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Heaviest band you’ve ever heard with mostly clean vocals?
Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:11 pm
And by clean I will include growling/ Machine Head type vocals, but not full
blown Lamb Of God screaming…
Iced Earth?
blown Lamb Of God screaming…
Iced Earth?
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 2:48 pm
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Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:19 pm to themetalreb
Weezer isn't the "heaviest", but they are in the direction of what you are saying. Full on distortion guitars with non growly singing.
Maybe some Chevelle?
Maybe some Chevelle?
Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:39 pm to Big Scrub TX
Killswitch Engage
Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:44 pm to themetalreb
Gotta be Tool, right?
I know Tool is pretty much this board's answer to everything, but I honestly can't think of a better example.
I know Tool is pretty much this board's answer to everything, but I honestly can't think of a better example.
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 2:52 pm to themetalreb
I'd think it's gotta be Metallica, right? They're my baseline, anyways.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:24 pm to Hoodie
80’s and early 90’s Metallica for sure is up there…
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:24 pm to themetalreb
The answer will mostly depend on how much percentage clean vocals vs screaming
Bands like Killswitch Engage, Ice Nine Kills, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, Bullet for My Valentine, Into Eternity, Mastodon, Periphery - are heavy but have mixed cleans/screaming
Heaviest bands I can think of right now with nearly 100% clean vocals:
Tremonti
Symphony X
Iced Earth
Avenged Sevenfold
Have to mention Metallica especially when they came out
Of course there are some obscure bands I've never heard of
Bands like Killswitch Engage, Ice Nine Kills, Trivium, Asking Alexandria, Bullet for My Valentine, Into Eternity, Mastodon, Periphery - are heavy but have mixed cleans/screaming
Heaviest bands I can think of right now with nearly 100% clean vocals:
Tremonti
Symphony X
Iced Earth
Avenged Sevenfold
Have to mention Metallica especially when they came out
Of course there are some obscure bands I've never heard of
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:27 pm to metallica81788
Good list…also, as much as we hate them, Machine Head is in there too…some of there stuff is pretty heavy.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:37 pm to themetalreb
Iron Maiden is the pinnacle of your OP, unless I am completely missing what you are saying.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:53 pm to themetalreb
Megadeth
Anthrax
Anthrax
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:15 pm to themetalreb
Tool
Early Queensryche
Early Queensryche
Posted on 6/26/23 at 4:43 pm to Midget Death Squad
quote:Yeah, and if that's true, then Priest and Helloween also.
Iron Maiden is the pinnacle of your OP, unless I am completely missing what you are saying.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 5:01 pm to themetalreb
Acid Bath when Dax is doing his thing
Posted on 6/26/23 at 5:23 pm to SEClint
+1 for Symphony X
I love Maiden but they're not super heavy, Priest is heavier to me. Than if you're going back, Black Sabbath is pretty damn heavy.
Candlemass, Pantera should be on the list. Evergrey is pretty heavy and dark.
How about a no growls, but no vocals at all? Examples like Blotted Science and Behold... the Arctopus.
I love Maiden but they're not super heavy, Priest is heavier to me. Than if you're going back, Black Sabbath is pretty damn heavy.
Candlemass, Pantera should be on the list. Evergrey is pretty heavy and dark.
How about a no growls, but no vocals at all? Examples like Blotted Science and Behold... the Arctopus.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 5:40 pm to themetalreb
Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage
I can't support Iced Earth anymore after Jon Schaeffer became a government snitch
I can't support Iced Earth anymore after Jon Schaeffer became a government snitch
Posted on 6/26/23 at 5:43 pm to Brosef Stalin
I thought about Fear Factory, but a good bit of their stuff is Burt screaming
Posted on 6/26/23 at 6:32 pm to themetalreb
Posted on 6/26/23 at 7:54 pm to Hoodie
quote:Kind of ashamed they didn't immediately pop into my head. This is probably the answer.
Metallica
Avenged Sevenfold was another good one I overlooked.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 8:39 pm to themetalreb
Alter Bridge
Dragon Force
Yngwei Malmstein
A lot of post-hardcore bands have clean vocals as well as harsh vocals. A common trope is what’s called “good cop/bad cop” where the clean singer and harsh vocalist have a call and response dynamic alternating between the two styles. Bands like Sleeping With Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Slipknot, The Used, Escape the Fate, Bullet For My Valentine, Pierce the Veil, My Chemical Romance, Underoath, Alexisonfire, Saosin, Bring Me the Horizon all utilized this method to different degrees.
A big part of it is how do you define “heavy” to you? Is it downtuned guitars? Is it busy drums? Is it sparse breakdowns? Does this song sound heavy or light?
In Friends We Trust
How about this one?
Sleep
Dragon Force
Yngwei Malmstein
A lot of post-hardcore bands have clean vocals as well as harsh vocals. A common trope is what’s called “good cop/bad cop” where the clean singer and harsh vocalist have a call and response dynamic alternating between the two styles. Bands like Sleeping With Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Slipknot, The Used, Escape the Fate, Bullet For My Valentine, Pierce the Veil, My Chemical Romance, Underoath, Alexisonfire, Saosin, Bring Me the Horizon all utilized this method to different degrees.
A big part of it is how do you define “heavy” to you? Is it downtuned guitars? Is it busy drums? Is it sparse breakdowns? Does this song sound heavy or light?
In Friends We Trust
How about this one?
Sleep
This post was edited on 6/26/23 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 6/26/23 at 8:45 pm to kingbob
Chuck Billy is terrific...Testament
Also...would add in Megadeth...
But obviously Metallica in the early years..
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