Must hear FEMALE Metal Singers

In this video we check out Must hear FEMALE Metal Singers. Floor Jansen and Tara Turunen of Nightwish, Simone Simmons of Epica, Alyssa White Gluz of Arch Enemy, Tatiana of Jinger and MORE! Why aren't there more female singers in metal music? Name your top female vocalist below muhahaha

[@FloorJansenOfficial]

Thanks for adding! I appreciate it!

[@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302]

Hi, Floor!! You're very talented, and the comments are all on your side by a long shot! Keep rockin!!

[@PoisongirlNK]

Floor The best Singer

[@rottencapo]

Hi, Floor!

[@lambatkaplang3763]

Hi floor you're here

[@johnsavchak8202]

Love you Floor!

[@jfv65]

For me Tatiana is the OMG- voice in this list. EPIC deathmetal voice. But yeah, i can agree, Floor is the most complete singer on this list.

[@lowenbad]

Totally agree. Jinjer is such a badass band too.

[@taurusguy9305]

Tatiana is a killer lead singer but when it comes to versatility Floor is the answer.

[@Upsetkiller456]

@@taurusguy9305 idk man wallflowers really showed off more of tatianas cleans. Regardless both singers are amazing.

[@HeavyRaiden]

Floor is amazing, but Tati is my favorite, she has such a great, characteristic voice

[@yannickg6904]

They might be on the Softer side, but Anneke Van Giersbergen and Sharon Den Adel are pretty amazing too.

[@lowenbad]

Absolutely

[@yannickg6904]

@@lowenbad Kari Rueslåtten on Tears laid in earth by the 3rd and the Mortal. Haunting and beautiful.

[@jamescurfman3284]

Yup, yup, yup. :)

[@OzziemandiasPL]

Anneke as solo singer is very popy and softer than when she performs with someone else. She is great in Arjen's projects (like Ayreon) and with Devin Townsend. But her band Vuur is nice tho. Sharon is great singer but her genre limits her I think.

[@animacs1]

Was waiting for Sharon.

[@danielmrtns]

Floor Jansen is an alien, some other human-like species. But for her range of styles, Tati deserves some love too, for sure. My two favorite.

[@paulorovisco2108]

Love Tati, my favourite

[@tomten8663]

All cool, but Floor clearly is another level. She is OUT OF THIS WORLD STUNNING.

[@ShredmasterScott]

huge stage presence too

[@Baribrotzer]

@@ShredmasterScott Huge everything below the level of her eyes and ears - the lower half of her face and her entire body are all scaled up from most women, by 20-to-25 percent. Which is the OTHER way of having enough lung capacity and a big enough throat for a voice like that - the Ann Wilson or opera singer build is more common. Floor is beautiful, but also a giantess and because of it, unusual-looking. In addition, Nightwish's guitarist is quite short, which makes her look even bigger. Fun Fact: I saw her second gig with Nightwish (in Portland, OR), which was probably also the first one where she wasn't completely scared to death.

[@TheKartoffel101]

Wait till you listened to Alissa White-Gluz in Swan lake Op. 20. The Range of her is really underestimated

[@inframundo1919]

Floor sing like a karaoke

[@seannightingale3571]

@@inframundo1919 you did not even go there? Floor is the most talented and complete singer on the planet. So go get Fu

[@ThunderRiffs87]

Floor as #1 is a no brainer. And not to mention she had been in Nightwish only a few months when she recorded THAT NOTE at Wacken, and it’s heralded as one of the greatest vocal notes ever recorded.

[@oliverjames7315]

Which note is that please? I want to hear it lol

[@ThunderRiffs87]

@@oliverjames7315 the one referred to by many as “THAT note” at the end of Ghost Love Score

[@seannightingale3571]

@@ThunderRiffs87 I believe that was sarcasm my friend.😂

[@SolitaryReaper-ye2lf]

Floor is exceptional, no doubt about that. I have being listening to metal music for 30 years+ I haven't heard anyone like Tatiana. Forget best female vocalists, Tatiana is challenging for the greatest metal vocalist of all time.

[@hamohamo8270]

For me, Floor Jansen is the best singer on the planet.

[@swingmeister]

She ain't. Dimash Kudaibergen is.

[@veli-pekkamalmi5546]

well best i ever heard. maybe she is not so top notch on soprano scale but i dont care. She is the best i ever heard. If there would be anyone better i guess he/she would be hired already for replacing... well best that there is for i know.

[@stevethomas1301]

Well that makes you totally right

[@minaha1975]

Oh then you have not heard any opera or gospel singers... Sorry for you!

[@veli-pekkamalmi5546]

@@minaha1975 but that is best i have ever heard. There may be better somewhere and sure as nothing is on these narrow styles. But i havent heard better for such a voice that can cover most of of them to near perfection and to be at least very good at both ends... so tell me who she or he is?

[@caseypeterson3955]

Floor has the greatest voice in music across the board not just metal. I would put her up against anybody

[@jpdemer5]

She has opera-quality pipes, but other singers have other talents. She can't match Haley Reinhart's versatility, for example, or Morgan James' clarity.

