Woi. Haven't posted anything on my music blog in quite some time.
So I'm going to post something now! about Black Metal, from one of my favourite countries, France!
The reason why France is one of my favourite countries is because they know how to make some gooooooooood Black Metal. Some of my most favourite BM bands come from France!
Below is a list of the BM bands hailing from France. The ones with a ♥ next to it are my favourites!
Aakon Keetreh
Ad Desolatum Et Silentium
Amaka Hahina
Alcest ♥ ♥ ♥!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amesoeurs ♥ ♥ ♥!!!
Arkhon Infaustus (Early)
Armageddon
Ancestral Fog
Angmar
Antaeus
Anorexia Nervosa ♥
Aosoth
Artefact
Ars Moriendi
Asmodée
Azerlath
Bael
Balaam
Balrog
Bekhira
Belëf
Belenos
Belketre
Black Murder
Bliss of Flesh
Blut Aus Nord ♥
Brenoritvrezorkre
Celeste
Celestia ♥
Crystalium
Diapsiquir
Darvulia
Deathspell Omega
Defaillance
Desolation Triumphalis
Diamatregon
Drastus
Dunkelnacht
Dzlvarv
Eikenskaden
Epheles
Enfeus Lodge
Eternal Majesty
Feigur
Furia
Genocide Kommando
Glorior Belli
Haemoth
Hegemon
Helel
Hell Militia
Heol Telwen
Himinbjorg
Hirilorn
Horgoth
Hyadningar
Inpestae
Les Chants de Nihil
Lord
Kristallnacht
La Division Mentale
Legion Mortifere
Maleficum Orgia
Malleus Maleficarum
Merrimack
Misanthrope
Moevot
Mortifera ♥
Mourning Dawn
Mütiilation ♥
Mystic Forest
Nahar
Nehëmah
Nemossos
Neo Inferno 262
Nocturnal Depression
Nuit Nooire
oOo
Obscurus Advocam
Obtenebratum
Olc Sinnsir
Osirion
Otargos
Ordo Templi Aeternae Lucis
Peste Noire ♥ ♥
Puritas Virginum
Praeter Hominem
Quintessence
Sacrificia Mortuorum
Satanicum Tenebrae
Seth
Sevis
Smohalla
Sombre Chemin
Spektr
Svest
Temple Of Baal
Torgeist
Tzaphkial
Valfunde
Vlad Tepes ♥
Vorkreist
Winter Funeral
I've also listened to some others as well, but they're not my most favourites.
There's also a group by the name of Les Legions Noires. LLN is a group of French underground BM artists.
These bands limited their releases to very small numbers, usually giving them to their friends and fellow workers.
The bands also were known for having very unusual band names...basically you can't pronounce their names to save your life. You may have seem some in the list above.
The bands in the LLN are:
Aäkon Këëtrëh
Amaka Hahina
Belathuzur
Belketre
Black Murder
Brenoritvrezorkre
Dzlvarv
Moëvöt
Mogoutre
Mütiilation
Satanicum Tenebrae
Seviss
Susvourtre
Torgeist
Vagézaryavtre
Vérmyapre Kommando
Vlad Tepes
Vzaeurvbtre
My favourite from those would have to be Vlad Tepes and Mütiilation.
Also, fyi. These bands are all just straight up raw BM, like, hella raw. I'm not really a fan of Raw BM, but it's alright.
Regarding their influences, Wlad Drakksteim of Vlad Tepes referred, in an interview with Petrified magazine, to Hellhammer and especially Bathory: "Every True Black Metal Horde should play in old Bathory style."
So yeah, all in all. France is a pretty damn grim and frostbitten country.
The next country I shall talk about will be......
THE LAND OF MEATBALLZ AND PRETTY BLOND PEOPLE.
SVENSKA!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Livin' on A Prayer.
GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!!!
I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! >.<
This damn song has been stuck in my head for DAYS!
All thanks to Rock Band 2. Now, don't get me wrong, I like this song, but it just gets really annoying having it stuck in your head for a while.
It's gotten so bad that when I'm watching tv or talking to people on Xbox or doing whatever I just randomly burst into song, I'm just like, "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA LIVIN' ON A PRAYER, TAKE MY HAND AND WE'LL MAKE IT I SWEAR WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA" -.-
Halpz!
I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! >.<
This damn song has been stuck in my head for DAYS!
All thanks to Rock Band 2. Now, don't get me wrong, I like this song, but it just gets really annoying having it stuck in your head for a while.
