Powerhouse vocalists?

Looking for some powerhouse vocalist metal bands for some inspiration. Can anyone recommend some killer bands with vocalists like that of Judas Priest, Primal Fear, etc? I would prefer hearing something with no keyboards in it. I am open to suggestions.

have you got the last Satan's Host yet?

Are you familiar with Hibria?

Not bad. Would you know of anything more ballsy than this vocally? I mean more aggression in the voice. Hibria is just a little too power metally for me.

Some other bands I know of are:

A Tortured Soul
Hellish War
Iron Fate
Helstar
Agent Steel
Seven Witches
Halford
Scheepers
Beyond Fear

among buttloads more that I can list but you get the idea I am sure.

Iron Savior? Early Primal Fear?



EDIT: Oops, I see you mentioned them in the original post.

Iron Savior







That's too power metally too, isn't it?

CAGE!!!!!!

DOH!



I should have thought of Cage.

Eh, this isn't my favorite style so I think I deserve a pass. Let me know if you ever get a "hankerin'" for glam/sleaze vocalists though LD.

Deep Purple. You can't get much more "powerhouse" than Ian Gillan.

Mike Matijevic from Steelheart.

ultmetal wrote:

Deep Purple. You can't get much more "powerhouse" than Ian Gillan.

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Listing Priest and Primal Fear makes it seem like you want vocalists that singer higher than normal vocalists. That what you want?

That Burning Black band is KILLER!!!!! Thank you for that recommendation.

Yes I know who Cage is and all the others listed. Not a Steelheart fan but that guy can break glass! haha.

Eyesore, yeah looking for that type without getting too flowery power metallish.

obviously Russell Allen of Symphony X. an absolute beast.

I was listening to child in time earlier this morning on my way to work.

No better Powerhouse vocalist than Ian Gillan

ZetaReticuli wrote:

obviously Russell Allen of Symphony X. an absolute beast.

But he doesn't sing in an upper range.

Possibly stretching the word powerhouse on these first two. Also possibly stretching high-pitched with the last, though he does go there at times.






(Surprisingly not the dude from Blind Guardian)

Got these guys from a blind buy at Half Price Books. An Italian metal band on Limb records (a label usually consisting of flowery bands). Turned out to be a pleasant suprise:

I think these guys are also on Limb, or this album was:



I believe this guy was one of the top candidates to actually replace Halford when he left Priest. I know he tried out, anyway. He doesn't quite hit those high notes in Casus Belli, though you can hear the Halford similarity in the chorus.

Again, probably not the best example of what you're looking for.

Not 100% sure this is what your after but dig out the 'murder one' album by Paul Di'Annos killers. It's the best I've ever heard him sing and he sounds very similar to halford on this album.

Quality album and it was remastered a few years back so shouldn't be too hard to find.

Early Flotsam and Jetsam. Eric AK had some awesome pipes back then.

What about Ray Gillen? Now he had some powerful vocals!