How To Pronounce Band Names

Written by Marcelo Hissa on 03.09.2006 at 20:46

Megadeth??? lots of people pronounces like megadeAth... but it does nt have the A after de E

That's easy. It's 'May-guh-deth'.

Belphegor. That names bothered me for a while.

Celtic Frost. I've been pronouncing it with a "k" sound all my life, but recently i've heard the word celtic said differently. with a "s" like sound.

Celtic should be pronounced with a k.

Belphegor= Belfegore

Oh yeah, Celtic has for ages been such a confusion. It's like Dee-i-side vs Day-i-side. Half the world thinks one and half the other. I think it is with a 'c' sound. You can really say both though. I call the Celts the Kelts rather than the Selts. Even before the band there's been debate as how it's pronounced.

Yes, I agree with you about Belphegor too.

Written by [user id=15907] on 04.09.2006 at 05:37



Celtic Frost. I've been pronouncing it with a "k" sound all my life, but recently i've heard the word celtic said differently. with a "s" like sound.

The ONLY instance van Celtic is pronounced as Seltic and not Keltic is when referring to the Scottish football club called Celtic. In ALL OTHER instances it is pronounced Keltic.

Necrophagist...

how is that properly pronounced?

*Necrofadgist

thought so... thanks

Written by Raiden on 04.09.2006 at 06:33

Oh yeah, Celtic has for ages been such a confusion. It's like Dee-i-side vs Day-i-side. Half the world thinks one and half the other. I think it is with a 'c' sound. You can really say both though. I call the Celts the Kelts rather than the Selts. Even before the band there's been debate as how it's pronounced.

Yeah, and plus Keltic sounds more metal.

Ensiferum and Korpiklaani are others. Have those already been commented on?

@Ozman: Haha ok then. I once played against a basketball team called 'Celtic' they were possibly Seltic or Seltec. I could be a sports thing! :-O

@Windshear: Ensiferum is pronounced basically how it looks. En-siff-er-um. All together you don't sound much of the second 'e'.

@pyroleprechaun: Isn't it more like Necro-fag-ist, with the 'a' sounding like the a in 'lad'. So not 'fag' as 'faggot' but sounding like 'lad'.

I always pronounced it necro-fay-gist but that's probably wrong.

Wow, I nevr pronounced Celtic Frost as Keltic. Strange.

Written by Damnated on 04.09.2006 at 21:35

Wow, I nevr pronounced Celtic Frost as Keltic. Strange.

That's because you are not as grim and überkvlt as we all are.

Written by Daru Jericho on 04.09.2006 at 17:57

I always pronounced it necro-fay-gist but that's probably wrong.

nekro is correct. I'm not too sure whether the 'a' should be pronounced as in 'apple' or 'ape', but I believe it is the latter. The 'g' is hard, as in 'disguise', though.

Looking at the pronunciation key of a dictionary entry of the base word "Necrophagia" (link) I'm quite sure Necrophagist is pronounced "Nekro-fay-gist" (where g is pronounced like 'j' and 'dg' in judge).

Well i got one for yoou guys this is a Spanish folk bands like Mago de Oz the name is Ñ U ...so this kind of pronuntation dont exist in englis and i think in any idiom in fact the letter Ñ dont exist in others idioms.... so the pronuntiation is something like this ( NU ) but also u can say (NIU) but with the I if like dont exist ...so its pronunced like .... i like NU or i like NIU.... but it's ÑU

Written by KryptoN on 05.09.2006 at 01:10

Looking at the pronunciation key of a dictionary entry of the base word "Necrophagia" (link) I'm quite sure Necrophagist is pronounced "Nekro-fay-gist" (where g is pronounced like 'j' and 'dg' in judge).

Actually, come to think of it, since necrophagia is a scientific term, the 'g' will be soft. I was thinking along the lines of the original Greek (where all g's were soft, except two g's, pronounced 'ng'), but you've got the correct pronunciation.

Written by [user id=5630] on 04.09.2006 at 00:06

Written by Marcelo Hissa on 03.09.2006 at 20:46

Megadeth??? lots of people pronounces like megadeAth... but it does nt have the A after de E

That's easy. It's 'May-guh-deth'.

