Poll List: Best extreme + clean vocalist?

[General Zod]

People on a local forum made the claim that Phil Anselmo is the most versatile singer ever.

Really? He wouldn't make my list of Top 50. Don't get me wrong, I dig Phil. I love Pantera and I enjoy his work in Down. That said, when I listen to Down, I can't help but feel Phil is being stretched thin to make his voice work over that music.

Zod

 

[swizzlenuts]

Every year on the day that Dimebag died, they have a 2 hrs Pantera tribute show...

 

[NAD]

Probably because Pantera ruled as much as him getting killed sucked.

Looking forward to Down III.

 

[JayKeeley]

ha, so track #3 on their first album ("Whence and Whither Goest the Wind") has the vocals playing backwards, and you just think track #3 on all subsequent albums would have backwards vocals?

Hah, go figure. I'm certain I did not know that. I've also never bothered hitting the rewind button to hear the hidden stuff before track 1.

 

[\/oidhanger]

Beliar of MAYHEMIC TRUTH/MORRIGAN...

 

[AsModEe]

my 3 winners are

Akerfeldt
Swano
Vintersorg

Vortex and Paul from November's Doom deserve honorable mention

About Quorthon, his growls sound good, but everything I hear him clean sing I burst out laughing, can't help it.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

me

 

[MajestikMøøse]

-Guy (can't remember name) on HEart of the Ages = Winner.

 

[Claws of Perdition]

Have you heard "Reogenesis" off of Isa? The cleans are very good there, IMO.

*Neogenesis, My favourite track on that album btw.

Akerfeldt and Haughm spring to mind atm, its like 8:52am though so im not thinking fully just yet.

 

[Draconian]

Mikko Kotamäki from Swallow the Sun is pretty good at both styles.

 

[Demonspell]

Aaron Turner is probably my favorite clean/extreme guy right now. He's using more clean vocals, and they are pretty durn good.

Well cut my hair and spike my belt.

Good call, he'd probably go into the equally good at both category (and live his growl could move mountains), nice to see this thread revived. And I agree with the praise for Paul's vocals here.

 

[JayKeeley]

oh so aaron turner is the isis dude

i had to google them shitz

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I didn't quite think Garm's harsh vocals were up to snuff for this category, despite amazing cleans... and then I remembered Borknagar.

*splooges*

 

[JayKeeley]

Garm's clean vocals on Kveldssanger are remarkable. Mostly because he wrote some phenomenal harmonies too. It's all about the bones, thugs, and harmonies. yo.

 

[Krilons Resa]

and the 1st of the month to fund it all.

 

[Doom]

Beliar of MAYHEMIC TRUTH/MORRIGAN...

Good call, actually. While I wouldn't say the best at all, it's a good example. Vocal performance on Anam Cara =