Your favourite singers ever?

[mark b]

Who are your favourite vocalists of all time?


Personally mine are

Gregoor Van Der Loo ( Lemur Voice ) The greatest imo

Daniel Gildenlow ( Pain of Salvation )

Ted Leonard ( Enchant )

Dio ( Black Sabbath and Dio )

Eric Adams ( Manowar )

Geoff Tate ( Queensryche )

Jon Anderson ( Yes )

John Farnham ( Farnham )

Giovanni De Luigi ( Empty Tremor )

Dan Reed ( Vox Tempus )

Bruce Dickinson ( Iron Maiden )

Messiah Marcolin ( Candlemass )

Ray Alder ( Fates Warning )

Hansi Kursch ( Blind Guardian )

Paul Adrian Villareal ( Sun Caged )

Jeff Buckley ( Jeff Buckley )

Michael Akerfeldt ( Opeth )

 

[Elliott]

Tim Charles <3

 

[Casey.32]

Emilie Autumn, Rowan London of Virgin Black and Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride.

 

[gileslol]

George Kosmas from Be'lakor. that guy is SO dreamy.

 

[Trows]

Garm.

 

[Sarindria]

I am surprised there hasn't been a "Ya mum" yet.
So, she gets my vote.

 

[mark b]

I also adore Nat King Cole.

 

[AngleofDeaf667]

Ihsahn - Emperor
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
Chris Salinas - Zero Hour
Bruce Dickinson - Iron Maiden
Devin Townsend - SYL
Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa
Stu Block - Into Eternity
Warrel Dane - Nevermore
George Benson - George Benson
Daniel Gildenlow - Pain of Salvation
Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder

 

[Tim Charles]

A few of the singers I have great respect and admiration for:

Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros)
Remy Shand
D'Angelo
Matthew Belamy (Muse)
Jeff Buckley
Devin Townsend
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
Clint Boge (The Butterfly Effect)
Justin Timberlake
Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw)
Ian Kenny (Karnivool)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

 

[Mean Machine]

Devin Townsend
Matt Barlow (Iced Earth)
Chuck Billy (Testament)
Robert Low (Candlemass)

 

[Sarindria]

Justin Timberlake

 

[gileslol]

Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw)

very interesting choice! for this style of music i kinda prefer brock lindow from 36 crazyfists, but that's probably because their songs always seemed better crafted than glassjaw...their latest album is VERY strong.

 

[Soul Fallen]

Tim Charles - Duh
Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A perfect circle
Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
Isahn - Emperor, Isahn
Lars Nedland - Asmegin, Age of Silence, Borknagar, Solefald
Andreas Hedlund - Vintersorg, Otyg, Borknagar, Fission, Waterclime, Cronian
Drew Mailloux - Rishloo
Ville Viljanen - Mors Principium Est
Peter Tagtgren - Hypocrisy, Pain

Just to name a few

Edit: How could I have forgotten Lars Eric Si - Winds

 

[Ozzloaf]

^Many of these singers, yes!

But some that haven't yet been mentioned:

Jonas Renske - Katatonia, October Tide, Ayreon
Mariusz Duda - Riverside, Lunatic Soul
Ozzy Osbourne (I'm not joking...)
Greg Lake - King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer
Ian Gillan - Deep Purple
Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin (no one listed him???)
ICS Vortex - Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir erk: but he is), Borknagar
Toby Driver - maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot, Toby Driver

 

[mark b]

^Many of these singers, yes!

But some that haven't yet been mentioned:

Jonas Renske - Katatonia, October Falls, Ayreon
Mariusz Duda - Riverside, Lunatic Soul
Ozzy Osbourne (I'm not joking...)
Greg Lake - King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer
Ian Gillan - Deep Purple
Robert Plant - Led Zeppelin (no one listed him???)
ICS Vortex - Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir erk: but he is), Borknagar
Toby Driver - maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot, Toby Driver

Mariusz Duda is definately a great singer.

 

[requiem]

Jonas Renkse - Katatonia
Tomi Joutsen - Amoprhis (this guy is fucking unbelievable)
Aaron Stainthorpe - My Dying Bride
Vincent Cavanagh - Anathema
Heri - Tyr
Vortex - Dimmu
Liv Kristine - Leaves Eyes
Anette Olzon - Nightwish
Ville Valo - HIM
AJ Jensen - Saturnus

 

[mark b]

I forgot Andre Matos from Angra.

 

[nordvargr]

Garm.

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Lots of other good names here as well! Tough for me to pick favourites though, I like so many for different reasons/styles.

 

[the-great-cold-distance]

Jonas Renkse - Katatonia
Sianna Lee - Love Outside Andromeda
Marco Benevento - The Foreshadowing
Henri Villberg - Ex Rapture/Ikuinen Kaamos
Damon Good - Mournful Congregation

 

[chrisdoig24k]

Henri Villberg - Ex Rapture/Ikuinen Kaamos

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