[HiFiRE]

A big part of how much I can enjoy a band is dependent on my appreciation of the vocals. For the purposes of this thread I want to ignore power metal style vocals (ala Dream Theater, Edguy, etc...). I really dig the singer from Opeth. Both past and present singers from Killswitch Engage float my boat too. What metal bands do you find have interesting dirty vocals?

 

[cantsleep]

Andromeda, Mastodon, and Solitude Aeturnus? after constant recommendations, i decided to go for those, along with a few Opeth CDs. it seems to me that they are just too much for me so.. might suit you well..

 

[Uncle Erik]

GWAR!

Their shows are pretty dirty, too.

 

[Debaser86]

By far my favorite vocalist in this style is Lord Worm from the band Cryptopsy, especially off of their second album "None So Vile." He's inhuman!

The dude from Shape of Despair is pretty awesome too. Oh, and also Halo.

 

[Enverxis]

"Dirty" Clean Vocals

Black Sabbath (with Ozzy)
Alice in Chains (not entirely metal but worth a mention)
Electric Wizard
Minsk
Reverend Bizarre
Blaze
Boris
Orodruin
Tiamat
White Zombie

Extreme Vocals

Ataraxie
Bunkur
Daylight Dies
Death
Disembowelment
Doom:VS
Draconian
Dylath-Leen
Elegeion
Enslaved
Esoteric
Evoken
Forest Stream
Forgotten Tomb
Gorguts
Hollenthon
Jesu
Khanate
Madder Mortem
Mar de Grises
Melechesh
Morgion
Mournful Congregation
Nortt
Novembers Doom
Opera IX
Ram-Zet
Runemagick
Saturnus
Shape of Despair
Skepticism
Slumber
Subterranean Masquerade
Thergothon
Unearthly Trance

 

[jonnywolfet]

pertcularly fithly vocals:
Nostromo
Psycroptic
The Faceless
Today is the Day
Impaled Nazarene
Pitbulls in the Nursery

Pretty much any extreme metal... above are favorites

 

[sawyer]

I like the vocals of Amon Amarth, Sepultura, Eternal Tears of Sorrow (dual vocals), Arch Enemy (Damn cool female hash vocal), Emperor, Satyricon, Dark Funeral, Summoning,Ancient, Enslaved, Limbonic Art, ....

 

[Zarathustra19]

Skinless all the way...brutal.

 

[johnnylexus]

I'm not sure I get the "filthy" "brutal" lyrics thing. What is the turn on? Does it get your testosterone going?

I guess to me it seems kinda evil. Walking on the dark side of music is an interesting experience occasionally .... but at the end of the day it basically leaves me feeling disturbed.

 

[GlendaleViper]

I tend to go for pretty specific vocals in my metal. I break it down as follows:

Screaming/Yelling: Slayer, Death by Stereo, Unearth

Wailing/Falsettos: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, 3 Inches of Blood

Cobra Commander: At the Gates, 3 Inches of Blood

Clean/Dirty/Insane/Altered: Electric Wizard, Sleep

 

[titaniumx3]

Recently, my favourite vocals is from the guy in Agalloch, especially the growling, it sounds so cool and blends with the dark atmosphere of the music perfectly. I'm not sure whats the exact term used but I think the type of growling used is called rasping?

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

You aren't Tipper Gore are you?

 

[reivaj]

hm older underoath stuff from cries of the past and the act of depression are pretty nifty

norma jean stuff is nice and so is as i lay dying

i wouldnt call them dirty vocals though

 

[luidge]

**** and balls torture gotta be the worst freakass puking vocal that i had the chance to listen at. The kind of vocal any woman would describe as disgusting

 

[GlendaleViper]

Blood Duster! Try them out. Good times.