Best Metal/Rock Vocalists
by disboyrulez | created - 02 Feb 2011 | updated - 27 Mar 2011 | PublicA list of my favorite (and according to me, the best) Metal and Rock Vocalists of all times. \m/
1. Bruce Dickinson
Soundtrack | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Bruce Dickinson was born on August 7, 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Into the Blue (2005) and Bride of Chucky (1998). He has been married to Leana Dolci since 2023. He was previously married to...
Lead vocalist of the British Heavy Metal band "Iron Maiden"
2. James Hetfield
Soundtrack | Metallica Through the Never
His parents were divorced, and at a young age, he lost his mother to cancer. He grew up hunting, playing guitar, and was an ordinary quiet kid. Lars Ulrich put out an ad in 1981 in a newspaper asking somebody to jam out and listen to rock music with him and he replied. Lars Ulrich and James hooked ...
Lead Vocalist and Rhythm Guitarist of the American Thrash/Heavy Metal band "Metallica"
3. Till Lindemann
Soundtrack | Lost Highway
Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his ...
Lead Vocalist of the German Industrial Metal band "Rammstein"
4. Kurt Cobain
Soundtrack | The Batman
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He...
Lead Vocalist and Guitarist of the American Grunge band "Nirvana"
5. Serj Tankian
Soundtrack | Hardcore Henry
Serj Tankian was born on August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a composer and actor, known for Hardcore Henry (2015), Body of Lies (2008) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). He has been married to Angela Madatyan since June 10, 2012. They have one child.
Lead Vocalist of the Armenian-American Alternative/Nu/Progressive Metal band "System Of A Down"
6. Dave Mustaine
Soundtrack | Last Action Hero
Dave Mustaine was born on September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Last Action Hero (1993), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He has been married to Pamela Anne Casselberry since March 3, 1991. They have two children.
Lead Vocalist and Guitarist of the American Thrash Metal band "Megadeth"
7. Robert Plant
Soundtrack | The Song Remains the Same
Prior to Hobbstweedle (a pickup blues band formed to honour a gig at West Midlands College Of Education) Robert was the frontman for The Band of Joy - featuring Percy, John Bonham, Paul Lockey (bass), Chris Brown (keyboards) and Kevyn Gammond (guitar). The BOJ were on verge of making a record deal ...
Lead Vocalist of the British Rock/Hard Rock band "Led Zeppelin"
8. Ozzy Osbourne
Soundtrack | Little Nicky
One of the pioneers of heavy metal and one of its most commercially successful and iconic artists, Ozzy Osbourne was born in Birmingham, England, as John Michael Osbourne. After leaving school and having many odd jobs, he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler. This group then split, leading Ozzy ...
Lead Vocalist of the British Heavy Metal band "Black Sabbath" and his solo project "Ozzy Osbourne"
9. Paul Stanley
Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge!
Paul Stanley is the charismatic front man/lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist/songwriter for hard rock super group KISS, best known for his wailing vocals, high-energy on-stage antics and appeal to female fans. Born Stanley Eisen on January 20, 1952, in Queens, New York, Stanley took a keen interest in ...
Lead Vocalist and Rhythm Guitarist of the American Hard Rock/Glam Metal band "Kiss"
10. Alexi Laiho
Soundtrack | Kohtalon kirja
Alexi Laiho was born on April 8, 1979 in Espoo, Finland. He was an actor, known for The Book of Fate (2003), Brütal Legend (2009) and Your Man (2008). He was married to Kelli Wright-Laiho and Kimberly Goss. He died on December 29, 2020 in Helsinki, Finland.
Lead Vocalist and Lead Guitarist of the Finnish Heavy/Melodic Death Metal band "Children Of Bodom"
11. Dani Filth
Soundtrack | Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Dani Filth was born on July 25, 1973 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Mother of Tears (2007) and Brütal Legend (2009). He has been married to Toni since October 31, 2005. They have one child.
Lead Vocalist of the British Extreme Metal band "Cradle Of Filth"
12. Brian Johnson
Soundtrack | Iron Man
Brian Johnson was born on October 5, 1947 in Dunston, Gateshead, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Iron Man (2008), Maximum Overdrive (1986) and The Avengers (2012). He is married to Brenda. He was previously married to Carol.
Lead Vocalist Of The Australian Rock n Roll band "AC/DC"
13. Jonathan Davis
Soundtrack | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He recorded demos in his father's studio during his teenage years. Then he later joined a band called Sex Art, which also included Ryan Shuck (now he is the guitarist for Orgy). Sex Art only ever released one song, entitled "...
Lead Vocalist of the American Nu Metal band "Korn"
14. Blaze Bayley
Soundtrack | Drugaí Marú II
Blaze Bayley was born on May 29, 1963 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Drugaí Marú II, Large (2001) and Top of the Pops (1964). He was previously married to Eline and Debbie Hartland.
Lead Vocalist of the British Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band "Wolfsbane" (1984 to 1994), of British Heavy Metal band "Iron Maiden" (1994 to 1999) and of his self-titled band.
15. Ronnie James Dio
Soundtrack | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
How many rock stars can brag about recording and touring consistently in six different decades? That's just one of the many claims to fame enjoyed by Ronnie James Dio. Born on July 10, 1942, this Cortland, New York native began his recording career back in 1958. Even back then, the seeds of Ronnie ...
