SICK Or OVERRATED? The Most Iconic METAL VOCALISTS Of All Time

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

To the people asking "where is X", this stream already took 4 hours and covered nearly 50 singers 😆 Had to draw a line eventually, sorry! This list could've easily been 100-strong!

[@adamcostilla1692]

As a patreon member - I'm insulted you didn't preemptively read my mind and put Brittiany from Unleash the Archers on here.

[@dominicchristoph]

Sounds like a part II is in order, and I'll gladly watch that too :3

[@SHDUStudios]

If you do end up doing a second part, then get Joakim from Sabaton on there, for all of us nerds here.

[@viagetty2743]

Or you could just admit that this is a shit video and you don't have an ear for vocals and drop this format going forward.

[@RJ1.]

hello

[@benkylo8015]

Trying to put Layne Staley in C was paramount to a musical hate crime.

[@BlackBerserkgasme]

Fuckin' WORD!

[@heethanthen]

You mean “tantamount”

[@stephenhughes5156]

He clearly hasn't listened to much Alice in Chains.

[@MossTheBoss]

Layne in C Tier is not the only war crime committed here, but one of the most glaring for sure

[@Aguywithsticks]

it was the new singer lol

[@GOAT-rl2uq]

If anything, I think Ozzy's supposed lack of singing ability has been overstated. He was definitely never the most technically accomplished singer, but he has (and had) and extremely unique and iconic voice nonetheless. Like, listen to Ozzy on Hand of Doom. Holy shit he can wail.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

The thing Ozzy did best (apart from Bolivian marching powder) was just being Ozzy. He has the exact right amount of ability to be walking a knife edge between blowing people's minds and drwoning your ears in warm, mostly liquid shit.

[@Zappabain]

He was great with Sabbath.

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

When it comes to Led Zeppelin vs Black Sabbath vocals wise I could not care less about technique or singing ability. Ozzys vocals fits his band way better than Robert Plant. Ozzys vocals added to the feeling of the music, while Plant often times sounds annoying and a distraction for the riffs,which to be honest, are the thing I actually want to listen when it comes to Led Zeppelin. However outside of Black Sabbath his voice is just as irritating if not even more.

[@iancampbell5493]

His vocals on the last section of “Symptom of the Universe” are a great display of his vocal prowess.

[@221b-l3t]

Ozzy is an incredible soul/blues singer. Before he went super high and aang in a deeper register than came through more. The singing on the debut album is absolutely incredible. Also developed a powerful vibrato, impossible without very good technique. Listen to shot in the dark! The vibrato on "dark" is insane. As a classical trained singer I know many singers who do not have a nice even powerful vibrato like that and it only comes about when you sing very relaxed with excellent technique. Not the slow wobbly kind, the fast even kind, 3-5 oscillations per second. Very few famous pop singers have it and barely any rock singers. It's between heavy metal and opera that singers actually produce tone properly. And none of that thin whispy falsetto proper head voice or you don't have the control and power to sing opera or heavy metal. Rob Halfords piercing screams. Barely any strain, all head voice. Perfect technique. And his falsetto is nice too but many rely on that and it just doesn't have any proper tone, power or vibrato.

[@joelwoodard5493]

A distinct lack of Mike Patton!

[@VideoGameDesignFiles]

the absolute number 1

[@StormbringerI]

THE Throat Goat

[@thewholethingithinkissic]

he's too powerful for a tier list, dude's on another level

[@darkdudironaji]

He explained in the stream that it's because he isn't metal.

[@Nosferdamus]

@@darkdudironaji he named his genre Clown Metal, Bradley is an idiot and not the gatekeeper of all things metal.

[@sixty8403]

Layne Staley disrespect will not be tolerated, he deserves god status

[@1Deep43VA]

It’s disgusting

[@Voidsleep-hc6zf]

this list sucks, don't feel too bad

[@AreJayCee]

Can't put that man in a box

[@poisonedsprite6254]

Ngl this list is absolutely awful.

[@hedgehogofdeath6666]

Real

[@UpTheIrons12]

I didn’t really like how he put Terry Glaze so far up there but King Diamond so far down. I’m not a Terry fan. King Diamond can kick his ass any day

[@brianbrown2686]

This guy is a dim bulb.

[@Beardshire]

@@brianbrown2686 I was ok until he put Maynard in "can sing"

[@SpawnerOFF]

Honestly, German or not, if you need a prove of how talented Till is, just look up the Mein Herz Brennt Piano version. Fockin' beautifuly scary

[@saraselimoski4981]

Fr he's actually talented

[@gegart01]

He is great, one of my favorite but i am not sure about the range

[@netsardin4019]

I agree. Judging Till's voice by Du hast is an surface investigation. The piano version of Mein Herz Brennt is beautiful vocally. And there is also an interesting heavy sound in Weiner Blut, especially in the live version. Or Rammlied Live. His high sound on "Wer wartet mit Innocentenheit Der wird belohnt zur rechten Zeit Nun das Warten hat ein Ende Leiht euer Ohr einer Legende" - is very good. Or "Du riechst so gut". Or a good sound on Engel (Live from Madison Square Garden) in the last chorus. Till was not involved in vocals at the time of the group's creation and at first had difficulties with singing. He was a swimmer and a drummer, but not a vocalist. And Till was skeptical about the offer to become a vocalist. But he worked with a vocal coach, learned to sing and achieved success. According to the participants, they were very happy when Till sang for the first time. He has done a lot of work and every year only develops his vocals and judging his voice only by Du Hast... I think his persistent work on his voice deserves a deeper study of its evolution and not just an analysis of the most popular hit at the beginning.

