Peter Gabriel is a vocalist that slowly grows on me over time. I was someone who favored pop Genesis over prog Genesis initially, so I preferred Collins. They really sound kind of similar though, so as my appreciation for early Genesis and solo Gabriel keeps going up I could see him rising. Neither is anywhere near my top 25 though. Possibly a top 100.
but I suspect he got much more support due to his growling from the past.
He probably would have made my list even just based on his cleans. Part of the reason I was more ok than some with their decision to leave the extreme metal influences behind is because I think his singing voice is stellar. He's also my favorite growler, so that just adds a cherry on the top.
There's one album I think that is mostly/all cleans?? If so, I did give that one a try, and was mostly underwhelmed.
Damnation was the trial run for an album of all cleans. They'd had and continued to have other all-cleans songs as well, but starting with
Heritage, the last four have all been cleans-only.
Each time one of my picks appears I'll give my top 3 vocal performances by that singer (not necessarily the same as my favourite songs by them), so that maybe people who aren't familiar but want to explore can do so. Maybe other folk can do the same for their picks, since discovering new music is one of the things these threads are about and I'm sure there'll be singers on this list that I've never even heard of.
Yep, I've done writeups for each of mine, particularly since a bunch won't be that familiar to people here. Here's mine for him.
2: Mikael AkerfeldtBands - Opeth, Bloodbath, Storm Corrosion, others
Guest appearances - Katatonia, Ayreon, Edge of Sanity, others
From - Sweden
Other song highlights - Opeth "Hours of Wealth", Bloodbath "Blasting the Virginborn", Ayreon "Trauma"
Such a tremendous influence on the development of my musical taste. More than any other, he's the one that wore me down and convinced me that harsh vocals were a viable form of musical expression. It helps that his clean singing is just as good.
Listening:Opeth - "Demon of the Fall"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP2Lm1GcWAQIn Action:Opeth - "Harvest"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyD9hacXBQ