Who is the worst singer in metal?

[korruption]

This thread just screams flame-war but let's see how long we can keep it under control. Remember opinions are like assholes.

Grand prize winner(?): KAI HANSEN

Follow-ups:
Phil Ans- fuck it I'm not even going to finish the name
Timo Kotipelto (listen to "Find Your Own Voice"... He's got his good moments though)
James Hetfield

 

[Hawk]

That guy from Blind Guardian.

Let the flaming begin

 

[The Stormbringer]

Anders Friden. And by the way, picture me flaming the guy above.

 

[Dado-x]

 

[Luis]

James Labrie

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Phil Anselmo of Pantera without a doubt.

I don't see how people are saying James Hetfield and LaBrie. They are (or were) both technically competent singers.

 

[Manga-San]

The singer from that Emo band Coheed and Cambria...

In art class, we listen to music, and it's usually me and this emo punk kid who take turns. Well, he listens to a bunch of Coheed and Cambria. After having to listen to that for the past month or so, I will admit that the music is pretty good. HOWEVER, their vocalist is ungodly horrible...

If you think James Labrie sounds girly and whiny, listen to this guy...

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

In my art class for some reason we always end up listening to The Darkness or The White Stripes. The local fan has an apple iPod. He has an attachment for controlling what's on the radio, so he selects what he listens to. I don't care enough to try and change it.

 

[theodyssey]

i flame ye first poster.

That out of the way.... shit, there are so many. I got this promo for a band called defender and it is not *terrible* music, but the vocalist is horrible. The album is called "they came over the high pass"... check out track three. It's terrible. Oh, and Tim Owens with iced earth... he was killer with priest, but he sucks with IE

 

[TheEdgeOfThorns]

The singer for " Sacred Steel"


this guy is a joke

 

[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

James Labrie

Uh, James Labrie? Have you even heard the guy sing, he's brilliant on the first few DT albums. Anyways, one of the worst metal singers I've ever heard is the dude from C4, one of Michael Angelo's bands. If you find a song called 'Take Your Bully Down', make sure you download it, it's hilarious, especially the video.

 

[Prismatic Sphere]

Way too many to mention.

And yeah I definitely DO think that Hansi Kersch and James Labrie BOTH suck obscenely right now.

 

[Yngvai X]

oh come on to all of you who said Kai Hansen and Hansi Kurich suck. I think they're two of the greatest voices in metal


I agree about LaBrie tho. The Shadow Gallery dude is pretty awful as well.

 

[The Stormbringer]

Kersch, Kurich... his name is Kürsch! Or Kursch, for those without umlauts on their keyboards.

 

[Knight of the Templar]

Hansi Kürsch rocks! I like him a lot. He has his own style (he isn't a "[insert random metal legend here] wannabe") and I like his voice...

 

[-Rivfader-]

That singer in Cryptopsy.

Gives me a headache.

And Hey manga-san im BodomBeachTerror from that stupid Shadows of Namek forums.

 

[The Metal Chick]

I will also defend Hansi, but i think that even though LaBrie and Kotipelto were once good singers, for some reason I think their voices sound crappy now. But they're not the worst singers though. I've heard stuff on sampler cd's i've gotten that is completely horrible, but I have repressed them all from memory. And singers that scream for the sake of screaming really suck.

 

[SilentRealm]

rod tyler was

not a fan of labrie at all..

man u guys are gonna kill me for this one..tobias of edguy (no offense but bloody hell i hate yodelly power metal vocals)

on the same horrible powermetal vocals line, the rhapsody dude, the blind guardian dude, the first angra singer..

no one will agree with any of that, and its all just my personal bias because frankly i dont like the cliched power metal thing.

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

what she said ^^^^ Matos is the worse, listen to the chorus after the key change after the solo of 'carry on'
yuk

 

[-Rivfader-]

(no offense but bloody hell i hate yodelly power metal vocals)

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

I almost fell out of my chair,thats great.