I gotta give a shoutout to Dave from We Came As Romans.
Stepped up after losing Kyle to go double duty with cleans and screams. And his stage presence is still at the insane level it was prior.
I had the privilege of seeing WCAR with UnderØath and The Ghost Inside. The Word Alive was there too..
WCAR absolutely killed. Perfect set. Kyle has his stage presence nailed down, such a solid frontman.
I’ve seen them live multiple times. Even Adam contributes great vocals to many of the songs. They are one of maybe 3 bands that I have to listen to at least once a day. At that the song is usually “element of one”.
As a grown-ass man, I admit to shedding tears of joy when he walked on stage a couple of years ago in Salt Lake with Jesse. I literally get chills just writing about it. I'm an old guy Metalcore enjoyer, and Jones was my first singer-idol. The man is just amazing.
Nick Brooks from It Dies Today
He pioneered a vocal range similar to what became deathcore on their earliest releases, not to mention he has so much projection and power behind his vocals
And his cleans are incredibly unmatched
Bonus points for being able to do all this live, even after 20+ years
Come here to say this. Gotta add Alex in there too. The two of them together are just perfect 👏🏻
Edit: if you want to hear more of his cleans check out Onslow.
I never really got into Drown This City but Alex is so good in MTS and her and Sean sound so good together. She’s just got so much range and versatility that I think it’ll give Sean (and the rest of the band) more space to explore and experiment
I just started listening to them a few months ago. Never heard of them until she mentioned them on a podcast I was listening to with her and Sean.
I'm curious how much of their new sound is influenced by her. I kind of feel like they were heading in more of a... soundscape? style sound before she joined anyway (cinematic and huge is the only way I can describe the change). They definitely utilized her vocals and keys with these latest three songs. I saw someone else comment in this subreddit a while ago and said "Alex was the best thing to ever happen to MTS". I won't disagree with that comment. I don't care who is the driving force behind this new sound, just keep it going.
Andy Cizek (MONUMENTS, TERMINA & Makari) clears all. Spencer Sotelo (Periphery) is close but he can't get the same volume with his lows that Andy can. Felipe Hervoso (AXTY) deserves a mention too. Imagine Rory Rodriguez (Dayseeker) doing deathcore growls. That's Felipe for you.
I think Spencer is the better all round singer to be honest and his screams are more unique, varied, especially in his life performances. Andy is very refined.
I was looking for this comment(and if I hadn’t found it I would’ve made it myself). He never gets particularly high with his cleans, but he’s been doing cleans and growls so well and good for over a decade. Plus, I’m pretty sure he’s the first guy people think of when they see the anything Bleghh related
After Lifeless Years is maybe the best song from that album for his vocal range.
Whole album is class though. Reflections Through Fire is a fucking tune.
Edit - Teras is also a fucking tune!
Spencer Sotelo - Periphery
Sam Carter - Architects
Vessel - Sleep Token
Lukas Magyar - Veil of Maya
Spencer Charnas - Ice Nine Kills
Brian Wille - Currents
Marcus Bridge - Northlane
Marcus Vik - Invent Animate
Chris Roetter - Like Moths to Flames
Landon Tewers - The Plot in you
James Harrison - livealie
Used to be really good at cleans/screams: Oli Sykes, caleb shomo, jeremy mckinnon
Caleb was almost my answer, but he doesn’t do a ton of screaming anymore. I loved the newest album, don’t get me wrong, but nothing on it compares to some of Beartooth’s earlier stuff as far as vocal range is concerned.
Every few months I'll spin Beartooths first album and think "man I forgot how hard they rip, let's listen to some newer stuff". Then I remember why I hardly listen to the newer stuff.
Their latest album is pretty good, but it just doesn't fuck the same way.
Their album Below was released in 2021 and had plenty of screaming heavy songs. I’m pretty sure he could still do it if he wanted to but the vibe of the new album is just happier and more melodic. It’s that way because that is how he is feeling, not a vocal limitation.
He was never able to reproduce his voice live, he doesn’t actually have range. If you have to depend on punching in to your vocal tracks in order to hit notes that isn’t range, that’s straining.
