Top Ten Modern Metal Vocalists

Not overrated at all. He made a big way, coming from metalcore to revive old-school heavy metal and bringing it back to its glory along with David Draiman in modern times. You must thank him because metal can still compete with pop music on the Billboard charts.

A7X made the right choice in coming to heavy metal because it is a more versatile style than their metalcore days.

Matt Shadows IS the best metal vocalist. He can sing soft songs like Dear God and Warmness on the Soul as well as typical metal songs like We Come Out at Night and Unholy Confessions. A7X foREVer...

This guy is a genius. Seriousness is the opposite of genius. All the rivals here are serious, dogmatic METAL vocalists.

Åkerfeldt is not only a terrific vocalist, but he's also a great songwriter. He has a celestial clean voice and the heaviest growls on earth. When he writes songs, he serves the song. He makes all other metal musicians look like narrow-minded teenagers.

Mikael is just too gifted, too much of a genius to even be listed here.

A7X is not pure metal. They really shouldn't be in the top ten, much less first. Mikael Åkerfeldt is probably one of the greatest vocalists who shall ever live. He deserves number one.

Taylor is the best modern metal vocalist. He can sing heavy while pronouncing the lyrics, unlike a very large number of bands that have songs as intense as Slipknot. He also shows his soft side in Stone Sour, making him extremely versatile.

Shadows isn't a true metal vocalist. A7X is a hard rock/metalcore band. Their first albums were heavy but had bad vocals. No one can sing like Taylor, hands down.

Taylor is without a doubt the best modern-day metal vocalist. If I had to pick my top metal singers, he would be number 4. The only three guys who are better than him are the legends Dio, Halford, and Dickinson. I would rank him even above Ozzy.

His voice is amazing, and he has mastered different styles. There is nothing that he couldn't sing.

Learn to accept facts and stop voting based on looks and popularity. M. Shadows is superb. He is talented and really cool. David Draiman is the best. Draiman comes behind only Sully Erna and James Hetfield. M. Shadows is slightly overrated. Draiman is far more creative and skilled. His voice is powerful and melodious to listen to. He has a greater vocal range.

The great voice of metal. This guy is one of the best in metal history. Out of all the singers alive today, this guy is crowned best. Yes, I even mean better than Anselmo and Hetfield.

He wasn't so good on The Sickness. After that, though, it was time to unleash his best. He would make a very good thrash singer. I heard him sing with Megadeth, and he would make a great thrash singer. Maybe the best. His voice is powerful, heavy, and melodic.

I am not as crazy for Linkin Park's new stuff as I was for the old classics like Meteora and Hybrid Theory. But Chester is still an excellent singer, whether it be with the band's more recent melodic electronic pop music or with their old electronic hard rock/metal music that made me such a big fan.

Hybrid Theory was the first CD I ever owned as a child, and I still give it a listen every now and then.

I think this great vocal artist should be placed beside M. Shadows. A7X is a heavy metal band (a little bit inclined to punk), whereas LP is basically a developed nu-metal group. So just consider these two bands as representatives of two extreme sub-genres of metal music.

M. Shadows and Chester Bennington are both top-class vocal artists.

Roy Khan. Oh my god. Just reading his name and I feel like having his voice whispering in my ear.

It is not just his great ability to turn a heart-breaking song into an epic masterpiece in metal history, but also his capacity to communicate his feelings to every spectator even if you have the volume down. His expressivity in music videos or concerts, all helped by his opera classes, shows after joining the great symphonic/progressive metal bands Conception, and later on Kamelot.

Thank you for all your awesome songs: March of Mephisto, The Fourth Legacy, Karma, Ghost Opera, Forever. Those are more than songs.

I am slightly biased towards vocalists who use growling or screaming for vocals all the time, but I will say that Randy Blythe is very good at this type of vocals.

There are many vocalists who growl, and you can't understand a word they're saying. With Blythe, you can understand nearly every single word that is growled.

Very underrated. Just listen to the Night Flight Orchestra and Soilwork stuff.

He's great. I love Soilwork and Disarmonia Mundi, but he is nowhere near the best.

Vocalist for Disarmonia Mundi, Coldseed, and Soilwork most prominently.

People don't like him because he is different, but I love his style of singing. He gives everything authenticity, and he doesn't hide his accent. He is amazing.

He may not be the best to the world, but yes, he is my role model and to me the best vocalist that ever lived. Just unique!

The best vocalist I have heard in my life. Comparable to Freddie Mercury. It's all about the classical training!

Raw energy and incredible range - ballad to scream to belt. Tatiana can put it all in a 5-second window as she does in Teacher Teacher.

This man easily tops the top 10 on this list. His highs are absolutely incredible, as are his lows and the overall quality of his voice.

Singer of Symphony X. I can't believe he isn't already on this list. This dude is incredible, with one hell of a vocal range.

A stunning vocalist and songwriter, I'd say what sets him apart is the dedication to his craft and his obvious desire to push the scope of what he can do and to try new and different approaches.

You get the same sense from every member of Tool, and I think it's what makes them so great and such a radical departure from pretty much every other band out there. They aren't setting out to raise a roof or move a room of bodies. You really feel that they each just love music in general and their respective instruments. It's all like one big experiment in pushing their own learning and ability as far as it will go.

Trivium is a notable member of NWOAHM. Their style is unique. Heafy is not a trained vocal artist, although his way of singing exactly fits the heavy metal style.

So I think Matt Heafy should be placed just after Draiman.

I can't believe Heafy is not even in the top ten. Has anyone even seen these bands live? Not to mention his versatility and range.

Seriously? Matt Heafy must be in the top 5. He is a very good vocalist and frontman, a really down-to-earth person. I think he is the best frontman in the music industry.

Howard is so overlooked, what a shame. His voice is so soothing and soulful, and he screams with ease. He should be in the top 5 without a doubt.

I can't describe his voice. You just need to listen for yourself. My personal favorite metal vocalist.

Howard's range is ridiculous. His usage of melody is so incredibly diverse and unique. There's a reason they're the world's most well-known metalcore band.

Don't forget about Jesse though!

Howard should be above Matt Heafy. Both are great vocalists, but Howard is just better.

This guy has sung a wide variety of songs: jazz, blues, alternative rock, hard rock, metal, pop... You name it!

And he has owned the genre every single time.

Go listen to Words Darker Than Their Wings. The high note is amazing.

A truly amazing vocalist, hands down. Whether you agree or not, one has to appreciate this lead singer for being able to convey a wide range of emotions in such a powerful way.

One example would be in Ohne Dich and Wo Bist Du, where if you sit down to truly listen to the song, you hear him convey something heart-rendering that makes you feel as if you lost someone dearly.

From the signature fierceness and aggression, his voice can be combined with softness but still remain powerful, just like in the song Mutter. Even more so, Till's voice can convey the message of the lyrics and truly bring together the rest of the band's magnificent playing to make the listeners laugh, cry, or be furious.

One of my favorite vocalists from one of my favorite bands.