The phrase "abrasive sound" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sound that is harsh, grating, or unpleasant to hear.
Example: "The abrasive sound of the metal scraping against the concrete made everyone wince."
Alternatives: "grating noise" or "harsh sound".
So central to the band's abrasive sound were Glass's half-cooed, half-screamed vocals that many fans would have assumed that that was game over.
The driving, abrasive sound of the Michael Nyman Band is founded upon his propulsive piano playing, which has always valued rhythmic vitality over everything else.
He'd coast through his first chorus and, either angry or perhaps hungover, start growling, an abrasive sound that would finally end a chorus or two later with a shuddering, out-of-my-way tremolo.
In Ayler's brief career, his keening, abrasive sound helped redefine the role of the saxophone in jazz, influencing John Coltrane, who cited Ayler as the major inspiration for his recording "Ascension".
And producer Steve Albini certainly wasn't going to pretty it up; he'd been chosen by Harvey to work on the record because of his fondness for harsh, abrasive sound.
I mean, Softboiled Eggies don't just play "[horrible] Everett True music" – a description that was coined by Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire back in the early 90s to describe a far more abrasive sound, somewhere between early Guided By Voices and the early Riot Grrrls.
The score is loud, constant, a timpani-heavy beat combined with other abrasive sounds.
Phiona Okumu More from ArfiPOP! Clear and Refreshing: The Tokyo underground is full of all sorts of unique, strange, and at times abrasive sounds.
The anthology is a showcase for Scotland's more dulcet side, downplaying abrasive sounds like bagpipes and savoring the clear voices of female singers.
Kid 606 is a sonic vandal who loves abrasive sounds and is not above making vicious fun of techno's many microgenres.
With abrasive sounds and no shortage of attitude, both have etched their places into music history and proven time and again their knack for polarizing audiences, a skill Mr. Reed has perfected over his nearly five-decade career with albums like "Metal Machine Music," his feedback apocalypse from 1975 that has come to symbolize rock at its most uncommercial extreme.