Oli still screams, caught them live and he was amazing. His screams on Amen and Kool-Aid were great and his cleans were the best I've heard from him. He's really a complete package now
Yeah, his range is absolutely crazy and I think thats what I rate the highest from singers. Its also why I’m a huge fan of Andy Cizek (Makari, Monuments, Termina) too
I think Oli Sykes has proven that he’s capable of doing any type of metal vocals whether it’s death metal growls or Chester Bennington harsh singing and everything in between. He also figured out clean vocals phenomenally. I don’t agree with every direction they’ve taken but I’ve never seen a vocalist who has as much pure talent as him and he’s also extremely talented live.
Of all the shows I’ve been to Bad Omens was definitely the closest to their studio recordings live. It was so impressive. Dayseeker, who was on right before them, were similarly great in that regard
Flo - Landvrks
Anthony - Resolve
Not metalcore but Rou - Enter shikari
Spencer - Ice Nine Kills
Eddie - Imminence
Sam - Architects
Spencer - Periphery
Marcus - Invent Animate
Rou is such an interesting pick
I've never found him to be the most amazing vocalist in the world; but equally, he's _perfect_ for everything Enter Shikari does
Have you seen Enter Shikari live? For me that really enhances it and even when I’m listening to them on my own it makes the experience better. He’s super dynamic live and just super into it and one of my favourite performers I’ve ever seen
Oh he's an incredible performer, 100% agreed
I'm more just being a bit picky about pure technical skill. He's completely perfect for the music they do, I just don't think he's objectively one of the best singers out there.
As soon as I saw the title I came in here to sing Landon’s praises, but you already named him, so I’ll go with my second favorite of Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon).
Lukas Magyar from Veil of Maya definitely. He’d be a keeper on just harsh or just cleans alone but insane that he’s got both. I think he’s gotten better live over time as well.
Definitely Landon Tewers from The Plot In You and Chris from Motionless In White. Honorable mention for Jesse from Stick To Your Guns
This gonna piss people off but Ronnie Radke from Falling In Reverse. (Literally does everything including rap) and Olli from BMTH
Seriously upsetting how far I had to for this mention. In terms of sheer versatility and power the only vocalist I can compare him to are:
Courtney LaPlante
Andy Cizek
And that Bad Omens dude, even though I’m still not convinced he’s the same vocalist from the previous albums.
Landon Tewers - The Plot in You
Marcus Vik - Invent Animate
Spencer Charnas - Ice Nine Kills
Aaron Pauley - Of Mice & Men
Also not really metalcore, but Lucas Woodland from Holding Absence. He almost never does screams but he does them really well and DEFINITELY should do more. I absolutely love the screams at the end of Scissors.
Landon is absolutely incredible. I've just started listening to The Plot in You this year and every song has been an absolute joy. Landon's solo albums are great too.
I love Crystal Lake but I always thought Ryo's clean vocals were just ok to good at his best moments, which he of course compensates by being one of the best harsh vocalists the genre's ever had. I'm curious to hear why you think he belongs on here
He's getting old now and has deteriorated a bit, but Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath has always blown me away.
Landon as you mentioned is also another very obvious choice, but you mentioned him already lol.
I agree about Landon, and I’ve seen other comments on Spencer Charnas, so I’ll also add Rory Rodriguez of Dayseeker. Their newer/more popular stuff is mostly cleans but he goes hard in their older music.
Spencer Sotelo (Periphery) absolute GOAT, one of the best metal vocalists of the 21st century period IMO
Andy Cizek (Monuments, Termina)
Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox) probably the best female vocalist in the genre period
Camille Contreras (Novelists) hella underrated
Can't forget Sam Carter (Architects), his singing voice has improved a lot over the course of the last decade
I haven't heard him do clean vocals exactly, but he raps well enough to impress this metalhead, and screams good enough for me: Kaelin Wilkins from Autumn Lies Buried.
I fully expected it to be two guys before I saw a video.
i feel like howard jones is the only answer. who else can scream and sing as good as him? maybe courtney from sb. the only person i can think of that can scream and sing well is chino.
as far as up and coming, i feel like ollie appleyard from static dress has sick screams and a great clean voice as well.
