Best vocal work!

[DoomsdayZach]

I seriously hate each and every one of you guys for missing the two most obvious choices...
ROB HALFORD AND BRUCE DICKINSON!!!!

Rob is amazing, especially earlier on. I think one of the best passages I've ever heard on any album is the end of "Run of the Mill" on Rocka Rolla. The first time I heard it was in the car with the Skelator guys and literally the world just stopped and I sat there in awe. Every time i hear it, i still get chills and such. Also worth mentioning is Unleashed in the East. The ending scream on Victim of Changes is unmatched.

Dickinson has done too much great stuff... very little that totally stands out in my mind, but a solid vocalist for the last couple decades.

Also, Eric Adams from Manowar. You don't have to like the band at all, but you can't deny this dude has some fuckin' pipes.

 

[Kenneth R.]

I knew I was still forgetting some from my list. Friggin 404 fucked me when I hit enter.

 

[razoredge]

I seriously hate each and every one of you guys for missing the two most obvious choices...
ROB HALFORD AND BRUCE DICKINSON!!!!

Well see.... I was leaving them open for someone else to nail..... only you arrived way too late. I expected them to be mentioned quick so I went after some I knew others would never name.

I'll throw Mustaine in here, I just like the way he gets the job done, for not being any kind of "extreme" vocalist the guy still has great expression and character.

 

[DoomsdayZach]

Mustaine is a love him or hate him vocalist. I think he did some fuckin' brilliant shit in the early days. He was goddamned ANGRY as hell haha. Back in the day Hetfield was pretty good too as far as thrash vocalists go. But neither of them can sing particularly well.

 

[schenkadere]

I seriously hate each and every one of you guys for missing the two most obvious choices...
ROB HALFORD AND BRUCE DICKINSON!!!!

Rob is amazing, especially earlier on. I think one of the best passages I've ever heard on any album is the end of "Run of the Mill" on Rocka Rolla. The first time I heard it was in the car with the Skelator guys and literally the world just stopped and I sat there in awe. Every time i hear it, i still get chills and such. Also worth mentioning is Unleashed in the East. The ending scream on Victim of Changes is unmatched.

Dickinson has done too much great stuff... very little that totally stands out in my mind, but a solid vocalist for the last couple decades.

Also, Eric Adams from Manowar. You don't have to like the band at all, but you can't deny this dude has some fuckin' pipes.

I think Rob Halford's best performance is Sad Wings of Destiny...I also think that it's Priest's best album by far. I hate Halford's high pitched crap on Painkiller and such...his older stuff is so much better.

Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin with Jag Panzer has a great metal voice too.

 

[DoomsdayZach]

I think Painkiller is a fantastic album and his voice still sounds great, but i won't argue that Sad Wings is better... but Unleashed in the East is still way better. Priest has always been better live (at least back in the day) than on album.

 

[schenkadere]

I think Painkiller is a fantastic album and his voice still sounds great, but i won't argue that Sad Wings is better... but Unleashed in the East is still way better. Priest has always been better live (at least back in the day) than on album.

Isn't it generally accepted that Unleashed is a fake live album?

 

[DoomsdayZach]

Couldn't tell you for sure. I believe it is at least live in the sense that the band is playing as a unit as opposed to playing separate parts. And regardless, there's way more energy and expression in those versions of the songs. I don't care if it was recorded in KK's mother's basement, it still owns the album versions on all accounts.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Isn't it generally accepted that Unleashed is a fake live album?

There aren't many "true" live albums/cds, officially released ones, anyway....

Unleashed In The East is heavily overdubbed, but not any more than either of the Kiss Alive records, for example....

 

[DoomsdayZach]

I admit i only scanned this until now when i saw this:

Ian Gillan - Child in Time

Especially this performance:


This flat out made me damn near cry the first time i saw it. There is not a single vocalist today that can capture anything near this intensity.

 

[razoredge]

Had the same effect on me first time I heard it. Just the sound of Ians voice takes me back 36 years for a moment, its just a flash but oh so bitter sweet.

