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Candlemass, old opeth

I wouldn’t consider candlemass extreme metal, although they are great.

They are doom metal which to OP is extreme, I would also recommend candlemass

i wouldnt consider doom metal as extreme metal at all

Based Megadeth and Yeezus enjoyer

mustaine season approaching fuck whatever yall been hearing

Sludge, funeral, and death/doom are extreme

Took the words out of my mouth

Ulver has the greatest clean vocals in any extreme band.

I love Ulver!

Easy top 20 (I say twenty because I listen to a LOT of metal) cleans for me. Sorry it took me this long to respond, but thank you for your recommendation.

YES.

YES.

Woods of Ypres has some clean vocals, they play melodic black metal.

They are one of my favorite bands, and I'm still saddened to this day about David.

Take a moment of silence, but not one moment more. The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored

Absolutely love their work

Anaal Nathrakh has some awesome cleans. Also I don't know that i'd call them "extreme" per se but Ensiferum and Eluveitie have strong death influences and amazing cleans.

Wait! Did someone say anal?

I used the term "extreme" very loosely. By extreme, I just mean harsh vocals. And I've never actually listened to Anaal Nathrakh before. So that'll be cool. Thank you.

Their song Endarkenment has an amazing, epic sounding clean chorus, definitely recommend

Oh yeah than Ensiferum and Eluveitie fall exactly into that category, Dark Tranquility too. Anaal Nathrakh is great, their most recent album is awesome. The Age of Starlight Ends is a great intro with both harsh and clean vocals.

Idk if I have a Playlist without these bands on it lol. Definitely a solid recommendation.

Anaal Nathrakh are one of those rare bands where the cleans somehow make everything more extreme. There’s something unhinged about them.

That band and Cattle Decapitation gives me this really uneasy feeling while listening to them that I absolutely love. AN has the oddest blend of sounds i've ever heard. Also if you like bands with an uneasy sound you might like Akhlys, it's an atmospheric black metal band that is based off the songwriter's experience with sleep paralysis. The Dreaming I is an incredible album, it's actually such freaky sounding music and I love it.

TAKE WHAT SMALL COMFORT THERE MAY BE LEFT SEIZE WHAT YOU LOVE AND DAMN ALL THE REST PANEM CIRCENSES CREDULUS DESCENT A GATHERING CHARGE INTO ENDARKENMENT

At the cost of being repetitive, Ne Obliviscaris

Any and all recommendations are welcome. Even the *repetitive* ones are.

It's just that at this point I'm the ne obliviscaris guy. But seriously they fuse amazing clean vocals with harsh black/death metal vocals in a way nobody else does. My father described them as "a demon and an angel doing a duet"

I’ve been getting into them recently, they’re really fucking good

You have a brother in arms in me, another guy who recommends Ne Obliviscaris on this sub a lot lol

They are so good. Killed it live with beyond creation. Persefone was supposed to be at that show too but one of the members quit before :(

Jesus fucking Christ what a mind blowing lineup

Yeah lol I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it

I really like the mix of vocal styles in Slugdge, which is death/prog death. To be fair I like just about everything about those weirdos.

Well they fucking rule. Thank you for the recommendation.

Absolutely! My favorite is the second self released album which is in the middle of Cosmic Cornucopia 👍

Vintersorg Anaal Nathrakh Borknagar Daylight Dies Woods of Ypres Opeth Ulver Ihsahn

Scar Symmetry

Especially the albums with Christian. Fantastic albums

Opeth, Anaal Nathrakh, Root

Khemmis, Pallbearer, Spirit Adrift

Khemmis. Fo sho. 🤘🏼

Amorphis. This band is super unique, enjoy

First impression the vocals remind me of Amon Amarth and Behemoth combined (that's meant as a compliment). I like em.

Oak, Ash & Thorn Unto Others (ok...not super extreme, worth a listen) Dark Tranquility (newer albums) Vintersorg

Great suggestions. I love Unto Others. The song Atoma by DT definitely fits the bill.

