I’m not much of a metal guy these days, but I dabbled in high school. I heard about this list on the radio this morning and had to look it up. It’s bound for controversy. Freddy Mercury at #6? Scott Stapp and Fred Durst made the list but Billy Corgan didn’t? ROD STEWART AGAIN!!! This guy is haunting me lately.
I’ll further assume that punk bands are not included, since Joey Ramone didn’t make the cut.
Some of my personal favorites (other than Corgan) that are not on the list:
Pepper Keenan, Corrosion of Conformity
Phil Anselmo, Pantera
Keith Caputo, Life of Agony
Here’s the full list from Hit Parader.
01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio
11. Axl Rose
12. Sammy Hagar
13. Geddy Lee
14. Geoff Tate
15. Mick Jagger
16. Jonathan Davis
17. Roger Daltrey
18. Paul Stanley
19. David Lee Roth
20. Kurt Cobain
21. Maynard James Keenan
22. Klaus Meine
23. Eddie Vedder
24. James Hetfield
25. Trent Reznor
26. Serj Tankian
27. Layne Staley
28. Steve Perry
29. Gene Simmons
30. Joe Elliott
31. Jon Bon Jovi
32. Alice Cooper
33. Vince Neil
34. Steve Marriott
35. Lajon Witherspoon
36. Sebastian Bach
37. Philip Anselmo
38. Zack De La Rocha
39. Brian Johnson
40. Bret Michaels
41. Udo Dirkschneider
42. David Draiman
43. Ian Gillian
44. Marilyn Manson
45. Jeff Keith
46. Chester Bennington
47. Sully Erna
48. Lemmy Kilmister
49. Aaron Lewis
50. Brett Scallions
51. Chino Moreno
52. Rob Zombie
53. Anthony Kiedis
54. David Coverdale
55. Gary Cherone
56. Andrew Wood
57. Scott Weiland
58. Tom Araya
59. Phil Lynnot
60. Rod Stewart
61. Scooter Ward
62. Ray Davies
63. Sonny Sandoval
64. David Bowie
65. Joan Jett
66. Josey Scott
67. Perry Farrell
68. Scott Stapp
69. Amy Lee
70. Don Dokken
71. Fred Durst
72. Mike Shinoda
73. Pepper Keenan
74. Dez Fafara
75. Gavin Rossdale
76. Blackie Lawless
77. Dave Wyndorf
78. Ann Wilson
79. Jimi Hendrix
80. Ville Valo
81. Peter Steele
82. Dave Williams
83. Dee Snider
84. Joe Lynn Turner
85. King Diamond
86. Corey Taylor
87. Jamey Jasta
88. Justin Hawkins
89. Dave Mustaine
90. Ian Astbury
91. Stephen Pearcy
92. Phil Mogg
93. Biff Byford
94. Cristina Scabbia
95. Dani Filth
96. Wes Scantlin
97. Tim “Ripper” Owens
98. Joshua Todd
99. Kevin Dubrow
100. Ray Gillen
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WHOEVER MADE THIS LIST IS A FUCKING FAGGOT!!! some ppl on there arent even metal vocalists!!! ugh!!!! MAKE ANOTHER LIST AFTER YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT METAL IS!!!!
lajon witherspoon is underrated. so is keenan, hetfield, and bennington. mike shinoda is not a better vocalist than fred durst and brian johnson should be higher
WHERE THE HELL is BRUCE DICKINSON (Iron Maiden) ?!!!! Why isn’t he here? And if Amy Lee of Evanescence and Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil are here, why isn’t Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation here?!! And NIRVANA’S KURT COBAIN IS HERE?!! AND EDDIE VEDDER?!! >:-O Hell, those are grunge bands! Another thing- COREY TAYLOR AT #86? What?! Plus, FRED DURST is here?And Mike Shinoda? They RAP, not sing! Who are they going to put next on this list, huh? EMINEM?