It's gotten so bad that when I'm watching tv or talking to people on Xbox or doing whatever I just randomly burst into song, I'm just like, "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA LIVIN' ON A PRAYER, TAKE MY HAND AND WE'LL MAKE IT I SWEAR WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA" -.-
Halpz!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Musical Update
Oi, I just realized I hadn't posted anything on here since May. :|
Hmm, not much has changed musically.
I'm still completely in love with Tobias. *-*
Ooh, BUT
I will be going to two shows this month.
Green Day this Saturday the 4th, I'm proper excited about seeing them again. :D
Theeeen, Rockstar Uproar Fest on the 21st.
I'm mainly going for Disturbed, A7X, Stone Sour and Airbourne. I wuvz them all.
So I shall post again here after the 21st on how the shows went.
w00t!
Hmm, not much has changed musically.
I'm still completely in love with Tobias. *-*
Ooh, BUT
I will be going to two shows this month.
Green Day this Saturday the 4th, I'm proper excited about seeing them again. :D
Theeeen, Rockstar Uproar Fest on the 21st.
I'm mainly going for Disturbed, A7X, Stone Sour and Airbourne. I wuvz them all.
So I shall post again here after the 21st on how the shows went.
w00t!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tobias Sammet.
Sooooo, lately I've been absolutely smitten with Tobias Sammet. Like, hella.
To be honest, I think he's my first celebrity crush. He's got it all, the looks, talent, personality, humour, and intelligence. I haven't been able to stop thinking about him! :|
He's pretty much the German version of Jon Bon Jovi.
I got into Avantasia about 3 years ago. I've always admired Tobias's voice. It's only recently that I've become more into him, along with Edguy. I mainly just listened to Avantasia, but ever since I gave Edguy the time of day, I've been absolutely smitten!
He has the perfect voice for both Power Metal and Heavy Metal.
If he ever comes back to San Francisco, I'll be damn sure to go!
One thing I love about him is his sense of humour. I've read people's opinions on him who've met him in real life, they all say he has a wonderful personality and good sense of humour. He also incorporates his humour into some of his songs and videos.
For example, Lavatory Love Machine, Judas at the Opera, Life and Times of A Bonus Track, Superheroes, All The Clowns, etc.
Tobias truly is a metal god. He's a pure genius!!
Here's a few videos showing his lovely sense of humour. ;)
First we have Lavatory Love Machine!
"Lavatory Love Machine" is one of the band's several joke songs and is unusual in that it is more accurately described as hard rock than heavy metal. The similarly joke lyrics, featuring much over-the-top innuendo (the song is about Tobias sitting in an airplane headed for Brazil that is going to crash and him having sex in the toilet with the stewardess)
Oh, I love it when Tobias cries. ♥
Superheroes.
BUNNIES! ♥
&
All The Clowns.
Tobias makes such a cute clown. ♥
Now for a couple Avantasia songs. He has the short hair now, a more mature look in my opinion, but he looks amazing no matter what. These songs are from his albums that have more of a heavy metal/hard rock sound. Contrary to his first two albums, The Metal Opera Pt 1. & 2. Which are Power Metal albums.
Dying For An Angel (Feat. Scorpion's Klaus Meine)
Lost In Space
A little bit of nostalgia for ya.
Back when Tobias had his long hair.
P.S. He has a bad-ass signature. ;)
♥
P.P.S.
Some people have been comparing Tobias to that of Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.
I admit, I think they sound a weeeeeeeeeeeee bit similar, vocally. I don't know.
What are you opinions?
P.P.P.S. People have also been comparing Avantasia/Edguy to similar bands, for example, "It's like Bon Jovi meets the Scorpions" or, "Bon Jovi meets Dream Theater", "Bon Jovi meets Helloween" or pretty much just calling them the German version of Bon Jovi. I think it's safe to say that they resemble Bon Jovi alright. :P
Your opinion?
P.P.P.P.S.
Edguy.
Possibly the most bad-ass picture in all of humanity. Fucking with fire.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Rock Operas.
I recently realized that I have a thing for "rock/metal operas"
If you don't know what that is, here's a little briefing on it.
A rock opera is a musical work that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include metal opera and rap opera (sometimes also called hip-hopera). A rock opera tells a coherent story, though details are often vague. A rock opera is similar to a concept album (of which it is a subset), though the latter may simply set a mood or maintain a theme.