[@lm7_gio]

Calm youself, she is not even the best Nightwish singer, let alone in all of music. She is very good, ill give you that.

[@NigraXXL]

She's incredible, but you can't really put a title of best voice in music across the board to anyone. There are beasts elsewhere (Dimash anyone?)

[@PaulOutdoors]

Agreed Casey 🙏👍😊

[@Muschelschubs3r]

@@NigraXXL Last I checked Dimash was a guy.

[@escapistwishmaster2273]

Alissa can do clean vocals as well as shown in Kamelots "Liar Liar", Arch Enemys "Fight I must win" and in most songs from her former band The agonist. Floor obviously nailed it, I just missed Sharon den Adel in this compilation.

[@ThunderShred]

Nailed it on Alissa with Kamelot.

[@aleaiactaest_music]

100% agree. Also, I don't think anybody would judge a MALE singer in base of how many styles he would be able to sing, there are so many who just growl or scream, and they are just good at that, and nobody complains. I don't see why a woman is necessarily required to sing in a clean voice to figure "good enough".

[@BjornV1994]

@@aleaiactaest_music Depends on the singer, for me, what give someone like Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation) an edge over most other grindcore vocalists, is his ability to have a deep-as-the-grave grunt voice for most of a track, while also have cleaner, higher and somewhat more screechier vocal style, which does creates a lot of variety in a track and prevents monotony in the music: "Manufactured Extinct" from the "The Antropocene Extinction" album showcases this greatly. So I do like it when a male vocalist also have some range to his voice and can do different styles. But it is true that people judge female vocalists quicker on this regard, at least when they sing with a death growl (I don't think anyone will how Simone Simmons deep voice sounds...)...

[@barbaravance6774]

Thank You! I was going to post exactly this comment.

[@escapistwishmaster2273]

@@barbaravance6774 You're welcome!😊

[@luxetveritas9196]

Noora Louhimo should be here. She can do the traditional male metal vocals in a way that no other female vocalist can. Also Elisa Martin and Daria Stavrovich.

[@immateriumepicmetal4544]

YES! Elisa is one of the best

[@paddy8046]

Floor Jansen is crazy good and definitely the Queen of Metal. Only shame I didn’t find Nightwish sooner.

[@drakesilmore3760]

The real shame is that their show has been postponed for two years in the Netherlands.

[@PaulOutdoors]

Agreed Paddy. I was pestered in to giving Nightwish with Floor a listen 12 months ago and I am so glad that I did. Phenomenal 🙏👍😊

[@dAmion2306]

Not enough female metals singers? Here are some more noteworthy female metal singers: Angela Gossow (ex Arch Enemy), Charlotte Wessels (ex Delain), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering), Magali Luyten (The Prize), Marcela Bovio, Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories), Jennifer Haben (Beyond the Black), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil). Enjoy the exploration.

[@jamescurfman3284]

Angela is still with Arch Enemy, she's part of the Management team now. She didn't totally leave, she just handed the vocals to Alissa. Saying 'Ex-' is not quite right (from my perspective; maybe I am too picky, sorry). Wait, Charlotte went solo? When? I love Sharon and Anneke. :) Many of the rest I don't know anything about, I will have to go have a look. Thank you for bringing them up. I love Christina's vocals! LC is AWESOME!

[@dAmion2306]

@@jamescurfman3284 yes, ex as in not the current vocalist of the band. And Charlotte went solo last year. Her first solo album is called "Tales From Six Feet Under". Btw: I totally forgot Lauren Hart (Once Human) in the list. Mea culpa.

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@dAmion2306 The list just needed to be bigger. BUT, listing off EVERY female vocalist in Metal would make the video two hours long. That would be a real pain to react to... lol

[@alexdoorn234]

Melissa Bony (Ad Infinitum) and Zora Cock (Blackbriar)

[@rcengineer]

Sabina Classen (Holy Moses)

[@JAV619]

Her Majesty, Floor Jansen.

[@justinp7017]

Floor Jansen. The queen.

[@frenkwd1]

Floor Jansen as No.1 She is the Valkyrie Queen of Metal.

[@kristinavukovic1291]

Cristina and Tarja

[@stevethomas1301]

She is the Godess of every style she does.

[@kristinavukovic1291]

@@stevethomas1301 she is too pop

[@VivK-Real]

​@@kristinavukovic1291 Her's "pop" for you kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYuZhoman96Bqdk

[@tommi7554]

Floor all the way, hands down the most best female vocalist in rock music and can sing anything you throw at her.

[@littleraven28]

I enjoyed all of the singers, but I have to agree on Floor. She projects and tells the story of the song in whatever way she sees fit. She's clearly the most versatile of all with flawless technique, breath support vowel formation and diction.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Floor Jansen, wow.

