Your Favorite Death Metal Vocalists

[LydonB]

1. Mike Akerfeldt
2. Christian Alvestam
3. Peter Tagtgren

Those are my top 3. I think Mike's best performance was on the Unblessing the Purity EP.

 

[IronMaiden15]

Luc Lemay (Gorguts)
Chuck Schuldiner
Dan Swano
Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz (Decapitated)
Steve Tucker (Yea, that's right)

 

[XnaySaturo]

Mikael Akerfeldt, Tobias Netzell, Christian Alvestam, Peter Tagtgren. Covered before, but +1 to all of them.

 

[AntonioPetrole]

1. Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder
2. Phil Bozeman (Whitechapel)
3. Randy Blythe (Lamb of God)
4. Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth)
5. Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)
6. Anders Fridén (In Flames (first 3 in flames albums)

IMO one thing that makes you a good death metal vocalist is sounding unique in which every one of these dudes manages to do well

 

[ratsapprentice]

Seeing some dudes who are......... on the fringes of dm vocals



Dani Filth, Suffolk's biggest name

+1 to Sauron and Steve Tucker

 

[Felix Neumann]

1. Glen Benton
2. Glen Benton
3. Glen Benton
4. Glen Benton
5. Glen Benton
6. Chris Barnes (on Cannibal Corpse´s "The Bleeding")
7. Johann Hegg
8. Chuck Schuldiner
9. David Vincent (Covenant)
10. The "Slice The Cake" singer

 

[Mago]

The last one I was really impressed of was the "Betraying the Martyrs" guy! pretty cool on all the styles he uses, also produced really cool.

I think my favs are probably Christian Älvestam, Johann Hegg (to some extend, he's not THAT versatile imo) and definitely Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium).

 

[ratsapprentice]

The last one I was really impressed of was the "Betraying the Martyrs" guy! pretty cool on all the styles he uses, also produced really cool.

 

[Mago]

^I didn't mean the guy behind the keyboard

Only thing that bugs me about is that I can't make out if there's also a spot were it's not doubled or even more tracks

 

[ratsapprentice]

I know, I think it's safe to say that the production helped

 

[Mago]

I know, I think it's safe to say that the production helped

yeah for sure, but you gotta admit that you don't get it to sound like that if the vocalist isn't good, even with killer production

 

[ratsapprentice]

Dude sounds like every other vocalist doing that style of multitracked throaty, but low dm vocals to me.
It's not that hard to find dudes that can get the right tone, but it's rare to find someone that can do it with power and character.

 

[Mago]

ah ok....the only other deathcore band I know is Whitechapel, and I'm not huge on that genre in general so what you say may very well be the case

 

[ratsapprentice]

Yeah man I guess they are the equivalent of that nu-metal Linkin Park/Emo style of singing...

There just isn't any personality in it, compared to someone like Lord Worm:

 

[Mago]

I get what you mean, but non the less I dig how it sounds on the BTM stuff

Overall I prefer a different style though, as maybe recognizeable on the guys I posted

 

[Melb_shredder]

In no particular order:
Peter tagtgren
Christian alvestrem
Randy Blythe
CHUCK BILLY <- how has he not been mention??
Michael akerfeldt
Tomas lindberg

 

[DanLights]

I think chuck Billy is the best thrash metal vocalist around, guy gan actually sing and sound mean as fuck unlike other thrashers who just shriek like a grandma, but he isn't a death metal vocalist AFAIK, and if you read the thread title it kinda makes sense he hasn't been mentioned

 

[ratsapprentice]

Glad someone else said it, I didn't want to be the death metal nazi
Same thing with Randy Blythe, although he's definitely closer than Chuck.

 

[DanLights]

Glad someone else said it, I didn't want to be the death metal nazi
Same thing with Randy Blythe, although he's definitely closer than Chuck.

Well yeah at least Randy is still growling in a way, Chuck sings. Not trying to be nazi though, just pointing it out

 

[ratsapprentice]

I know, you know how some people can be about banding around the whole elitist thing though... especially when it comes to dm