Typical instruments would include:
Vocals - Guitar – Bass – Keyboards – Piano – Drums – occasional use of Flutes, Clarinets, Violins, Violas, Stringed basses, Cellos, Saxophones, Trumpets and Trombones
Some bands have been inspired by rock operas for their albums, Savatage, Dream Theater, Kamelot, Avantasia, Blind Guardian, Dimmu Borgir, Rhapsody of Fire, and even Green Day.
For example, Avantasia's first two albums, The Metal Opera Pt. 1 & The Metal Opera Pt. 2.
The album (The Metal Opera) was split into two parts (The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Part II), with the second part being released a year after the first. The albums features many artists from various power metal bands such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire, and many more.
The main character of the story is the young Gabriel Laymann, novice of the Dominican order in the abbey of Mainz. It's the year 1602 and, with the rest of the order, Gabriel joins in the witch hunts. But when he is unexpectedly reunited with stepsister Anna Held, who is awaiting trial as a witch, Gabriel begins to doubt. He sneaks into the library, where he reads a forbidden book. His mentor Bruder Jakob notices him, and Gabriel is thrown into the dungeon.
While there, he meets an old man, Lugaid Vandroiy, who introduces himself as a druid ("Reach Out for the Light"). He tells Gabriel about another dimension, the world Avantasia, which is in great danger. Vandroiy offers to help rescue Anna if Gabriel agrees to help Avantasia. They manage to escape ("Breaking Away"), and Vandroiy takes Gabriel to an old stone pit, which hides a portal between the two dimensions, and uses it to send Gabriel to Avantasia.
In the meantime, Johann Adam von Bicken, bishop of Mainz, Bruder Jakob and the bailiff Falk von Kronberg are traveling to Rome to meet the pope Clement VIII ("The Glory of Rome"). With them is the book Gabriel read. Old documents tell that the book is the last of seven parts of a seal, which will help its owner to absolute wisdom if he brings it to the tower in the center of Avantasia.
When Gabriel arrives in Avantasia ("Avantasia") he is welcomed by two inhabitants, the elf Elderane and the dwarf Regrin ("Inside"). They tell him about a war against the forces of evil, of the pope's plan, and its consequences ("Sign of the Cross"). If the pope uses the seal, the link between Avantasia and the human world will break down with grievous consequences for both worlds. Gabriel arrives at the tower just in time, and while the pope talks to a mysterious voice from the inside, Gabriel manages to steal the seal and, in the chaos he causes, bring it back into the elvish city, Sesidhbana ("The Tower"), which marks the end of the first part.
But Gabriel isn't satisfied yet. He wants to find out more about Avantasia, so Elderane sends him to the tree of knowledge. There Gabriel has a vision of Bruder Jakob enduring great pain in a lake of flames ("The Final Sacrifice"). Elderane tells him about a great golden chalice in the catacombs in Rome, in which innumerable tortured souls are trapped, and warns him of a beast that guards the chalice. Despite the elf trying to discourage them, Gabriel and Regrin go back into the human world. They find the chalice and knock it over, allowing many souls to escape ("Chalice of Agony"). The beast awakes and attacks both of them; the dwarf is killed but Gabriel manages to flee.
Afterwards, Gabriel returns to Vandroiy, who has been waiting for him. The druid now fulfills his part and sneaks into the prison by night to free Anna. In the process, he finds a "refined" Bruder Jakob who plans to do the same. Falk von Kronberg, who has been having doubts of his own ("Memory"), catches them and approaches to arrest them. A fight breaks out; Vandroiy is killed by Kronberg who is then slain by Bruder Jakob. Anna escapes and is reunited with Gabriel, and together they go into their unknown future ("Into the Unknown").
The project is described as a "Metal Opera" because it has an underlying plot and each role has its own singer, though it's not an opera by the classical definition. It's merely a collection of pieces, which refer to the individual points of the plot printed in the booklet.
From a stylistic view, the majority of the songs are melodic power metal meshed with a voluminous sound, many orchestral passages and choral parts, gaining Avantasia recognition as symphonic power metal. One song from each part, "Inside" and "In Quest For" respectively, is accompanied almost exclusively by piano. The first part also contains three short instrumental pieces.
The most complex piece is the first song of Part II, "The Seven Angels", featuring seven of the eleven singers. The song is over 14 minutes long and contains a classical "stanza/refrain" part, two guitar solos, choirs, a passage with piano accompaniment, and an epic finale. It also plays an important part in the plot, as it serves as summation of the first part, and has caused discussion due to the inclusion of lyrics not printed in the booklet.
