A couple more of my favorite metal YouTubers I've been watching lately include Steve Terreberry (definitely in the "funny" category) and Jared Dines. For the latter, Jared hosted a contest for vocalists to write their own chorus to perform for a song he wrote for his project with Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage, Light the Torch), Sion. The winner would have their chorus added to the final product. NO, I didn't participate. I may be good at clean/harsh vocals, but I'm so not ready for the spotlight. Still I had a blast listening to around 150 vocalists sing and scream their hearts out. However, that's not all of them. It's only around 5% of the total, because Jared had actually received 3000 ENTRIES!!! Wow! This proves that there are still so many vocalists with confident passion this year besides the professionals out there. And it might just be the biggest metal vocalist contest in YouTube history! Anyway, the contest is over, and while the winner has gotten what he earned, we can still appreciate what other people have submitted, 100 of whom can be found in this video (quite a long one, so you don't have to watch it all if it's too much):
Here's a list of all the singers I enjoy from that video (consider this a list of who I would recommend listening to if you can't sit through the whole thing):
1:23 JOHHNY CIARDULLO (known for his Lorna Shore clean-sung covers, I enjoy his melody towards the end)
3:18 SPENCER (DAMAGEJOY) (quite some killer vocals here)
5:07 SAM POWER
6:22 ZSANI
7:36 MARIJE
8:51 HEAVY HOLDEN
9:31 YULIYA
11:32 DRYSTAN BARNETT (some of the most natural vocals here)
12:45 LAUREN
15:20 BENNY MARSON KHONGWIR (from delicate air to deathly fire)
17:32 SPRING HOLLOW
18:10 KURT WONDRELY
18:47 KOTTI (despite not winning, he had some potential)
19:23 LINUS
23:50 DANNY CHAVIS
27:03 NICOLAS GONZALEZ
30:05 JEREMY GRAHAM (such an impressive vocal range)
33:43 DAN ROHDE (Bring Your Pet Dog to a Vocal Contest Day)
39:27 MATTEO MAGAZZINI
42:26 PATRICK RUSSEL (that metal synthwave guy)
43:03 CHRIS HUFF
50:03 ASTRID CAROLINA (beautiful voice and beautiful hair, my personal favorite in the female category)
50:46 BOGDAN HASAS
51:24 BRANDON RENEGADE (probably the closest sounding to Howard Jones here)
52:00 BRYCE GARLAND
52:37 CAM HESSELBROCK
53:16 CAM WALCH
54:37 BEING HUMAN
56:41 CURTIS BLAND
57:28 DOOMICK THE PANCAKE
58:03 THE STEPMOMS (interesting band name)
58:40 EMIL SKOLD
59:20 EMIR BEKBOLOTOV (my personal favorite in the heavy category)
59:59 FELIPE QUEIROZ
1:04:50 JORDAN HOUGHTON (the most pop-ish one here)
1:06:40 KASEY KARLSEN
1:08:04 LINUS (SAWCON) (the German lyrics really pack a punch)
1:08:41 LOGAN GAMESON
1:16:31 NIGHTFARER (reminds me a bit of Issues)
1:17:49 PETER MITCHELL
1:22:45 LEO KRACK (amazing blackened-ish screaming, but hard to hear the song)
1:26:55 YELLOWSTAR
1:28:58 ZOKZO (my personal favorite in the melodic category)
1:29:39 DARIO SAVINO
1:30:55 SOHEIL AVAKH (my personal favorite in the category that blends heavy and melodic)
1:31:30 ADAM R
1:40:42 JOEL DICKSON (excellent, but why did he only do the first half?)
1:43:48 CHRISTIAN O'NEAL (impressive highs, close to post-hardcore category)
As much as all those vocalists deserve their time to shine, of course, there could only be one winner. I won't spoil who won, but I'll say he's easily one of my top 10 in the list. If you'd like to know the winner, see this video at 15:40, 21:20, and 23:40:
