i'm asking here about the melodic metal scene, so don't shove shagrath or dani filth up my ass.
1.Rob halford-my choice. right now, his voice has degraded, but you have to face the fact: no-one gets higher than him. just listen to "dissident aggresor", "victim of changes"(79), "diamonds and rust"(79), or "painkiller"(i fucking honestly thought that the last bit was done by a different singer).
2.Tim "the ripper"-his live album with priest has simply one of the most horrifyingly long scream i have ever heard("victim of changes) also check out "diamonds and rust" and "a touch of evil" from the same cd. a for the iced earth period, the cheesy backing vocals mostly ruin the vocal performance, but a outstanding moment is the verse parts from "the reckoning".
3.King diamond-he can replicate multiple characters with his HUGE range, but his shrieks sound quite girly to me. nonetheless a great shrieker.
4.Eric adams- you might think he's not good enough to be here, but his enormously high pitched roars convinced me to add him to my list.
5.John greely- you might know him as the vocalist on iced earth's "night of the stormrider", as he has also an enormous range, almost as big as king diamond.
i vote rob halford.