Top 25 Favorite Singers countdown thread! (Top 2 Revealed!!!)

[Samsara]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Apologies. I missed this when I first replied.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
Unisonic - Light of Dawn (the way Kiske performs this song is incredible. The chorus is just huge.)

Power metal goodness. 

[TAC]

17 Michael Kiske

Appeared on 8 of 36 lists
Highest Finish: 1 (TAC)
6 Top 10 Finishes

 

I was wondering if he was going to even make the list.

Michael Kiske is easily BY FAR my favorite singer. He's quite well known for his high voice, but his range is ridiculous. His low end is strong, and he's as powerful as there is.


My turn to post a picture!


Here's a 19 y/o TAC with a 19 y/o Kiske!






As far as recommendations... Anything from Helloween's Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt. 1 OR Pt. 2 will do.

From Part 2....March Of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_AH2KqT1dM

I understand a lot of people don't love early Helloween. But definitely sample the voice. He recorded Pt. 1 at 18 years old!!!!

He also swore of "metal" for many years, only to be coaxed back little by little by Tobi in Avantasia.


Anyway...
My #2 song of all time
Do I Remember A Life?...from his first solo album Instant Clarity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-QA4euTJDo&list=RD3-QA4euTJDo&start_radio=1
It's 10 minutes and relatively mellow, but it's an amazing track.

Also from Instant Clarity
Always
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ekkmZgyG0

Unisonic- Night Of The Long Knives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEgVq6j9RfI
Amazing performance

Place Vendome-Cross The Line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8RRjFxEHa8
AORish project with Kiske on vocals

[SeRoX]

Do I remember a life?

What a song. I remember the time I put this song in a loop, playing day and night over and over while I studied for my entrance exam for collage. It's a vocal show. This song has many feelings.

[SwedishGoose]

My turn to post a picture!


Here's a 19 y/o TAC with a 19 y/o Kiske!

That is soo great.... you win the photo competition in my book.

[pg1067]

And for the note Jennifer Holiday and Lara Fabian are both well known and respected singers around the world, not like a simple Broadway and Belgian singer. And if you don't know them, sorry but it's your miss.  I mean I am a metal/rock listener since my teenage time and I learned Jennifer Holiday by chance and she is just a vocal power house. I listen some of her music time to time.

Look...I can't speak to "the world."  Based on the brief search I did, they've both had long careers and success.  Good for them.  But there are tens of thousands of professional singers, and I can't know them all, so no, it's not my "miss" for not knowing them.  I know and like Philip Quast, Colm Wilkinson and Lea Salonga, but I'm not going to pretend that it's sad if they don't make the top 25 here (I didn't put them on my list) or that it's others' "miss" if they don't know them.

Michael Kiske is easily BY FAR my favorite singer. He's quite well known for his high voice, but his range is ridiculous. His low end is strong, and he's as powerful as there is.

The "I am the one; doom's in my hand" part from "Halloween" demonstrates that quite nicely.  His range on that song alone was crazy good.  Tucking your t-shirt into jeans, OTH, not so much.   

Cornell isn't a guy I knew by name until he off'd himself, and I vaguely knew that one Soundgarden song that got some radio play and another one that was on Guitar Hero.  Decent enough voice, but I was not a fan.

That one song?  Soundgarden had 14 songs that charted on Billboard's mainstream rock charts, 6 of them at number 1.  I know it varies by region, but in my area were all over rock radio throughout the 90s.

I had all but stopped listening to music on the radio by the mid-90s.  As far as "that one ... song," I believe I was referring to Black Hole Sun.  Looking at their discography...Spoonman is the song from Guitar Hero, and Outshined rings a vague bell.  None of the other 14 songs that made the U.S. mainstream rock charts ring any bells at all

[coz]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Apologies. I missed this when I first replied.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
Unisonic - Light of Dawn (the way Kiske performs this song is incredible. The chorus is just huge.)

Power metal goodness. 

No problem.  Thanks everybody, I'll check them all out! 

[DTwwbwMP]

Had Robert at #13, while the other two, didn't make my list, although Kiske was in my top 30!

[Samsara]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Apologies. I missed this when I first replied.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
Unisonic - Light of Dawn (the way Kiske performs this song is incredible. The chorus is just huge.)

Power metal goodness. 

No problem.  Thanks everybody, I'll check them all out!

the song I meant is "Exceptional" on Unisonic's Light of Dawn record.

[senecadawg2]

I was too intimidated to join this list, as I thought narrowing down my favorites would be too hard, but since I've enjoyed checking in on the results, I was inspired to give it a try. Turns out it wasn't as tricky as I expected.

I think nine singers from my list will end up making the final cut (four already have: Robert Plant, Mikael Akerfeldt, Jon Anderson, and Einar Solberg)

[TAC]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Apologies. I missed this when I first replied.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
Unisonic - Light of Dawn (the way Kiske performs this song is incredible. The chorus is just huge.)

Power metal goodness. 

No problem.  Thanks everybody, I'll check them all out!

the song I meant is "Exceptional" on Unisonic's Light of Dawn record.

I almost linked Exceptional, but opted for Night Of The Long Knives instead. Light Of Dawn is an amazing album. Listened to it today, in fact.

