Lol @ the phrase "cookie monster vocals". I need to remember that one.
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Browsing around YouTube I found an interesting channel to check out https://www.youtube.com/user/UPMChannel
Lead me to this new group. Not bad.
Rockin chick. The guitar player is Henrik Klingenberg from Sonata Arctica.
Not sure if you outright don't like unclean/harsh vocals. But, if you do, and simply don't like the cookie-cutter cookie MONSTER vocals? Still like Death Metal? You like the energy? The heaviness?
Extinction Level Event. I, too was looking for more music and lost all hope. When a friend in college two years ago showed me ELE. I was blown away. Simply Death Metal vocals as they should be. Without sounding like desperate idiots trying too be as br00tal as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cxUv0DgtU Disgusting.
Wow, I agree with that mindset. Hell that's why I'm subbed to a Twitch streamer named Sanguiphilia, because she listens to REAL metal. So it's nice to listen to everything in a metal song without worrying about some cookie monster garbage ruining it.
So anyway, check out Cradle of Filth, Epica, and Children of Bodom. These are a few examples you can look up and find in many places.
Alter Bridge, like Creed and other Tremonti projects, are great to listen to, but Tremonti's tone is sooooo bad live, I'm always thoroughly disappointed with any live performance just because of that. He's a great guitarist, especially in the studio, but live it's not a good experience in my opinion, and most of the people I know agree on this.
I liked ABIII the most, I think it's a great production, one of my favourite albums in the genre.
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In general, there are so many different vocal styles to Metal music, it's really hard to make a generalized statement about vocals in Metal.
My favourite vocalist in Metal is Floor Jansen (Nightwish, Revamp, etc...), she can do opera, rock and grunt/scream/squeal, all with extreme precision and projection, incredible, especially live.
I generally don't like most "revered" power metal and hair metal vocalists, with the exception of Rob Halford in the old days maybe but I really don't like his theatrics, I think they are not in line with the music any more, it's a personal thing, but it takes the fun out of Judas Priest live performances for me.
I also really like German folk rock/folk metal/medieval rock vocals, e.g. Subway to Sally, Schandmaul, etc...
I grew up in the hair metal era so I can't hate it all. Some great early Skid Row
Motley Crue
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Tremonti uses multiple amps for his guitar tones, like a fender for his clean tones, bogners for the drive and dirt, and i believe a PRS archon amp.
i have no doubt having so many amps for a ton of different tones comes off badly live.
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Might have been posted here but not sure.
Give this a go, got good energy and clean vocals!
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Check out Sebastian Bach's solo work from the last couple years. He's very purist on how he records, usually going with very limited digital mastering so it sounds a little more organic and rough.
The dude's still got the hair and some seriously strong pipes for being almost 50.
Phil Anselmo doesnt have anything on Cookie Monster.
i'm surprised it took so long for Power Metal to be brought up, because that's why it's a popular genre. i don't particular care for it because of the cheese that so often comes with it, but yeah.
Check out Angel Vivaldi, it's 100% instrumental.
This collaboration he did is one of my favorite songs