who's the best rock/ metal singer?

TommyL

John Garcia or Mark Lennegan.Legends!
Phil Collins is pretty badass too!!!

Busi_Girl08

David McPherson-InMe

StormWarrior

I think Joey Tempest, Don Dokken and Daniel Heiman have the best voices.

cxcully

Mike Patton is untouchable.Vocals a little tinny on "The Real Thing" (1989) but progressed incredibly on Angel Dust (1992).Incredible range from falsetto to demonic roars...and always note perfect.

Check out the always monumentally unsettling "Jizzlobber"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZfr2QMk3Fc

and compare to the rather beautiful "This Guys in Love With You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-XzqcP79vQ

Honourable mentions to....
Layne Staley (fantastic on that quieter Jar Of Flies EP)
Jimbo Morrison (for a guy with no training....whatta voice)
Tom Araya (no better screamer)

Seraphicblue

Dez Farfara- DevilDriver

sparkzter

Billy Corgan!!
Surely he has to be one of the best in the Rock category! He can scream and roar with the best of them and then sing it gently when needed- great range, cant beat him imo anyway!

TommyL

Listening to alot of Orange Goblin lately and Ben Ward has to get a mention...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3DcyGe4YWQ

Woodey

What about Micheal Poulsen from Volbeat???

Dave Williams from Drowning Pool was good too, but dead now!!!

Nephilim Wolf

RICARDO1982 wrote: »

Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy.
Great all round frontman, Musician, Songwriter and Poet..............

Phil was/is awesome.:D My choices are:

Rock

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Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy
Ian Gillian - Deep Purple
Geddy Lee - Rush
Carl McCoy - Fields of The Nephilim
Monica Richards - The Eden House
Ian Curtis - Joy Division
Bowie
Bryan Adams (mainly on the older albums)
Diamond Dave - Van Halen
Ian Astbury - The Cult
Kluas Meine - Scorpions
Wayne Hussy - The Mission Uk

Metal

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Nick Holmes - Paradise Lost
Dio - Black Sabbath, Dio etc
Bruce Dickenson - Iron Maiden
Tomi Joutsen - Amorphis
Peter Steele - Type O Negative
Mike Patton - Faith No More
Ozzy
Dani Filth (he was better on the older albums like Principle, Dusk etc) - Cradle of Filth
Johan Edlund - Tiamat

Death/Black/Thrash

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Ishann - Emperor
Jon Nödtveidt - Dissection
Cronos - Venom
Shagrath (mostly the older albums) - Dimmu Borgir
Galder - Old Man's Child
Fernando Ribeiro - Moonspell
Alan Averill - Primordial
Peter Tägtgren - Hypocrisy
King Diamond - Mercyful Fate
Abbath - Immortal/I

Zombienosh

Dallas Green - Alexisonfire/City & Colour
Jesse Leach - Ex-Killswitch Engage
Jesse Hasek - 10 Years
Ian Kenny – Karnivool

Celly Smunt

dallas green

Angron

Personally, some of my favs are:

Glen Benton - Deicide
George Fisher - Cannibal Corpse
Jason Netherton - Misery Index/ ex Dying Fetus
Sean Beasley - Dying Fetus
Maniac - Mayhem, Skitliv etc
Kvarforth - Shining
Dead - Mayhem

Malice

TommyL wrote: »

Listening to alot of Orange Goblin lately and Ben Ward has to get a mention...

Please note the date of the post above yours - 13-11-2008

Please don't bump old threads unnecessarily.

Kess73

Deliverance XXV wrote: »

What about that guy from Shinedown?

This is their version of Simple Man. Does the original justice and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fmSF4chL2I

Yeah Brent Smith has a great voice, and has an amazing range. Seen Shinedown live a good few times now and have been very impressed every time.

Most of the singers I would have picked have already been mentioned in this thread, but Smith is easily up there with my old favourites, of which most come from the period between the 60's and 90's.

Was at a US show a few years back, and he came out and did a few minutes of songs by Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Soundgarden, and Skynyrd, which was bloody amazing as he sounded perfect for each style he did, and got a great jazz sound to his voice.

The Sound Of Madness tour was brilliant too as he actually sounds better live than on cd.



One of my favourite live moments at a gig, was getting to hear Chris Cornell and Jeff Buckley sing together on stage. Amazing pairing that complimented the other's style so well.

Kess73

Malice_ wrote: »

Please note the date of the post above yours - 13-11-2008

Please don't bump old threads unnecessarily.

:eek: I never even looked at the dates. I logged on today and thought it was a new thread:D

Angron

lol, hooray for observation!

I thought it was strange this thread got so many pages in the time I hadn't been on of a few hours or so, I didn't even look at the early pages heh

Star Bingo

never did listen to metal 'singers'.. Danzig not get a mention here? i think about 20 of the solo songs are really great.. the rest are truly bad. immense voice obviously, radio friendly on the surface but the lyrics were too arcane. the original dark pimp before rob zombie/ manson et al

Samhain's 'November Coming Fire' is a must own. true legacy in punk/metal/goth, even dark blues. and he really is miserable.. which amounts to dedication. edging closer to 60 - a public figure of mirth, but true godfather of the crossgenres encapsulated.

Somnus

Listening to Zeppelin for the first time in ages and Robert Plant was a brilliant singer. Gotta love his vocals on the old stuff.

Ulysses Gaze

Miljenko Matijevic of Steelheart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8JE-VazxCk

JohnnyCrash

Rob Halford,has it all.Metal God!:D

GrizzlyMan

In No Order ;


Jon Nödtveidt - Dissection
Galder - Old Mans Child
Valfar - Windir
Jari - Wintersun
Mat Barlow - Iced Earth
Ghaal - Gorgoroth
Ishann - Emperor
Vortex - Dimmu/Borknagar/Arcturus

paddykell

Evanescence-Amy Lee. Some people reckon they're not rock... But they are really...

GLaDOS

paddykell wrote: »

Some people reckon they're not rock... But they are really...

First time I've ever heard of that theory

Joe_Dull

Anders Friden - In Flames
James LaBrie - Dream Theater
Randy Blythe - Lamb of God
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Opeth

All great vocalists but it's a toss-up between the top two for me

witchqueen

Male

Ronny James Dio
Jon Oliva - Savatage
Dave Meniketti - Y&T
Bob Catley - Magnum
Danny Bowes - Thunder

Female

Sass Jordan
Liv Kristine
Janis Joplin
Joyce Kennedy - Mothers Finest

metalmessiah88

Tommy Vext - Devine Heresy male

Alissa White-Gluz - The Agonist - female

Jemmaa

Ozzy Osbourne
Layne Staley
Paul Stanley
Phil Anselmo
Ian Gillan
Freddie Mercury
Eddie Vedder
Serj Tankian
Janis Joplin
Lynda Perry
David Bowie
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Maynard James Keenan
Dani Filth
Peter Steele
Chris Cornell
Glen Danzig

*to be continued

bubonicus

EgoApocalypse wrote: »

Maynard james keenan

Dax Riggs.

and Dave Lee.:D

LoganRice

Andreas Bergh (Whiplasher) - Deathstars

KevLeppard

Male - Joe Elliott from Def Leppard

Female - Doro Pesch from Warlock