He really did have some killer performances on Jesus Christ Superstar too, if I had a working turntable I would really like to listen to that again. The album is loaded with great voices

 

[DoomsdayZach]

I have been getting into Ian Gillan a lot over the past few weeks. I just bought Sabbath's "Born Again" on vinyl and it's an awesome record. Not his greatest performance, but still amazing.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

I have been getting into Ian Gillan a lot over the past few weeks. I just bought Sabbath's "Born Again" on vinyl and it's an awesome record. Not his greatest performance, but still amazing.

Make sure you check out some of his solo stuff too, espcially "Glory Road" which is one of my personal favorites. Gillan era Deep Purple is hard to beat, IMO.... (oh yeah, Born Again rocks! - Possibly my favorite non-Ozzy Sabbath release.)

 

[DoomsdayZach]

I think Born Again is awesome, and definitely better than ozzy era sabbath in the vocal department (never been an ozzy fan)... definitely need to check out the solo stuff. Thanks for the recommendation Dubz

 

[HackerX]

Dickinson has done too much great stuff... very little that totally stands out in my mind, but a solid vocalist for the last couple decades.

Hallowed Be Thy Name... Honestly, just how he holds that note for that long, leaves me in awe.

 

[razoredge]

I think Born Again is awesome, and definitely better than ozzy era sabbath in the vocal department (never been an ozzy fan)... definitely need to check out the solo stuff. Thanks for the recommendation Dubz

Im not a Ozzy fan either but he did some good (for Ozzy) vocals on the early Sabbath albums. I thought he got more monotone and melodically predictable later in his career.

Just poped in Machine Head for a stroll down memory lane, man how we used to love this album.

 

[Ascension]

Steve Perry - all time favorite

Jorn Lande - my pick for the #1 metal/hard rock vocalist today

James LaBrie - I&W and his solo material makes him proven...l agree like someone posted earlier that he has pushed his voice beyond it's limits at certain times

Gregg Analla - from the band Seventhsign now defunct...what a great voice...he needs to be in a band somewhere

Ray Alder - his delivery/phrasing alone sets him apart

 

[Burnout]

Cedric Bixlar-Zavala - Frances The Mute
Mikael Akerfeldt - Still Life
Patrick Loisel - Concealed
Warrel Dane - Dreaming Neon Black
Chuck Schuldiner - The Sound of Perseverance
Ian Campbell - Trilateral Progression
Mariusz Duda - Out Of Myself
Andy Schmidt - Back to Times of Splendor
Joe Duplantier - From Mars to Sirius
Luc Lemay - From Wisdom To Hate
Stephen Pare's opening growl on Silence Calls The Storm by Quo Vadis also deserves a mention.

...and so on.

 

[HackerX]

I admit i only scanned this until now when i saw this:

Especially this performance:
Child in Time

This flat out made me damn near cry the first time i saw it. There is not a single vocalist today that can capture anything near this intensity.

Oh wow, haven't seen this performance before, and it's been a while since I've heard the song, but this is definately great.

Ok, here's a few of my favourite vocals. Not metal at all (does it have to be metal??), perhaps not the cup of tea of a lot you (And for those that know my black metal tastes, perhaps a shock!)

Some aussie classics:

John Farnham. Don't care what you say, he has sooo much control and power it's awesome.


Ian Moss & Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel). While Jimmy has a 'unique' voice, can't deny it's power.



Hmmm, also

Meatloaf. Yes, I went there. Yay, fat people can sing too!


Well, I was going to add some girls up here as well (where the fuck are the girls? there are some great female singers), but I've had a blank :| Along with all the other singers I was thinking of earlier in the day

 

[razoredge]

Good call on The Meat, ashamed I forgot about him. Is that his daughter ?
Moss & Barnes sound great, that Barns got the gusto, love that kind of voice, made me think of Steve Marriot & Joe Cocker

Hard to find good live footage of Humble Pie, certainly these song are NOT for younger ears but about all I could find of quality, Marriot was important in the British music scene in the late 60's. He's got a bit of soul as indicated by this song, which is early 70's sometime.


they could also sit down and play some acoustic, notice the 20 yr old Peter Frampton, you know the bald guy doing Gyco commercials... lol. song doesnt take off but kinda sweet and worth listening to just for the intense vocals


early head banger "I Dont Need No Doctor", later covered by Wasp (poor quality)
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Then the Maddog, I dont care how many times we've heard it or seen it, this is one intence legendary live vocal performance, this is BALLS - Cocker-Woodstock '69