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Posted: September 27 2015 at 20:45
Oh... Halford from Judas Priest. Well, I got a compilation album from Judas Priest a little while ago, but don't really know them very well and didn't recognize the name. But indeed he's quiet a singer, I guess I should check out again the songs that I liked to remember how gritty and agressive his singing is. I believe he was agressive, but still as far as I remember, not as agressive as Sleepwalkers, and the songs you posted sort of confirm it. Actually, for me Victim of Changes isn't quiet as heavy as those two VDGG songs I have mentioned, either for the vocals or the music. The second song you put, already in the 80's, is indeed heavier, no point discussing that, but still the singing doesn't go quiet as grunty as the Generator songs... though they may go more into shouting, if I explain myself correctly.
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Posted: September 30 2015 at 03:09
Prog has been blessed with a profusion of great, male and female, multilingual voices. But when it comes to the absolute best, I guess the answer depends.
It depends on whether you consider Queen prog or not.
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Posted: September 30 2015 at 22:44
Dellinger wrote:
Oh... Halford from Judas Priest. Well, I got a compilation album from Judas Priest a little while ago, but don't really know them very well and didn't recognize the name. But indeed he's quiet a singer, I guess I should check out again the songs that I liked to remember how gritty and agressive his singing is. I believe he was agressive, but still as far as I remember, not as agressive as Sleepwalkers, and the songs you posted sort of confirm it. Actually, for me Victim of Changes isn't quiet as heavy as those two VDGG songs I have mentioned, either for the vocals or the music. The second song you put, already in the 80's, is indeed heavier, no point discussing that, but still the singing doesn't go quiet as grunty as the Generator songs... though they may go more into shouting, if I explain myself correctly.
It doesn't sound as grunty because Halford is singing in the high tenor range, almost alto at times and still generates a lot of grit/distortion. You are focusing on the mood while I am looking at the technique as it was the technique that influenced metal vocalists. Within the prog I have heard authentic growls in a Univers Zero track, I forget which. It was from 1980. I don't know again whether they influenced death metal vocalists because they would have had to have heard of them.
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