Heavy bands with (mostly) clean vocals?

[Exocaster]

Paradise Lost

Anathema

Considering the bands I listed, I feel doubly stupid for not remembering either of these. I fail.

 

[Keregioz]

What about thrash bands like Heathen, Paradox and Forbidden?

Paradise Lost ('Icon' and 'Draconian Times')

Control Denied (Death but without Chuck singing)

Two last albums from paradise lost were also amazing.

 

[Erkan]

Haha I can name a band that I was session drumming for! Uhmm.. you said "no powermetal", and these guys have played power crap fuck shit metal in the past but they're heavier now but still, for whatever it's worth, you might wanna check them out:

Steel Attack (Sweden)
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=63185489

No offence to the guys in the band, but their name is really gay! They're alright people though, really cool guys

 

[Jaymz]

NO - Christian's growls are just as amazing as his cleans, and if you don't like it, grow a pair

Very much a +1

 

[Rex Rocker]

The vocals on Dream Theater as well as most of the keyboard fills kill that band for me.

 

[Coprosatanica]

I think Flotsam & Jetsam has put out some great stuff. Annihilator is worth a mention in this category also.

 

[skuller]

type o negative
candlemass



ps hey egan., i bought a bloodbath shirt the other day online and in the package was a daylight dies sticker. cool!

 

[Metaltastic]

ps hey egan., i bought a bloodbath shirt the other day online and in the package was a daylight dies sticker. cool!

Haha, yeah, I just bought "The Fathomless Mystery" online and also got a DD sticker

 

[Sacha]

Pain of Salvation - can get a little 'fufu' but amazing vocalist for sure.

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahaha, I dunno what "fufu" is, but they one of my favorite bands of all time - favorite albums are "One Hour by the Concrete Lake," "Remedy Lane," and "The Perfect Element I," in that order

 

[iekobrid]

This is proving harder than I thought! Doesn't have to be entirely clean, but the more the better!

Are there minimum requirements for "heaviness" and/or year(s) of operation that we shouldn't bother dipping below, or can we start calling out "Rainbow!" and such?

 

[rvs0002]

Halford - Live Insurrection FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[egan.]

hey egan., i bought a bloodbath shirt the other day online and in the package was a daylight dies sticker. cool!

Yeah Jesse, our drummer, does all of the merch for BB and katatonia so we made those LTTL stickers coattail on some BB hype!

 

[AXI]

Devin Townsend. Terria has some of the greatest clean vocals & melodies ever recorded. Amazing album.

Another melodically interesting act is VOLA from Denmark. Clean vocals in a Textures/Opeth/Porcupine-esque mix and quite heavy riffs in some places.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/volaband

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Devin Townsend. Terria has some of the greatest clean vocals & melodies ever recorded. Amazing album.

D'OH!

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahahahaha, I'm pretty sure no one needs to mention anything by Sir Townsend to Jeff (AKA DSS3)

 

[KeithTidd]

Armageddon - Three. It's Chris Amott's solo project, in kind of a rock frame. Really good stuff.

 

[AXI]

Hahahahaha, I'm pretty sure no one needs to mention anything by Sir Townsend to Jeff (AKA DSS3)

Hehehe, but you can't really praise Sir T enough, right?

 

[jason poulin]

my band??

 

[xmidihcx]

dont u mean "fru-fru"?