Cast:
Instrumentalists:
Henjo Richter - Guitar
Jens Ludwig - Guitar
Norman Meiritz - Guitar
Timo Tolkki - Guitar
Markus Grosskopf - Bass
Alex Holzwarth - Drums
Eric Singer - Drums
Tobias Sammet - Keyboard, Bass
Frank Tischer - Piano
Singers
Tobias Sammet - Gabriel Laymann
Michael Kiske - Lugaid Vandroiy
David DeFeis - Bruder Jakob
Ralf Zdiarstek - Bailiff Falk von Kronberg
Sharon den Adel - Anna Held
Rob Rock - Bishop Johann von Bicken
Oliver Hartmann - Pope Clement VIII
Andre Matos - Elderane the Elf
Kai Hansen - Regrin the Dwarf
Timo Tolkki - Mysterious Voice of the Tower
Bob Catley - Tree of Knowledge
I just love a good story filled with many talented musicians.
<3
If you don't know what that is, here's a little briefing on it.
A rock opera is a musical work that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include metal opera and rap opera (sometimes also called hip-hopera). A rock opera tells a coherent story, though details are often vague. A rock opera is similar to a concept album (of which it is a subset), though the latter may simply set a mood or maintain a theme.
Typical instruments would include:
Vocals - Guitar – Bass – Keyboards – Piano – Drums – occasional use of Flutes, Clarinets, Violins, Violas, Stringed basses, Cellos, Saxophones, Trumpets and Trombones
Some bands have been inspired by rock operas for their albums, Savatage, Dream Theater, Kamelot, Avantasia, Blind Guardian, Dimmu Borgir, Rhapsody of Fire, and even Green Day.
For example, Avantasia's first two albums, The Metal Opera Pt. 1 & The Metal Opera Pt. 2.
The album (The Metal Opera) was split into two parts (The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Part II), with the second part being released a year after the first. The albums features many artists from various power metal bands such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire, and many more.
The main character of the story is the young Gabriel Laymann, novice of the Dominican order in the abbey of Mainz. It's the year 1602 and, with the rest of the order, Gabriel joins in the witch hunts. But when he is unexpectedly reunited with stepsister Anna Held, who is awaiting trial as a witch, Gabriel begins to doubt. He sneaks into the library, where he reads a forbidden book. His mentor Bruder Jakob notices him, and Gabriel is thrown into the dungeon.
While there, he meets an old man, Lugaid Vandroiy, who introduces himself as a druid ("Reach Out for the Light"). He tells Gabriel about another dimension, the world Avantasia, which is in great danger. Vandroiy offers to help rescue Anna if Gabriel agrees to help Avantasia. They manage to escape ("Breaking Away"), and Vandroiy takes Gabriel to an old stone pit, which hides a portal between the two dimensions, and uses it to send Gabriel to Avantasia.
In the meantime, Johann Adam von Bicken, bishop of Mainz, Bruder Jakob and the bailiff Falk von Kronberg are traveling to Rome to meet the pope Clement VIII ("The Glory of Rome"). With them is the book Gabriel read. Old documents tell that the book is the last of seven parts of a seal, which will help its owner to absolute wisdom if he brings it to the tower in the center of Avantasia.
When Gabriel arrives in Avantasia ("Avantasia") he is welcomed by two inhabitants, the elf Elderane and the dwarf Regrin ("Inside"). They tell him about a war against the forces of evil, of the pope's plan, and its consequences ("Sign of the Cross"). If the pope uses the seal, the link between Avantasia and the human world will break down with grievous consequences for both worlds. Gabriel arrives at the tower just in time, and while the pope talks to a mysterious voice from the inside, Gabriel manages to steal the seal and, in the chaos he causes, bring it back into the elvish city, Sesidhbana ("The Tower"), which marks the end of the first part.
But Gabriel isn't satisfied yet. He wants to find out more about Avantasia, so Elderane sends him to the tree of knowledge. There Gabriel has a vision of Bruder Jakob enduring great pain in a lake of flames ("The Final Sacrifice"). Elderane tells him about a great golden chalice in the catacombs in Rome, in which innumerable tortured souls are trapped, and warns him of a beast that guards the chalice. Despite the elf trying to discourage them, Gabriel and Regrin go back into the human world. They find the chalice and knock it over, allowing many souls to escape ("Chalice of Agony"). The beast awakes and attacks both of them; the dwarf is killed but Gabriel manages to flee.
