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Poll Question: Who has the most versatile voice in your opinion?
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^ still, Gildenlow has recorded theatralic parts, rap parts, extreme whining/whispering and falsetto screams within 2 octave intervals. Things which Akerfeldt hasn't done ... which is no problem for me, this thread is about versatility and not about how much we enjoy the vocals.Big%20smile
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I also wouldn't call Akerfeldt a versatile singer ... he switches between two distinctly different styles, but Gildenlow uses like half a dozen.


In my opinion, Akerfeldt makes more than switch between growl and mellow singing...

Through the years, his clean vocals have improved very much, giving his singing a lot of textures and changes. This is more evident in "Watershed", where he even "break" his usually cristal clear mellow vocals, in songs like Burden or Hessian Peel. His double vocal harmonies are also very good, specially in the last Opeth release... And in The Lotus Eater, he has some surprising high-pitched voices. This is the reason I included him in this poll! Of course, in the first Opeth releases, his vocals were not so diverse.

Speaking about Gildenlow... I'm agree with you, he is incredibly versatile, and his vocal range is huge. But he sings almost the same in every Pain of Salvation album. Maybe in BE, he experimented with new vocal sounds... But if you hear "Entropia", and "Scarsick" later (apart from the caress of quality the last has...) you will realize he sings not really different.

This is the reason my vote goes clearly to Devin Townsend... His singing is different in every album he has made, and his vocal range in just awesome. He can create every type of growl (from brutal death to black metal...), and his clean vocals have an incredible range, with nothing to envy the Gildenlow's one. In my opinion, Townsend is the most versatile singer in metal today.

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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by birdwithteeth11 birdwithteeth11 wrote:

Now that I'm looking at the list more carefully, I'm surprised that Labrie isn't on hereShocked

I think Labrie is a good singer, but he's not that versatile.
Agree!! and  in his early days  he used to scream like Bloody Mary!  LOLLOL
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I also wouldn't call Akerfeldt a versatile singer ... he switches between two distinctly different styles, but Gildenlow uses like half a dozen.
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Originally posted by birdwithteeth11 birdwithteeth11 wrote:

Now that I'm looking at the list more carefully, I'm surprised that Labrie isn't on hereShocked

I think Labrie is a good singer, but he's not that versatile.
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Russell Allen from your list follow closely by Dan Swano.
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Originally posted by birdwithteeth11 birdwithteeth11 wrote:

Now that I'm looking at the list more carefully, I'm surprised that Labrie isn't on hereShocked


I think that every singer in this list surpases James LaBrie in terms of vocal versatility... Though I love Dream Theater!
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Whaaaaat? No James Labrie?Shocked

jajaja, my vote goes to Gildenlöw!!!
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Gildenlow bar none.
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Daniel Gildenlow fits.
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2008 at 18:48
I'm surprised that no one brought that up yet more than I'm surprised he's not there LOL
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Now that I'm looking at the list more carefully, I'm surprised that Labrie isn't on hereShocked
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Daniel Gildenlow. How is this even a poll? I thought it was common knowledge that he is the best prog metal vocalist.
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Being only familiar with a few of the singer this poll has opened my eyes to how much more Prog Metal I need to get LOL


No vote, but I was thinking Maynard until I thought - "can I imagine him outside of Tool... no".
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2008 at 17:53
Mikael Akerfeldt by far.

Devin is second, and Maynard third. Smile



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Gildenlow definitely. One of the greatest prog singers ever...
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Points: 24598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2008 at 16:10
I really wonder who I'm voting for?LOL
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Gildenlow, he makes his voice do as much as Gabriel and Hammil ever did.
 
Agreed... Not only a singer.. an actor... a theater character... from this list, without doubt the most versatile....


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Originally posted by darksideof darksideof wrote:

goes like this
1 Russell Allen.  Mr. Allen does it all and quiet amazing well.
2 Maynard James Keenan
3 Daniel Gildenlow
4 Mikael Akerfeldt
5 Mariusz Duda
 there is a band called wastefall from Greece that has awesome singer his name is Domenik Papaemmanouil. a highly recommended band by the fans of Pain of Salvaiton.
 
another verstile singer is Jørn Lande  from  the band Ark too band the band managed make only 2 studio albums. but  Jørn Lande  is a incredible singer. Even my wife  how isnt' a metal or prog fan like his voice and you know that is something.Wink

I've heard a couple of wastefall songs, its surprising just how much the dude sounds like Gildenlow in timbre, but he has non of DG's dynamics.
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ Jorn Lande in Prog:- Ark - Burn the Sun- Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall of Fame- Ayreon - 01011001Big%20smile


Jorn Lande in Hard Rock:

- Nikolo Kotzev "Nostradamus".
- Allen-Lande "The Battle", "The Revenge".
- Jorn "Starfire", "Worldchanger", "Born to Every Nation", "The Duke", "Unocking the Past", "The Gathering", "Lonely are the Brave".
- Vagabond "Vagabond"
- The Snakes "Once Bitten"
etc, etc...

This is what I meant! Of course he participated in some prog rock and prog metal albums, but his style and carrer is more oriented towards Hard Rock. I think his voice is perfect for this style, in wich he shines specially in my opinion.

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