My favorite singers/vocalists:

Here are a list of my favorite vocalists from various genres. I picked the following artists as some of the best vocalists because even if you removed the instrumentals from their songs, their voices alone would still



* Ryan McCombs - SOIL's lead vocalist. He's one of my all-time favorites because he packs raw energy, flaming aggression, a heavy tone, and power into his screams. He seems to fuse various styles and rhythms into his music such as death metal, groove, rock n' roll, hard-rock, thrash metal, etc. This is great for a general audience. When he yells into the mic with such emotion and enthusiasm, it's like he has a point to prove.

* Phil Bozeman - Brutal deathcore vocalist for the band "whitechapel." He screams with such fury whether he's doing low-pitched screams or high-pitched shrieks. He also changes the speed of his screams and adds variety in his songs. He makes almost every song sound so epic.








* David Draiman - I love his creative chants throughout his songs and the way he changes his voice pitch. He has a certain rhythm quickly paced as if he were rapping and it fits perfectly with the background instruments.









* Marilyn Manson combines many different genres like heavy metal, pop, rock, hard-rock, doom/black metal, and so on. He truly revives the soul of Rock N' Roll through his music which is what separates him from most musicians. He adds gloom, sorrow, but also catchy rhythms in his singing. Overall, i love how he uses his voice to inspire insight into his lyrics and not distract viewers with excessive melodies.










* Lana Del Rey - She does various genres of music most notably Jazz. Unlike the greats (Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, etc.) Lana Del Rey sings with much more melodious power and emotional depth. She also loses herself in almost every track and it is noticeable in her voice.





* Korn's lead vocalist Johnathan Davis carries the torch of styles such as Nu-metal as he is dubbed "the godfather of Nu-metal." What sets him apart from other musicians are his wailing screams and enraged growls. Whether he's screaming or singing, i can tell he puts so much emphasis in the words he wants to express with emotion.

Most underrated rock/metal bands

Like any genre of music, talented rock and heavy metal bands receive less exposure as many mainstream artists. This could be due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time when it came to advertising their music or not being in very successful labels. For whatever the reason is, these are a list of bands whom i thought were underrated:

* Static X - The band is a blend of Nu-metal and industrial metal. First time i've seen them perform was in the animated film "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker." Static X relies on heavily distorted sounds, electronic keyboards, pounding bass riffs, heavy synths, and fast paced aggressive metal vocals. Static X has had connections with the band "Korn" so it's easy to see how they both are similar. However, Static X did not receive as much attention as Korn despite being a year older.

* SOIL - The lead vocalist of Drowning Pool was the frontman for a band called SOIL. Drawn from influences of death metal, SOIL is born as a hard-hitting, heavy, and aggressive rock band. SOIL writes emotionally charged lyrics while playing tuneful yet powerful instrumentals. While i'm not a huge fan of Drowning Pool, i do love Ryan McCombs' contributing work to the band. 

* AM Conspiracy - Ryan McCombs was also in the band "AM Conspiracy." Despite releasing only one self titled debut album, i found the band gave everything they had in that album. The album was more emotional and somehow more vocally powerful than Ryan's other projects. The instrumentals are also more melodic and slower paced.

* Stereomud - A heavy metal band full of aggressive metal vocals, hard hitting lyrics, and low-tuned rhythmical instrumentals in their album "Every Given Moment." Although they released only two albums, i believe this was all we needed. The album "Perfect Self" was softer but still a solid release. "Every Given Moment" was old school heavy metal but it did not impress critics. I imagine that the band felt discouraged and decided to go their separate ways into other bands. Either way, i loved the music they left behind.

* Earshot - This metal band has been widely compared to "Tool" but mistakenly so. For one, Earshot is a darker version of Tool. Another is that Earshot is one of the few bands managing to bring the sound of post-grunge metal into the rock scene. 

* Device - David Draiman (Disturbed's vocalist) worked on a side project known as Device. Overall, the band is much heavier than Disturbed being an industrial metal band with hard hitting guitar riffs and loud drum solos. 

These are all the bands that i can think of at the top of my head. There are many underrated and freshly tuneful bands out there that you can listen to if you did extensive research.