Your top five vocals...

[Dark Coldness]

Jonas, of course, best vocals ever
Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
Mikael "you all know him" Akerfeldt
Scooter Ward (Cold)
John Haughm (Agalloch)

 

[L0bster]

Some masters:

Kristoffer Rygg, aka Garm (Ulver)
Devin Towsend (DTB, SYL)
Dan Swanö (EoS and more)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Nick Drake
Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
Ian Andersson (Jethro Tull)
Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
Mike Patton (a lot of projects)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)
Nick Cave
Jonas Renkse
David Bowie
John Lennon (The Beatles)

 

[Alcapoth]

This is a tough one...I actually wanted to place Michael Jackson in here even, but...I don't know (his vocals are sometimes beyond amazing then they downright suck on the softer side.)

In no order;

Ville Valo | HIM
Garm | ULVER
Mikael Akerfeldt | Opeth
Simen Hestnaes | Arcturus/Dimmu Borgir
Rowan London | Virgin Black

I had to leave Jonas out...he'd be in the TOP 6, though.

 

[the mourner13]

This is a tough one...I actually wanted to place Michael Jackson in here even, but...I don't know (his vocals are sometimes beyond amazing then they downright suck on the softer side.)

In no order;

Ville Valo | HIM
Garm | ULVER
Mikael Akerfeldt | Opeth
Simen Hestnaes | Arcturus/Dimmu Borgir
Rowan London | Virgin Black

I had to leave Jonas out...he'd be in the TOP 6, though.

I can understand all 4 being considered better than Jonas but I really can't get ville valk he is a good singer but what's the big deal anyway?I think he is nowhere near Jonas.

 

[Grumble Grumble]

Jonas Renkse(katatonia)
Mikael Akerfeldt(opeth)
Steven Wilson(porcupine tree)
Vinny(anathema)
MJK(tool/a perfect circle)

honorable mention: Garm(arcturus/ulver)

 

[Lethe78]

Jonas Renkse
Mikael Akerfeldt
Vibeke From Tristania
Peter Gabriel
Thom Yorke

In no particular order.

 

[Paic]

What first comes to mind:

Jonas Renkse/Katatonia
Mikael Åkerfeldt/Opeth
Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
Rob Halford/Judas Priest
Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad
Jeff Walker/Carcass
Chuck Chuldiner(R.I.P)/Death
Anders Nyström/ Diabolical Masquerade
Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg/At the Gates

[E] Fuck.. I listed 8 vocalists instead of 5...

 

[badabiing]

#1 Maynard (Tool, APC)

The rest are in no particular order:
Anders Friden (In Flames)
Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis)
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)

 

[DegradationTrip]

1 - Mark Lanegan
2 - Jeff Buckley
3 - Mikael Akerfeldt
4 - Maynard Keenan
5 - Eddie Vedder

+ Kevin Moore / John Garcia / Layne Staley / Chris Cornell / Mike Patton

 

[no_reply]

Proscriptor-(Absu)
Jonas Renkse(Katatonia)
Jeff Buckley
Garm(Ulver,Borknagar,arcturus)
Peter Steele(Type o Negative)
Ville Laihiala(Sentenced)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy,Pain)

 

[Verwuestung]

let's see
tough one

in no order I guess

Chris Farlowe (Colosseum, Atomic Rooster (and some 60's r&b groups))
Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine, Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt, others..)
Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill)
David Gilmour (please save me from mentioning it)
and final one may be Greg Lake (King Crimson (ITCOTCK), Emerson Lake & Palmer)
edit: Rod Evans damn it I knew I forgot someone.. (early Deep Purple, Captain Beyond)

=)

 

[ParadiseLostforever]

Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost)
Roy Khan (Kamelot)
Ville Valo (H.I.M.)
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
Peter Steele (Type O Negative)

This list could be different a year later.

 

[Hypnos]

male:

1. Messiah Marcolin (ex-Candlemass)
2. Jan Kenneth Transeth (ex-In The Woods...)
3. Alan 'Nemtheanga' Averill (Primordial)
4. Big Boss (Root)
5. Mike Akerfeldt (Opeth)

+ Matthias Blad (Falconer), Kobi Farhi (Orphaned Land), Jonas Renkse, Warrel Dane (Nevermore), R. J. Dio, Robert Lowe (Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass), Nils Patrik Johansson (Wuthering Heights, Astral Doors, Lion's Share, ex-Space Odyssey)


female:

1. Agnete Kierkevaag (Madder Mortem)
2. Gunnhild Sundli (Gåte)
3. Vibeke Stene (ex-Tristania)
4. Johanna de Pierre (ex-Amaran)
4. Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering)

+ Emma Hellström (The Provenance), Diana Serra (Aghora), Synne Soprana (ex-In The Woods...), Mariana Holmberg (Left Hand Solution)

 

[Bereavement]

Nina Simone
Mikael Akerfeldt
Joanna Newsom
Vincent Cavanagh
David Bowie

 

[Nostalgiaplatz]

Carmelo Orlando (Novembre)
Bjorn Strid (Soilwork / Disarmonia Mundi)
Mr.V (Vintersorg, etc)
Mikael Arkerfeldt (Oteph)
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield)

 

[Alcapoth]

@Mourner: Well, I guess it's his range...Jonas more or less sounds the same all the time (even though he IS magnificent for conveying such incredible emotion.) Valo seems to have like 4 different vocal styles - VERY deep, deep, high-pitched and somewhere between - and the transitions from each is incredibly hard to do. I like what he does with his voice. (ex. check out his style on songs like Gone with the Sin and Join Me (deep and high) whereas Right Here in my Arms is completely different to those. Ok, I'm going into too much detail as usual here....


And crap...David Gilmour, Thom Yorke, John Lennon and David Bowie all deserve a RESPECTABLE nod, for sure. Aargh...as well, Mick Moss and Vince Cavanagh. Really, too many to name.

 

[84n44n]

1. Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), I'm starting to notice a pattern here
2. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Bloodbath)
3. Björn Speed Strid (on Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait, Natural Born Chaos)
4. Guillaume Bideau & Pierrick Valence (on Scarve - Irradiant, Guillaume's vocals on the new Mnemic are downright HORRIBLE)
5. Stu Block (Into Eternity)
6. Jochem Jacobs (Textures - Drawing Circles)

Something like that. I've probably skipped a few. Maybe Steve Wilson should be in there as well.

 

[daimonion]

1. Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
2. Agnete M Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem)
3. David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower)
4. Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
5. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)

Probably my top 5 bands too...

 

[katatonikk]

Till Lindemann (Rammstein)!!!!!
Jonas (Katatonia)
Devin Townsend (DTB, SYL)
Gavin (Dredg)
Ben (Sybreed)
Dez (DevilDriver)
Alexx (Eisbrecher)
I.C.S. Vortex (Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir)

 

[the mourner13]

1. Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
2. Agnete M Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem)
3. David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower)
4. Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
5. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)

Probably my top 5 bands too...

solid list there...all excellent singers...