Who do you think is the best thrash metal vocalist?

[Elric of Melniboné]

Tom G. Warrior is probably the best extreme metal vocalist of all time.

 

[MrTagoMago]

if we're bending the definition of 'thrash', i'd like to drop mr. g. warrior into the mix as well.

Yeah i was thinking about him as well. I think we should just call early Celtic frost blackened thrash.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Tom G. Warrior is probably the best extreme metal vocalist of all time.

He's great, but nah. Schuldiner is my choice for that.

 

[Phylactery]

What do you like about Schuldiner? He's decent on early Death (his higher screams being my favourite, the midrange is merely servicable) and then becomes incredibly grating to my ears on later albums.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

He's great, but nah. Schuldiner is my choice for that.

If you say so. He's decent on Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy but he went majorly downhill over the next few albums. He was outclassed in evil and twisted vocals by a lot of other death metal vocalists too.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

If you say so. He's decent on Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy but he went majorly downhill over the next few albums. He was outclassed in evil and twisted vocals by a lot of other death metal vocalists too.

You've heard Death's cover of Painkiller, right? If that's your definition of "going majorly downhill", well, shit, I guess Glenn Hughes doesn't have it anymore.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

The vocals on that cover sound like shit.

 

[MrTagoMago]

If you say so. He's decent on Scream Bloody Gore and Leprosy but he went majorly downhill over the next few albums. He was outclassed in evil and twisted vocals by a lot of other death metal vocalists too.

Being more evil and twisted doesnt technically mean better even when it comes to death metal. Not saying Chuck is one of my favorite death metal vocalists but i can see why some would favor him.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

The vocals on that cover sound like shit.

His vocals are great on that cover, he's hitting all the right notes, hitting them while doing death metal vocals (see also, things most singers wouldn't attempt if you paid them 6 million bucks in advance), and sometimes, although rarely, hitting them stronger than Halford did on the original recording in a purely technical sense. So that's reflective of your taste if anything, not the musical strength of the performance.

 

[Phylactery]

Being more evil and twisted doesnt technically mean better even when it comes to death metal. Not saying Chuck is one of my favorite death metal vocalists but i can see why some would favor him.

Well obviously, but he doesn't add any real passion/emotion to them either and he sounds physically in pain (and not in a good way) when doing them at times. So what exactly does he have? Obviously influential, but I'll take pretty much every other early Floridian death metal vocalist over him. David Vincent especially, whose performance on Blessed are the Sick is amazing.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Well obviously, but he doesn't add any real passion/emotion to them either and he sounds physically in pain (and not in a good way) when doing them at times. So what exactly does he have? Obviously influential, but I'll take pretty much every other early Floridian death metal vocalist over him. David Vincent especially, whose performance on Blessed are the Sick is amazing.

He has a technical vocal acumen all but incomparable as far as death metal vocalists go.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Well obviously, but he doesn't add any real passion/emotion to them either and he sounds physically in pain (and not in a good way) when doing them at times. So what exactly does he have? Obviously influential, but I'll take pretty much every other early Floridian death metal vocalist over him. David Vincent especially, whose performance on Blessed are the Sick is amazing.

I havent listened to Blessed are the sick yet, but i dont find the vocals on Altars of madness that strong myself. It might be the fact that he sounds physically in pain though why some would prefer him.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

David Vincent is amazing, easily in the top 10 death metal vocalists for me.

 

[Phylactery]

I havent listened to Blessed are the sick yet, but i dont find the vocals on Altars of madness that strong myself. It might be the fact that he sounds physically in pain though why some would prefer him.

He sounds much different on Blessed are the Sick (much lower than on Altars, but not as low as Covenant), they are pretty much 100% intelligible as well. I actually love the vocals on Altars but some don't which is why I listed Blessed instead.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

His vocals are great on that cover, he's hitting all the right notes, hitting them while doing death metal vocals (see also, things most singers wouldn't attempt if you paid them 6 million bucks in advance), and sometimes, although rarely, hitting them stronger than Halford did on the original recording in a purely technical sense. So that's reflective of your taste if anything, not the musical strength of the performance.

This post is actually just incorrect. I'll explain why in as plain a way as I can.

In comparison to Halford, Schuldiner's reliance on technically amateurish vocal belting to achieve shrill and poorly sustained falsetto high is a joke. This is in addition to the fact that Rob Halford has a much more controlled voice in his performance of the song and demonstrates the ability to sing a lot of high notes in full voice rather than head voice like Schuldiner.

It's requires much less vocal ability and control to sing in falsetto than it does in your full voice. Halford utilizes both methods during his performance of the song and makes Schuldiner's attempts look like those of a novice. I'm not a very big fan of the original song, but it's a really powerful vocal performance by later Rob Halfofd.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

This post is actually just incorrect. I'll explain why in as plain a way as I can.

In comparison to Halford, Schuldiner's reliance on technically amateurish vocal belting to achieve shrill and poorly sustained falsetto high is a joke. This is in addition to the fact that Rob Halford has a much more controlled voice in his performance of the song and demonstrates the ability to sing a lot of high notes in full voice rather than head voice like Schuldiner.

It's requires much less vocal ability and control to sing in falsetto than it does in your full voice. Halford utilizes both methods during his performance of the song and makes Schuldiner's attempts look like those of a novice. I'm not a very big fan of the original song, but it's a really powerful vocal performance by later Rob Halfofd.

I concede, that's entirely correct.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I suppose I don't remember as much full voice from Halford on that one. But you're absolutely correct as I'm relistening to it right now.

 

[MrTagoMago]

He sounds much different on Blessed are the Sick (much lower than on Altars, but not as low as Covenant), they are pretty much 100% intelligible as well. I actually love the vocals on Altars but some don't which is why I listed Blessed instead.

Ill check it out later tonight and see what i think.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I think Elric committed suicide at thought of me agreeing with him.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I'm still here. Sorry to disappoint you.