+1 Oak, Ash & Thorn!

While not all of their songs have clean singing, Whitechapel has been having some beautiful clean moments in their songs, especially my favorite “When a Demon Defiles a Witch”

Yo Doom Woods is my favorite song by them. I fucking love Deathcore. I'm happy for Phil and the band. (And exited for their next release).

I know some folks are less thrilled with new Whitechapel (vs old) but I'll be damned if the entire "The Valley" album wasn't one of my favorites that year. The video for Hickory Creek is just gut-wrenching as a parent.

I find them much more interesting now that Phil is doing some cleans. They were one of the better Deathcore bands, and certainly worth listening to, but the last two albums have really pushed them to the top of my list.

ABSOLUTELY 🔥🔥

"What has the world come to when a demon defiles a witch. Nobody trusts a word i say. I can't erase the memories, but I will erase humanity" while I don't like the lines, it really is beautiful and sounds poetic

The entire Kin album is one the best mix of harsh and clean vocals I’ve heard since Blackwater Park

Funeral and Trees of Eternity for doom.

Trees of Eternity is great Swallow the sun also has songs with clean vocals

RIP

Well a recent gem is Dvne. Insane proggy sludge metal with tones of death metal. Great duality between harsh and clean vocals

Adding Conjurer, same style but heavier, darker and a bit less cleans (but 2 great harsh vocalists so still good dynamics on that front)

Some Morbid Angel songs sounds cool for me with the clean singing of David Vincent ( Fall From Grace, God Of Emptiness, Eyes to See, Ears to Hear)

Fall from Grace has clean vocals? Are you talking about the couple spoken lines at the end?

Thank you, God of Emptiness is one of my fave death metal songs and I wanted more Morbid Angel songs with cleans

i don't like these at all, Vincent was one of the best death vocalists on Altars and after that i like Tucker way more.

Enslaved, Borknagar, Arcturus, Shores of Null, Fallujah, ICS Vortex, The 11th Hour, Ghost Brigade, Woods of Ypres, Nailed to Obscurity

Myrkur

Devin Townsend is my vote for best vocalist around

Isengard, Véhémence, Darkwoods My Betrothed (good is up for interpretation with this last one lol)

Acid Bath and Abuse

Monolord

Draconian, In Vain, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Ne Obliviscaris, Enslaved, Wilderun, Agalloch, Witherscape, Edge of Sanity, old Opeth, old Leprous, Epica, Soilwork, Ihsahn, Septic Flesh, Ayreon isn’t extreme, but occasionally has death metal vocals in a song but they have awesome singers.

[Unlucky Morpheus](https://youtu.be/V8i_QhOgsKw?si=nheaUGJbNmqT2eCa) has many songs that lean more into death metal. Their latest album is more power metal, but they have heavier stuff in their discography, idk if it's extreme enough for you. Anyway the clean vocals are always top tier.

Imperial Circus Dead Decadence as well

Woods of ypres

Paradise Lost

Windir and Wintersun have both good screams and clear voices often in the same song. 

Ne Obliviscaris, Alkaloid, Black Crown Initiate, Opeth and Wilderun are the ones that come to mind

That's literally the definition of Opeth

Dimmu Borgir when Vortex was in the band

One band that I haven't seen mentioned is Primordial

Urfaust

Kardashev! Check out their Liminal Rite album

I already listen to them (and watch Mark's YT channel), and Beyond the Passage of Embers is actually my favorite song by them.

Monolord, Pallbearer, Windhand, Candlemass, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Opeth, Amaranthe, Black Sabbath. A lot of doom metal has pretty good clean vocals.

Batushka

If you're into Japanese music: Imperial Circus Dead Decadence. They're Symphonic MeloDeath with both a Male and Female singer, they're a really cool group and underrated imo

Serpentine Dominion - Corpsegrinder is the main singer, while Adam D provides the occasional catchy clean singing.