This is horrible.
FUCK YOU ALL,
1 Phil Yes Pantera
2 Phil still Pantera
3Dani yes COF
4 Alexi You faggets don’t even know who that is
5 Tarja Yes night wish
6 Matt from shadows fall FUCK BRIAN
7 Phil once again
8 phil once more
9 Mustaine from metallica FUCK JAMES
10 PHIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fred durst ahead of corey taylor? this list does suck
Okay, 50% of this list isn’t remotely metal or acceptable. The writer of this “list” should be forced to listen to nothing but metal than a week and rewrite this list. It’s ignorant and unacceptable to have grunge and blues rock considered metal. And a bit of the metal vocalists on this list aren’t that good.
(Mike Patton anyone?)
WTF????? where´s Howard Johnson from Killswitch Engage !!¿?¿¿¿
where the hell is Devin Townsend. I DEMAND to know
What Fucknut made this list?
This list is worthless without Layne Staley. He’s easily in the top 10 if not top 5.
WHAT THE FUCK NO POWER METAL VOLCALISTS!!!!!!!!
this list is bad but i agree with johnathan davis at 16 whoever thinks kurt cobain is a better singer than jd is far mistakin
BRUS DICKISON NUMERO UNO OZZY PUTO
PD: SHARON OSBOURNE GATO VIEJO
bruce dikinson number one
Serj Tankian E O MELHOR =DDDDDDDD
Wtf? Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda and Fred Durst as metal vocalists? Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park are not even real nu metal like SLipKnoT or KoRn. They are just rap ROCK. And where is Till Lindemann. He is more metal than these three poser.
i think that the top 10 is ok but then its just bullshit, come on Amy Lee? that bitch is just some gothic wannabe, so is marilyn manson, sammy hagar over david lee roth?; kurt cobain and eddie vedder? that’s grunge, people! bruce dickinson, james hetfield and dave mustaine should be way over the list, and WTF are mick jagger, joan jett, jimi hendrix, anthony kiedis, david bowie, scott weiland and freddy mercury doing there? ok jimi is da shit, but come on he died before metal was even born, this list is just nonesense, the title should be something like the best singers in rock history, cuz there are really good frontmen from a lot of rock genres, but certainly not just metal
Although I do agree that this list is, on the most part, shite; just wanted to clear soemthing up. Freddie Mercury can appear on this list as a vocalist for Queen. Queen did mostly metal back in the early 1970′s before the band changed style and got reconition. I don’t think it’s enough for position 6. But either way, it’s enough to apper on the list in the first place. Maybe around position 30 is fair.
I agree in that over haf the people in this list aren’t heavy metal, but in the defense of those who aren’t heavy metal on the list, I must say you shouldn’t call them bad since they’re on the list. It isn’t that they chose to be included on the list. If anything, blame the author not the people included. It’s also key to keep an open mind to other music tastes. What may be shit to you may not for others, and as shown multiple times, many of you have no care for others’ opinions.
You know, I agree with this list a lot. Except, I think it needs a little revamping. Here is how the top ten should really look:
1. Joe Jonas.
2. Nick Jonas.
3. Kevin Jonas.
4. LL Cool J.
5. Jonathan Davis.
6. Pete Wentz.
7. Miley Cyrus (Have you heard her new single? So metal.)
8. Robert Pattinson.
9. Kanyeezy.
10. Mickie Mantle.
I sure hope the editors take my new list into consideration. Thank you for your time.