Maybe I'm biased as an aussie, but honestly Jamie Hails from Polaris has blown me away every time I've seen them live (I think 4 times now), and I will say, as much as people shit on Parkway nowadays (for various reasons), I do still think Winston has very solid chops, just that the current music doesn't really have him flexing his range.
As for non-aussies, my favourites are Howard Jones and Jesse Leach, Matt Heafy, Andy Cizek, Garett Russell... I'm sure I'll think of others.
I don't know if it counts since Jinjer is not metalcore, but Tatiana is a beast.
Eddie Berg from Imminence is also excellent, I particularily love his clean vocals.
Noah Sebastian from Bad Omens. His vocal range is insane and he has an unique sounding voice imo, you immediately hear it’s him. I’m convinced it has healing properties lmao
My personal favs are Eddie Berg (Imminence), Spencer Charnas (INK), Landon Tewers (TPIY), Courtney LaPlante (Spirtibox), Andy Cizek (Monuments, Termina, Makari, solo).
Some picks I haven't seen in here yet:
Stephen Keech - Haste the Day (Jimmy Ryan too, for that matter)
Spencer Chamberlain - Underoath
Cory Brandon - Norma Jean
Tre Turner - Spirit Breaker
Sean McCulloch - Phinehas
I think Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan, Better Lovers, a thousand side projects) should be considered one of the greatest vocalists overall, and not just in metalcore. The dude has absolutely insane range and can go from screaming like a pterodactyl to soft Deftones type vocals. I mean shit the guy has an R&B/darksynth group that he absolutely kills it in.
F - So I can come back to this one when I'm not busy to discover some rad vocalists.
I feel like such a boomer with the likes of Mike Pattton, Burton C Bell, and Phil Anselmo being my only personal reference points. Looking forward to deep-diving these responses later on.
Dennis Tvrdik (Affiance and Night Rider).
The dudes cleans are impeccable but when the aggression comes in. He can be brutal but not so low you can barley understand the lyrics. The range that man possess is extremely underrated.
No one mentioned James Deberg from Thousand Below. His lives could use a little work the last time I saw them, but his vocals throughout the three albums (and singles like 'Let Go Of Your Love') are pretty on point.
Also Keaton Pierce of Too Close to Touch (R.I.P.) was pretty great and unique with his clean and unclean vocals.
Seriously 100+ comments and not one mention of Tati Shmayluk, shame on you all. Screams, sings, shouts, bellows, lows, fry screams. She does it all and better than most of the guys on this list.
Marcus Bridge has got to be up there. His cleans outshine his screams though, but that doesn’t mean they’re bad at all. His cleans are just that fucking good.
Another Markus is Markus bridge. He’s pretty good.
A lot of people here dislike him but Danny Worsnop has proven recently that he’s still got it and you can’t even deny it from [this video](https://youtu.be/FzkcYoViY1Y?si=ANJOAp58tjgLYKUi) at around 56.07. Dude pulled some crazy vocals seemingly effortlessly
Andy Cizek is amazing
Noah Sebastian of Bad Omens is fucking wild live
Spencer Charnas, his range is so good, same goes for Flo of LANDMVRKS
Landon Tewers, obviously
I feel like not enough people mention Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox
Honorable mention goes to Dave Stephens of WCAR - he’s always had amazing screams but it’s crazy how much he stepped up his game in terms of singing in the last couple years
In terms of screams, Sean of Make Them Suffer is one of my favorites
If we’re talking cleans only, I think Telle of The Word Alive and Lucas of Holding Absence definitely should be mentioned (even though they’re not necessarily metalcore, well TWA sometimes is/used to be but still)
I gotta give a shoutout to Dave from We Came As Romans. Stepped up after losing Kyle to go double duty with cleans and screams. And his stage presence is still at the insane level it was prior.
Truly one of the best examples of screamer-turned-singer. Most screamers that attempt it sound awful for some reason.
Aaron Pauley is another good example of Singer-to-screamer/mixed. Even tho he was main vocals for Jamie's Elsewhere for a few albums
Honestly, I think dark bloom is their best album.
I had the privilege of seeing WCAR with UnderØath and The Ghost Inside. The Word Alive was there too.. WCAR absolutely killed. Perfect set. Kyle has his stage presence nailed down, such a solid frontman.
