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Poll Question: Two ProgMetal Vocalists. Which one's better for you?
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    Posted: January 01 2015 at 00:40
Both very emotional,raw,and powerful...
Ray Alder [Fates Warning,Redemption]
Daniel Gildenlöw [Pain Of Salvation]
Rest u know...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 10:25
Couldn't be easier. Gildenlow is an amazing and very unique singer whilst Alder is just another hair metal style singer, good at what he does but nothing exceptional.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 11:45
Ray Alder is "just another hair metal style" singer? Please listen to Parallels and Inside Out and get back to me. In his prime, his voice was just as good as Geoff Tate's was.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 12:04
Gildenlow by far, amazing range.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 13:19
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 13:37
Adler for sure, yes he has some not so steller performances out there but he also has some killer ones. I just prefer his voice to Gildenlow's to be honest.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 16:42
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Ray Alder is "just another hair metal style" singer? Please listen to Parallels and Inside Out and get back to me. In his prime, his voice was just as good as Geoff Tate's was.

I have the two after those, Perfect Symmetry and A Pleasant Shade of Grey. He's good, but like Geoff Tate I don't really hear anything that sets him apart from dozens of other singers in the same style, all hitting the high notes and delivering the lines in the same way. And personally neither of them are a patch on Russel Allen, the best in the business in that style.

Gildenlow on the other hand has that huge range and adds a Hammill/Fish style of theatricality to it that few others have done so, at least as convincingly. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2015 at 17:05
Gildenlow
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2015 at 00:14
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Ray Alder is "just another hair metal style" singer? Please listen to Parallels and Inside Out and get back to me. In his prime, his voice was just as good as Geoff Tate's was.

I have the two after those, Perfect Symmetry and A Pleasant Shade of Grey.
 
Perfect Symmetry comes before Parallels, which was less aggressive but no less inspiring,
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

He's good, but like Geoff Tate I don't really hear anything that sets him apart from dozens of other singers in the same style, all hitting the high notes and delivering the lines in the same way. And personally neither of them are a patch on Russel Allen, the best in the business in that style.
 
TEHO. I never got into Symphony X. They were much-hyped when Divine Wings of Tragedy appeared, and honestly I was disappointed. No particular reason why they didn't click with me, but Allen, while a capable singer, didn't tickle my ears the way guys like Ronnie Dio, Glenn Hughes, John Lawton, Alder and Tate have. And we all know Dio was "the best in the business in that style," anyway. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2015 at 05:33
Alder for sure, he is a legendary vocalist, at least for me, like a lot his tone and has some spectacular moments on many albums
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2015 at 21:25

Daniel Gildenlöw.

When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2015 at 22:02
Gildenlow.  I agree with sleeper, Alder struck me as more in the Tate-mould and there were frankly too many such singers in the 90s.  I also agree with verslibre about Dio; he was the king of heavy f***ing metal. Gildenlow is way more versatile than Dio though and is able to carve out a niche for himself in that way. 
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