Henk Poort is the vocalist who has sang the Simon and Garfunkel classic ‘The Sound of Silence’ better than any other.

With his rendition, which was more influenced by the Disturbed version than the folky original, the Dutch opera singer proved he could rock with the best of them.

With a stately and delicate singing set to a lovely string arrangement, Poort opened the song during his participation on the Dutch TV program Beste Zangers.

Poort let loose with a powerful rock vocal at the beginning of the song, building to a husky heavy metal yell that had the hosts going crazy.

With 10 million views, his rendition of the 1964 folk hit is among the most well-liked ones on YouTube.

Fans argued in the comments section over which version of the song—the Simon and Garfunkel original, the popular Disturbed cover, or Poort’s version—was better.

Many supporters of Poort left remarks like ‘Unpopular Opinion,’ endorsing him. This is much superior to the first one.

‘This is the best rendition of this song I’ve heard,’ and ‘I think Henk just has that haunting strength behind his voice.’