[jingle.boy]

Whitney and Adele almost made my list. I had them in the late-30s.

I was REALLY trying to find a way to get Adele on my list, and a few other non rock/metal vocalists... but I just couldn't justify it.

[jingle.boy]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Helloween keepers part 1 and 2. Also check out his other project Place Vendome .

That first Place Vendome album is just remarkable.

Wolfking, speaking wise.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Michael Kiske - He made my shortlist at #66. Great voice, but not an absolute favorite of mine. Probably should have been a little higher though.

Chris Cornell - Also made my shortlist at #56. Of the "grunge" vocalists from the '90s he is my favorite. Powerful voice and with some range too!

Robert Plant - And again, made my shortlist at #59. Hugely influential not just on the world of music, but on my musical journey growing up, even though he isn't an absolute favorite.

[KevShmev]

Great pic, Tim.  That band is not my thing, but very cool nonetheless! 

[wolfking]

Nice to see so much Kiske talk.  Tobi did a wonderful job getting him back into the hard rock/metal thing again.  Props to him.

Another mention is the couple of songs he did on Timo Tolkki's Revolution Renaissance debut.

I am quite fond of both Kiske/Sommerville albums too.  Pretty generic stuff by some nice songs on both those albums.

[Lethean]

I need to listen to the Place Vendome again sometime.  I heard it around the time it was released and didn't care for it much, but I don't think I spent much time on it.

[Glasser]

I'm unfamiliar with Kiske.  Any recommendations?  Esp, from Samsara as we seem to have similar taste.

Helloween keepers part 1 and 2. Also check out his other project Place Vendome .

That first Place Vendome album is just remarkable.

Absolutely! 

[TAC]

Great pic, Tim.  That band is not my thing, but very cool nonetheless! 

You should check out the two links from his solo album. Definitely NOT Helloween music.

[The Realm]

My turn to post a picture!


Here's a 19 y/o TAC with a 19 y/o Kiske!

That is soo great.... you win the photo competition in my book.

Totally agree! That pic is just awesome.

[wolfking]

Being in the same picture as Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen if God tier.

[TAC]

It would've been God Tier if Kai was looking at the fucking camera. Markus too. That's because Stadler, who I edited out, was causing a commotion on the side.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I think I forgot to comment on Kiske.  Definitely a solid pick, I've heard a decent amount of material from him, though nothing in particular stands out, so I'll give a listen to some of these highlighted tracks.  Helloween's album last year was really impressive that they can all still sing so well this far into their careers, Kiske probably being the most conspicuous. 

I already talked a bit about Cornell I think in 425's roulette.  Killer voice, just not quite a big enough fan of any of his bands to have him this high. 

[TAC]

I think the sound of a cat being dragged by a car is more pleasant than listening to Chris Cornell.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Damn, Lande, Wilson, Cornell, who else do I like that you hate?   

[TAC]

Damn, Lande, Wilson, Cornell, who else do I like that you hate?   

For the record, I don't hate Jawn Lande. For such a talented singer, he's just so boring.

Russell Allen does nothing for me, though.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Ok, we're up to four.  I suspect if you run across any of my vocalist lists we're gonna start adding figures to that. 

[nick_z]

It would've been God Tier if Kai was looking at the fucking camera. Markus too. That's because Stadler, who I edited out, was causing a commotion on the side.

 

Jokes aside, the picture really is a treasure. Legends of power metal as they were exploding, and you are basically hangin' out with them 

[TAC]

Legends of power metal as they were exploding, and you are basically hangin' out with them 

September 24, 1987.

[KevShmev]

Great pic, Tim.  That band is not my thing, but very cool nonetheless! 

You should check out the two links from his solo album. Definitely NOT Helloween music.

Do I Remember a Life? was okay, but it reminded me of how Adele is usually in constant "bellow it out" mode, even when the song calls for more subdued moments at times.  The song felt more like a vocal exercise than anything else to me.

[KevShmev]

In the meantime, tomorrow's featured vocalists will see another female that made the list featured!

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I'm predicting Simone.  Possibly Floor. 

Place Venome's "Cross the Line" was an awesome song, but it is now banned from my roulette.   

[TAC]

I'm predicting Simone. 

Place Venome's "Cross the Line" was an awesome song, but it is now banned from my roulette. 

That's OK. there's another 4 or 5 great tracks on that album.

You are not to listen to anything I post anywhere, be it the Album Thread, or in any roulette I'm participating, especially my current submission in Luke's.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Yeah, I've already noticed this dilemma, and it's slightly altered various things I've mentioned at different points in the last few months.  I have a large enough music library that it's not an issue though, so I wouldn't think it would be for you either.  Kind of hard to avoid in this thread though, since the whole thing is talking about Kiske projects right now. 

[Glasser]

My turn to post a picture!


Here's a 19 y/o TAC with a 19 y/o Kiske!

That is soo great.... you win the photo competition in my book.

EPIC picture Tim! I hope Kai and Kiske were cool dudes.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Ok, we're up to four.  I suspect if you run across any of my vocalist lists we're gonna start adding figures to that. 

Remember, the mark of a great vocalist is if TAC hates them with a special passion.