[@notsambtw]

​@@netsardin4019are we just not gonna talk about roter sand?

[@netsardin4019]

@@notsambtw sure. Roter sand is a very good example.

[@riesmeister]

Conclusion: Bradley Hall knows a lot about playing guitar 🤪

[@marcinathor22]

And he should stick to what he knows....Geoff Tate is WAY better than his GOAT choices...

[@ancosarci4520]

Good Lord, Dio's voice is godly

[@lauremorgana4589]

No doubt about that !

[@JustVanhalen]

its perfect

[@mdnblues]

Him and Hetfield have the most perfect metal voices. I feel like they can sing any genre and it would fit.

[@MrMando10]

Chris Cornell is one of the best vocalists I have ever heard

[@Victorvonbass]

Absolutely RIP

[@isacopd]

Yeah I agree, grunge singers were different, kinda weird how Layne was ranked kinda low, but fair. Bradley probably isnt the biggest grunge fan, so he didnt search enough to know layne was a god tier vocalist live. It happens

[@darkdudironaji]

I can sing better than him.

[@isacopd]

@@darkdudironaji oh you definetly can darkdudironaji, may I know how to find a recording of your lovely and beautiful voice? 😊

[@stephenhughes5156]

​@darkdudironaji Lmao no you can't.

[@prinzvonbismarck6821]

Absurd!!! How dare you!!! Mention Terry Glaze without listen to his absolute classic: "pussy tight, tonight"!?!?!? 😡😡😡

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

[@dimebag20]

He wasnt in the band when power metal came out tho

[@simoneburini4036]

I'm probably getting wooshed but that was Dimebag on vocals

[@prinzvonbismarck6821]

@@simoneburini4036 you're probably right! But when I think of Terry Glaze, I instantly remember pussy tight, tonight !

[@rjamesyork]

Dime sang that, and Phil had replaced Glaze as the usual singer by then.

[@jbales8990]

It's funny how you can tell someone's musical biases based on a tier list lol

[@jonathanrynjah]

Duh.. it's like everyone has different taste or something

[@RandomPerson-ui3xv]

yeah idc if yall me a casual but idk who half these people are in his tierlist like who tf is vessel from sleep token 💀💀

[@direnova6284]

Everyone is biased to like the stuff they like.

[@totally_not_putin]

How dare there be bias in a tier list, the nerve of that guy

[@speeddemonji9547]

Yeah some of these singers that are technique-wise worse than the one's below them are very telling

[@Tottenhamfan402]

Imo serj should be god tier, the versatility of that man’s voice is ridiculous, Corey could make a shout too

[@s1storm]

Serj live isn't as good, he also lost his voice.

[@burlyzulu]

@@s1stormI think he said that he just got better at singing and can’t do the rough singing he used to force

[@swedishtime6910]

Dude, Chester Bennington is one of the most recognisable and influential god-fncking-tier vocalists of modern generation. I could've forgive u for not including him if it's not for Tool, Korn or Disturbed.

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

He had Peter Steele and Corey too, so both Nu-Metal and dead vocalists he was fine with, he needs to do a new video with the rest of the great singers he missed! Chester was so extremely impressive, over 300 shows in 2001 and HIS VOICE SURVIVED IT! Even at the end, when his voice was struggling, the live consistency was the same as most shows the month before, his band had insanely high melodies and he sung them consistently live, dude blew me away at every turn I've heard him, we won't get someone like him again I tell you!

[@jhkerensky8769]

So many GIRLS, on the live i was asking for Ángela from Arch Enemy, a Pioneer, and Tatiana from Jinjer, but there was no civilization on that chat

[@wimpasscrocodile]

courtney laplante too

[@timberwolf4242]

They all sound the same, Maria Brink is the only one with death-ish vocals has unique voice

[@wimpasscrocodile]

@@timberwolf4242 i love maria brink, saw in this moment opening for slipknot a couple years ago, one of the most badass openings ill ever see. Shes definitely unique and talented

[@Sappy-jg1cw]

Where was Matt from trivium ?

[@brianbrown2686]

Zero mention of Otep... but then this guy is a complete idiot.

[@EliasMatthiessen-q5x]

Joey belladona from anthrax has amazing vocals too. Defenently one of my favorite metal vocalist.

[@bongo_baggins]

Best thrash singer. Not the best all around thrash vocalist, honorable mention for best frontman, but he does have the strongest clean singing voice in all of thrash, I think.

[@kermeetton]

I've always considered him one of the weakest singers in metal that sounds like a singing kid, completely powerless and devoid of the low register and harshness.

[@MatLinnett1]

I love Anthrax and Joey, I really do; my first "proper" gig was seeing them on the State of Euphoria tour (with the AWESOME King's X supporting.) Yet I find his range limited, and actually prefer John Bush (HERESY!) As an aside, much love to Scott Ian, one of my absolute favourite "rhythm" guitarists, but can we talk about how fucking awesome Frank Bello is? Dude's an under-stated, under-rated bass phenomenon.

[@FoRRoZ1337]

@@MatLinnett1 I think he has a pretty good range, just watch some of his covers on youtube. Good example would be Man on the Silver Mountain, there is only acoustic guitar accompanying him

[@Maoilios]

Placing Maynard that low is illegal.

[@chrismaxwell2274]

I mean he's not that good.

