Top 13 metal vocalists

[Taliwakker]

MIke Patton
Russell Allen
Jorn Lande
Geoff Tate
Midnight
David Coverdale
RJD
Michael Kiske
Devin Townsend
Sebastian Bach
John Arch
Kelly Carpenter
Mikkel Sandager

 

[dcowboys311]

Mikael Stanne
Matt Barlow
Roy Khan
Russell Allen
Michael Eriksen
Mikael Akerfeldt
Warrel Dane
Nergal
Bruce Dickinson
Jim Malone
Jeff Walker
Hansi Kursch
Christian Alvestam

 

[JosephAcevedo]

for clean vocalists.....

King Diamond - Mercyful Fate
Timo Kotpelto - Stratovarius
Rob Halford - Judas Priest
Ralph Scheepers - Primal Fear
David Coverdale - Whitesnake
Don Dokken
Ralph Kasperick - Running Wild
Doro Pesch - Warlock
Chuck Billy - Testament
Thomas - Evergrey
Peavy - Rage
Jose Andreas - Mago de Oz
Ronnie James Dio

Extreme/harsh vocalists....

Dave Vincent - Morbid Angel
Chuck Shuldiner - Death
Maniac - Mayhem
Schmier - Destruction
Mille - Kreator
Varg - Burzum
Frank - Suffocation
Legion - ex Marduk
Werewolf - Satanic Warmaster
Gaahl - Gorgoroth/Trelldom
Peter - Vader
Emperor Magnus Caligula - Dark Funeral
Peter Tagtgren - Hypocrisy


A great vocalist I would choose who isn't metal but deserve's a honorable mention is Billy Idol.

 

[JosephAcevedo]

for clean vocalists.....

King Diamond - Mercyful Fate
Timo Kotpelto - Stratovarius
Rob Halford - Judas Priest
Ralph Scheepers - Primal Fear
David Coverdale - Whitesnake
Don Dokken
Ralph Kasperick - Running Wild
Doro Pesch - Warlock
Chuck Billy - Testament
Thomas - Evergrey
Peavy - Rage
Jose Andreas - Mago de Oz
Ronnie James Dio

Extreme/harsh vocalists....

Dave Vincent - Morbid Angel
Chuck Shuldiner - Death
Maniac - Mayhem
Schmier - Destruction
Mille - Kreator
Varg - Burzum
Frank - Suffocation
Legion - ex Marduk
Werewolf - Satanic Warmaster
Gaahl - Gorgoroth/Trelldom
Peter - Vader
Emperor Magnus Caligula - Dark Funeral
Peter Tagtgren - Hypocrisy


A great vocalist I would choose who isn't metal but deserve's a honorable mention is Billy Idol.

 

[General Zod]

By that definition, Michelle Luppi doesn't have a "metal" voice either.

Agreed.

Zod

 

[General Zod]

Historical
Geoff Tate - Queensryche
Ronnie James Dio - Dio
Chris Cornell - Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog
Ray Gillen - Badlands
Erik Rosvald - Zero Hour
Sebastian Bach - Skid Row
Jeff Keith - Tesla
Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden
Jack Russell - Great White
Eric Adams - Manowar

Current
Matt Barlow - Iced Earth
Russell Allen - Symphony X
Lance King - Balance of Power, Pyramaze
Michael Eriksen - Circus Maximus
Tim Owens - Iced Earth
Urban Breed - Tad Morose
Chris Salinas - Zero Hour
Khan - Kamelot
Warrell Dane - Nevermore
Ray Alder - Fates Warning, Redemption

Extreme
Paul Kuhr - Novembers Doom
A.A. Nemtheanga - Primordial
Johan Hegg - Amon Amarth
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
Bjorn Strid - Soilwork
Mikael Stanne - Dark Tranquillity
Thurios - Drudkh
Satyr - Satyricon

Zod

 

[DOIDigitalAudio]

Geoff Tate FTW.

Dickinson, Steele, Owens, Dio, Barlow, they're all up there, but Tate is King of all Vocals. Re-listen to Mindcrime and Promised Land.

 

[JenniferLynn]

Not in any order:
Geoff Tate
Mike Ericksen
Midnight
Roy Khan
Daniel Heiman
Nils from Pagan's Mind
M. Luppi - he blew me away last year at PP with La Vita Fugge

and out of just shear respect, Halford and Dio

and for me that's about it... I'm still expanding my metal collection but when I listen to these guys I always get poose gimples like I'm hearing them for the first time all over again...

