THE MOST POWERFUL voice in Metal

[oliviasmor]

Geoff Tate and as a close runner up Daniel Gildenlow

 

[PRauhala]

David Readman - Adagio
Russen Allen - X
And.. Apollo Pathansio (not sure of the name) Time Requiem

 

[crapola]

BTW - best voice ever is Freddy Mercury

absolutely would have to agree with you there!!

 

[Djm]

Well, since Russell was already mentioned, that's my choice. I want to throw another singer in the field, though.

Mac from Threshold. He(and Threshold as a whole) always seem to go unnoticed in all of these 'best in metal' things.

 

[dargormudshark]

Dio!!!

 

[-Rivfader-]

I agree with most of the names on this post including Russel.

But I am suprised all you prog metallers forgot James Lebrie for Dream Theater.

 

[vfrex]

LaBrie doesn't really have a powerful voice. He has his moments, but he's not really that consistant, and he doesn't have the versatility that a glindenlow (sp?) or a ackerfelt (sp?) have.

That said, I haven't heard him outside of the Dream Theater stuff.

 

[Macy]

1) Geoff Tate (Blows everyone else away - the man sings like a GOD!)
2) Jorn Lande (Totally amazing, powerful and enjoyable voice, no matter how he sings)
3) Russell Allen (I never thought I'd put him third...)

And BTW, James LaBrie SUUUUUUUUUCKS! 'Nuff said

 

[Taliwakker]

Russell Allen
Jorn Lande
RJDio
Glenn Hughes....self proclaimed greatest ever white vocalist
Jorn Lande
Mike Patton
Gildenlow
Howard Jones from KSE
Jorn Lande

 

[Mantraschism]

I'm not really sure what is meant by 'powerful', so I'll just list some of my favorites:

Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) - I shouldn't need to give any reasons. He's just a billy bad-ass. He's got a completely unique 'metal' voice (how the hell does he get that rasp??), and a beautiful clean voice. Then, when you add forty other Hansi's to the mix, well...

Vintersorg (aka Andreas Hedlund) (Vintersorg, Borknagar, ex. OTYG, among others) - Another singer that is hard to touch. A snarling black-ish scream, but a WONDERFUL clean voice. Just listen to any of his albums. If you want bombastic power, listen to Hedniskhjärtad, Till Fjälls and Odemarkens Son (don't know how to do a umlaut-capital O). Such a powerful baritone sound. If you want a more natural sounding voice of him, listen to Cosmic Genesis through The Focusing Blur. Very, very creative vocal lines, perfectly executed with feeling.

Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, ex. October Tide) - You can take the early Jonas (aka, Lord Seth, Lord J. Renkse, hehe) or the newer Jonas, it's all great. The early screaming Jonas was full of raw emotion - he sounded like he was screaming tears. From Discouraged Ones to present day, we have a tearful clean voice, sooo emotional. He's become quite an accomplished vocalist, able to hit notes right on key. There's no one that I've heard that is able to convey that sadness, that desperation, and sometimes, that fear, quite like Jonas can.

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath, Katatonia briefly, among others) - Quite a versatile vocalist. He's got kind of a folky, mellow clean voice, but a deep, evil death growl. The way he can immediately drop one in favor of the other is impressive. I'd say he's got the best death growl of all the growling/screaming music I've heard (which, admittedly, isn't all THAT much).

Russell Allen (Symphony X) - There's no need for me to explain.

Warrel Dane (Nevermore, ex. Sanctuary) - A very unique voice. The main thing I love about his singing is that half the time it sounds like he's losing his mind. Very, very raw, but full of emotion. At times, you could say it sounds overwrought, but that's part of what I like about it.

 

[soulshred]

Hansi-blind guardian

 

[the velorium camper]

I agree with most of the names on this post including Russel.

But I am suprised all you prog metallers forgot James Lebrie for Dream Theater.

if u have ever seen or herd james labrie live he sucks.
i love dream theater but labrie live isnt very good. he has improoved alot though

 

[SilentRealm]

Such a big full sound comes out of that skinny guy with almost zero effort, he's like the male Whitney Houston, only without all the domestic abuse (or so I would assume anyway).

thats hilarious

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath, Katatonia briefly, among others) - Quite a versatile vocalist. He's got kind of a folky, mellow clean voice, but a deep, evil death growl. The way he can immediately drop one in favor of the other is impressive. I'd say he's got the best death growl of all the growling/screaming music I've heard (which, admittedly, isn't all THAT much).

I totally agree with EVERYTHING said there (yes yes I'm sure everyone knows by now how much I rave on about Opeth that I absolutely ADORE mikhael). The only reason I didnt include him in the first run was that I was thinking more falsetto, bellowing voices.

I'm liking LaBrie on Ayreon, he is actually impressing me there (although I still prefer the other singers on it, Heather Findlays voice is sublime)

I also think Dio and Owens has great powerful metal voices.

BTW who is Geoff Tate and Glenn Hughes?

 

[wicked34]

I think Russell has the best overall metal voice, because not only is it powerful, dead on key, and really involves you in the music, but Russ really knows how to USE his voice, accent works, where to use vibrato, where to slur. He's an absolute pro.

right on. your voice is an instrument. if you're gonna be a singer you gotta know how to use your instrument. having a bad vocalist in a band is like having a sucky guitarist, its just makes the music harder to listen to. Russ has amazing control over his voice. i can't believe what he can do with it sometimes. and yes, soooo powerful!! he just blows me away.

so its Russell Allen for me all the way!!! he deffinitly has my vote. even though i have never heard half the singers that are listed here, i just can't imagine Russ being toped.

 

[Taliwakker]

SR wrote

BTW who is Geoff Tate and Glenn Hughes?

Tate is the singer from the once mighty Queensryche

Glenn Hughes is the self proclaimed greatest white vocalist ever ) ....he sang and played bass in Coverdale era Deep Purple, Trapeze, HUghes Turner Project, sang on John Norum's Face the Truth album....has a shitload of solo albums ranging from hideous to pretty good if you like 70's hard rock.

 

[SilentRealm]

geez that was fast tali you must be hot on my trail

 

[TotenMitMacht]

Metallica is a shit band but James has a good voice. I've already mentioned Russell, so there's no need to go over that again. Also, Hansi does kick a lot of ass.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

Warrel Dane
Devon Graves
Rob Tyrant

 

[wicked34]

You kiddin'? Russell Allen has the voice of a God. We should worship golden images of him each morning before we eat our Oreo-O's. He has been compared with Dio but actually is much better than him, with his incredible range and power. He towers high above the others, and could out-sing them all with two punctured lungs. He is the best metal vocalist of all time, and there can be no question about that.

i like the way you think!!! i completely agree!

 

[the velorium camper]

russell allen=4 octave range