[@DarrellW_UK]

Just has to be Floor Jansen, she is the most complete singer I’ve ever heard! She can do classical vocals to growling, the full spectrum; I used to think that Tarja was until I heard more of Floor - Floor makes her look like a “one trick pony “ I never ever thought I would say something like that 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Beulzabob]

I wish Floor either with or without Nightwish would perform in a rock musical, something new.

[@klbearsfan1254]

Unleash the Archers is absolutely worth a deep dive. There most recent 2 albums (Awakening, which is the title track you hear at number 6 in this video) and Abyss have a single story that runs through both albums. Abyss has really helped get me through the last 2 years. It is definitely an album that can and should be appreciated as one single work of art, with the only albums I would consider the same way being Linkin Park's "Meteora" and Allan Parson's Project' "Eye in the Sky". You will not regret exploring them.

[@dennismitchell9500]

Lots of good metal female singers in japan like Nemophila, Lovebites, Mary’s Blood, Sprit Box,, etc.

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

Since Floor had joined Nightwish, they've recorded 3 live albums and.... I'm not gonna lie, I like some of the live versions she did more than some of the studio versions, not to take away from Tarja and Anette.

[@almarma]

That’s how I rank singers, specially nowadays. With all the tech available, it’s quite possible to "paint" a bad voice with effects and mask fails but live performances show the real deal. That’s why I think Simone should be higher in this lists, as she performs great too live. Heck there’s a song where Floor joins Epica live and it’s incredible

[@MattSamma]

I totally agree. I had drifted away from the band after Tarja's departure, until then they were my favorite band. I didn't really like Anette's voice (although Imaginaerum is a great album), and then I wasn't really up to date with what they had released with Floor. Until I saw her live. She's a complete monster. Tarja has an incredible and delicate voice, she's beautiful, but Floor has much more power.

[@almarma]

@@MattSamma hehe, I had exactly the same thing with Nightwish after Tarja left. To me they were not Nightwish anymore. Annette is not a bad singer, but compared to Tarja she was nothing, specially live. But once I saw the Nightwish live show at Buenos Aires with floor and I fell in love with her instantly. And when I read that she was going to be the permanent replacement for Annette I came back, and the more I listen to her the more I like her :)

[@KTF0]

Power Metal is the biggest hit and miss genre for me.

[@karencommentz8658]

Tatiana is absolutly amazing ❤

[@yannickg6904]

Floor Jansen as No.1. Can't agree more. All of these girls are amazing in their own way.

[@veciernicek]

Totally approved ✅

[@asuraXTC]

Tarja better

[@vagabond142]

3:38 You really need to listen to Unleash the Archers to understand that Awakening is just about in the middle of Brittany Slayes (her stage name) vocal range. She's gone as deep as a C3 in chest voice, and can belt as high as an G6 in head voice (Tonight We Ride). Now, as to the bass technique, Nikko Whitworth (the bassist for the Apex album) uses a combination hammer thumb and finger pluck style. The best way to think about it is that he's modified a banjo playing technique, not so much tremolo, so that his thumb strikes are on every count, and he has a three finger pluck to do the quarters, so that every bar in 4/4 time he has 16 played notes. Since the thumb strikes are on the count, it leads to a very natural gallop that matches the double-kick of the drums, so it just works....

[@silverblack5475]

Floor jansen without a doubt ......she can do anything vocally and no one has her stage presence

[@Spivonious]

Floor destroys all other metal vocalists. Her technique is flawless, her expression, her dynamics, and she growls too. Complete package.

[@h_exterm2779]

She's very clearly skilled and good but I think Mike Patton is definitely both a better overall vocalist and a better metal vocalist than her. Patton's versatility and range are very well known but I think his metal ability is slept on a bit because his metal vocals are BRUTAL

[@yoga-thescienceoflife4099]

​@@h_exterm2779 Love Mike & FNM, but he does almost everything WRONG ''technically''. He for sure has bigger range but Floor overall is just much more superior singer with respect to technique IMO. But again,...I guess it's more or less about preference at this level. Um,...I'd rather have someone who crossovers between several different genres while also having great technical proficiency, rather than someone who relies more on experimentalism. On that account, I'd also choose someone like Devin above Mike.

[@SelidorSorceress]

Floor is probably the best clean metal singer, but there are far better growlers. Alissa is much better on that score, and Marion Bascoul of Aephenemer blows everything away. No doubt about that. I say this, being a big Floor and AE fan. But the best female growler is that French demoness Marion. Period. Female Lorna shore. If you don't believe it, check out "The Sovereign". Can serve as iconic example for every growling apprentice male or female, and refutes anything else. I didn't believe it myself at first, too.

