Who do you think is the best thrash metal vocalist?

[H.P. Lovecraft]

I'm still here. Sorry to disappoint you.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Why is that not your avatar? It totally should be.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Why is that not your avatar? It totally should be.

The Snidely Whiplash "Curses, foiled again!" animation cel? Why?

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Back on topic, I feel that Paul Baloff would be far more popular if he had appeared on more than one studio album.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Back on topic, I feel that Paul Baloff would be more popular if he had appeared on more than one studio album.

Probably.

 

[MrTagoMago]

Back on topic, I feel that Paul Baloff would be far more popular if he had appeared on more than one studio album.

Im sure he would but hes still very popular among those who do know him, and for good reason ofcourse.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Baloff would still be in my top 5. His vocals on Heathen's 1988 demo as well as that Piranha demo are even better than the ones on BBB.

 

[CiG]

I wasnt saying you couldnt but id say Kreator and Sodom were more significantlythrash bands than any other genre, while i see Sabbat as black metal above all else. Im not going to make a big deal out of it arguing over genres is idiotic to me besides i like seeing him mentioned.

If Celtic Frost count as thrash enough, so do Sabbat, who really don't sound too black metal. Remove the vocals and it's just very rough sounding thrash metal.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Tom G Warrior was one of the worst metal vocalists of the 80s.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

HBB was one of the worst metal opinionators of the 21st century.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

In-crowders can't into thrash.

 

[Burkhard]

Dawn Crosby (R.I.P.)

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Tom G Warrior was one of the worst metal vocalists of the 80s.

I can't decide if you try to be wrong or you just are.

 

[Phylactery]

HamburgerBoy definitely has some of the most out there opinions on this forum. I'd think he was trolling if he didn't also like many great things.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

He literally sounds retarded. I don't deny his influence, but by any measure other than uniqueness he is a shit singer.

 

[MrTagoMago]

HamburgerBoy definitely has some of the most out there opinions on this forum. I'd think he was trolling if he didn't also like many great things.

I have a feeling this is the general consensus on me.

 

[Phylactery]

Yeah I don't think yours are as out there as HamburgerBoy's.

Some I remember:

"Black metal doesn't have riffs" or a similar one where he said something to the effect of "Some black metal has riffs, but they're so weak they're not worth being called riffs".

"Trivium is better than Emperor because at least Trivium have riffs"

 

[MrTagoMago]

Yeah I don't think yours are as out there as HamburgerBoy's.

Some I remember:

"Black metal doesn't have riffs" or a similar one where he said something to the effect of "Some black metal has riffs, but they're so weak they're not worth being called riffs".

"Trivium is better than Emperor because at least Trivium have riffs"

Id use some of my favorite Bathory songs as examples of black metal with great riffs but i recall how not so subtle he is about how much he hates Bathory for some reason.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

He literally sounds retarded. I don't deny his influence, but by any measure other than uniqueness he is a shit singer.

He sounds more authentically tortured or evil (depending on the performance) than almost any other vocalist that I know. His voice is awesome.

If you look at him as a singer, which I suspect you may be doing, his singing (if you can call it that, I sure wouldn't) is technically quite bad.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Araya was always my fave. And his vocals on SoH are all class you fucks.

Hetfield on the first four

Mille Petrozza before he started sounding like a frog

Russ Anderson from Forbidden was a good midrange singer with a decent scream

John Connelly from Nuclear Assault