Poll List: Best extreme + clean vocalist?

[JayKeeley]

How would you order these in preference (best to worst).

Selection criteria has to average out the best combination of both styles. For example, if you think Swano has excellent death growls but you can't stand his clean vocals, someone else with 'above average' quality of both styles would appear higher in the list.

- Dan Swano
- Michael Akerfeld
- Peter Tagtren
- Grutle Kjellson
- Quorthon
- Garm
- Simen Hestnaes
- Vintersorg
- AA Nemtheanga
- Other?? (probably forgetting someone significant here...)

Also, for your #1 vocalist, provide the best example (album or song) of where their 'death' + 'clean' vocals are on display.
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[MFJ]

Mikael Akerfeldt
Vintersorg
Garm
Grutle Kjellson
Vortex

For #1, its hard to decide between Mikael and Vintersorg.. but I think I'll have to go with Vintersorg... he has a HUGE variety in his clean vocals, which is something I don't think Mike has.

edit: forgot the rules... if you want a prime example of Vintersorg's work, listen to "The Stellar Dome" from Borknagar's Empricism... I mean.. whoa.

 

[Carbonized]

you forgot Jan Kenneth Transeth from In the Woods... Him > everyone else

 

[Demilich]

- Quorthon is the ultimate winner here for me, I love his clean(er) vocals, though they're not technically great or anything. Just like his growls/screams, they're full of unbelievable passion and power

- Dan Swanö is fuckin awesome He can do so many kinds of vocals, and almost every vocal performance he's done has something about it that makes it different from all the other ones (of which there have been MANY!), but he can't scream, and his growls got a lot weaker on Crimson II (if you read Rogga's write-up of who did what, you'll notice that the weaker sounding parts are Swanö's)

- Mike's clean voice sounds nice, but is kinda dull and always the same in Opeth. His growls/screams are fucking great (Orchid... Brave Murder Day... the guest-vocals on Crimson..)

- Jonas Renkse pulled off the growls on Murder really well when I saw them live, and his clean voice is great, so he's on my list too

- Garm, Haughm (such distinct vocals either way), david gold (he does a pretty good job, you must admit), Thomas Helm (empyrium), blakkheim (if the clean vocals on Death's Design are him, they sound good, and the screams are powerful!)

 

[Carbonized]

Haughm (such distinct vocals either way), david gold (he does a pretty good job, you must admit), Thomas Helm (empyrium), blakkheim (if the clean vocals on Death's Design are him, they sound good, and the screams are powerful!)

Ah forgot about Haughm :/ And that's Swanö doing the clean vocals on Death's Design i'm about 99% sure.

 

[Demilich]

He's not credited for it, but it does kinda sound like him... but then again it doesn't. I haven't heard that cd in a while, it was never really my favourite.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Quorthon wins.

Bobby Blitz can do a pretty fucking impressive growl, if you check out Wrecking Everything Live, but not good enough to beat Quorthon.

Mille's definitely up there, as is Schmeier of Destruction (moreso for their latter-day stuff). And I can't forget Onkel Tom!

 

[Krilons Resa]

Without looking at the replies yet, I'd say that dude from Empyrium, or maybe Swano although I don't like much of his music at all.

 

[Demonspell]

It's difficult to rank these, so I'll just put them into categories:

Equally great at both: Mikael, Grutle, Haughm, Alan N.
Better clean vocalists than growlers: Swano (in this part because I love his clean voice, too bad he's wasting it on AOR), Garm, Simen, Aaron S., Renkse, Quorthon, Vintersorg
Better growlers than clean: Tagtgren, Stanne

 

[NAD]

DAVID FUCKING VINCENT. EYES TO SEE, EARS TO HEAR THE GREATEST FUCKING DEATH FUCKING METAL FUCKING SONG IN ALL THE FUCKING LAND. Capital letters = better argument. He only did clean vocals on God of Emptiness and the above mentioned song, and they are just such amazing performances that it doesn't even bother me he didn't use clean vocals for any other stuff.

Garm had an excellent growl and his clean vocals are without question amazing.

Peter Tägtgren is the man of 1000 voices. His growls yells and screeches are much stronger than his clean vocals, but those are good to. Heavily displayed with Pain.

Dan Swanö has great clean vocals but his growls are sorta generic. They are understandable though, which I do enjoy.

Mikael Åkerfeldt is pretty amazing with growls and clean vocals, and since both are used so frequently it's very muchly fun(ly).

Quorthon had a great clean voice because it was dripping with feeling. His screaming on Blood Fire Death were pretty alright but nothing amazing.

Simen/Kotex... eh, I won't say anything this time.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Quorthon had a great growl/shriek/whatever. As for his clean vocals, they were absolutely off-key but were so fucking full of emotion and conviction. For that reason alone, they were far superior to most others.

 

[J.]

Paul Kearns from Arcane Sun. Combines black metal, death metal, and clean vocals.

Example - Pretty much all songs on the album, but especially Longing for Eden's Rain and I Was Alive Then.

Thread over.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Paul Kearns from Arcane Sun. Combines black metal, death metal, and clean vocals.

Example - Pretty much all songs on the album, but especially Longing for Eden's Rain and I Was Alive Then.

Thread over.

He is pretty good, but the thread is far from over. Try again. :Spin:

 

[Krilons Resa]

Wtf is up with the ultra-fast editing?

 

[J.]

He is pretty good, but the thread is far from over. Try again. :Spin:

I meant "over" as in there is no one better. People can keep trying to no avail.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I meant "over" as in there is no one better. People can keep trying to no avail.

I know what you meant by "over."

 

[NAD]

Still haven't heard Arcane Sun. Still want to.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Still haven't heard Arcane Sun. Still want to.

WTF!?

You = teh looooooser

 

[MFJ]

Yeah Ken, i listened to the Arcane Sun CD today - it fucking rules.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Yeah Ken, i listened to the Arcane Sun CD today - it fucking rules.

Fuckin A. As with all exceptional albums, more listens = greater appreciation/rulage.