[@h_exterm2779]

@@yoga-thescienceoflife4099 Mike absolutely crossovers between genres, that's like one of his big things. From God damn opera to metal, he's done it. And I would argue that as long as you get the desired sound, it sounds good, and the technique being used doesn't damage vocal chords long term that it is a good technique. I actually think Mike's blatant disregard of proper technique while still sounding phenomenal and still having healthy vocal chords all these years later is much more impressive then the latter. That being said, you did bring up a good point that this high up it really is mostly down to preference. I hope this doesn't sound like me trying to trash on Floor though because I have a huge amount of respect for Floor and her work

[@ronnie1587]

@@h_exterm2779 So is HE the best FEMALE vocalist then?? Strange!! Cheers Ronnie

[@AndreCarneiro666]

Tatiana is fenomenal! Best "recent"(more than 10 years now) voice and Jinjer, overall is something you should look closely

[@alxm1271]

Floor Jansen is the best thing that has happened in singing since Freddie Mercury.

[@ryukan250]

That's a bold call if I ever heard one

[@alxm1271]

@@ryukan250 Yeah, it is bold, but entirely subjective. Everyone is entitled to agree or disagree :) Not stating ultimate truth here (no one can), just the way I see it.

[@corysorenson1808]

I have been to both shows and agree 100% .Freddy was and Floor is a live concert general. They both can hold an audience and whip them into a frenzy and also deliver album quality performances live if not better. Considering you will almost never hear a Nightwish song on the Radio ( in North America I dont know about other countries ) as they are to damn long haha ! The praise Floor gets is nothing but stellar and amazing .

[@PaulOutdoors]

@@corysorenson1808 Agree. I've been to Queen and Nightwish gigs and Freddie and Floor are the only vocalists that have turned my spine to jelly 🙏👍😊

[@michaelhoilman6897]

Floor is my all around favorite, but Anneke Van Giersbergen is my favorite acoustic performer. Great video! Mwahahhaha

[@GenMVeers]

Also, once heard, _everyone_ will recognize Anneke's *extremely* memorable voice 😁!

[@michaeldover]

I saw her perform near Boston on a bill with Delain and Amorphis. I did a meet and greet with all of them. I gave Anneke (and the members of Delain) a challlenge coin with an Operation Market Garden/Netherlands/101st Airborne motif (as she is from Holland and I fought in Iraq twice while in the 101st). She gave me a big hug. I call it a WIN!

[@bennybuffylove]

Here is the deciding factor. Floor can cover every front women's songs in metal, but they wouldn't be able to cover hers with the stage presence and emotions Floor puts into it.

[@nicod1361]

FLOOR ! !!! Of Course ! ,undoubtedly the best all around Female vocalist of our time There are many Great Female vocalist in the World,then there some exceptional ones, and then there is Floor.

[@optimusakc]

All amazing singers for sure. Floor is my favourite out of the group. Simone, Britney Hayes and Tarja are right up there for me too.

[@JoTummers]

Floor is not the queen, she is the one and only Goddess of Metal. For me, nobody on the planet can beat her vocal skills.

[@kentk2215]

Floor has no ceiling. No doubt #1 in my book. Good video!

[@distantstorm3808]

Courtney from Spiritbox and Lauren from Once Human are great, too. One absolutely MUST also check out Gabriela Gunčíková from Trans Siberian Orchestra. She has numerous clips on Ken Tamplin's Vocal Academy channel. Incredible talent.

[@KonwTheTrut]

I’ve been listening to Courtney’s discography for a solid year now and I still can get over how amazing her vocals are both clean and dirty.

[@arturiuspendragon6849]

YES!!! Gabriela is one of my favorite singers out there. Unfortunately I don't think she's toured with TSO since maybe 2015. Her performance of Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever is still one of my favorites and that was when she was just 17. She's only gotten better since then.

[@distantstorm3808]

@@arturiuspendragon6849 Oh, wow. I didn't know she wasn't with TSO anymore. Well, I hope to see her fronting her own band sometime in the future. She's way too good to remain in obscurity. She is a total powerhouse.

[@distantstorm3808]

@@KonwTheTrut Indeed. I see a bright future for her.

[@KonwTheTrut]

@@distantstorm3808 she has my support 100%. Hope the industry does right by her.

[@patrickezuma7140]

Not only is Floor a power house of a vocalist...she's also like 8 feet tall

[@johnschultz7765]

Only onstage 😉

[@floorfan6602]

Floor is 1.83cm

[@konidvor]

Yep, all ladies is impressive, but Floor, yep, she just has it all, agree.

[@benjamineer3045]

Just my 2 cents on this. First I think this list is pretty much matches what I would have given (so I feel validated). Second, Alyssa - and this needs to be mentioned even more - can sing clean and is capable of doing so quite well (not Floor good, but who is?), her current band just does feature that side of her unfortunately. Third Floor can and does growl and she is a beast at it like she is with everything regarding vocals, she really is the total packages, but her in an opera she can rule it, put her in deathcore band she slay it. Fourth, there is a relative young female vocalist from Switzerland called Melissa Bonny (in Ad Infinitum, Darkside of the Moon and has collaberated quite bit with Feuerschwanz) that shows a lot of promise not yet Floors clean voice, but already amazingingly good and has a vocal overdrive pedal (meaning she growls in league with Alyssa, nobody growls in league with Tati, male or female :P=), she could have been mentioned here (but than again young european artist, that people don't know that much yet)

[@arturiuspendragon6849]

Seconded on Melissa Bonny. Absolutely love her both as a singer and performer. BTW, her Warkings collaborations as Queen of the Damned were a blast too.

