Dio! The METAL voice! He's like God!

Dickinson for me. after him the most well known voice comes from Rob Halford, after those ones maybe Ozzy or Dio ... the classics.

I vote for B. Dickinson with no doubt...but I like Lemmy's vocal too rock 'n' roll man...hehe

Lemmy Fucking Kilmister all the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many would hit me in the face.. But I don't Like Bruce Dickinson... boring for my tastes, I don't like Maiden...

I wanted to pick James... But some songs are not so good with the vocals...
Dave was a good choise too.. Soooooooo It was between him and Lemmy...
And I love the violent voice of Lemmy...
It wasn't a hard decision =p

Dio, the first metal singer I ever heard so that my have influenced my decisions. His voice is extremely powerful

Dio with ease... he's pure class and has the most powerful voice you'll ever hear. I saw him live here with Heaven And Hell, and at 65 years of age he still left everyone in awe of the sheer majesty of his voice. He got me into metal and I used to obsess about every little detail of his vocal performances on every song he'd ever done.

Even if my fav band is Maiden I will give this vote to the one and only Metalgod - Rob Halford!
Very powerful voice, not many other singers can reach his level.

Ever since I heard Aces High, Bruce Dickinson has been my favorite vocalist.

I vote for Dio - the perfect voice for Heavy Metal and he is simply incredible live as well.

Bruce Dickinson is the man , the beast lead singer on the world.
Dio and Halford are there too , yeah:banger2:

Clearly Bruce the man! Most influential metal vocalist of all time...

Marco Hietala of Tarot.

i like JaymZ then OZZY. and about bruce dickinson which is top here i can say that if have to choose a voice in that style i would choose Rob Halford cause i think if Halford screams,bruce will be deaf

i voted for dio his voice is amazing, but tbh i dont think bruce dickinson is that good, and iron maiden has never really appealed to me

Damn hard poll...I voted for Ozzy, I think it most be the hardest voice to imitate, Ozzy sings very unique and wonderful... I specially love how he sings on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ... these polls should have an "all of the above" option

I voted "other",what about John Bush of Armored Saint or Eric Wagner of Trouble,both great vocalists.

Written by [user id=30498] on 30.05.2008 at 17:50

I voted "other",what about John Bush of Armored Saint or Eric Wagner of Trouble,both great vocalists.

True, biooth are brilliant in those bands. It's a shame that Eric left Trouble and is now replaced by Kory Clarke (Warrior Soul)
I am happy that I still saw Eric with Trouble at Roadburn festival this year.

Trroble isnt it doom metal band I know its doom but maybe are soem other what I dont know and AS are awsome

I voted for Halford because I love all things Judas Priest.

But I have to give some love to Udo and his trademark bark.

"You've got your...balls to the wall!"

Bruce in a league of his own !!!! i also think rob halford is magnificent

I'm also voting Dickinson. I guess for obvious reasons.. his voice is simply unique.

Its gotta be Halford. Metal started of with a more high pitched vocal style and his is the most impressive to me.

...there's no other voice like halford's...dickinson's vocals are great too but speaking about the most traditional voice in metal i think rob get's a couple of steps ahead...

I love james hetfields voice just because of its uniqueness

Written by [user id=35677] on 01.11.2008 at 12:36

I love james hetfields voice just because of its uniqueness

Hetfield Original? I can sing like him without even trying and I'm pretty sure anyone else can if they try.

Ahh this was close for me, Bruce or Rob.
I went with Bruce though, seeing maiden live was just too good to be true and his vocals were amazing, even better than they are on albums imo.
Rob has vocals I love as well, but there's just something about Bruce's I love.

It really comes down to Halford and Dio for me, and as much as I love Halford's unique voice and style, Dio's voice is just so powerful. Priest does make consistently better music though >_>

Shit, I hate this tough polls like this one (jaja). I have always considered Dickinson, Halford, Ozzy and Dio the voices of metal, they have something special, and in some way the put their signature in the world of metal, often imitated, but never equal. Come on, Halford is the "Metal God" and Dio is "The Voice Of Metal", being called like that is not easy. Singers of the greatest bands of their time, c'mon who hasn't heard of Maiden, Priest or Black Sabbath? (And no, I'm not underrating the solo career of each one).

By the way, my vote goes for Dickinson, he is the voice of Iron Maiden (Paul is cool too, I know). Hard choice, I love them all!

I voted for James Hetfield - well, that's nostalgy!

And by the way I suggest John Garcia from Kyuss, which has a perfect Metalvoice imo, although this wasn't really a pure metalband. But he's quite powerful! Always this little anger in his voice and a charming timbre, if he likes(d)..

Ozzy fucking Osbourne! Everyone is such a huge DIO fan, but voices like that are so 'pretty' and peppy. I've tried so hard to listen to that stuff, but honestly... I can't! I have a preference to rawness.

And Ozzy has a sick, despondent voice! At least in the early Sabbath days anyways.

I even prefer 'Killers' to 'Powerslave', etc. Paul had a rough voice and the overall sound of those first two albums was really raw.

Even Quorthon wasn't into Judas Priest and all that.