[@timmycakes9917]

especially below ozzy????

[@hugotimmo4989]

@@chrismaxwell2274this mf did NOT listen to the grudge scream 😭

[@Maoilios]

@@hugotimmo4989 FOR REAL, crazy vocal range and crazy screams. Incredible.

[@branded2kil]

Dreadful lyricist IMO

[@mrseaweed88]

Putting Layne in B is a crime, he is among some of the most technically proficient vocalists of all time and the chorus from man in the box is still impossible for some trained singers to sing.

[@stephenhughes5156]

He needs to watch Love Hate Love live at the Moore, and then a song from the Unplugged performance, perhaps Down in a Hole. Maybe a bit of his performance at the Moore with Mad Season. Then see if he still thinks he is B tier.

[@triplej8666]

layne is an extremely overrated vocalist... decent technique and one dimensional vocalist only known for his ability in chest belting in G#4-C5 area, most of which are strained and lack support especially man in the box chorus

[@mrseaweed88]

@@triplej8666 watch any live footage of him, sustaining that note in the chorus for as long as he could is incredibly impressive without straining anything or losing projection.

[@trimlesscoasters]

@@triplej8666Bro Spamming the hate comment everywhere. He was extremely talented and you probably only heard man in the box. His work with mad season and on dirt is impeccable.

[@dezmilad]

Yeah this is exactly what happens when a lead guitar player tries to rank singers...

[@Sophet]

Jeah he clearly has no idea what he yaps about

[@nick_9914]

Till Lindemann on the lowest tier, u mad? no way brothers ranking singers he never even heard anything from them, also, i dont think its something unusuall that theres some speaking in the song sometimes PROVE ME WRONG MR. TIERLIST

[@jonmatrix9008]

This guy barely even knows Till's music. He out sings half the people on this list.

[@juser-abuser]

Dude, he placed cartoonish sheepfker Tankian above Lindermann. Bradley Hall is homosexual. His opinion is irrelevant.

[@SheaHarkin522]

@@jonmatrix9008honestly. “He doesn’t sing, he just talks in German”. I’ve seen till 4 times between solo and rammstein and his voice is something else

[@Alex66633]

"Till doesn't sing and only talks" tell me the only R+ song you know is Du Hast without telling me the only R+ song you know is Du Hast

[@jonmatrix9008]

@@Alex66633 Even then this dude's argument doesn't make sense. On the Du Hast chorus Till still delivers some solid singing. Its almost like he's never heard any Rammstein song.

[@johnbrockiii2]

Mustaine's vocals were pretty good in the Youthanasia to TWNAH era, imo. Y'know, when he was actually trying to sing and not talk loudly through gritted teeth. Also, the DISRESPECT to King Diamond!

[@darthmetalus7469]

Youthanasia and United Abominations are his two best records vocally imo. Best vocal range on the first, and still enough range and much less irritating voice on the second.

[@Taxevader-gk9ms]

that's pretty fair countdown to extinction had some good vocals if you ignore Skin O' My Teeth, Architecture of Aggression, Sweating Bullets (this song is dumb but i can't help but love it), This was my Life, High Speed Dirt, Phychotron, Captive Honor, Ashes in your Mouth, and Crown of Worms.

[@a.alonso5132]

Diamond's vocals are truly annoying tho

[@ghostofyourmom]

​@@a.alonso5132 Listen to "The Trial". Actually, on the entire "The Eye" album, KD is a bit more restrained from his usual cackling goblin wails.

[@pohanikomarac2137]

​@@a.alonso5132 thats so unfair. His work with mercyful fate is just amazing and his voice basically matches high pitch guitars. And not to mention how he used his voice ability to tell horror stories in his concept albums. He is a genius

[@lievenmaselis9332]

Till Lindemann just "talks over music"? Have you ever heard ich tu dich we?

[@andretoivonen9737]

Speaking about Till Lindemann, he does have good clean vocals also. Check out Rammstein "Seeman" and/or "Klavier"

[@saraselimoski4981]

Fr!

[@derpymcderp5966]

Ohne Dich

[@saraselimoski4981]

@@derpymcderp5966 yess

[@roidesnoirs_officiel]

Donaukinder mate.. brings a tear to my eyes every time

[@yairmimran729]

I think that Till Lindemann is a case of if you know german (or care enough to look up what the lyrics say) you really like him, but if you don't it just sounds like he is mumbling gibberish, so it obviously won't sound as good as stuff you can understand

[@iamnickjh]

I don't you even need to know German to appreciate he's got a proper set of lungs on him, particularly on some of the later albums (although even the chorus of Sonne he's obviously got a powerful voice). Just a lot of people hear German and go "heh, memes".

[@GhostCat616]

He has a dynamic range too. Many of Rammstein's slower and softer songs often go unnoticed sadly.

[@yairmimran729]

@@iamnickjh yeah exactly, people just write him off as less because he sings in a different language

[@telavasir8765]

Have to disagree, i listen to a lot of music in languages i don't understand, and it never took anything away from the experience to me. i can still hear just fine that someone has an amazing voice and conveys a lot of emotion with it ^^

[@mizicizi]

This is just another proof that Bradley doesn't know Rammstein at all. I feel like he always includes them in the videos because they're so popular and to get more engagement. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just how youtube is nowadays. I still wish he would listen to them some more, so he doesn't rank Till as a meme vocalist.

[@judaspriestfan]

dave mustaine could actually sing on killing is my bussiness. AND KING DIAMOND IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SINGERS EVER!!!

