Vocalist Gaahl said that during its early years, " black metal was never meant to reach an audience, it was purely for our own satisfaction ".

* Tom Araya Vocalist of thrash metal band Slayer

In 2006, heavy metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the " Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time ".

Vocalist ZP Theart has no qualms about emulating heroes like Bruce Dickinson ( Iron Maiden ) and Michael Kiske ( Helloween ), but his lupine howls have a character all their own ... Valley of the Damned may not be groundbreaking or cathartic, and lyrics like " In the land of desire with your heart filled with fire you live for the right to be free / We will sail on forever more to the land of the evening star " may cross the line into heavy metal parody, but it's undeniably entertaining, expertly played, and endlessly fun.

Vocalist Steev Esquivel would take a similar direction to Flynn after the 1994 break-up of his thrash metal band, Defiance, when he formed groove metal / nu-metal group, Skinlab, the following year.

Vocalist Guy Ritter left his high-pitched falsetto vocals off, singing mostly in his melodic baritone voice, and the elements of 1980s speed metal are nonexistent on this album.

Vocalist Pamela Moore reprised her role as Sister Mary for the album, while the role of Dr. X ( played by actor Anthony Valentine on the first album ) was taken over by heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio.

* David Swan Montgomery, Vocalist, Composer / Producer, vocalist for international tribute band Led Zepagain and solo artist.

* Yuusuke ; Vocalist of the rock band High and Mighty Color

* Halca ; Vocalist of the rock band High and Mighty Color

Haggard was named Top New Male Vocalist, Kay Adams was named Top New Female Vocalist and Buck Owens ' band, The Buckaroos, was named Band Of The Year.

Antony Hämäläinen ( Vocalist for the Greek / Swedish Melodic Death Metal band Nightrage ) was born in Hämeenlinna.

Vocalist Toshi decided to leave the band as the glamorous, success-oriented life of a rock star failed to satisfy him emotionally, as opposed to a simpler life and career.

Vocalist and songwriter Sal Valentino asked Peacock to join his band and gave Peacock's music to his industry friends.

* Circulus ( Progressive Folk / Rock band featuring Cardiacs Percussionist / Backing Vocalist, Cathy Harabaras )

Vocalist & Guitarist Luke Caley and Adam Roffey vocalist & Bassist of the Crawley / Croydon based Alternative / Rock / Progressive band ' Press To Meco ' are also from the area.

Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices and second guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band.

Vocalist Alex Chilton went on to front the powerpop band Big Star and to launch a career as a solo artist, during which he occasionally performed songs he had sung with the Box Tops.

The lineup featured long-time friend, Justin Fox, singer of the Santa Barbara band Tripdavon, as a " Special Guest Vocalist ".

Along with this announcement, Dishwalla quietly let it be known from personal Facebook posts by the members what fans had long speculated: the permanent replacement of orignal front man J. R. Richards with long-time friend and " Special Guest Vocalist ", Justin Fox, from the band Tripdavon.

Vocalist Paul Jago became a geologist and moved to Arizona, later forming the band ( duo with wife ) SAID DOG.

Vocalist and drummer John Pugh officially left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood.

Vocalist Roy Kenner and guitarist Domenic Troiano then joined the band for the next two albums, Passin ' Thru ( July 1972 ) and Straight Shooter ( October 1972 ).

Vocalist Damian Wilson left the band after three very well received albums to concentrate on his solo career and the band found a replacement in Ian ' Moon ' Gould.

Vocalist Ralf Scheepers, who lived far away from the other band members hometown Hamburg and was attempting to become the new Judas Priest singer after Rob Halford, felt his position in the band strained by the writing collaboration of Hansen and Schlächter in the composition of new songs.

Vocalist / bassist Helmut Köllen ( performing on the band's most successful albums, Illusions and Spartacus ) left the band after Spartacus to pursue a solo career.