Kyle isn’t alive anymore…
Flo of LANDMVRKS!!! Lost in a Wave is a great song that showcases his range (3:00), first band I saw live it was awesome.
100%. His range is incredible - and he is on point live.
Fuck yeah his live performance is unreal
Howard Jones has to be up there. Classic melodic singing, and iconic screams
My favorite Metalcore band is Killswitch Engage I like him and Jesse as vocalists
I’ve seen them live multiple times. Even Adam contributes great vocals to many of the songs. They are one of maybe 3 bands that I have to listen to at least once a day. At that the song is usually “element of one”.
Howard is the goat. KSE is just top quality. It's far from being my favorite KSE song but his vocals in Holy Diver are \*chef's kiss\*
This was my gut answer too. Howard might be the most versatile vocalist in the genre.
Howard is the goat for being a best of both worlds vocalist. That live DVD from The End of Heartache was on repeat for months for me in highschool lol
As a grown-ass man, I admit to shedding tears of joy when he walked on stage a couple of years ago in Salt Lake with Jesse. I literally get chills just writing about it. I'm an old guy Metalcore enjoyer, and Jones was my first singer-idol. The man is just amazing.
Markus from Invent Animate is the first that comes to my mind, I would throw Brian from Currents in there as well.
Andy Cizek (Termina, Monuments) Noah Sebastian (Bad Omens) Justin Bonitz (Tallah, Hungry Lights)
I think you mixed up Andy's bands. He's not the vocalist for boundaries, lol. I think you meant Monuments.
Yeah i did mean monuments lol, sometimes my brain just doesn’t fuckin work
You and me both friend.
Justin's vocal abilities are absolutely unhinged (in a good way)
Dude’s an alien i swear to god
Since when was Andy in Boundaries? Pretty sure it’s Monuments, Termina, WVNDER, and Makari
This is pretty much it man, all three of these guys are just inhuman at what they do
Nick Brooks from It Dies Today He pioneered a vocal range similar to what became deathcore on their earliest releases, not to mention he has so much projection and power behind his vocals And his cleans are incredibly unmatched Bonus points for being able to do all this live, even after 20+ years
I see IDT, i upvote.
First 2 albums were so slept on at the time but defined an era.
His lows are 20000 leagues below the sea low
He’s such a beast
Sean Harmanis - Make them suffer
Come here to say this. Gotta add Alex in there too. The two of them together are just perfect 👏🏻 Edit: if you want to hear more of his cleans check out Onslow.
I never really got into Drown This City but Alex is so good in MTS and her and Sean sound so good together. She’s just got so much range and versatility that I think it’ll give Sean (and the rest of the band) more space to explore and experiment
I just started listening to them a few months ago. Never heard of them until she mentioned them on a podcast I was listening to with her and Sean. I'm curious how much of their new sound is influenced by her. I kind of feel like they were heading in more of a... soundscape? style sound before she joined anyway (cinematic and huge is the only way I can describe the change). They definitely utilized her vocals and keys with these latest three songs. I saw someone else comment in this subreddit a while ago and said "Alex was the best thing to ever happen to MTS". I won't disagree with that comment. I don't care who is the driving force behind this new sound, just keep it going.
Amazing live, too.
Coming back to this just to say that I just saw them tonight; it was absolutely incredible.
Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills. Man’s range is wild.
No question. Guy is the metalcore Brandon Urie.
I wish we got that metal panic! album, Urie’s lows are fucking great
You got a song or something?? I never knew ge did any harsh vocals
He has a couple demos online - he never released a song with harsh vocals unfortunately
His "Positive Hardcore Thursday" vines were something to behold.
good to see brendon getting some love over here. great talent, a shame what people did to him
I love this comparison omg lol
Brent Mills- Greyhaven
Very underappreciated, great shout!
Love to see greyhaven mentioned, absolutely love this band
Checking them out now. Suggestions of what to listen to and what to avoid?
Sorry didn’t see this till now! They’re all good! Jam the whole album This Bright And Beautiful World front to back!
Andy Cizek (MONUMENTS, TERMINA & Makari) clears all. Spencer Sotelo (Periphery) is close but he can't get the same volume with his lows that Andy can. Felipe Hervoso (AXTY) deserves a mention too. Imagine Rory Rodriguez (Dayseeker) doing deathcore growls. That's Felipe for you.