[@spartacus5289]

"nobody growls in league with Tati, male or female" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamescurfman3284]

YEAH! Melissa is AWESOME too! If the list was a Top Eleven, she should have been on it! :)

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@spartacus5289 I agree with the statement, she's really in her own lane. Nobody does it like she does. If somebody could get Diana Ankudinova to growl low like that, THEN Tati would have some competition... :D

[@Raven-ft4tn]

@@jamescurfman3284 lmfao NO she really ISN'T. She's just "overrated". Tatiana's guttural growls aren't that good especially LIVE...they're not even low. I know a lot of females who can growl 10 times better than her. Som fucking pluijmers alone is 10 times better than her...even though she retired, her guttural growls are STILL incomparable to this day.

[@gsparkman]

Floor. Hands down. The last decade belongs to her.

[@xenobarbital]

I think Alissa has some clean vocal bits from her time with the Agonist.

[@roberttrudel2679]

also with Metal Allegiance see kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpvboYB5nrp8bbM

[@xenobarbital]

@@roberttrudel2679 good one

[@christopherott712]

Alissa performing Demons in You with Tarja at Wacken kzbin.info/www/bejne/jquslYivi5akbdU

[@evangilmore4394]

No Noora Louhimo on this. This is criminal. One of my favorite female vocalist right now along side Tatiana and Floor. Demonstrates great range like the other two. Capable of doing cleans and raspy/harsher vocals (not sure if she can growl though). Cant wait for the new Battle Beast record to come out in few days.

[@evorock]

Circus of Doom is going to be monster! I totally agree though, Noora has a serious set of pipes (and is as fit af to boot!)

[@mirahamalainen2961]

I think Noora gets lot more hype than she deserves. There are lot more talented singers than her. But that's just my opinion.

[@jimmyggs91]

Of this list no doubt Floor is #1. But I'd like to mention some lovely metal ladies that weren't mentioned on this list, like Lzzy Hale, Sharon den Adel, Anneke van Giersbergen, Anette Olzon and Charlotte Wessels. All wonderful singers too.

[@gencoserpen1260]

Anette and Charlotte are both terrible live. Anette is quite pitchy and Charlotte is overly nasal - you won't hear these flaws in their studio recordings.

[@scray00]

Lzzy hale amazing for sure but she’s a rock band not metal. Not that that takes away from her musical awesomeness 🤘🏼

[@brewswillis9783]

If versatility is thrown into the mix, Floor is best vocalist regardless of genre. Period.

[@Duskwind_]

It's always going to be Floor. That was an F(ortless)6 at the end of GLS, and don't think that she couldn't reproduce Tati's growls if she wanted to. I've heard too many examples of her texture range to think anything less.

[@NoOneYaKnow666]

I was never a Nightwish fan. Just not a band I paid much attention to, wasnt like I disliked them or anything. When I saw this live video for Ghost Love Score I was stunned. I immediately bought the cd/dvd combo. I fell in love with Floor immediately. She is easily the best female vocalist in metal in my humble opinion.

[@michaeldougherty2807]

Floor definitely is my favorite. A few not in this video: Nicolette from Kaladia Angela Gassow from Arch Eneny (before Alyssa)

[@laudatosiadastra1218]

I enjoy all of those mentioned on the list. They all have their own strengths. If I mention Floor, it will sound like I´m talking in hyperbole so I won´t even go there. For so many years I listened to male metal vocalists but the moment I heard Floor sing my music universe has opened up and reached a new dimension. These women are all super talented!!

[@michaelbelshaysr4525]

I agree but I guess I had some background listening to other women before her the one woman singer who brought me in was Tarja since I found Nightwish back in 2004!when I was coaching a USA youth soccer team in Sweden. But I had listened to Pat Benatar Doro Pesch of Warlock Heart before that. Pat Benatar has probably the best range I believe 6 octaves but you would only see it displayed in her opera songs.

[@alxm1271]

@@michaelbelshaysr4525 There have been numerous women singing rock and roll and to some extent, metal, even in the eighties. But to me, the first Symphonic metal band I heard with some female vocals was Therion. I was stunned at that time when they released Theli. Heard the album for the first time around '97-'98 at a friend's house during a LAN party. Beautiful album, if you haven't checked it, I totally recommend.

[@michaelbelshaysr4525]

@@alxm1271 yes I have heard them as well but after my 2004 trip

[@coxfire]

Floor #1 for absolute control and versality, Tatiana #2 for incredible growl and ability to switch, yeah, i agree with that.

[@Rain593]

Brittney Hayes from Unleash the Archers is a monster and deserves more recognition.

[@chucksmitleyv145]

She’s called floor because we are floored after the performance. It all makes sense now

[@Pappa_66]

No contest at all! Floor Jansen wipes the Floor with everybody.