Sorry for the double post, but I just saw this. It's not 'may' as in the month, it's 'meh' as in 'medicine'. So the proper pronounciation is
'Meh-geh-death'
With meh as above, 'geh' as in Geddy Lee (well, okay, 'get', then ), and death as in....death.

Korpiklaani, is like Kor-pe-klaane, a like in apple and both e:s short

Written by RavenLord on 05.09.2006 at 20:58

Written by [user id=5630] on 04.09.2006 at 00:06

Written by Marcelo Hissa on 03.09.2006 at 20:46

Megadeth??? lots of people pronounces like megadeAth... but it does nt have the A after de E

That's easy. It's 'May-guh-deth'.

Sorry for the double post, but I just saw this. It's not 'may' as in the month, it's 'meh' as in 'medicine'. So the proper pronounciation is
'Meh-geh-death'
With meh as above, 'geh' as in Geddy Lee (well, okay, 'get', then ), and death as in....death.

Strange, I always pronounced Megadeth as 'may-guh-deth'. Oh well, I guess it's just a difference in the way we think, I supose.

Written by [user id=5630] on 05.09.2006 at 23:23

Strange, I always pronounced Megadeth as 'may-guh-deth'. Oh well, I guess it's just a difference in the way we think, I supose.

Well, in normal speech the pronounciation slips a little, but it may be due to you being American-there's a lot of emphasis on the vowel sounds in the American accent. I just pronounce it as it's written; Mega death. Most people I know pronounce 'mega' like the original Greek, but most classical words get bastardised at some point...out of interest, how would you say 'megabyte'?

Written by RavenLord on 06.09.2006 at 16:31

Written by [user id=5630] on 05.09.2006 at 23:23

Strange, I always pronounced Megadeth as 'may-guh-deth'. Oh well, I guess it's just a difference in the way we think, I supose.

Well, in normal speech the pronounciation slips a little, but it may be due to you being American-there's a lot of emphasis on the vowel sounds in the American accent. I just pronounce it as it's written; Mega death. Most people I know pronounce 'mega' like the original Greek, but most classical words get bastardised at some point...out of interest, how would you say 'megabyte'?

Considering I am American, I pronounce megabyte as 'may-guh-bite'.

On-topic:
Anyone know how to pronounce Dødheimsgard? I always pronounce it as 'dode-himes-gahrd'.

@Insinerate: Hehe Megadeth sounds funny the way you say it... its because of your accent yes.

Heres a weird one. Opera IX, is it Opera eye ex, or Opera 9?

and Edenbridge, is it Eeden or is the e like in rEd?

Necrophagist is not pronounced with an "fay" sound in the middle. I know this because I saw them live and Mohommed pronounced it as "fadge."

Written by Dark Cornatus on 07.09.2006 at 00:28

Heres a weird one. Opera IX, is it Opera eye ex, or Opera 9?

I always pronounced it Opera eeks, sometimes 9

Written by Damnated on 07.09.2006 at 02:39

Written by Dark Cornatus on 07.09.2006 at 00:28

Heres a weird one. Opera IX, is it Opera eye ex, or Opera 9?

I always pronounced it Opera eeks, sometimes 9

I say Opera Nine too

Roman numeral IX is just 9. Contrastly, for Symphony X, you don't necessarily say 'Symphony X', but (e.g.) Dante XXI by Sepultura is 'Dante 21', because it's clearly Roman numerals. So I say it should be 'Opera 9'.

Edenbridge is pronounced ee(as in 'eeek!')-den-bridge.

Dødheimsgard, is like Dud-hims-gard the u like in Burn the i like in I and gard like in bard, i think....

Written by Dangerboner on 07.09.2006 at 02:31

Necrophagist is not pronounced with an "fay" sound in the middle. I know this because I saw them live and Mohommed pronounced it as "fadge."

That might be true in this case since the word is twisted like that. In general you can't use that logic though.

I always thought Dodheimsgard was pronounced duhd-hyms-(like the word 'high' with an 'ms' on the end)gard, so sort of on the right lines as Destryphior but I'm not entirely sure what he meant by the 'hims' pronounciation bit.