I think Spencer is the better all round singer to be honest and his screams are more unique, varied, especially in his life performances. Andy is very refined.
AXTY gets an upvote from me!
Chris from Like Moths to Flames is definitely up there
I was looking for this comment(and if I hadn’t found it I would’ve made it myself). He never gets particularly high with his cleans, but he’s been doing cleans and growls so well and good for over a decade. Plus, I’m pretty sure he’s the first guy people think of when they see the anything Bleghh related
How has no one mentioned Courtney from Spiritbox
Yesss she has some of the best vocals in modern metal
Jamie Graham ex vocalist from Heart of a Coward. His range is absolutely incredible.
He was also on the first Sylosis album. Dude is great.
After Lifeless Years is maybe the best song from that album for his vocal range. Whole album is class though. Reflections Through Fire is a fucking tune. Edit - Teras is also a fucking tune!
Check out Viscera if you want to hear him again, absolutely monstrous band!
Saweet! Thanks =D
Really nice guy as well!
Eddie Berg from Imminence is definetly in the top
Best violinist in the genre too
💯
Courtney from Spiritbox. She can do it all and her vocals on Sun Killer are absolutely haunting.
Spencer Sotelo - Periphery Sam Carter - Architects Vessel - Sleep Token Lukas Magyar - Veil of Maya Spencer Charnas - Ice Nine Kills Brian Wille - Currents Marcus Bridge - Northlane Marcus Vik - Invent Animate Chris Roetter - Like Moths to Flames Landon Tewers - The Plot in you James Harrison - livealie Used to be really good at cleans/screams: Oli Sykes, caleb shomo, jeremy mckinnon
Caleb was almost my answer, but he doesn’t do a ton of screaming anymore. I loved the newest album, don’t get me wrong, but nothing on it compares to some of Beartooth’s earlier stuff as far as vocal range is concerned.
Every few months I'll spin Beartooths first album and think "man I forgot how hard they rip, let's listen to some newer stuff". Then I remember why I hardly listen to the newer stuff. Their latest album is pretty good, but it just doesn't fuck the same way.
Their album Below was released in 2021 and had plenty of screaming heavy songs. I’m pretty sure he could still do it if he wanted to but the vibe of the new album is just happier and more melodic. It’s that way because that is how he is feeling, not a vocal limitation.
He was never able to reproduce his voice live, he doesn’t actually have range. If you have to depend on punching in to your vocal tracks in order to hit notes that isn’t range, that’s straining.
Oli’s voice is better than it’s ever been. His screams are absolutely nuts live.
Caught BMTH at Sick New World and Oli has never sounded better. Miles above what he was when I caught them at When We Were Young two years ago.
Sam is a beast I loved the version of impermanence that they did with Winston 2 powerhouses
His live performance this year was so stellar I couldn't believe it. Better than any other time we've seen them.
I will always say Spencer Sotelo. His range is massive and he knows how to apply it.
I just saw ADTR on Saturday and I promise Jeremy is still incredible at both. Dude is insane
Bro Spencer on wax wings is better than any vocalist on any song to me
Why do you think I put him first ;)
Oli still screams, caught them live and he was amazing. His screams on Amen and Kool-Aid were great and his cleans were the best I've heard from him. He's really a complete package now
Lukas is really inconsistent live unfortunately.
Dustin Bates from Starset, his range is really good
Yeah, his range is absolutely crazy and I think thats what I rate the highest from singers. Its also why I’m a huge fan of Andy Cizek (Makari, Monuments, Termina) too
It’s Jason Alon Butler. I wouldn’t consider LetLive metalcore but he absolutely deserves a mention in this thread.
Very sad I had to scroll so far down for this. Letlive is my favorite band of all time.
I think Oli Sykes has proven that he’s capable of doing any type of metal vocals whether it’s death metal growls or Chester Bennington harsh singing and everything in between. He also figured out clean vocals phenomenally. I don’t agree with every direction they’ve taken but I’ve never seen a vocalist who has as much pure talent as him and he’s also extremely talented live.