Vocalist Dave Wall joined the band in 1988, and vocalist and saxophonist Gene Hardy joined in 1989.

Vocalist Araya asserts Venom, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Mercyful Fate were a big influence on the record, as guitarist King was into the Satanic image.

" Vocalist Eddie Argos also talks about the similarities between Art Brut and The Replacements including making " another record with my heart on the sleeve.

McEntire holds the record for the most Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist Awards ( seven ), and American Music Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist ( twelve ), and ties with Martina McBride for most Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Awards ( four ), though McEntire does have the distinction of winning the award 4 times consecutively.

Vocalist Geoff Rickly commented on the style of the new album, stating, " In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return.

Country music artist Martina McBride has received over 15 major music awards including matching Reba McEntire's record for the most wins for the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year with her fourth win in 2004.

On the championship show, winners of Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Vocal Group, Comedy, and Dance, are awarded $ 100, 000 but unlike American Idol, no record contract was guaranteed.

The album, entitled " Mr. Vocalist ", was released in November 2008 and topped the charts of several cities in Japan ; it was also the number-one seller in several online record stores.

Vocalist Rob Birch, and DJ / producer Nick Hallam, founded their Gee Street recording studio and record label, with money they were given to leave their London flat and dispensing with using a backing band, travelled to early gigs on public transport.

Vocalist Carl Severson was owner of hardcore record label Ferret Music but has since moved onto start Good Fight Entertainment since the Warner Bros buy out of Ferret.

Vocalist John Dudgeon went on to release a solo single record in 1983 called " Put My Arms Around You " which received extensive airplay on CKFM ( 99. 9 ) and numerous other stations in Canada and U. S. In 2004, he joined Mojo Grande, a funk / blues band from Markham, Ontario.

Vocalist Ben Windsor said the band were not fully prepared when commencing studio work for the album ; " We entered the studio without a complete scope of where the record was going.

The commercial success of this last recording, released after a lapse of several years by the French label Erato, leads Cohen and the Erato label to record a series of early American programs with the Boston Camerata, including " The American Vocalist ", " Trav ' ling Home ", and " Liberty Tree ".

Vocalist Ryan Clark described in an interview that, while the previous two albums had him record vocals with a standing, screened microphone, for The Triptych, he used a basic handheld mic.

She was voted Best British Female Vocalist two years in a row by the magazine Record Mirror.

In addition to her Grammy for " Let Me Be There ", Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, defeating more established nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton and Tanya Tucker.

Haza was voted " Female Vocalist Of The Year " four years in a row, from 1980 through 1983.

In 2010, the album Ms. Vocalist, from Sony Japan was Top 10 on the Japanese Billboard chart and the first single from the album, “ I Love You ”, hit # 1.

Vocalist Arnar Gudjonsson was formerly the guitarist with Mower, and he was joined by Hallur Hallsson ( bass guitar ), Arnar Ólafsson ( guitar, accordion ), Bjarni Grímsson ( drums ), and Andri Ásgrímsson ( keyboards ).

For the next four years, Francis was voted the " Best Female Vocalist " by American Bandstand viewers.

Warwick was named the Bestselling Female Vocalist in the Cash Box Magazine Poll in 1964, with six chart hits in that year.

Vocalist Brad Delp was added to the collective in 1970.

Her video for Tracy Chapman ’ s “ Give Me One Reason ” was nominated for MTV ’ s Best Female Vocalist, 1996.

Dana also performed extensively in cabaret venues and was voted Top Female Vocalist at the National Club Acts Awards in 1979.

She was also named the Academy of Country Music's Best New Female Vocalist.

Vocalist Joey Ramone was an avid fan of Spector's early work, including albums by many girl groups and Let It Be by The Beatles.

Melanie was awarded Billboard's # 1 Top Female Vocalist award for 1972.

That year she won major awards from the country music community ; Top New Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music Awards, Top Artist of the Year from Billboard Magazine, and was nominated for the Horizon award by the Country Music Association.