[@heethanthen]

Cope

[@MegaMicah12]

Falsettos, the thing that makes metal have that acquired taste.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Objectively no and no 😆

[@manuelduarte8981]

There are people who think that diamond is one of the best singers up there with Dio and Halford, but there are others that say that he is very cringe. I guess this guy is from the people that say he is a meme.

[@moopert86]

I'll argue til I die that Mustaine is overhated. His worst two albums to me are Rust and COuntdown, which are the two big ones people think of. Is he the best? No, but come on there's a lot worse out there.

[@megaman6363]

Till Lindemann is god tier because of his crazy range. Should have listened to songs like Seemann or Ich tu dir weh to hear the range.

[@Thebeastfromnorth75]

There is a 72 year old man out there, still performing, that fucks most of these singers up still today... His name is Eric "Lungs of leather" Adams.

[@leandrorobertosacht]

You know you can't take anything serious from a list of best vocalists when Eric Adams isn't in it.

[@lanzarlaluna]

Eric Adams from Oiled Abs?

[@jesurenbnb]

​@@lanzarlalunaEric Adams from manowar

[@anbarazen]

​@@leandrorobertosachtyes .... very true Eric is probably the GOAT for me

[@bonscott6353]

yeah he always gets criminally ignored because so many fools think manowar is a joke band

[@punch845]

James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Eric Adams are the best trio for me.

[@LordBaktor]

I championed Eric to be included but Beanley appears to have a No Manowar policy on his channel. Which sucks because he is a god tier singer in my book.

[@YannickTMessiah]

Dio, Dickinson e Rob Halford is the holy trinity of classic heavy metal singers. Adams is quite up there though.

[@leandrorobertosacht]

@@LordBaktor why a "No Manowar" policy?

[@LordBaktor]

@@leandrorobertosacht Don't know, but he said "No Manowar on this channel" on the stream when a couple of us were asking for Eric.

[@leandrorobertosacht]

@@LordBaktor oh God, that’s pathetic. Time to unsubscribe.

[@tadgray9114]

I strongly believe that Jon Oliva from Savatage is the most underrated vocalist in metal. Amazing range, tonnes of character in his voice and could go from choir boy to snarling pig at the flip of a switch. Also, Tommy Karevik from Kamelot doesn't get nearly enough credit. To me, he's one of the most flawless vocalists in modern metal. I personally think he's better than Roy Khan.

[@garrettsolberg9100]

Long live the Mountain King!!!

[@Irydion]

Jon Oliva is super underrated! And I agree that Tommy is miles better than Khan. Everytime I hear Khan's voice, I want to sleep... Travis Ryan and Dickie Allen are the GOAT of harsh vocals. Daniel Heiman is an OG GOAT of power metal (and could also be in meme tier thanks to Lost Horizon - Highlander).

I think too that Jon Oliva is a beast of a vocalist and belongs on every lists of that kind, and I don't even listen to Savatage or his other bands for that matter! 😉

[@JoelER78]

Excellent points!

[@gilhuberman261]

Did I miss Hansi Kürsch?

Yeah, WTF! 😵‍💫

[@Avliv_Satan]

Putting King Diamond anywhere but God tier is a disgrace

[@eternalgrimoire4428]

I completely agree, he’s an amazing singer. Although I do understand why some people would say otherwise

[@stephenhughes5156]

He kinda fits in to both God Tier and Meme Tier lol.

[@eternalgrimoire4428]

@@stephenhughes5156 fair point lol

[@a.alonso5132]

From a technical point of view, his vocals are definitely impressive as hell, but that doesn't change the fact that they can sound absolutely annoying to the ears of A LOT of people. They're too annoyingly high pitched.

[@IgorSinitar]

His vocal performances are, at first, too intense and the shifts in octaves are seemingly arbitrary. But when listening more attentively to the rest of the instrumentation it all makes wicked sense. Melissa and Don't Break the Oath are immaculate albums. Almost everything under the Mercyful Fate or King Diamond monikers is awesome and they still tour!

[@burlyzulu]

As a Korn fan, calling JD not a "singer" singer really hurts my soul. Like listen to anything on Issues.

[@derpymcderp5966]

Or Untouchables

[@markusszelbracikowski956]

Totally agree. I would say he is the Tom Morello of singers, dude is super creative and came up with quite unorthodox vocal lines

[@ramiel555]

That's what I'm saying, this list is straight up doodoo butter

[@Windykun]

Ozzy wasn’t the known for his deep or stupid high vocals and screams but what he did with his mid alto range was astonishing because he could portray genuine emotion better than any other metal vocalists period. These emotions are well portrayed in black sabbath (the song) and war pigs

[@John-k6f9k]

Ozzy gets dismissed so much as a talentless oaf that I maintain that he is underrated. Apart from his voice he also wrote the melody lines to most of the classic Black Sabbath songs. I'm sure he didn't really grasp the technical aspect of what he was doing but he had a natural gift for it, and when it's laid on top of Iommis riffs there's a very rare musical chemistry. He's just been such a clown for the past 40 years that he's tarnished the bands legacy.

[@willeyeasy5430]

Maynard should definietly be higher...

[@6ch6ris6]

Of course !! You can tell Bradley doesn't listen to Tool :D

[@ibrahimkaragulle5349]

Putting maynard in ozzy's tear is insane man, i know bradley hates tool but ist not fare

[@DrProfessorMD]

Maynard is amazing in Tool but I'd point to Puscifer for the really interesting vocal stuff. That being said, all 3 of his bands are fucking amazing.