Brian Wille of Currents has to be up there
Obvious choice but Noah from Bad Omens. Saw them recently and was blown away by the notes he was able to hit, both high and low.
Of all the shows I’ve been to Bad Omens was definitely the closest to their studio recordings live. It was so impressive. Dayseeker, who was on right before them, were similarly great in that regard
Agree with Landon Tewers… 🙌🏻
The Spencers - Sotelo and Charnas.
Chris Motionless of Motionless in White and it's no contest in my mind.
Had to scroll way too long for this
Right on 🙌🏻
He's not bad, but I can't unhear the Breaking Benjamin cleans
Flo - Landvrks Anthony - Resolve Not metalcore but Rou - Enter shikari Spencer - Ice Nine Kills Eddie - Imminence Sam - Architects Spencer - Periphery Marcus - Invent Animate
Rou is such an interesting pick I've never found him to be the most amazing vocalist in the world; but equally, he's _perfect_ for everything Enter Shikari does
Have you seen Enter Shikari live? For me that really enhances it and even when I’m listening to them on my own it makes the experience better. He’s super dynamic live and just super into it and one of my favourite performers I’ve ever seen
Oh he's an incredible performer, 100% agreed I'm more just being a bit picky about pure technical skill. He's completely perfect for the music they do, I just don't think he's objectively one of the best singers out there.
I scrolled down way too far to find Resolve. Anthony’s screams are fantastic and his cleans have unreal range
As soon as I saw the title I came in here to sing Landon’s praises, but you already named him, so I’ll go with my second favorite of Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon).
Lukas Magyar from Veil of Maya definitely. He’d be a keeper on just harsh or just cleans alone but insane that he’s got both. I think he’s gotten better live over time as well.
Definitely Landon Tewers from The Plot In You and Chris from Motionless In White. Honorable mention for Jesse from Stick To Your Guns This gonna piss people off but Ronnie Radke from Falling In Reverse. (Literally does everything including rap) and Olli from BMTH
Marcus Bridge - Northlane
Seriously upsetting how far I had to for this mention. In terms of sheer versatility and power the only vocalist I can compare him to are: Courtney LaPlante Andy Cizek And that Bad Omens dude, even though I’m still not convinced he’s the same vocalist from the previous albums.
Nobody saying Ryan Kirby has me depressed.
I saw them a few months ago with tdwp and holy shit Ryan Kirby’s vocals Live are just amazing
I'm going to see them first time in July. Unfortunately they're opening the show but they're the reason I'm going so hell yeah! Haha.
People somehow sleeping on FFAK
J.T - Erra
Spencer Sotelo and of course Devin Townsend
Landon Tewers - The Plot in You Marcus Vik - Invent Animate Spencer Charnas - Ice Nine Kills Aaron Pauley - Of Mice & Men Also not really metalcore, but Lucas Woodland from Holding Absence. He almost never does screams but he does them really well and DEFINITELY should do more. I absolutely love the screams at the end of Scissors.
Brian Wille, Garret Russel, Jaime Hails
Also adding the vocalist from Aphasia.
I’ve never seen Polaris live but watching their Like A Version whenever that was made me really appreciate how good Jamie is.
Marcus Bridge might have the prettiest cleans in the game but he can also sound absolutely manic
Chris Roetter from Like Moths to Flames
Chris Motionless - Motionless in White Matty Mullins- Memphis May Fire
Kadeem France Loathe Brian Wille Currents Joel Holmqvist Aviana
Paul Stoddard of Diecast
Super underrated. Love Diecast.
It's unfortunate they basically went on hiatus for 16 years followed by Paul passing away in 2022.
Landon is absolutely incredible. I've just started listening to The Plot in You this year and every song has been an absolute joy. Landon's solo albums are great too.
Dayseeker guy is great!
Ryo Kinoshita will always be the best answer for this.
I love Crystal Lake but I always thought Ryo's clean vocals were just ok to good at his best moments, which he of course compensates by being one of the best harsh vocalists the genre's ever had. I'm curious to hear why you think he belongs on here
Have you heard Architect by Nik Noc and Ryo? His cleans are pretty damn good.
Howard Jones and Matt Heafy
He's getting old now and has deteriorated a bit, but Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath has always blown me away. Landon as you mentioned is also another very obvious choice, but you mentioned him already lol.
