female vocals

[NFU]

1. Carole King
2. Bjork
3. Karen Carpenter
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Annie Haslam
6. Linda Perhacs
7. Kate Bush
8. Ann Wilson
9. Billie Holiday
10. Edith Piaf

thats my top 10. many honorable mentions i dont even want to get into.

 

[derbeder]

among those not mentioned:

Emma Kirkby
Montserrat Figueras
Sezen Aksu

 

[Sadguru]

what are The Gathering like? don't think i've ever heard them

Pretty unique band...kinda of like a rockier Portishead. Paatos comes also in mind. "Souvenirs" is my favorite by them. The new one called "Home" is pretty tasty as well.

 

[NFU]

souvenirs ftw

 

[Hypnos]

my favourite one is by far Agnete M. Kierkevaag from MADDER MORTEM

other fine female vocalists:

Emma Hellström (The Provenance)
Synne Soprana (In The Woods...)
Shlomit Levi (Orphaned Land)
Maja Konarska (Moonlight)
Vibeke Stene (Tristania)

+ Gunnhild Sundli (Gåte)

 

[soundave]

Nice call on Ann Wilson, NFU. Forgot about her...

Grace Slick was pretty damn good in the Jefferson Airplane days.

I pretty much hate the whole "Beauty & the Beast" genre (Tristania, Penumbra, etc.), as someone put it here once. I tried it, I didn't like it, nosirree. Also, not big on the thin-sounding operatic vocals I've heard... I can't cite specifics, as I stopped paying attention as soon as the vocals began. I actually prefer Mangela to that. I think I just kind of don't like female vox in metal so much. Weird, seeing as how my band in college always had a female lead singer...

 

[Armageddon's Child]

Lori Bravo rapes this thread with the world's biggest strap-on.

 

[NubianGoddess]

Lori Bravo rapes this thread with the world's biggest strap-on.

okay, mental picture! HELP!!!

I totally agree with Billie Holliday! and also Ella Fitzgerald! and though I love Janis Joplin, I dont find her voice beautiful. wow, Edith piaff - now thats a walk down memory lane, man

 

[uponanoakenthrone]

Lisa Gerrard( dead can dance)
Bjork (especially her Sugarcubes period)

lisa gerrard does have a great voice

 

[illidurit]

gonna go listen to tapestry like 5 times in a row now because of this thread

 

[all_sins_undone]

welp guys gonna have to go with opeth on this one

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

Shit, I forgot Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin. That's a fucking crime. I'm not actually familiar enough with Carole King (yes I know, noob central) to pass proper comment, but I think I'll check her and Ann Wilson out...

I need to hear more music...

 

[Don Corleone]

Dusty Springfield

pure passion

 

[metal_wrath]

no mention of

Anna Ternheim
Diana Krall
Joanna Newson

?????????

I have heard some of their stuff, which I haven't really gotten into

 

[illidurit]

joanna newsom's voice is more grating than lord worm's

 

[Kenneth R.]

Shit, I forgot Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin. That's a fucking crime. I'm not actually familiar enough with Carole King (yes I know, noob central) to pass proper comment, but I think I'll check her and Ann Wilson out...

I need to hear more music...

shite, while we're on that tangent: Tina Turner

 

[soundave]

Ella Fitzgerald ftw.

 

[stefan86]

i'm trying out The Gathering "If Then Else" right now. It seems nice for that genre for sure. I'll comment more when i'm sure if it's okay or good

 

[Demilich]

Sigrid Sheie and Jamie Myers on Hammers of Misfortune's "The August Engine"!

 

[soundave]

Sigrid Sheie and Jamie Myers on Hammers of Misfortune's "The August Engine"!

Geez, I forgot about Hammers of Misfortune! I might like the stuff on the Unholy Cadaver EP and The Bastard best (Janis Tanaka).

Jamie Myers is also on Wolves in the Throne Room.