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

I put Maynard up there with Layne Staley and Jim Morrisson. Like to me those three are the top trio of rock music.Honestly hating Tool like that seems weird to me, because Tool haters make it ous as only pretentious people listen to it, but if anything, they are one of those bands that appeal both to snobs and mainstream audiences alike. Braddley seems to have anything against music and vocals that sounds sleepy, but Tool is to me all about building up tension, there is almost always a climax.

[@burlyzulu]

I don’t like tool, but I think when Maynard is singing louder than a my dead dog, then he actually sounds pretty good.

[@HeavyMorals]

Andre Matos in B is absolutely criminal. That man was unbelievable.

[@netsardin4019]

Judging Till's voice by Du hast is an surface investigation. The piano version of Mein Herz Brennt is beautiful vocally. And there is also an interesting heavy sound in Weiner Blut, especially in the live version. Or Rammlied Live. His high sound on "Wer wartet mit Innocentenheit Der wird belohnt zur rechten Zeit Nun das Warten hat ein Ende Leiht euer Ohr einer Legende" - is very good. Or "Du riechst so gut". Or a good sound on Engel (Live from Madison Square Garden) in the last chorus. Till was not involved in vocals at the time of the group's creation and at first had difficulties with singing. He was a swimmer and a drummer, but not a vocalist. And Till was skeptical about the offer to become a vocalist. But he worked with a vocal coach, learned to sing and achieved success. According to the participants, they were very happy when Till sang for the first time. He has done a lot of work and every year only develops his vocals and judging his voice only by Du Hast... I think his persistent work on his voice deserves a deeper study of its evolution and not just an analysis of the most popular hit at the beginning.

[@debayanchakraborty7635]

I know you defenetly can't put every metal vocalist. But I would've include Chester Bennington in the list also.

[@6ch6ris6]

yeah I was waiting for Chester aswell. The voice of a generation.

[@something3551]

I was part of the stream, when he finally saw people asking him to add Chester in the chat he said 'Nah f*ck that I'm a bit sick of linkin park.'

[@debayanchakraborty7635]

@@something3551 it's ok to be sick of linkin park, but that has nothing to do with including chester in the list.

[@MrLinkinJason]

​@@debayanchakraborty7635 that's true, Chester should've been on this list regardless

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

Funniest bit to me is that people think linkin is metal, because it has distortion on the guitars.

[@EetuSalminen-uq3tz]

People should listen to more Nightwish albums without Tarja Turunen. Floor Jansen is one of the best singers of all time and Nightwish's music has developed tremendously since Turunen left. EFMB in particular is a pure masterpiece.

[@221b-l3t]

Don't tell that to my band, who want to be Epica 2.0 but I never cared for Tarjia's singing so much. I am into opera so she will be compared to opera singers and it's no comparison. Much closer to opera than rock but very far from it. So if I have someone singing in an operatic style I'd rather have them sing it properly, not "dropped out of music school" type tone... I honestly almost prefer Anette. She sings her style well and it sounds honest. Tarija is always sounding like she's trying to be an opera singer but failing at it. I'd rather have a poppy voice owning what they do than someone trying to be what they're not. I don't like her form. It always sounds like she making the resonance (mouth shape) for "üüüüü".

[@Kburn1985]

Poor Annette. I loved all her albums, but someone had to take the fall, replace tarja, be hated, then remind the fans there's no nightwish without a singer. I'm quite certain floor would have been booted too if she replaced tarja.

[@mohammadsharififard1686]

The new album sucks though

[@panzerlurch2629]

​@@mohammadsharififard1686 yeah, unfortunate it sounds pretty boring, Not a single banger.😴 Still, Floor Jansen is a very good Singer, 😍

[@Kburn1985]

@@panzerlurch2629 Floor is fantastic, but every album since she joined has been disneyfied massively, and I wonder if she has an influence on that. Harvest sounds like something straight out of Pocahontas, as the people brought in their harvest peacefully and started singing There's barely 15 seconds of distortion, and all of those was for a tiny short guitar solo. Yesterwynde is very disney too. I don't mind disney, and I'll listen to it when the mood strikes me, but I want to hear something like ghost love score or bye bye beautiful when I listen to nightwish, something hard and metal, not get ambushed by disney when I want some symphonic metal. I still feel the Annette era was peak, people were really mean to her and only got scared after she left. She barely changed the sound of nightwish and people were whinging non stop. A lot of tourists hopped on board when Once was released and got upset Annette had to gall to not be a 1 for 1 clone of Tarja. Interestingly, even Marko has joined up with Tarja, and I'm more interested in what they'll produce next, rather than nightwish

[@emem2756]

For me Dickinson, Dio, Halford. & Jorn Lande, Geoff Tate, Michael Kiske

[@SpuddyL]

9:16 "I can't stand Halford's voice. I don't care if he's technically good. it sucks." Might be the worst opinion of the year, what are u on about 😭

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

I literally did not say that wtf 😆

[@Emanuelnx]

@@BradleyHallGuitarit was a comment in the chat :)

[@SpuddyL]

@@BradleyHallGuitar i should've specified that it was a comment in chat, mb 😅

[@gdawgs101]

Lane Staley in C tier is fucking WILD. -500 social credits

[@trustmeimmexican]

0:38 Guitarist: Oh, no! I broke a string! Vocalist: Yeah, well, I have nodules.

