Best European Heavy Metal Singers
Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson, (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster. He is most well known for being the lead singer in heavy metal band Iron Maiden and his solo career.Outside his career in music, Dickinson has pursued a number ...read more.
Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest and famed for his powerful wide ranging operatic voice.
Ian Gillan is an English singer and songwriter. He originally found success as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple, and the original singer on the rock opera concept album Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber, where Gillan had the leading role (Jesus Christ). Yeah, I agree with Powerfultekin that he is not recognized much as heavy metal but this is only because most of the metal fans don't know what metal is and don't know the metal songs by Deep Purple.
Ian Gillan created his own singing style that was quite operatic for the 70s but this operatic style influenced Bruce Dickinson and then Bruce influenced everybody with clean vocals (Kiske, Sammet, Kotipelto). Hansi said Gillan was the only metal singer who ever moved him and Hansi learned from Gillan. Now we are all moved by the way Hansi sings.
Gillan is shamefully underrated. He was the first singer with a true metal singing style (because he created this style). Gillan also had a 4 octave vocal range (Freddie had the same range)
He invented metal vocals he should be in top 3!
Hansi Kürsch, born Hans Jürgen Kürsch, is the lead singer, lyricist, co-composer and bassist for German power metal band Blind Guardian . Heavily influenced by Freddie Mercury, he creates a huge choir effect by overdubbing his own voice multiple times in complex, overlapping vocal harmonies. He records each vocal track individually because harmonizers and "perfect pitch" programs don't work with his voice due to distortion and the natural double layer effects his vocal cords have .His early technique made use of a more aggressive and harsher, "screaming" technique . ...read more.
Jarkko Kalevi Ahola is a Finnish performing artist, composer and singer, best known as a metal singer. He is the vocalist, bass player and one of the three songwriters of the metal band Teräsbetoni. He also started a solo career as Ahola, a metal band. In my opinion he is the BEST in Europe. An amazing vocal range, and he's especially famous for his high notes. He can sing almost anything, from power metal to opera. His new band AHOLA is really worth checking out.
My god this boy can sing!
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was born on December 3, 1948. He is also known as ''The Prince of Darkness''. Ozzy is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the band Black Sabbath. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath ...read more. @zxm - I didn't say it directly but you got my point: he doesn't have enough vocal skills for the top 10, not even for the top 100 best European singers. However, I wanna make some clarifications. My opinion isn't based on like/dislike him personally - I'm just comparing his singing ability with the other singers, that's all. There is one thing that annoys me - he is extremely overrated, he is the most overrated metal musician and singer.
Just to remind you that the list title is "Best Singers" and not most popular singers. The best singers are the singers with the best vocal skills: range, power, control, switches, and so on.
I know he is famous but I don't like him,cause he is satanist.and what I heard from Metal_Treasure,I think he/she doesn't like ozzy because he hasn't got that kind of vocal skills.glad to hear that.
Though Ronnie James Dio isn't European, he is better in general.
Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the former lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween. This guy is just amazing. Hands down. Kiske, Kursch and Sammet should be higher than Ozzy, Lemmy and Biff.
Tobias Sammet is a German metal musician, best known as the vocalist and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, as well as the founder, main singer and bassist of the metal opera Avantasia. Incredible singer with excellent vocal technique. If you are interested in his vocal skills, you can visit my list "Top 10 Tobias Sammet Vocal Performances".
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician, prominently known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of progressive death metal band Opeth, as well as being the former vocalist of death metal supergroup Bloodbath for three albums up until 2012.
He also has a side project with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson known as Storm Corrosion. They released their self titled debut in 2012.
Akerfeldt also performed lead vocals on Katatonia's sophomore album "Brave Murder Day". He is best friends with their regular lead singer, Jonas Renkse. Opeth is awesome
Udo"Hassan"Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept.
Klaus Meine is a German vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the hard rock band Scorpions. He and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album. Such a fantastic and unique voice.
Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford is an English singer, musician, and composer. He is mostly known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Should be a top 10
Kim Bendix Petersen, better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish heavy metal musician. He is known for his extensive vocal range, usually sung in falsetto. King Diamond was originally known as the vocalist for Mercyful Fate, but has become notorious for his horror themed Concept albums ...read more.
Jørn Lande is a Norwegian metal and hard rock singer known for his solo career as Jorn, and providing vocals for Avantasia, Masterplan, Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Allen/Lande, Mundanus Imperium, Vagabond, The Snakes, Ayreon. His voice and vocal skills are very impressive - his voice is a combination of Dio, Ian Gillan and David Coverdale. If this sounds interesting to you, you can visit my list "Top 10 Jørn Lande Vocal Performances" - there are song samples and details to convince you.
Ian Fraser Kilmister, known as Lemmy, was an English musician, singer and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. He was a bassist and a singer known for his raspy voice. He died in 2015 from cancer and other health problems. He wasn't a metal singer because Motorhead were not a metal band. Lemmy himself explained that they had always been a rock N roll band. I agree with him: they played faster and heavier rock N roll with punk elements. For metal you need classical elements but Motorhead never had classical influences.
Sean Harris is an English actor and writer. He is known for his role as Solomon Lane in the films Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
Ralf Scheepers is the vocalist for German heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is his baritone lows which give him a near four-octave range in the modal register.
Dianne van Giersbergen is a Dutch dramatic soprano singer, songwriter, and vocal coach who is well-known for being the frontwoman and founder of the progressive metal band Ex Libris and German symphonic metal band Xandria. "I am a fan of Xandria. Dianne is AWESOME! I say that, but In all honesty it's not a strong enough word to describe my feelings for her. She isn't the first female front singer with Xandria I ever saw sing and perform in a video (to be there at one of their concerts in person first hand would truly be a gift beyond anything I can imagine of course). Nevertheless, Dianne has a certain quality to her that is very hard to define. I and many others have noticed that there is definitely something about her eyes, as I have said before they almost seem to sparkle with glittering light and stare right through you! Yes, I firmly believe she is special and has talent the likes of which are seldom seen in any given time in this world including in music, performance, singing and theatrics! It hurt me to learn of her leaving Xandria as well as many others who admire her. However, I am glad to hear, based on what I have recently heard on the Internet that she is doing fine and even has her own band! You are AWESOME Dianne! I miss you being in Xandria, as we all do, but I am encouraged to learn that you doing well these days regardless! Take care Dianne, I wish you the best and good luck on your carrer and future! "
Joseph "Joe" Duplantier is a French musician best known as the guitarist and vocalist of metal band Gojira.
Andreas "Andi" Deris is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band Helloween, and co-founder and former lead singer of German melodic metal band Pink Cream 69. He has an active solo career, as well as his own recording studio in Tenerife.
Joakim "Jocke" Brodén is a Swedish-Czech singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and occasional guitarist of heavy metal band Sabaton. He and bassist Pär Sundström formed the band in 1999. The image lol
Till Lindemann is a German singer, songwriter, musician, actor, poet, and pyrotechnician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born August 17, 1977), generally known as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves. ...read more.
Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer-songwriter and vocal coach. She is currently vocalist of Nightwish and leader of Revamp.
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal vocalist, bass guitarist and songwriter (Nightwish, Tarot).