Favorite metal singers and guitarists

[Sanitarium78]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

1) Bruce is amazing, but I can't begin to fathom how someone thinks he's the BEST singer of all-time. Favorite? Sure, that's all subjective, but I can't imagine arguing him for the best.

2) If you're gonna make a comment about Dio's voice "not being what it once was", you need to say something about Bruce as well. Granted, the Somewhere Back in Time tour was a nice step up for him, but generally in the past 10 years Bruce's voice live (and even on album, especially A Matter of life and Death) has really dropped off.

3) James labrie circa Images and Words was an absolutely amazing vocalist that totally ruled. But I think he's always been one of the worst live vocalists out there. I've never heard someone who could just sound... out of tune. He's had his ups and downs, and on Score/The Octavarium tour he really turned things around for a while. But overall I've never heard a singer so capable of making me cringe live.

I'll agree that Dickinson has dropped off a bit on his range as well. The reason I mentioned it for Dio and not him is because I felt that Dio being in his late 60s and still doing well was more impressive. The reason I say Bruce's voice has never been done better is because that voice represents all that is metal to me and it fits the metal image perfectly.

I'll agree with you on LaBrie he is horribly inconsistant live. I'm not sure if it's studio magic or the option of being able to do multiple takes but he's always sounded great on CD. Which leads me to believe he can still do it vocally. But the shorter sets that DT does live now and dropping the whole "evening with" format leads me to believe that at least live he's deffinately not what he used to be.

[mankvill]

Originally Posted by Natrlhi

Speaking of Origin, both Jeremy Turner and Paul Ryan had better be on your guitar players list, as well as Mike Flores on bass - he is sick as fuck.

Did it ever occur to anyone else that Trevor's family name used to be "Strand", and someone fucked it up on a birth certificate somewhere, and they just decided to run with it? Same thing happened to Cleveland Indian Jhonny Peralta. Just asking. It's been a stream-of-consciousness kind of day.

Fa sho. Each time I've seen Origin it's been in a tiny little bar here in Lawrence, and their bassist is just mind-blowing.

And I don't ever trust someone whose last name has 4 consonants in a row!

[SomewhereInTime72]

Favorite metal singers:

Rob Halford
Bruce Dickinson
Michael Kiske

Guitarists, I can't really think of off the top of my head, it's a much more difficult question to answer for me. I'm not sure what to take into account; overall playing, performance style, quality of solos, songwriting strength, etc make it harder for me to consider than singers.

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by Indestructible

Guitarists:
Tony IommI(Black Sabbath)
Jimmy Page(led zeppelin)
James Hetfield (metallica)
Kirk Hammett(metallica)
Dimebag Darrel(pantera)
Angus/Malcolm Young(ac/dc)
Eddie Vanhalen(van halen)

Wow, how very generic of you.

[JuuKun]

In no particular order, a rough top 15 Singers:

Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind)
Charles Rytkonen (Morgana Lefay)
Floor Jansen (After Forever)
Ville Laihiala (Sentenced)
Marco Hietala (Tarot, Nightwish)
Fernando Ribeiro (Moonspell)
Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill (Primordial)
Mika Luttinen (Impaled Nazarene)
Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)
Tobias Sammet (Edguy)
Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer (Destruction)
Jorn Lande (Jorn, ex-ARK, Masterplan, etc.)
Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Black Sabbath)
Warrel Dane (Nevermore)

Guitarists would be a lot harder, so I'm going to refrain for now.

[Dextrimental]

Suppose Ill give this a go!

Guitarists, I will just name the ones who inspire me, and whose work I find myself constantly coming back to, learning, and comparing my work to:

Dimebag Darrel (R.I.P) (PanterA)
Steve Morse (Solo)
John Petrucci (Dream Theater, LTE)
Dave Mustaine/Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
Jeff Hanneman (Slayer)
Guthrie Govan (Solo)
Mark Morton (Lamb of God)
Joe Pass (Solo)
Andy McKee (Solo)

Vocalists, I will name the vocalists I really cant get enough of, in terms of lyrics and singing ability:

Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
James LaBrie (Dream Theater)
Randy Blythe (Lamb of God)
Eva Cassidy (Solo)


Yeah I know mst of them aren't metal, but now that I've typed all that out im not bothered changing it.

[makethemsuffer12]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

Wow, how very generic of you.

It's Indestructable, what do you expect?

But you can't hate on Mr. Iommi. Our lives wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for him.

Voices (in no particular order):
Ozzy (mid 70's)
Dio
Halford
Matt Barlow
George Fisher
Stu Block (Into Eternity)
Bruce Dickinson
Geoff Tate
Chuck Billy
Zetro
Tom Araya
Hetfield
Mustaine
Phil Anselmo (Pre-Vulgar Display)
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
Russell Allen (Symphony X)
Dave White (Heathen)
Doogie White (Rainbow, Yngwie)
Joe Lynn Turner
Chuck Schuldiner
Devin Townsend
Chris Barnes (circa The Bleeding)

Guitarists (in no particulay order):
Gary Holt
Dave Mustaine
Marty Friedman
Glen Drover
Glenn Tipton
K.K. Downing
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Dimebag
Alex Skolnick
Mike Amott
Chris Amott
David Gilmour
Tony Iommi
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Loomis
Ritchie Blackmore
Chuck Schuldiner
Michael Romeo
Yngwie

It might not be the most original list, but w/e

[Maiden33]

Originally Posted by JuuKun

Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind)
Tobias Sammet (Edguy)
Jorn Lande (Jorn, ex-ARK, Masterplan, etc.)
Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Black Sabbath)

I <3 you.

[Wizzbang11]

Travis Ryan
King Diamond
Jeff Walker
Chris Reifert
Kam Lee
Stevo Dobbins
Zeeb Parkes
Maniac Neil

[SomewhereInTime72]

Originally Posted by Maiden33

Wow, how very generic of you.

Generic wouldn't really be that bothersome as long as it were awesome. Unfortunately, of those guitarists, riffmaster Iommi is the only one I feel I would truly tip my hat to as awesome.