[@Krumpet__]

Ozzy at C is criminal, the vocals from the first 6 sabbath albums were god tier.

[@_Kakoosh]

Your steam chat is weird as fuck. Not really surprising considering that’s how must stream watchers are. But the hate for Will Ramos, Serj, Olli Sykes, Corpsegrinder, Chuck Schuldiner… Basically anything that isn’t conventional metal singing or light screaming. Even saw tons of comments saying “spiritbox isn’t metal” “this is pop” when rating Courtney. Like do these people like anything that isn’t mainstream 80’s heavy metal?

[@jujupatate8908]

Not including Mike Patton is kind of criminal

[@rye8]

Really, King Diamond annoying, that's blasphemy

[@YannickTMessiah]

It's an acquired taste though (I absolutely adore him, but it hasn't always been the case)

[@UpTheIrons12]

I’m a huge Mercyful Fate fan. I’d put King Diamond in A Tier at least

[@jasonharris2291]

If hearing Dio in the chorus of Stargazer doesn't bring a tear, you have no soul.

[@AmericanNationalist852]

Matt Barlow belongs on this list

[@YannickTMessiah]

Yes, please, absolutely.

[@DarkenedDante]

Aw man, Till's actual singing voice is actually pretty great! The song 'Seeman' is a pretty good example and it's always been one of my fave Rammstein songs. But if we're judging him on JUST something like 'Du Hast' then yeah, lmao. Meme tier would be very correct.

[@junkhead_92]

John Bush from Armored Saint and Anthrax is one of the most underrated metal vocalists ever imo.

[@DoctorOfTheUniverse6]

Came here to say this. He still sounds great.

[@LlorracTN]

50 vocalists covered and it still feels like we need a part 2 of this 😂

[@williamreilly4786]

I can't believe you missed John Bush. Also no Tom Araya, Chuck Billy, and the late great Dave Brockie. And Ozzy and Layne are both great singers.

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

And he missed Hansi Kürsch, Glenn Danzig, and who can actually sing when he wants to is Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger.

[@TheBlackcredo]

Tom Araya? He himself admits he sounds like a strangled cat.

[@dethman63]

John Bush is the Frank Sinatra of Metal. John Bush ist THE VOICE!!! No one is better. Amen.

​@@TheBlackcredo He's not the best singer per se for sure, but he's iconic and influential as hell, and has more range than some too.

[@grundypeebo]

Attila Dorn (lead vocals of powerwolf) has an incredible operatic voice. I swear he sounds even better at a live show

[@WindHaze10]

Absolute god tier of a singer.

[@grundypeebo]

@WindHaze10 I saw PW live last month and it was incredible. Attila and Falk have such amazing stage presence, but Attila absolutely blew me away with those powerful pipes of his. 10/10 concert I can't wait to see em again

[@SamuraiFTF]

No Chuck Billy??

[@Joe45-91]

Guy went through some phases because of health reasons and really pulled it off imo

[@vladivanchenko1140]

No way! Ozzy maybe isn't so technical, but he always has the same voice, even being so fucking hight, even 80 y/o. Absolutely unique, and definitely god tier.

[@burlyzulu]

I think he sounds good. I didn’t know people thought he sounds bad

[@l.a.s8274]

I love Ozzy's voice, it is so iconic

[@logeybear3018]

Putting Maynard below David Draiman, James Hetfield, and Ozzy is pure sacrilege.

[@nachofast6144]

RESPECT for mentioning Einar. I think he might be the best modern metal vocalist (maybe male vocalist in general). The last two Leprous albums haven't really been to my taste but I HIGHLY recommend checking out his 2023 solo album "16". Bangers after bangers and very versatile.

[@LenaVoices]

I just saw Judas Priest recently and I coach vocals and I can damn well confirm Rob Halford has still got it. The only song he has even a *tiny* bit of struggle with was Painkiller. Everything else was 10/10 Same with Corey Taylor. Holds up 100%. Especially considering how much hard he pushed it in early Slipknot days to get the sound he wanted, he made an immaculate vocal recovery. And Floor Jansen, after how much she's been through Physically, her come back is just incredible and I'm so impressed by her skills My other mentions would be: Messiah from Candlemass, Riley Pinkerton from Castle Rat, Johanna from Lucifer, Jinx Dawson from Coven. Tobias Forge and the Ghoulettes from Ghost. A ton of greats.

[@sarty23]

Dio.Halford. Diamond. Dickinson.

[@MadManDan]

King Diamond sounds exactly like he did in the 80s and on the album. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@MrLain500]

I would have personally mentioned Chino Moreno on the list. His singing voice and high pitched screams are immaculate.

[@FailureToBe]

Bradley I love you but half of this list is very silly, I think your biases have invaded this list. The only thing I 100% agree with is Mikael Åkerfeldt being in the top tier,

[@Psimbyosis02]

My top 3 Geoff Tate (ex Queensryche), Roy Khan (ex Kamelot/Conception), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), 4 octave singers with generous low tones and awesome high notes (between F1-A5).. Dio, MIchael Kiske, Geoff Tate, Bruce Dickinson, Robert Plant, Ian GIllan, the guy from Steelheart, Rob Halford (the classics) Daniel GIldenlow, MIke Akerfeldt, Tommy Karevik, Einar from Leprous, James Labrie, the guy from Haken, MIchael Eriksen, Nils K Rue, Russell Allen, MIdnight, Jon Oliva from Savatage/TSO, John Arch, Ray Alder, the guy from Coheed and Cambria - i am a prog metal listener with accent in vocals.