[@AHVENAN]

For me personally, Tarja will always be #1! I am well aware that Floor is a more versatile singer and maybe better from a purely technical standpoint, but Tarjas voice does something to me that noone else does, I can not explain it, she's just my favourite. A couple of names I miss on this list, Noora Louhimo and Sharon den Adel

[@Thnielsen85]

The bass player from Unleash the Archers - Awakening is Nikko Whitworth, he is insanely good. Unfortunately he is not with UTA any more. Also that song is incredible, but there are others that better show Britneys voice. "Tonight we Ride" shows her insane range much better. Note about Alissa. She can sing clean with the best of them, just rarely does so. Kamelot - Liar Liar, shows her clean vocals. My fav. is Britney Slayes without a doubt! But the entire list is packed with goodies. Also worth mentioning is Melissa Bonnie, Gorgeous cleans and brutal scream. And Violet Orlandi, a youtuber doing covers. Got a really unique voice.

[@justlittleoldme]

It used to be Tarja back in the day with Nightwish but it's now Floor, she is just on a whole other level, especially live, she puts so much into each song, she doesn't just sing, she tells you a story. That's what makes her special :)

[@Gashouse5150]

Brittany slays it's the best metal vocalist, her range is so amazing, she is the Ronnie James dio of female singers

[@marcelolthof7777]

Floor is by far the absolute best and most versatile of them all. Besides Simone Simmons I have absolutely no idea why the other singers are in this video. I mis the next singers in this video Sharon van Adel Anneke van Giersbergen Diana van Giersbergen Irene Jansen Charlotte Wessels

[@Drew_Guitarist]

Floor is the Queen. A once in a generation singer.

[@spyderlc]

Floor is the only one out of this list that could give me chills. Leather Clad Viking Queen!

[@doktermobiel]

Missing on that list: Liv Kristine (ex Leaves Eyes, Theatre of Tragedy) , Anneke van Giersbergen (Aqua de Annique, Ayreon, ex the Gathering) .. both very versatile singers as well .. Anneke can sing a grocery list and you will still enjoy it 🤣

[@brandonmitzel4481]

If you haven’t check out Liar Liar by Kamelot, it features Alissa White-gluz and it has her doing harsh and clean vocals and portrays her versatility well!

[@mihaildosev6811]

Metal Allegiance's cover of We Rock too. It's an epic tribute as a whole

[@jamescurfman3284]

And that's not the first time that Alissa collabed with Kamalot. :)

[@spinningflavors8285]

Floor for me and she has amazing grunts too. Truly remarkable vocalist.

[@thomasmikel3566]

For me, Floor is just the best most complete singer out there. I also enjoy Simone Simons, Sharon den Adel, Helle Bagdanova (Ignea), Melissa Bonny (can't believe she wasn't on this list) and Brittany Slays.

[@ChuckJansenII]

The list is very good. Tatiana can do it all. I still prefer Tarja over Floor. Both are tops. Floor is tapping the floor above through the ceiling. Here are a few more female singers from metal bands. Let's see if this would shake up the list. - Mayu of Nemophila from Japan - Asami of Lovebites from Japan (Guitarists rival any duo and the drummer is a little beast behind her kit. Ex-bassist is very similar in style to Steven Percy Harris) - Noora Louhimo of Battle Beast from Finland (Very sharp sound) - Eye from Mary's Blood (legendary band started a new movement in Japan) - Sakai from Band-Maid (Misa is an assassin on bass) - Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-metal) from Babymetal (Best death metal stare ever, great stage presence and excellent crowd control)

[@philosophicaltrucker9279]

Floor Jansen is the best singer I've seen by far, you can tell she really feels the song and even so doesn't lose the technical aspects of singing while Simone is insanely technical but her style can feel a bit sanitized at times though. My 2nd favorite female singer is definitely Brittney Hayes, she's literally a female version of Halford with the way she can just belt out high notes like it ain't shit 🤣 then it would have to be Tatiana since she's like a cross between Gwen Stefani and Alyssa in the way she sings she's just so versatile. I really prefer female singers in metal especially power metal because the female register fits really well with metal notes and progressions imo not that I don't enjoy the guys too ladies just hit different 🤣

[@spartacus5289]

Nobody ever mentions Som pluijmers of cerebral bore, she was the best, so far better than any female growler.

[@cooltechnician]

She is not relevant anymore cause she retired quite soon..but she was a beast at growling

[@mgkpraesi]

Floor Jansen plays in the God League of Singing. She can compete against anyone, not just Metal

[@robertsheeler321]

The Valkyrie Queen Floor Jansen

[@haroldhazel6849]

Floor Jansen is in the next level.... superior total !!

[@mazocco]

All of those are amaaazing but when Floor started singing, I swear I cried.

[@nerulon089]

Floor is on a whole new level. She's one in a million.

