Because I'm insane I decided I'd list them. Here’s the start of The Complete Taxonomy of Mosh Noises.

The rules for inclusion are simple: the vocalisation in question cannot be considered ‘lyrics’. It can either be a sound, an exclamation, or a short phrase directed at the listener.

The examples on my list are simply the ones that occured to me first and are by no means the original or only of any given 'type'. The list is definitely not exhaustive and I invite you to comment with your personal favourites and with ones that I've missed!

Here goes:

RAH: Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed – Tear it Down

FRAAAAA: Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon – Pray for Plagues (It's entirely possible that this noise is a result of Oli’s lisp)

OOF: Jesse Barnett of Stick to Your Guns – Cave Canum

SHIT: Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan – Antpile

FUCK: Nick Worthington of Dead Swans – The Hanging Sun

GODDAMN: Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan – Eyes Up

SON OF A BITCH: Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan – Antpile

BITCH: Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon – For Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only (Braille)

HOO: Paul Williams of Desolated – Death By My Side

Barking: Darius Tehrani of Spite – Kill or be Killed

HA!: J.P. of Get the Shot – Rotting Idols

MOVE: Jesse Barnett of Stick to Your Guns – This is More

EEUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH: Sean Harmanis of Make Them Suffer – Maelstrom

EEYO: CJ McMahon of Thy Art is Murder – Purest Strain of Hate

BLEGH: Sam Carter of Architects – Naysayer

BLEEEEAUUGH – Alex Teyen of Black Tongue – Fauxhammer

Retching noises Ed McRae of Your Demise – Born a Snake

REEAGH: Chris Motionless of Motionless in White – Unstoppable

HNNNNGH: Alex of Teyen of Black Tongue – HCHC

OH: Alex Koehler of Chelsea Grin – Crewcabanger

BREEEEEEEE Luke Griffin of Acrania – Disillusion in a Discordant System

YEAH: Davis Rider of Immoralist – Psychosocial

ROAAARRR: Candace Kucsulain of Walls of Jericho Relentless

GO: Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to Remember Sometimes You’re the Hammer, Sometimes You’re the Nail

EUGH: Alex Teyen of Black Tongue – Waste

DO IT: Paul Williams(?) of Desolated – Therapy

AHHHHHHH: Anthony Alexander of Rex – Regression

YAH: Levi Benton of Miss May I – A Dance with Aera Cura

PICK UP YOUR FEET: Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to Remember – Fast Forward to 2012

OHHHHUAGH: Alex Taylor of Malevolence – Self Supremacy

‘The Disturbed’: Alex Taylor of Malevolence – Self Supremacy

Hhha ha HAH: Jake Taylor of In Hearts Wake – Earthwalker

MOTHERFUCKING BOUNCE: Jake Taylor of In Hearts Wake Survival

MUCH THROAT CLEARING: Briton Bond of Wage War – The River

“Mosh Code”: Sean Harmanis of Make them Suffer Vortex (Interdimensional Spiral Hindering Inexplicable Euphoria)

OH YEAH: Scott Kennedy of Bleed from Within – The Healing

UHN: Drew York of Stray from the Path – Black Friday

FRLAJCH: Austin Carlisle of Of Mice & Men – The Storm

“The Surroundings Disrespector” – Jeremy McKinnon of A Day to Remember – Mr Highway’s Thinking About the End

TABARNAK: Jonathan Cabana of Blind Witness – Baby One More Notch

BONUS SECTION

“The Sample”: MLG Airhorn of After the Burial – Laurentian Ghosts (Honorable mentions: gunshots, old horror movie soundclips, Tarantino)