Afterwards, Gabriel returns to Vandroiy, who has been waiting for him. The druid now fulfills his part and sneaks into the prison by night to free Anna. In the process, he finds a "refined" Bruder Jakob who plans to do the same. Falk von Kronberg, who has been having doubts of his own ("Memory"), catches them and approaches to arrest them. A fight breaks out; Vandroiy is killed by Kronberg who is then slain by Bruder Jakob. Anna escapes and is reunited with Gabriel, and together they go into their unknown future ("Into the Unknown").
The project is described as a "Metal Opera" because it has an underlying plot and each role has its own singer, though it's not an opera by the classical definition. It's merely a collection of pieces, which refer to the individual points of the plot printed in the booklet.
From a stylistic view, the majority of the songs are melodic power metal meshed with a voluminous sound, many orchestral passages and choral parts, gaining Avantasia recognition as symphonic power metal. One song from each part, "Inside" and "In Quest For" respectively, is accompanied almost exclusively by piano. The first part also contains three short instrumental pieces.
The most complex piece is the first song of Part II, "The Seven Angels", featuring seven of the eleven singers. The song is over 14 minutes long and contains a classical "stanza/refrain" part, two guitar solos, choirs, a passage with piano accompaniment, and an epic finale. It also plays an important part in the plot, as it serves as summation of the first part, and has caused discussion due to the inclusion of lyrics not printed in the booklet.
Cast:
Instrumentalists:
Henjo Richter - Guitar
Jens Ludwig - Guitar
Norman Meiritz - Guitar
Timo Tolkki - Guitar
Markus Grosskopf - Bass
Alex Holzwarth - Drums
Eric Singer - Drums
Tobias Sammet - Keyboard, Bass
Frank Tischer - Piano
Singers
Tobias Sammet - Gabriel Laymann
Michael Kiske - Lugaid Vandroiy
David DeFeis - Bruder Jakob
Ralf Zdiarstek - Bailiff Falk von Kronberg
Sharon den Adel - Anna Held
Rob Rock - Bishop Johann von Bicken
Oliver Hartmann - Pope Clement VIII
Andre Matos - Elderane the Elf
Kai Hansen - Regrin the Dwarf
Timo Tolkki - Mysterious Voice of the Tower
Bob Catley - Tree of Knowledge
I just love a good story filled with many talented musicians.
<3
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Favourite Violinists.
Instead of doing it by genres, I think I'll just list my favourite violinists normally.
And these are in no specific order. Same goes for the singers, and any other favourites I happen to do.
Olli Vänskä of Turisas.
Nurgaisha Sadvakasova of Ulytau.
Jaakko Lemmetty of Korpiklaani.
Anna Phoebe of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Thomas "Inve" Riesner of Dornenreich.
♥
And these are in no specific order. Same goes for the singers, and any other favourites I happen to do.
Olli Vänskä of Turisas.
Nurgaisha Sadvakasova of Ulytau.
Jaakko Lemmetty of Korpiklaani.
Anna Phoebe of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Thomas "Inve" Riesner of Dornenreich.
♥
Favourite Singers.
Well, since I don't think I could choose just ONE favourite singer, I'd figure I'd do it by genre.
So I'll pick out my favourite singer from some of my top favourite genres.
Let's start with Power Metal. This one is easy, the winner is....Tobias Sammet of Avantasia/Edguy!
Tobias Sammet (21 November 1977) is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina. Prior to Edguy's Theater of Salvation, Tobias was also their bassist and keyboardist. Afterwards, he decided to focus mainly on singing. He himself enjoys many bands such as AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Tom Petty, Helloween etc.
Ooof. I love everything about this man. His voice, his face, his hair, his clothing style (he always wears cool looking clothes, rocker style mostly). He makes sexy look even sexier, and he's probably the only power metal vocalist who can actually look good with short hair. I wanna make love to his vocal cords. <3
On to Folk Metal! Hmmm...this is tough. Folk Metal has a lot of varied vocal styles.
I guess I'd have to go with Chrigel Glanzmann of Eluveitie.
Picture taken by moi, back in November of 2009. :)
Born in 1975 in Switzerland, his vocal style is more of a death metal type style, but he's pretty good, along with the backing vocals of Meri and Anna occasionally. He also plays the mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, and bodhrán in Eluveitie and Branâ Keternâ.
Black Metal. This will be fairly easy. There's lots of Black Metal vocalist I love, and think are amazing, buuuut, my favourite would have to be... the one and only... Neige (Stéphane Paut) of Alcest.
