I perfer the aggressive but not too aggressive stylings of Thrash Metal Vocalist. Not as deep as Death growls and shrieking like Black metal, but still heavy and brutal.
Vocals from Megadeth, Slayer, Sepultura, Sodom, Overkill (Esspessially Ironbound) and Coroner are good examples, but I also like the really melodic vocals like Belladonna-era Anthrax.
I also like powerful vocals like Ronnie James Dio and Bruce Dickenson.

Impossible to vote...

I love the Harsh Vocals.. but not because of Extreme Power Metal or Folk... more because of TDM and some thrash bands actually
(Death later vocals / Arsis Vocals / Atheist Vocals / Skeletonwitch vocals / Quo Vadis vocals / Cautiva vocals (not all though)

maybe im playing on words... but yeah this is basically my favorite type of vocals.

What do you mean by Symphonic Style?

Written by Metal_4Ever on 28.08.2011 at 12:47

What do you mean by Symphonic Style?

Operatic. Like Nightwish and Epica.

I like a mixture of vocal styles, I particularly appreciate those singers who can do 2 or more styles such as Ihsahn, Mikael Akerfeldt, amongst others.

Written by ToMegaTherion on 02.09.2011 at 05:13

I like a mixture of vocal styles, I particularly appreciate those singers who can do 2 or more styles

me too ..also i believe that a mix if vocals is rather a nice thing to hear...

Written by ANGEL REAPER on 02.09.2011 at 12:57

Written by ToMegaTherion on 02.09.2011 at 05:13

I like a mixture of vocal styles, I particularly appreciate those singers who can do 2 or more styles

me too ..also i believe that a mix if vocals is rather a nice thing to hear...

I agree, I can appreciate good singers of any genre or style to be fair. But it is a real bonus and a big plus when they have mastered multiple styles.

I like, a lot of difrent types of styles. But i mainly like aggressive and death vocals. Depending on the song i sometimes like clean vocals

Personally, I like the growl/harsh vocals, like that heard in Folk/Viking Metal. It takes a lot of effort to sing, and I like the masculinity.

Though I like pretty much everything that you can vote for, I've always felt more of a connection to Power Metal vocals... But, hey, always best to mix it up. Can have a masterpiece without a little bit of everything.

Too broad a subject to pick just one. I love some thrash vocals like Havok, or Annihilator. I love some Power Metal vocals like Pagan's Mind, and Jorn, I love some Symphonic ala Nightwish or Kamelot , I love brutal growls like in Hail of Bullets or Bolt Thrower, I love the combo of clean and death as in Scar Symmetry or Solution .45, etc...

Within each of these genres though there are vocals I don't really care for: Metallica (so shoot me), Dead Soul Tribe, alot of metalcore with the shouty stuff just doesn't do it for me, alot of sub-par symphonic female vocals just make me grind my teeth, and completely unintelligible gutteral vocals leave me wondering if the lead singer even knows the words.

The combo vocalist impresses me: think Christian Alvestam, Daniel de Jongh from Textures.

Written by Garth Vader on 13.09.2011 at 06:50

Too broad a subject to pick just one. I love some thrash vocals like Havok, or Annihilator. I love some Power Metal vocals like Pagan's Mind, and Jorn, I love some Symphonic ala Nightwish or Kamelot , I love brutal growls like in Hail of Bullets or Bolt Thrower, I love the combo of clean and death as in Scar Symmetry or Solution .45, etc...

Within each of these genres though there are vocals I don't really care for: Metallica (so shoot me), Dead Soul Tribe, alot of metalcore with the shouty stuff just doesn't do it for me, alot of sub-par symphonic female vocals just make me grind my teeth, and completely unintelligible gutteral vocals leave me wondering if the lead singer even knows the words.

The combo vocalist impresses me: think Christian Alvestam, Daniel de Jongh from Textures.

Should actually read Eric Kalsbeek of Textures... Daniel is the new guy and does a good job but not quite as phenomenal as Eric.

It all depends, of course. I like all the styles. But I guess I've always had a perverse thing for black metal shrieks.

Holy shit, i love slamdeath style guttural growls and pig squeals. Big C from Abominable Putridity is really good, as are Manne from Degrade and Martin from Pighead. Hands down, though, my favorite song as far as vocals go is Consummating Omophagia, by Angel from Cephalotripsy.

I'm not sure who counts as what style. What does Kimberly Goss's vocals count as? ICS Vortex? Messiah Marcolin? Charlotte Wessels? Risa Reaper? King Diamond?

High pitched, soaring vocals like James Rivera (Helstar), Warrel Dane (Sancturay), John Cyriis (Agent Steel)...

I personally love clean vocals more myself. I love many of the other ones, however I'll always be in the mood for clean vocals (considering Viva Emptiness by Katatonia is all-clean, except for a few backing vocals, and is my favorite album ever).

Written by [user id=101272] on 11.07.2011 at 23:36

I perfer the aggressive but not too aggressive stylings of Thrash Metal Vocalist. Not as deep as Death growls and shrieking like Black metal, but still heavy and brutal.
Vocals from Megadeth, Slayer, Sepultura, Sodom, Overkill (Esspessially Ironbound) and Coroner are good examples, but I also like the really melodic vocals like Belladonna-era Anthrax.
I also like powerful vocals like Ronnie James Dio and Bruce Dickenson.

Totally, this just describes my opinion here, haha. Thrash has vocals that are heavy and brutal and yet still convey emotion and meaning. I also always appreciate vocals that are just obviously good, as you mentioned about Dio and Bruce Dickenson, but on the converse I can't get into anything operatic even though yes the singers are fantastic, it just doesn't feel like it goes well with the metal instrumentals, and doesn't even feel very relatable to me if the vocals are so perfect and impossible.

I don't have a favorite vocal style; it's all about context.

I like good old fashioned BM shrieks. There is nothing else like that in music, and i find it has a really interesting effect on the overall tone of the music.

It depends, but I voted for death growls (although black metal shrieks are excellent when used correctly!)

Aggressive and Death Growls, hhm and a bit of black metal shrieks

I like the Epic clean vocal in metal, though it is just an element in vocal for typical genre style Epic-feel/touch, so it is not used much when it comes to be main part of a song. Those guys have it like Vortex of Dimmu Borgir, clean vocal in Windir, one in Wintersun,...etc

I'm doubtful that you ever had any second thoughts about explaining a bit about Sludge Metal and screaming vocals.

Written by BlueHeart on 19.11.2012 at 15:04

I don't have a favorite vocal style; it's all about context.

What he said. Totally depends on the music for me. Sometimes I hate the vocals, but love the music, but I might like that style of vocals in a different band.

Written by ANGEL REAPER on 02.09.2011 at 12:57

Written by ToMegaTherion on 02.09.2011 at 05:13

I like a mixture of vocal styles, I particularly appreciate those singers who can do 2 or more styles

me too ..also i believe that a mix if vocals is rather a nice thing to hear...

Jason Mendonca...'nuff said

I prefer a mixture. Unexpect do this really well, with growls, shrieks, aggressive and clean vocals.

I prefer clean vocals in several genres.

"Symphonic" vocals? You mean operatic? Because those are clean vocals as well.

I like any kind of vocals as long as they are done well. Doesn't matter if it's black metal shrieks, death growls, clean vocals, shouts... if they sound good, they're good. If they're bad, then they're bad. Not much more complicated than that.