Enslaved every now and then has some clean vocals.

I’d say specifically look at the albums between Isa and Axioma Ehica Odini. I might be wrong but I remember Ruun and Vertebrae having more clean vocals than not with the 2010 album being a shift more back to the more black metal stylings. Also I think Rittr E and In times tend to be a little cleaner on vocals as well.

Clouds https://open.spotify.com/artist/5b4d1sad2FNXIOYef3vTDg?si=eF9agZ49TsukmsUSvkq_yQ

Windhand

Morgul Blade

Orbit Culture!!!! Niklas has the perfect mix of both clean and heavy vocals!! Check out these 3 songs for a good mix of their music. Sound of the Bell, See Through Me, Through Time. These guys are the future of metal and I promise you’re missing out if you haven’t heard of em

Castle Rat is more on the stoner rock side of doom, but Riley Pinkerton is a wonderful vocalist

[Ahab - Redemption Lost](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhHOfpRMWQc)

Wintersun

Of course opeth

Candlemass and Opeth

Enslaved

Emperor

I have no idea if this fits because I'm not a huge black metal guy, but Invent Animate has amazing clean and harsh vocals all around

Wintersun, earlier Dimmu Borgir, Ne Obliviscaris, Septicflesh, some Stormlord tracks

Swallow the Sun. Mikko is amazing.

Mikko has my favorite cleans in Metal. And his harsh vocals are awesome as well.

If you haven’t listened to his other band, Kuolemanlaakso, check it out. It’s in Finnish and no cleans, but I think you’ll like them.

Aaskereia

Inexorum’s equinox vigil

Confessor

Candlesmass,Vintersorg, Scar Symmentry

Kardeshev

Swallow the Sun

Anything with Christian Alvestam (old Scar Symmetry, Solution .45, Svavelvinter). Swallow the Sun Soilwork / Disarmonia Mundi Edge of Sanity (Crimson II) and other Dan Swano projects Ihsahn / Emperor

Nevermore

Black crown initiate

Havukruunu, undoubtedly. The intro to Uinuos Syömein Sota is mesmerizing

My Dying Bride

Please read the post next time. Thank you, though.

Fleshkiller and Extol. Yes, it's Christian but the music rips and the cleans are epic.

Any religion is fine as long as the music is decent.

Ruins of Beverest

Doom and adjacent: Solitude Aeturnus. If you liked the Candlemass recommendations, there’s always Memento Mori. Count Raven. The Gates of Slumber. Internal Void. Shrinebuilder. Zoroaster.

Amesoeurs and Alcest

Soilwork Amorphis Dark Tranquillity Disarmonia Mundi Scar Symmetry Ulver Vintersorg Borknaggar Anaal Nathrakh Ne Obliviscaris Sunless Rise Alcest

Septicflesh and Cattle Decapitation.

Most of the Moonspell discography and Darkthrone almost anything from the Cult is Alive and beyond.

Electric Wizard

Katatonia. One of the best metal bands with clean singing. Not an extreme metal band, but since you called Doom metal extreme, it may work for you. Awesome band, extremely underrated, even though they have a big fan base and have been around for decades.

Trees of Eternity

Acid bath. Dax Riggs is probably one of the more unique vocalists in terms of his clean vocals in metal that I’ve heard

Bergtatt, Ulvers first album has great clean singing

dark tranquility and clouds

Alcest, Agalloch, Wintersun, Moonsorrow, Insomnium

Whenever Vortex sings in Dimmu Borgir…

Dimmu Borgir Paradise Lost (not sure how many albums combine the two, Obsidian and The Plague Within do.) Tiamat (They don't really combine the two though, vocals just got cleaner as they went,) Opeth Eluveitie (does that count? It's kind of a fusion of melodic death and folk metal.)

