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How do some (metal) vocalists have such amazing voices ?

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OinkBoink said:
I actually like Mustaine. His voice fits Megadeth's music well. He does a good job on tracks like 'Addicted To Chaos', 'The Disintegrators' etc. His vocals on Tornado Of Souls, a great track by itself, are awful though.
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Exactly. Dave's voice is perfect for Megadeth.

Klaus Meine also has a great rock/metal voice, and he still sounds great after 40+ years.
 
I think Hetfield is pretty decent. Although that Fuel macro is hilarious. His undoing would be semi-unintentional use of vocal effects. I.e. distortion because of albums mastered by fucking retards.

No range, though. Like a lot of 'good' metal vocalists, he has pretty much one volume and a small range of pitch for singing, and only becomes impressive when he really 'pushes.' Not all that dissimilar from punk. 😀

By comparison, someone like Dio has a much wider range of frequency. But I still can't think of any 'quiet' Dio vocals.
 
No one has given me a proper answer on how these people have/develop such voices yet.

Yes, in some cases it may be something they have naturally.

I don't get it in Mustaine's case. I mean he wasn't even a vocalist when he started off. He was a guitarist. How does he have such a wide vocal range (in terms of octaves) ?

Does substance use modify their voices? Smoking cigarettes/drinking alcohol hasn't made my voice any manlier (in the metal sense).
 
OinkBoink said:
No one has given me a proper answer on how these people have/develop such voices yet.

Yes, in some cases it may be something they have naturally.

I don't get it in Mustaine's case. I mean he wasn't even a vocalist when he started off. He was a guitarist. How does he have such a wide vocal range (in terms of octaves) ?

Does substance use modify their voices? Smoking cigarettes/drinking alcohol hasn't made my voice any manlier (in the metal sense).
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Some have those voices already, some learn it. But another question may be important then, exactly what kind of voice are you looking for? As you may have noticed the singers you mention don't sound exactly the same. That's because they have their own style and their own voice, and don't force their voices to sound exactly the same. So while you can try imitating someone's voice it's more important to find your own voice. If you want to sing lower you'll have to do breathing exercises and learn to sing from your diaphragm.

Using substances won't work usually, if it does anything it's causing damage to your body and thus your voice and changes it that way. Technique is far more important. If anything it's better to cut down on substance use to preserve your vocals.
 
Skyclad1uhm1 said:
Some have those voices already, some learn it. But another question may be important then, exactly what kind of voice are you looking for? As you may have noticed the singers you mention don't sound exactly the same. That's because they have their own style and their own voice, and don't force their voices to sound exactly the same. So while you can try imitating someone's voice it's more important to find your own voice. If you want to sing lower you'll have to do breathing exercises and learn to sing from your diaphragm.

Using substances won't work usually, if it does anything it's causing damage to your body and thus your voice and changes it that way. Technique is far more important. If anything it's better to cut down on substance use to preserve your vocals.
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Well, if most of us try to sing in a gruff manner (think Hetfield on AJFA or Matt Heafy from Trivium), it makes our throat hurt pretty soon. You can't sustain it for more than a few seconds. Not to mention it doesn't sound near as cool as Hetfield's. But many metal singers tend to sing this way. How do they get that ability ?

Also, the wide vocal range in terms of octaves ?
 
JPS35 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-nyeiKk35M

This guy has got to be one of the best EVER. Don't get me wrong, I love Ronnie Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Perry, Arnel Pineda, Meatloaf, and many others, but this guy just keeps going. Especially at 3:12 to the end...sends shivers down my spine.

Thoughts?
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Matijevic has a good range, but his timbre just sounds generic.

And most of those singers you listed aren't metal singers. 😛
 
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