C’mon guys what the hell. That list sucks. Here is a tr00 metal list:
1. Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
2. Brendon Urie (Panic! At The Disco)
3. Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy)
4. Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth, most metal band ever)
5. Justin Timberlake (N*Sync and his own awesome solo stuff)
6. Jonathan Davis (Korn. I lied before. This is the most metal band)
7. Frankie Palmeri (Emmure. I have to stop lying. These guys are BRUTAL)
8. Corey Taylor (Slapnut… I MEAN SLIPKNOT)
9. Serj Tankian (SoaD. Seriously, metal as hell!)
10. Jigglypuff (Guaranteed to attack your church and crush your holy priest)
korn korn korn korn korn korn will never die fan since 94 im not one of those little kids im 26 and backing up korn till i die
Mick Jagger is better singer than Anselmo (Pantera) or Bon Jovi? O_o
My cat sings better than him. I respect the band, but technically, Mick Jagger does not sing, he barks, and no one can deny it with an objetive reason.
I love Nirvana, but Cobain sucks singing. It’s like saying The Ramones made excelent music… Love them! but they made the most simple and plain of music
Sorry SilverDevil, but no way anyone you listed beats Mercury or Dickinson
Ian Gillian only 43rd? Fail >_<
Where is Mark Chaves from Adema? Till Lindemann from Rammstein?
WHERE IS MAX CAVALERA!?!?!?!? Like 20 % of “singers” from this list are influenced by his voice and music… to put jonathan davis, mike shinoda, chester, fred durst or chris cornell in front of him!!?!?!? now that’s just rude… that’s really rude… c’mon!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS LIST SUCKS
CHESTER BENNINGTON LISTED 46 ???!!!!
CMONN HE SHOULD BE LISTED NUMBER 1
HIS VOICE IS TRULLY AWESOME..
AND HE IS LISTED AFTER MARYLIN MANSON..
THIS IS A VOCALIST, NOT A BAND OR WHOS GOT MORE HISTORY…
I MEAN, KURT COBAIN ISNT A GREAT SINGER, HE WAS THE FACE OF NIRVANA, AND THEY GOT HISTORY..
THIS LISTS SUCKS
WHAT? No James LaBrie?!
I can’t agree with this list until i see him on it >.<
Okay, what? WHY IS GEOFF TATE AT 14, DAMMIT!?!? WHY!?!?!?!
I mean, I love Steve Tyler as much as the next person, but I personally believe he isn’t all THAT great. Yes, Aerosmith is epic, but are they metal?
No, I think not. Queensryche/Geoff Tate should be at #3. Yeah,
Also though, half of these groups are not metal. They may have been considered metal at one point by the general stupid public, back when they first started, back when what they were was the hardest rocking mainstream music the industry had to offer, but still, the fact remains, LED ZEPPELIN IS NOT METAL. THEY MAY HAVE
Gah. Excuse me.
- BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIME, BUT NOWADAYS, AND THIS IS WHAT MATTERS, THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED METAL. And that goes for all of the rest of them too. I didin’t mean to take my anger out on mainly Led Zeppelin. The only people who consider them metal were either more mainstream or misguided.
Also, there are more female metal vocalists. Why no Simone Simmons, Tarja Turunen, Sharon den Adel, Anette Olzen (she’s just a replacement for Tarja though), Lissa Johansson, Floor Jansen, and Ailyn? Although, I personally prefer the other Sirenia vocalists. All of whom I have listed here are amazing, and they all deserve to be here.
This list, I realize, is only compromised of more and semi-popular metal groups, and the other subgenres of metal are ignored.
For example, Hansi Kursch. He is the singer of Blind Guardian. Blind Guardian is a power metal group. Hansi has one of the best damn voices I’ve ever heard. I’m serious. And also, Marco Hietala, from Nightwish. Speaking of, why aren’t any of the Nightwish vocalists on here? Or Within Temptation/Sharon? Symphonic/gothic metal is still metal, and most of it is more metal than what you’ve listed.
Okay, then. All I have to say is: You showed poor judgement with this list. You may have been putting somewhat decent singers in places where they shouldn’t be because of the band’s reputation. Example: Mick Jagger. Some of them aren’t even metal at all. Example: STILL Mick Jagger. And other metal singers (Marco Hietala; Hansi Kursch) from other non-mainstream metal genres are overlooked. Symphonic metal is still metal. Truth is most of these people are not metal, some more have no talent, the rest shouldn’t be here, and none of them are in the right places.