[@tntgameplay5075]

I was really missing Roy Khan on this list. Him and Kamelot don't get mentioned enough!

[@Psimbyosis02]

@@tntgameplay5075 Karevik is good too, but is a tenor with less range than Roy (4 octaves baritone).

[@nicholasabdo-maniaci2113]

Chuck Billy should be here in and in god tier. Dude is a BEAST, insane harsh death metal vocals and amazing clean vocals in their early stuff. He sounds great live to and still has his voice nearly 40 years later and even with his battle with throat cancer.

[@TheBlackcredo]

I like this comment, then took the like off, then back again, the off again, then on again just so I could like this comment three times. His vocals are beastial.

[@IgorSinitar]

The Thrash Metal stalwarts didn't receive much appreciation here. Where are the likes of Schmier, Mille, Angelripper, Cavalera, Osegueda, Belladonna, Blitz, Zetro, Piggy, just to name a few. To each their own...

@@IgorSinitar Or Russ Anderson.

[@nicholasabdo-maniaci2113]

@@IgorSinitar very true great vocalist but I don't think anyone is on chucks level.

[@TheCuttingBureau]

@@nicholasabdo-maniaci2113 I have a scale replica of his hair on my bathroom wall.

[@LordChristoff]

Dio and Halford in God Tier? Good man. o7

[@josousa78]

The 2 goats of heavy metal singers

[@ThePapaja1996]

Ian Gillan should be there to.

[@triplej8666]

@@ThePapaja1996 Although massively influential to metal Deep Purple aren't metal

[@TheVanarion]

@@triplej8666 Gillan sang for Black Sabbath for the Born Again album and tour. Successfully, if you ask me.

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

I’m so happy that you pulled out the good old “GRANDMAAAAAAA” (God tier singer btw)

[@LaurenceHolloway-l6p]

Surely Eric Adams should be right up there. Honorable mentions Ralf Scheepers and Kai Hansen(yeah I know he's a guitarist but good singer as well) from Gamma Ray.

[@BlazonStone]

Some people dismiss Manowar for being a ridicolous band Band Eric Adams destoys most competition among classic metal singers

[@LaurenceHolloway-l6p]

@@BlazonStone Yeah some people consider them a bit over the top and their fans too die hard. Manowar is one of my favorite metal bands. I am more old school metal though. Grew up in the 80s.

[@xtenacioustatex4214]

Where's Jon Oliva. Props to the ones that know

[@christophergase1468]

At first I thought I missed it but you actually forgot to add Messiah Marcolin to your list. I'm really speechless right now.

[@eugenen9214]

Hansi Kurch or David Vincent, UDO, Klaus Meine, Milee from Kreator, Glen Benton, Anders Friden (In Flames), Atilla (Mayhem) and so many more instead of of some new wave of agressively promoted british core shit could have been mentioned...

[@HiroBrown]

Not super metal but breaking Benjamin’s Ben Burnley has a perfect voice when he was in his prime. The first few albums had a bit of Type O, Tool, Linkin Park and Christina Aguilera sound to me haha

[@scringer12]

I can’t believe you missed Geoff Tate for this list. Geoff Tate: God Tier

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Guess you didn't watch until the end 😛

[@davidsaylor7807]

Hurry take a picture before he deletes his comment!

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

Not him, but Hansi Kürsch, if I didn't have tomatoes on my ears. 😉

[@lauremorgana4589]

Not missed but not god either . I agree with you he deserved it . He's one of my favorite metal singers

[@LocrianDorian]

I saw Symphony X live yesterday for the first time, Russell Allen is by far the best metal singer I've heard live, Hetfield, Dickinson (back in the day) got absolutely nothing on him, he would be top tier even if he was a pop singer, absolutely unreal singer, I think he might be my new favourite (other than Dio obviously because he's GOAT). His songs are incredibly difficult to sing too.

[@stephenhughes5156]

I was there too. Yeh it's amazing how good he is after all these years. If there is one word that I could describe him with it is: professional. I absolutely love singers like Dio, Bruce and Halford. But it's kinda like they were just winging it but happened to sound really good. Whereas Russell is a real pro that knows what he is doing. There's only a few other metal vocalists that fit in to that category, Geoff Tate and Midnight being a couple of others that come to mind.

[@LordBaktor]

One time when I saw them the PA broke in between the opening act and them, so they turned the on stage amps and monitors towards the audience and cranked them as far as it would go. The acoustic sound of the drums still drowned almost all instrumentation but Russell could still be heard clearly over the drums. Dude has serious pipes.

[@andymccallum8090]

@@LordBaktor i was right at the front and could not hear russell at all. mainly because of the crowd screaming the lyrics. i was so disappointed my friend who was at the back could hear everything.

[@lordmatthewlukeobrien]

Go listen to the Allen Lande albums Russell did with Jorn Lande. Then Jorn's Dio tribute album and thank Me later

[@andymccallum8090]

@@lordmatthewlukeobrien you don't need to tell me because i know all that lol. Russell Allen is my fav singer.

[@MetzgerStepmania]

Regarding Till Lindemann from Rammstein, you should listen to "Ich tu dir weh" or "Ohne Dich", he is indeed a world class baritone singer

[@David_Larkin]

and Diamante, Klavier, Mein Herz Brennt piano, Seemann, etc. They have a lot of great songs who showcase his voice really well

[@Teme0520]

One vocalist who is not talked about NEARLY enough is Attila Dorn of Powerwolf. Absolutely amazing IMO.

