Top 10 Metal Subgenres with the Best Clean Vocals
Most of the singers are classically trained - Roy Khan of Kamelot, Tarja, Floor, Simone, Sharon. Hansi Kursch has been taking opera singing lessons since circa 1995.
These are basically power metal singers so they are very good.
Heavy Metal music is a sub-genre of rock music that originated in the late 1960s-70s, featuring more distorted and heavier instrumental work and darker lyrical themes. Heavy Metal broke into mainstream success with bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica.Other notable Heavy Metal bands include Judas Priest, Anthrax, Testament, System of a Down, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Avenged... read more
Old school heavy metal - Dio, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson. The metal greats.
However, many new Heavy Metal bands often employ more abrasive rough vox than the old school. This trend was the reason I didn't put this subgenre higher.
Some folk metal singers sing in harsh/growling vocals. But still it sounds very good to me. And clean vocals is also very good.
Not all folk metal is with clean vocals but most of it still is.
Alternative metal is a music genre that infuses heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres normally associated with metal.
Thrash Metal is a Heavy Metal subgenre developed during the early 1980s and an early precursor of Extreme Metal. Thrash Metal features a faster and more aggressive guitar work than Traditional Metal with shredding and double-bass drums and can range from melodic singing to loud shouts.The English band, Venom is credited for laying the groundwork for Thrash Metal with their debut album "Welcome... read more
Thrash vocals are still clean vocals but they are pretty rough (so not very high on this list).
No death growls or guterrals here! Just grit added to the words