Oh, and no Eric Bloom? Blue Oyster Cult could be considered heavy metal. Yes, I know I’m sounding like a hypocrite, but still. Take off the Rolling Stines and put on BOC.
Rolling Stones, I mean.
bruce dickinson is the greatest metal singer
This has got to be the worst list of anything ever written.. well, maybe a few Rolling Stone lists are a little worse.. but come on! It’s almost like they went through someone’s Ipod and snagged every song in the “Most Listened To” artists section.
I think they should allow an online voting session so that people who actually listen to music can have an input.
The fact that Mikael Ã…kerfeldt from Opeth isn’t anywhere on this list shows how uninformed the creators are. This should have been the top 100 hard rock vocalists of all time. Rod Stewart? Fred Durst? Robert Plant???? Led Zeppelin isn’t metal and to consider its vocalist the top “metal” vocalist of all time isn’t just blasphemy, it’s straight up wrong.
Diamond Dave blows Sammy away somebody must be high
Erm. How is Dani Filth on the same list as Robert Plant?
Vocalists of Linkin Park before Blackie Lawless? Are you out of your fucking mind?
mark chavez should be in the list! Corey taylor shouldn’t be in the end of the list. Jonathan davis rocks! (if someone doesn’t thinks he sings metal just search on the internet, korn is a new metal band and unlike some people say new metal isn’t less metal than heavy metal, it’s just different)
Philip Labonte, Josh Gilbert, Matthew Charles Sanders aka. M. Shadows and Matthew Tuck.
Seriously these people should be way high with Philip on the top. Gilbert maybe a bassist but has an amazing clean voice.
but i don’t understand why the majority of the people on this list are on this list.
chris cornell? really? he’s got a sexy voice and all but he’s not metal. he’s grunge/alternative, kay?
and ARE YOU SERIOUS amy lee?
why has nobody fixed this list yet? it’s been years people, come on! do something, for metal’s sake!
Kurt is my hero, but he was grunge, not metal and therefore should be on greatest Rock vocalists, not Metal. and wtf with Ville and Dani being below crap artists like Fred Durst and Amy Lee? they were robbed!
ITS OKAY FOR ME BUT IM PRETTY SURE THAT THE #1 HAS TO BE STEVEN TYLER, BECAUSE HE CAN HIT HIGHER NOTES THAN ROBERT PLANT AND AFTER STEVEN THE #2 HAS TO BE AXL ROSE
AND DONT FORGET ABOUT FREEDIE MERCURY THAT OBIOUSLY HAS TO BE #3 =D ITS JUST AN OPINION OK
Mike Patton is not on the list? Ok, this list is nuts.
omg, this list is beyond lame, next thing you know, Criss Angel would be on for “Mindfreak”
I have to disagree with spot 1, it belongs to Kyo (Dir en grey) and Jonathan Davis, best singers ever.
Oh and why isn’t Till Lindemann on this, seriously? Also, why is Serj Tankian before David Draiman? I find David’s voice much better.
I can not belive! You put Amy Lee on the list and you forgot about probably the best metal voice ever, her metal majesty TARJA TURUNEN?! Anselmo in front of Coverdale?! c’mon!!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, where the f…k is MICHAEL KISKE?! Voice pure as tear! 5 fuckin’ octaves vocal range!!! wtf happened with your brain?! and your ears?!
dude ,
wtf
how can you critize marilyn manson ,
dudes a fucking genuis .
and his vocal range and that tremble in his voice is amazing ,
to me deff number one if not the greatest jeshh go with something must people wouldnt think is the obvious choice . and to have some one like bret michaels ahead of marilyn manson is completley upsird.. axl rose , alice cooper and sebastian bach deff need to be higher on the list , sebastian bachs voice is so heavy and electrfying.
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