 

[DOIDigitalAudio]

NVM

 

[lee drummond]

1) Tarja
2) Bruce Dickinson
3) Dio
4) Christina Scabbia
5) Matthias Blad
6) Geddy Lee (yea i know Rush ain't metal but Geddy can sing)
7) Timo Kotipelto
8,9,&10 Liv Kristine, Sharon den Adel, Mario Plank

I also really like Erik Adams and Marco Heldita

 

[Burnout]

My favorites would look something like (in no particular order):

Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Joe Duplantier (Gojira)
Marius Duda (Riverside)
James Malone (Arsis)
Ville Viljanen (Mors Principium Est)
Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian)
John K. (Biomechanical)
Jens Carlsson (Persuader, Dark Empire, Savage Circus)
Heri Joensen (Týr)
Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Lars F. Larsen (Manticora)
Mikkel Sandager (Mercenary)

I suppose it's hardly a laundry list of metal's most talented alumni, but they're easily the vocalists whose performances I most enjoy.

 

[TwizstedJesus]

1.Ray Alder-without a doubt,the greatest metal singer ever
1a.Ray Gillen-Badlands is the greatest bluesy rock band...ever!
2.Geoff Tate-the early years were near untouchable
3.John Arch-He led the way for Ray Alder,Awaken is an all time classic
4.Bruce Dickenson-The middle era Maiden discs are all great
5.Matt Barlow-Brought Iced Earth from the middle of the pack for a time
6.Chris Salinas-Need I say more?
7.Midnight-Who cares if hes mental...hes still got it when he wants to deliver
8.King Diamond-Abigail,Them,and Merciful Fate...greatness
9.Jon Oliva-Not a classic great singer,but he IS savatage
10.Zakk Stevens-The perfect replacement
11.Dio-Dio is Dio
12."Blitz"Ellsworth-Overkill had that bite,that snarl
13.James LABrie-because of the emotion...no power,but still...

 

[Ascension]

Surprised you dont' have Labrie on there? I'm not surprised at all, I believe most would agree he is the week link in DT. He has a great soft side but never had much power, especially compared to those you have listed.

Not much power?

F# on Learning to Live recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK5v1qjt1eE&mode=related&search=

 

[Ascension]

Jorn Lande - the voice of metal at this time

Rob Halford - the voice of metal at one time (argueably still)

Ray Alder - great phrasing

James Labrie - the voice that put DT on the map

Jack Bielata - Without Warning...a little bluesy in my prog metal

Geoff Tate - then...now, doesn't matter...much copied vocalist

Kelly Carpenter - vocals on Outworld ripped my head off

Gregg Analla - Seventhsign...great voice...should have a record deal

Steve Grimmett - Grim Reaper, Lionsheart...dude can wail

Carl Albert - Vicious Rumors...RIP

 

[Mosquito]

I feel that Jorn Lande is more AOR oriented moreso than Metal, it just so happens that he sings for a lot of metal bands. I would not consider him to be the voice of metal at this time, but I'd settle for one of the voices. Metal is too diverse to stick it to one man as the sound.

 

[Ascension]

Uhh yeah ok...whatever.

Ark - prog metal

Masterplan - power metal

Solo - melodic metal

l'm detecting a pattern here. And a fairly diverse one.

 

[LunaTEKKE]

Agree with many of those already listed. A couple of others I would add that haven’t been mentioned:

Tom Mallicoat – Lethal
Michael Olivieri – Leatherwolf

 

[miso666]

christena/lacuna coil
Rock!

 

[No-Mercy]

not really ordered, just numbers, lol.

1. Bruce Dickinson
2. Dio
3. Rob Halford
4. Hansi Kurch
5. Russell Allen
6. Matt Barlow
7. Edu Falaschi
8. Tarja Turunen
9. Geoff Tate
10. Michelle Luppi
11. Urban Breed
12. Roy Khan
13. Lance King

 

[J-Man]

Okay we just concluded TEXAS MADFEST, and we were treated to Three count them Three of the most amazing vocalists in Metal today so here is my list.

1) LANCE KING
2) MIKE ERRIKSON
3) CARLOS ZEMA (OUTWORLD) simply put frigging amazing
4) DANILO HERBERT (MINDFLOW) OH MY GOD!!!!!
5) CHRIS SALINAS
6) MARCO HIETALA
7) MARIO PLANK
8) ROY KHAN
9) RUSSELL ALLEN
10) OLIVER HARTMANN