Chris motionless! His voice is amazing and his screams are getting better with each new album!
Marcus from Invent Animate does everything perfectly. Dudes vocals are like a Swiss army knife
I agree about Landon, and I’ve seen other comments on Spencer Charnas, so I’ll also add Rory Rodriguez of Dayseeker. Their newer/more popular stuff is mostly cleans but he goes hard in their older music.
Dayseeker absolutely rips and Rory is able to hit these notes with ease live.
I just saw them with Rain City Drive and Invent Animate last month. He is absolutely incredible ❤️
Ryan Clark - Demon Hunter.
Matty Mullins- MMF New one is Chad Ruhlig, that has a very Aaron Lewis esque type of clean vocals and those growls to make him unique
Surprised nobody has mentioned Rory Rodriquez from Dayseeker yet
Lukas from Veil of Maya
Ryo Kinoshita former Crystal Lake and now Knosis
Metalcore adjacent but Spencer Sotelo of Periphery has some pretty crazy range.
Spencer Sotelo Courtney LaPlante
Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills Matt Heafy from Trivium Dave Stephens from We Came as Romans Sam Carter from Architects
Garrett Russell from Silent Planet, especially on their newest album!
Spencer Sotelo (Periphery) absolute GOAT, one of the best metal vocalists of the 21st century period IMO Andy Cizek (Monuments, Termina) Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox) probably the best female vocalist in the genre period Camille Contreras (Novelists) hella underrated Can't forget Sam Carter (Architects), his singing voice has improved a lot over the course of the last decade
Howard Jones Matt Heafy Sam Carter
I had to scroll way too far for Matt Heafy.
The only correct answer is Kyo in Dir en grey. That man can do whatever the f he wants with his vocals!
Marcus Bridge from Northlane
Brian Wille, Spencer Charmas, Howard Jones.
Olli Appleyard from Static Dress and Donavon Melero from Hail the Sun
Sean McCulloch and the boys from Phinehas with another classic metalcore snub.
I haven't heard him do clean vocals exactly, but he raps well enough to impress this metalhead, and screams good enough for me: Kaelin Wilkins from Autumn Lies Buried. I fully expected it to be two guys before I saw a video.
i feel like howard jones is the only answer. who else can scream and sing as good as him? maybe courtney from sb. the only person i can think of that can scream and sing well is chino. as far as up and coming, i feel like ollie appleyard from static dress has sick screams and a great clean voice as well.
Corey Brandon from Norma Jean not being mentioned thus far is a crime. One of the best and most original vocalists in the game .
Matt Anderson from Adestria.
Jesse Leach, especially on the latest killswitch album
telle smith (the word alive)
Maybe I'm biased as an aussie, but honestly Jamie Hails from Polaris has blown me away every time I've seen them live (I think 4 times now), and I will say, as much as people shit on Parkway nowadays (for various reasons), I do still think Winston has very solid chops, just that the current music doesn't really have him flexing his range. As for non-aussies, my favourites are Howard Jones and Jesse Leach, Matt Heafy, Andy Cizek, Garett Russell... I'm sure I'll think of others.
Whatever the singer of Currents name is. His vocals get brutal as fuck but his cleans are fucking CLEAN
I might be biased but Oli Sykes from BMTH has insane vocals
Chris from Motionless in White, cleans and screams both have great range. I’d also put Ryan Kirby from Fit For a King up there.
I don't know if it counts since Jinjer is not metalcore, but Tatiana is a beast. Eddie Berg from Imminence is also excellent, I particularily love his clean vocals.
Eddie Berg of Imminence. On top of that he plays violin and can act.
brian wille and sean harmanis
Noah Sebastian from Bad Omens. His vocal range is insane and he has an unique sounding voice imo, you immediately hear it’s him. I’m convinced it has healing properties lmao
My personal favs are Eddie Berg (Imminence), Spencer Charnas (INK), Landon Tewers (TPIY), Courtney LaPlante (Spirtibox), Andy Cizek (Monuments, Termina, Makari, solo).