[@ChonkyMIG-15]

My S tier vocalists: Ronnie James Dio Rob Halford Bruce Dickinson Geoff Tate (80s) Jon Oliva Michael Kiske Hansi Kürsch

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

Nice for Savatage to get a mention

[@kma6881]

Criminally underrated Warren Dane, Peter Steele, and Till.

[@KJ_Styles]

No Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian ? 😮 Easily Throat Goat!

[@jtf5688]

Nah he belongs in the same sentence as Dio. Those two are the true God Tiers

[@KJ_Styles]

@@jtf5688 Totally agree. I just didn't want to appear too greedy. 😅

[@robertpetre9378]

You should of done a disturbing tire for Kyo from Dir En Grey his vocals are insane

[@peyotuhchiev5731]

Ranking Dio, might aswell rank Coverdale in this list. He deserves at least an honorable mention and he also belongs in BEYOND GODLIKE category in his prime. The absolute vocal GOAT. May not be in a “metal” band but defo deserves a mention !!

[@Vranaanna]

Till actually sings in the latest albums, I love his vocals! And you are right about killswitch engage, legendary!

[@BruhMomentPatrick]

Chuck Billy from Testament, super underrated

[@mettenger1]

mustaine could actually really sing in the mid to late 90s cryptic writings era. watch woodstock performance. his vocal abilities had an arc

[@Legocatshouse]

He definitely took singing really seriously. We're just all limited to certain registers, and sounds to a degree. For me, his voice is great. Others are okay to not like it, I get it.

[@nickmitchell6443]

John Tardy from Obituary would of been a good one to put on the list.

I agree.

[@MrDrSirGuyManJr]

What a dumpster fire of a list

[@John-k6f9k]

Butthurt fanboy spotted in comments section!

[@George8LIVERPOOL]

No Tom Araya? You must be joking

[@emdezet3559]

Where is Tatiana from Jinjer ?!?

[@adrianrubio395]

God for me

[@tackle47]

Easily my favorite current vocalist.

[@twigsagan3857]

Till is madly underrated and easily at the top of the whole list. Never have I heard such a deep beautiful and powerful voice.

[@Sophet]

Ah yes, the memey KZbin metal guitar influencer shows his incredibly flawed and biased opinions once again.

[@morejulo]

I'm happy Warrel Dane got included

[@dominicbuck7177]

Absolutely my favorite. His voice along with the lyrical themes of Nevermore are so hauntingly beautiful it's insane. I don't get how they've always been so underrated. The early Sanctuary stuff slays too, particularly Mirror Black.

[@morejulo]

@@dominicbuck7177 definitely. I always come back to them and their power and emotion still hold after all those listens. It pains me that i havent had the chance to see them live, or just Warrel Dane.

[@dominicbuck7177]

@@morejulo Same. I didn't get super into them until after Warrel's passing. I definitely feel as if I missed out. It's hard to even find Nevermore t shirts and such anymore. The Year of the Voyager live show is super good though. I rewatch it from time to time.

[@michealrosen]

Go listen to Maynard do a 25 second scream in The Grudge, then move him up.

[@trivialtrav]

Tatiana from Jinjer belongs on this list. Out does most of the modern male vocalists.

[@lovelylemonfactory]

Judging James Labrie based on his voice now makes no sense. Dio is dead, using the same logic he would have to be thrash tier also.

[@zakariaislam4484]

Dio in his 60's sounded incredible James labrie is in his early 60's and take a listen to his voice

[@kaimvardas]

Came here for this. He's checking vocalists based on their better performances, while Labrie "he's trash now". There are so many singers on the list who get bad as well but they are judged on their peak performances huh. Anyway Labrie is bad now.

[@strek45]

Yeah that's so stupid. They should be judged on their vocals in their prime otherwise he might as well chuck most of these guys in the dumpster

[@rhy8374]

I love Ozzys voice, especially in Black Sabbath, I like Black Sabbath with Ozzy more than Dio tbh

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

This was a huge one, thanks to the thousands of you who took part in this event! What do y'all think of our rankings??

[@IsaacTuduriLlabres]

James LaBrie... xD Since the late 90's he sounds like a complaining midle age mother... 🤣

[@m.a.6478]

Would have liked to see Alissa White-Gluz in the list. Difficult to say if she meets the "iconic" tag already. But you included some other "niche" vocalists too...

[@NaClSandwich]

You missed Mike Patton!

[@Sofia_G_]

Maynard and Phil Anselmo should've been higher. You missed Chino Moreno, Tom Araya, David Vincent, Jens Kidman...

[@matewis1]

Lemmy, tho he would be top of the meme tier.

[@DanMcMullan]

Tim "Ripper" Owens is killing it on the current tour, best old school metal vocalist right now.

[@murasama8733]

Hansi Kürsch?

[@user-fv7jd4xj5n]

King Diamond has crazy range lol. I guess this is a "do I like the music?" rather than "is this guy technically good?"

[@ToxinBoy]

I'd love to see where you would put Chuck Billy of Testament on this tier list. To me he is the epitome of thrash metal vocalists.

[@Joe45-91]

I agree, although I have a feeling that if he was on this list he would of put Chuck at the bottom of C tier.

[@jakubjefremienko391]

All hail King Diamond.

[@javierdabster9845]

you forgot Jari (Wintersun) and Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), and Harper (the little girl who has monster vocals)