I've been meaning to start a thread like this for a while (been a some months since my last one), and the topic "vocalists" has been fascinating ever since darkes7 did his thread.
Originally i wanted to make this back after darkes7 did his, but i waited because i didn't want it to be confusing or anything, so i waited.
Now however since gorille85 did his, i'm just thinking "screw it!" and i'll go ahead with this anyway.
I've been giving the green light from both skydivingninja and gorille85 for this.
This list will feature my top20 favorite vocalists, and the range/power of the voice isn't the major thing i'm looking for, it's more how it fits the music, and what it adds to the whole picture.
Some of these choices are names you have heard before and are familiar with, but it will also have names you don't know, which may lead to you discover new bands/artists.
I would actually be surprised if someone knows all of these picks.
Influenced by Gorille85, a spot can be several singers (if they're in the same band, and the harmony-singing is a major thing).
Hopefully people will follow this, i will start out by posting 2 and 2, then when i get down to the "core", it will probably be just 1 per day.
Let's go.
20.
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
"I have come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now
My time now
Give me my, give me my wings!" I think the first thing people think about in the case with MJK, is that he's a very... (how can i put this nicely?) bizarre person.
I've read about things he has supposedly said, and he seems like a douche.
However, i feel like this gets so much attention that people often forget that he's a great singer.
His voice would go under the "fits the music"-category, and the way he delivers the lyrics is great.
A good example of this is the song "
Parabol" which serves like a intro to "
Parabola", and the music is very subtle in it, and the singing is enough to make the whole song.
It should also be noted that he has a few side-projects (A Perfect Circle and Puscifer), but i'm not really familiar with them except for a few APC-songs.
MJK's voice is one of the main-things in Tool in my opinion, and i couldn't imagine Tool without him.
Songs:
10 000 days (part 2),
Vicarious,
Parabol and
Lateralus----------
19.
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia)
"
You used to be like my twin
And all that's been
Was it all for nothing
Are you strong when you’re with him
The one that’s placed you above us all"
The first swedish-singer on my list (i won't reveal more
), a voice that has gone through a lot of changes during the years.
In early Katatonia we can find harsher vocals, but he has gone more to a pure clean-singing style which he has displayed on the last couple of Katatonia-albums.
What makes me impressed is how Jonas uses his voice very much like an instrument, that his voice alone makes Katatonia very melodic, even when it's a heavier song with doomy guitars.
I also love how he manages to sound almost exactly like
Mikael Åkerfeldt in "
Idle Blood", but then sounding like himself on the other songs.
Almost like a homage.
Songs:
Idle Blood,
Onward Into Battle,
My Twin and
Ghost of the Sun.
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