[@GryLi]

Floor can do it all growling, angel sounds and highnotes

[@ShredmasterScott]

she's the best

[@user-hl9pb3sm2j]

@@ShredmasterScott and Tarja

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@user-hl9pb3sm2j Tarja does not growl, though. She has her own lane that she pretty much stays in. Floor doesn't stay in any one lane at all.

[@ssc00p]

@@jamescurfman3284 While Tarja has a really lovely tone of a voice... she doesn't colour the songs with style changes, she doesn't act the stories, like Floor... like you said it well, stays at same lane (which, dare I say it, gets boring)... and Floor still has the full body tone too in her voice...

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@ssc00p Yeah. I have a family member who was a fan of Nightwish until Tarja left. After that, they just dropped the band like a newborn giraffe. I think that was not fair, there are more members to this world-class band than just the supreme vocalist. I kept watching. Annette was 'okay' in my book but of course like I mentioned, it was just not the same. Nobody could replace Tarja and especially not a pop voice like Annette. For me, Floor does a GREAT job. There are SOME songs that Floor STOLE from Tarja (one in particular is GLS) but for others, I prefer Tarja to sing over Floor (most especially Sleeping Sun and Nemo). And Floor obliterates Annette for all of those songs. Honestly, no hate meant to Annette at all! Just that she is so 'poppy' with her vocals, she could sing Metal but just not Symphonic Metal... Not her fault at all, that's her vocal layout. I am glad she landed where she did and continues to sing.

[@txhellrazor4765]

I would also say Suzuka Nakamoto from Babymetal. She doesn’t do growls but her singing voice is angelic and very unique sounding. She conveys a lot of emotions and has a powerful presence. Especially considering how young she is and has been while preforming.

[@firstclaw1]

Babymetal are good, and their performance is great. Still, vocally, I wouldn't place their main vocalist in the top 10.

[@gisohatt59]

She should be in that list too, but in Babymetal she is Su-metal!

[@douglascarneiro2881]

You're so humble Shred, I appreciate your videos and comments. It's fun to watch and easy to relate to what you politely suggest

[@mikkolaine4883]

I lift Dianne van Giersbergen (ex-Xandria) and Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain)on the list!

[@M75248]

Very nice choices. Floor will always be the queen of symphonic metal to me. Alyssa is a very versatile singer, but Tatiana gives her a run for her money and Angela's growls were way better than hers imo specially live.

[@jamesm5883]

They missed Courtney from Spiritbox, otherwise a great list!

[@chadbennett7873]

Floor! Nuff said. Sharon Den Adel in second. Simone, Annke, Marcela Bovio, Lisette van den Berg, Tatiana, & Maggie Luyten all deserve high recognition and love!!

[@DeathUnlimited04]

Floor Jansen in After Forever & ReVamp > Floor Jansen in Nightwish. Also, whoever made this list hasn't ever heard Adrienne Cowan from Seven Spires; she's obscenely talented. Lastly, there are numerous hyper-talented Japanese artists that never make these lists; I would likely include Fuki, Eye, and Marina Hebiishi.

[@tomislavobrovac3257]

Floor is definitely one of the best singers in Metal history, right up there with Dio, Chuck Schuldiner, Phil Anselmo and other genre defining singers

[@der_jannik_0115]

Luisa Knauss from German band Pentastone is definitely worth being checked out🖤never heard such naturally sounding screams before, absolutely amazing

[@anetteridleyrodriguez]

Brittney Slays can go pretty damn high too. Arjen Anthony Lucassen just came out with a new song called Fate of Man. It's a song about the Terminator. She goes pretty damn high in that song, not to mention the song is badass!!! Another female singer worth mentioning is Cammie Gilbert from Oceans of Slumber. She has a deep, strong, soulful voice. Her band plays doom/death metal. Winter is a good song to check out from Oceans of Slumber.

[@musicfan9291]

Not sure anyone can even come close to Floor. She was breathtaking in her After Forever days, continued knocking socks off with ReVamp and I was thrilled when I heard Nightwish got their hands on her talent.

[@Flyingace678]

I love how everyone picks Awakening to show off Brittney’s vocals. Check out Test Your Metal or Tonight we Ride by Unleash the Archers to see what she’s capable of! Her range goes up an octave higher than the D5 she hits in Awakening Also, bro, listen to Alissa’s stuff when she was in The Agonist. She has a beautiful clean voice as well

[@ionianblue31]

Some fantastic choices here. Floor sounds incredible. Alissa White-Gluz sounds great too. I enjoy that contrast some of the people on this list have between clean singing and growls/grunts. My current favorite metal vocalist is Su-Metal from Babymetal. Lots of range, harder and softer where she needs to be. She’s pretty expressive. I wonder if she’d ever do death growls on a future Babymetal record. The first time I heard “Distortion”, I wasn’t sure if some of the vocals were even Su because she sings some pretty low notes that I wasn’t used to hearing her sing. Fun facts: Alissa White-Gluz sings on “Distortion” as well. And, Christopher Amott played guitars on the “nemesis” version of “Ijime, Dame, Zettai” years earlier. It’s a different take on the song from what what’s on the album.

