The term "heavenly voices" describes a soaring vocalisation style prominently used by female vocalists in a variety of music genres, such as darkwave, neoclassical darkwave, ethereal wave, dream pop, gothic rock and gothic metal.
The term became popular in the 1990s thanks to the German label Hyperium, best known for their "Heavenly Voices" compilation series, which featured music by many of the label's own artists, as well as guest appearance by other notable bands of the darkwave / gothic scene including Bel Canto, Faith and the Muse and Miranda Sex Garden. .