Oof. Where to start with Neige. Well, He's French, I believe he's in his early twenty's.
There isn't much about him on the internet, really. He's been involved with loads of bands, some would include Amesoerus, Lantlos, Mortifera, and Peste Noire.
His vocal style is mainly clean, shoegaze-y type vocals, with some harsh black metal vocals.
In Amesoeurs he did harsh vocals with Aubrey on clean vocals. In Alcest, it's mainly clean. Only on his latest album, Écailles de Lune, are there harsh vocals. In his EP, Le Secret, we were introduced to his odd, yet heavenly vocal style.
In his first album, Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, it consists of his clean angel-like vocals, a humming, almost muffed style as well. I suggest that every Black Metal fan listen to at least the EP, Le Secret.
Now on Écailles de Lune he does phenomenal clean and harsh vocals. Mainly he has the harsh vocals sing along side with the clean. I can't decide which I prefer! they're both simply perfection. His clean vocals are mesmerizingly haunting and soothing. And his harsh vocals are throat-tearinginly melancholic, and the traditional black metal shrieks don't influence the album into a dark spiral. It retains it's atmosphere and beauty the whole way through.
Kay. A few of my other favourite vocalists from varied genres would include....
Corey Taylor of Slipknot.
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco.
Anders Nyström of Diabolical Masquerade/Katatonia
Shawn Milke of Alesana.
La Sale Famine of Peste Noire.
Satoshi of Girugamesh.
Vladimir Cochet of Mirrorthrone.
Now I do have more favourites, I just can't be arsed to list them ALL. :P
So I'll pick out my favourite singer from some of my top favourite genres.
Let's start with Power Metal. This one is easy, the winner is....Tobias Sammet of Avantasia/Edguy!
Tobias Sammet (21 November 1977) is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina. Prior to Edguy's Theater of Salvation, Tobias was also their bassist and keyboardist. Afterwards, he decided to focus mainly on singing. He himself enjoys many bands such as AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Tom Petty, Helloween etc.
Ooof. I love everything about this man. His voice, his face, his hair, his clothing style (he always wears cool looking clothes, rocker style mostly). He makes sexy look even sexier, and he's probably the only power metal vocalist who can actually look good with short hair. I wanna make love to his vocal cords. <3
On to Folk Metal! Hmmm...this is tough. Folk Metal has a lot of varied vocal styles.
I guess I'd have to go with Chrigel Glanzmann of Eluveitie.
Picture taken by moi, back in November of 2009. :)
Born in 1975 in Switzerland, his vocal style is more of a death metal type style, but he's pretty good, along with the backing vocals of Meri and Anna occasionally. He also plays the mandola, whistles, pipes, gaita, acoustic guitar, and bodhrán in Eluveitie and Branâ Keternâ.
Black Metal. This will be fairly easy. There's lots of Black Metal vocalist I love, and think are amazing, buuuut, my favourite would have to be... the one and only... Neige (Stéphane Paut) of Alcest.
Oof. Where to start with Neige. Well, He's French, I believe he's in his early twenty's.
There isn't much about him on the internet, really. He's been involved with loads of bands, some would include Amesoerus, Lantlos, Mortifera, and Peste Noire.
His vocal style is mainly clean, shoegaze-y type vocals, with some harsh black metal vocals.
In Amesoeurs he did harsh vocals with Aubrey on clean vocals. In Alcest, it's mainly clean. Only on his latest album, Écailles de Lune, are there harsh vocals. In his EP, Le Secret, we were introduced to his odd, yet heavenly vocal style.
In his first album, Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, it consists of his clean angel-like vocals, a humming, almost muffed style as well. I suggest that every Black Metal fan listen to at least the EP, Le Secret.
Now on Écailles de Lune he does phenomenal clean and harsh vocals. Mainly he has the harsh vocals sing along side with the clean. I can't decide which I prefer! they're both simply perfection. His clean vocals are mesmerizingly haunting and soothing. And his harsh vocals are throat-tearinginly melancholic, and the traditional black metal shrieks don't influence the album into a dark spiral. It retains it's atmosphere and beauty the whole way through.
Kay. A few of my other favourite vocalists from varied genres would include....
Corey Taylor of Slipknot.
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco.
Anders Nyström of Diabolical Masquerade/Katatonia
Shawn Milke of Alesana.
La Sale Famine of Peste Noire.
Satoshi of Girugamesh.
Vladimir Cochet of Mirrorthrone.
Now I do have more favourites, I just can't be arsed to list them ALL. :P
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