[@txhellrazor4765]

She has a very unique voice and conveys so much emotion and power considering how young she is.

[@Cuckoorex]

I always love hearing a great female metal vocalist , and this list is hard to argue with. Of course everyone's list is going to have some variations, and that's great, I always love discovering new voices to swoon over! My own list would include these and also add (no real order, they're all great in their own ways): - Anneke Van Geirsbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project, Ayreon, Star One, The Gentle Storm, VUUR, et al); one of the OGs (Original Goddesses) of Dutch female metal singers, can go from poppy to metal to trance to folk and has such a warm and entrancing timbre... there's a reason she does guest vocals for so many bands from Amorphis to Devin Townsend to Ayreon to Napalm Death and others. - Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Ayreon, MaYan); so fundamentally sound and adaptable, she can complement any other singer and yet still can be the lead effortlessly. - Dominique Persi (Stolen Babies, Devin Townsend) Cleans, Screams, and, um...Yodelling?? And she plays accorddian. SICK. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5O8nYCVlK6lpck - And ya know, the hell with the haters, gonna throw some love to Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey of Butcher Babies. Intense screams, decent cleans, tons of emotion. I love 'em.

[@stianthijsen4784]

to me the ultimate female METAL vocalist is/was Jill Janus from HUNTRESS. Just listen to her performance on EIGHT OF SWORS or ZENITH. Her LIVE presence was impressive like hell

[@andrewmorse4324]

Some great singers there. Floor is number one metal singer for me too.I know Ann Wilson isn't metal but she does an awesome version of Rooster and is my favourite female singer overall.

[@ReZhorw]

Hell yeah

[@Earman54music]

Have you heard Floor's cover of Alone?

[@TheRealMarkBoehm]

Tati is my personal favorite, but I agree with her being placed at #2. I’m not the biggest fan of Nightwish’s sound, but Floor’s talent is undeniable.

[@NightwishArena]

Floor Jansen is the #1, but Tarja still holds the special place on my heart, and I prefer her on most older Nightwish songs. Your list is great, but I would like to add Noora Louhimo from Battle Beast, and their old singer Nitte Valo who had even more "raw raspiness" in her voice. Then Netta Laurenne from Smackbound deserves to be mentioned too. Netta also features the absolutely best Finnish musicians like Teemu Mäntysaari from Wintersun. BATTLE BEAST - Master Of Illusion (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - Noora Louhimo kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKSvhKyKer2Zeas BATTLE BEAST - Iron Hand (OFFICIAL LIVE) - Nitte Valo kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2Orcpxvq9CGpNE Smackbound - "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Official Music Video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJLOlZiPiKd6adk Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen (Cover by Netta Laurenne/Run for Cover Band) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6fLn2R6Z7h0oMU

[@ResistanceOfficially]

tarja was my no.1 until i heard floor

[@NightwishArena]

@@ResistanceOfficially For Nightwish music it's tie for me, because you don't need that much metal singer for their music (especially when Marko was with them), but for metal in general, definitely Floor.

[@samihukka4490]

Nearly 5 octaves Floor... No. 1

[@stevierv22]

My favorite metal singers are: Kuroneko from Onmyouza, amazing voice Fuki from Light Bringer/Unlucky Morpheus/Doll$Boxx, the most powerful Japanese power metal voice (check out Light Bringer - Hyperion) Akane Liv from Liv Moon, great symphonic metal voice

[@robhannah2794]

Floor wins it in a landslide for me over my next 3: Kobra Paige of Kobra and the Lotus, Tatiana Shmailyuk of Ginger, Maria Brink of In This Moment

[@joemama6931]

Hell yeah, been looking for this comment. Maria Brink is fucking awesome.

[@Sebastian-pi1gw]

Basically, another list of meh fronted female symphonic & prog bands, AS i expected.

[@FrshChees91]

Arch Enemy doesn't let Alissa showcase all her skills. She was much more interesting when she was with The Agonist.

[@btb300]

Maybe she shouldn't have fucked them over for a more popular band. She chose to do this.

[@SeanORaigh]

I was hoping to see Brittney Slayes (Hayes) on here. Ever since I first heard Unleash The Archers I've been in love with the power and control she has over her voice.

[@SeanORaigh]

Also Tatiana absolutely wipes the floor with Alyssa. Better on all fronts.

[@xztream2455]

She is #6 on the list here

[@eddiehesselman3904]

Floor is Premier Leage.

[@10animallover10]

For me, that is Floor Jansen. Also a fan of Sharon Den Adel. But Floor spans the crown for sure🤘

[@Ephem13]

Melissa Bonny is a solid singer on her way up in the symphonic metal scene. I haven't heard her go as high as Floor but she has harsh vocals. On the other end Courtney (Spiritbox) and Tatiana (Jinjer) stand atop the heavy female vocalists. There are also a ton of women in Japan that are top tier metal singers.