Lead Vocalist of British Hard Rock band "Rainbow", of British Heavy Metal band "Black Sabbath" and of American Heavy Metal band "Dio"
16. Joey Tempest
Soundtrack | Pitch Perfect
Joey Tempest is world-known as the lead-singer and frontman of the mega successful hardrock band EUROPE. Starting his career in 1979 together with John Norum, Tempest achieved a nationwide success in Sweden in 1982 by recording the eponymous first album "Europe". The 1984 album Wings Of Tomorrow ...
Lead Vocalist of the Swedish Hard Rock band "Europe"
17. Lou Gramm
Soundtrack | The Lost Boys
Lou Gramm was born on May 2, 1950 in Rochester, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Lost Boys (1987), Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) and Footloose (1984).
Lead Vocalist of the British-American Rock/Hard Rock band "Foreigner"
18. Rob Halford
Soundtrack | Spun
Rob Halford was born on August 25, 1951 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Spun (2002), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
Lead Vocalist of the British Heavy Metal band "Judas Priest"
19. Lemmy
Soundtrack | Grosse Pointe Blank
Lemmy was born on December 24, 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Airheads (1994) and Smokin' Aces (2006). He died on December 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lead Vocalist and Bassist of the British Heavy/Speed Metal band "Motorhead"
20. Ian Gillan
Soundtrack | Point Break
Former vocalist for the Javelins and Episode Six, Ian Gillan joined Deep Purple in 1969. They recorded the legendary albums "Deep Purple In Rock", "Fireball", "Machine Head" and "Who Do We Think We Are", as well as a number of live albums.
He left Deep Purple in 1973 due to differences with guitarist...
Lead Vocalist of the British Hard Rock band "Deep Purple"
21. Scott Stapp
Soundtrack | The Skulls
Scott was born Anthony Scott Flippen. Desperate to seek freedom from a strict religious life, he sneaked out of his home in the dead of night. He went to a friend's house and stayed for a month before returning home. When punished as a child, Scott would be forced to copy the Bible.
Later, he tried ...
Lead Vocalist of the American Post-Grunge/Alternative Metal band "Creed"
22. Mark Knopfler
Soundtrack | Local Hero
Mark Knopfler recorded his first single at age 16, but it was never released, He started the band Dire Straits in 1977, they were signed to Vertigo Records in 1978 and recorded the album "Dire Straits", which featured their first major hit single, "Sultans of Swing". Their follow-up albums include ...
Lead Vocalist and Lead Guitarist of the British Rock band "Dire Straits"
23. David Gilmour
Soundtrack | Pink Floyd: The Wall
David Jon Gilmour was born on 6th March, 1946, in Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. As the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, he is by many considered one of the most influential guitarists on the rock stage. Right up to "The Dark Side of The Moon", Dave wrote his own songs, but from then up to "The ...
Lead Vocalist and Lead Guitarist of the British Progressive/Psychedelic Rock band "Pink Floyd"
24. Sully Erna
Soundtrack | The Expendables
Sully Erna, best known as singer and main songwriter of acclaimed rock band Godsmack was born and raised in the suburbs of Boston Massachusetts. He has been a musician since the tender age of 3 years old, where he began his musical journey as a drummer. Already a proven commodity as the frontman of...
Lead Vocalist of the American Heavy/Alternative Metal band "Godsmack"
25. Steven Tyler
Soundtrack | Be Cool
Steven Tyler was born on March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Be Cool (2005), Epic (2013) and Wayne's World 2 (1993). He was previously married to Teresa Barrick and Cyrinda Foxe.
Lead Vocalist of the American Hard Rock band "Aerosmith"
26. James LaBrie
Actor | Dream Theater: The Alien
James LaBrie was born on May 5, 1963 in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada as Kevin James LaBrie. He is a vocalist, songwriter and lyricist, best known as the lead singer for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, which he joined in 1991. He had previously been the singer for glam metal band ...
Lead Vocalist of the American Progressive Metal band "Dream Theater"
27. Barry Hay
Soundtrack | Baby Driver
Barry Hay was born on August 16, 1948 in Fyzabad, India. He is an actor and composer, known for Baby Driver (2017), Frankie and Johnny (1991) and Pushing Tin (1999).
Lead Vocalist of the Dutch Progressive/Hard Rock band "Golden Earring"
28. Jesper Binzer
Soundtrack | Anja & Viktor - I medgang og modgang
Jesper was born in Copenhagen in 1965. He and his brother Jacob aka Cobber, both had a great interest in music. They grew up both in the rising Rock'n'Roll culture in Copenhagen in the mid/late 70s and 80s.
Together with Stig Pedersen and Peter L. Jensen they formed the band "Disneyland After Dark" ...
Lead Vocalist of the Danish Hard Rock band "D-A-D"
29. Kim B. Petersen
Soundtrack | Clerks II
Kim B. Petersen is known for Clerks II (2006), The Perfect Woman (1996) and Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009).
Lead Vocalist of the Danish Heavy Metal band "King Diamond"
30. Phil Lynott
Soundtrack | A Knight's Tale
Phil Lynott was born on August 20, 1949 in West Bromwich, Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for A Knight's Tale (2001), The Expendables (2010) and Rush (2013). He was married to Caroline Crowther. He died on January 4, 1986 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Lead Vocalist and Bassist of the Irish Hard Rock band "Thin Lizzy"
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