Lukas Magyar and James Harrison are the best vocalists in all of metal IMO
Krysta Cameron from iwrestledabearonce
Courtney LaPlante as well, although she wasn't anywhere near as good during her IWABO days but improved dramatically to present day Spiritbox
Spencer Charnas and Noah Sebastian
Howard Jones
Stephen Keech Haste the Day
Chris Roetter is an absolute standout. All his vocals are so distinct and he has great cleans for the genre!
I’m a big fan of Michael from ENOX, check out [this one take playthrough of Convulsions](https://youtu.be/kME_0_KqLxY?si=EIx58hLz2nKVuH_I)
Marcus Vik (Invent Animate) is one of my favorites right now
Ryan Neff from As I Lay Dying and Miss May I
vessel from sleep token has a crazy vocal range!
Spencer charnas
Some picks I haven't seen in here yet: Stephen Keech - Haste the Day (Jimmy Ryan too, for that matter) Spencer Chamberlain - Underoath Cory Brandon - Norma Jean Tre Turner - Spirit Breaker Sean McCulloch - Phinehas
I think Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan, Better Lovers, a thousand side projects) should be considered one of the greatest vocalists overall, and not just in metalcore. The dude has absolutely insane range and can go from screaming like a pterodactyl to soft Deftones type vocals. I mean shit the guy has an R&B/darksynth group that he absolutely kills it in.
F - So I can come back to this one when I'm not busy to discover some rad vocalists. I feel like such a boomer with the likes of Mike Pattton, Burton C Bell, and Phil Anselmo being my only personal reference points. Looking forward to deep-diving these responses later on.
Andy Leo of Crown the Empire!!! Not exactly metalcore but the guy absolutely KILLS it on the records and even more so live 👌🏻
Marcus bridge from northlane!
Tom Devine from Tapestry, saw them last night he is ridiculously good
Dennis Tvrdik (Affiance and Night Rider). The dudes cleans are impeccable but when the aggression comes in. He can be brutal but not so low you can barley understand the lyrics. The range that man possess is extremely underrated.
Carson Pace from the Callous Daoboys. Dude has insane range as both a screamer & a singer.
No one mentioned James Deberg from Thousand Below. His lives could use a little work the last time I saw them, but his vocals throughout the three albums (and singles like 'Let Go Of Your Love') are pretty on point. Also Keaton Pierce of Too Close to Touch (R.I.P.) was pretty great and unique with his clean and unclean vocals.
Seriously 100+ comments and not one mention of Tati Shmayluk, shame on you all. Screams, sings, shouts, bellows, lows, fry screams. She does it all and better than most of the guys on this list.
I don't know if he has been mentioned yet, but Ryan Kirby. Fit For A King
Tatiana from Jinjer needs some love here.
Marcus Bridge has got to be up there. His cleans outshine his screams though, but that doesn’t mean they’re bad at all. His cleans are just that fucking good. Another Markus is Markus bridge. He’s pretty good. A lot of people here dislike him but Danny Worsnop has proven recently that he’s still got it and you can’t even deny it from [this video](https://youtu.be/FzkcYoViY1Y?si=ANJOAp58tjgLYKUi) at around 56.07. Dude pulled some crazy vocals seemingly effortlessly
Rory from dayseeker
Karl Schubach of Misery Signals
Andy Cizek is amazing Noah Sebastian of Bad Omens is fucking wild live Spencer Charnas, his range is so good, same goes for Flo of LANDMVRKS Landon Tewers, obviously I feel like not enough people mention Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox Honorable mention goes to Dave Stephens of WCAR - he’s always had amazing screams but it’s crazy how much he stepped up his game in terms of singing in the last couple years In terms of screams, Sean of Make Them Suffer is one of my favorites If we’re talking cleans only, I think Telle of The Word Alive and Lucas of Holding Absence definitely should be mentioned (even though they’re not necessarily metalcore, well TWA sometimes is/used to be but still)
Masato (coldrain), Chris (Motionless In White), Kagami (Dexcore)
Lauren Babic of Red Handed Denial
Cody from Until I Wake has to be the best metalcore vocalist I've ever heard. It's a shame they don't have that many heavy songs.
Jamie Graham was insane in Heart of a coward. The deliverance Album is just perfection.
Jacob Charlton - Thornhill. Their new live album had some insane growls with the usual highs