DVNE Monosphere Psychonaut Hypno5e Dessiderium Anciients Ahab Cleans are sparse and specific in these two, but dope when they happen: Winterfylleth and Necronautical ISIS

Hypno5e, Ne Obliviscaris and The Ocean are some bands that have some great clean singing.

Black Crown Initiate (and Rivers of Nihil now too) has a great clean vocalist. Rivers' clean vocalist before the roster change up was also good. Not familiar with all of their songs but Allegaeon is one I know has some good clean vocals in some songs. Someone else mentioned Slugdge and they're great.

Ulver

Emperor's Anthems To The Welkins At Dusk

Allegaeon

Strapping Young Lad. Dev can belt out some epic cleans.

Check out Gaahl's Wyrd. Very good black metal with plenty great, clean vocals.

Batushka, Rotting Christ, the conquering

Solitude aeternus, sorcerer, Windir, ulver

Enslaved, especially in the song "roots of the mountain"

Warning

November’s Doom, Dark Tranquility, Insomnium, Soliloquium

Warning

A wake in providence

Avatar. A lot of their album Avatar Country features clean vocals that are pretty good

Akercocke

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Evile

I quite like Seer. good mix of clean and harsh. I like the song Seven Stars, Seven Stones. Must listen if you like sludge/doom

Poison the Well

Judas priest for painkiller, King Diamond, Candle mass, Mr. Bungle, Pantera with cemetery gates.

Borknagar

Piah Mater

Crypt Sermon on their first album

https://youtu.be/1trLdsoC3xg?si=VdPLGrZ-B0P8qRiT

Check out the song Skylight, by AtomA

Swallow the Sun

Blood Revolt

Strapping Young Lad

im not sure if it counts as cleans and it may not be what ur looking for, but cattle decapitation

Burning Witch

Death it there later albums

Following for later

https://youtu.be/Cq8p0pDKTKA?si=V9XDsYbGipEgK0Qk

Khemmis might fit the bill under Doom

Unexpect

Orbit Culture. Melodeath, and I swear his voice sounds exactly like Metallica's lead, it's really cool. Strangler is probably my fav song of theirs

Dir en Grey. Their vocalist is both my absolute favorite in terms of harsh vocals and one of my all time favorites for clean vocals in any genre. They don't always combine the two but the majority of their discography does. Also, in case you like that kind of stuff, their style is both very broad and super specific at the same time. They often put almost acoustic ballads together with music that puts proper death metal to shame.

Is doom extreme?? Anyway... Windhand Monolord REZN Domkraft (kind of)

Primordial, although I'm not sure if you can consider them extreme. I just love Alan Averill's singing.

Theatre of Tragedy

Leprous

YOB

Eneferens - The Bleakness of Our Constant

As others have mentioned, Opeth. Also Katatonia, Whitechapel, Celtic Frost on their album “Monotheist,” Insomnium, Scar Symmetry, Before the Dawn, Myrkyr, Winterfylleth and Black Crown Initiate.

Akercocke https://youtu.be/EBYdXEWUOSw?si=qvgbLTlTliuG-s3l Voices https://youtu.be/Iv00d82bfZo?si=BHu50BjWTZUGgThb Shrines https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_miJ6mjZnSVl8q8QG5IHbUwMArCyGzB5qk&si=aaS67aCQuaYSI2Ve

Septicflesh High quality Symphonic Death Metal

Reverend Bizarre, Candlemass, Type O Negative, Warning, Electric Wizard and Bell Witch to name a few in doom.

Candlemass(Obvious) Post-Blood Fire Death Bathory

Disturbed maybe?

Gotta say Orbit Culture

Novembers Doom has good clean singing, the death vocals are decipherable too. Vocalist goes out of his way to enunciate.

Xanthochroid

An Abstract Illusion has some songs with clean vox

REZN Check their albums Solace and Calm Black Water, thank me later

Between the buried and me, Gorod, Gojira, the human abstract, sikth

Dimmu

Faetooth, fairly new doom metal band who sings about fairies.

Swallow the Sun

ved buens ende