Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
~Disclaimer: My sampling of outside media in this video constitutes as Fair Use under section 107 of the US Copyright Law, for the purpose of criticism and commentary, which thus invalidates my usage as copyright infringement.~
In 2006, Hit Parader published a list of the top 100 metal vocalists that I felt for years since first discovering it would make for great reaction material because of how dated, pandering and inaccurate a lot of the list is. And while I was visiting Atticus during a trip I made to Florida, I had him react to the list with me while I read what was written in the magazine for the first time.
This is part 2 of a 4 part series. Watch the other parts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsqSIz7VuJx_T632DU5Fh0hOnc0Xc1ZY
By no means do we think most of the people or the bands they are from that are featured here are bad, but these problems become extremely apparent the further you get into it. I’ve never been someone that likes categorizing hard rock as being a metal genre, and maybe if Hit Parader called this the “Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock Vocalists”, there wouldn’t be as much problems, but the list being dated and pandering would still be valid criticisms to have. We are admittedly looking at this from a 2024 perspective, but we try to put ourselves in a 2006 perspective when analyzing the list.
Atticus’s channel: youtube.com/@AtticusTheDeathMetaller
Special thanks to Naveed on Fiverr for fixing the audio: fiverr.com/naveed272
[Videos referenced]
“My Top 10 Guilty Pleasures in Music”: tinyurl.com/5hda2r65
Filthy Frank AMV by RedSugar: tinyurl.com/4jyphtr2
“TRAINWRECKORDS: ‘Van Halen III’ by Van Halen” by Todd in the Shadows: tinyurl.com/4vmvva64
“The Nuno Bettencourt Interview” by Rick Beato: tinyurl.com/2p9muf8h
ATDM’s Dan Green Hentai reaction: tinyurl.com/mr2vzkjb
“The Whitesnake Retrospective | Tracks Ranked”: tinyurl.com/yerephxt
[Articles]
Rotten Tomatoes page: tinyurl.com/mr8htysc
[Select clips sampled (not including MV’s from entries)]
“Where have I been, & moving Forward” by ATDM: tinyurl.com/y8y6xs7c
Korn at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/yck3mnsm
75 at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/5zsnde47
We’ll do it live: tinyurl.com/2s4jx7ur
“Little Lies” by Fleetwood Mac: tinyurl.com/munjhct7
Clip from Drake & Josh: tinyurl.com/58r95r8v
Breathe in, breathe out: tinyurl.com/5c5vpwa3
Clip from King of the Hill: tinyurl.com/4n73k4kv
71 at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/3yw3ju5a
Clip #1 from Family Guy: tinyurl.com/3u734rxn
71 being a dad: tinyurl.com/3mdz863a
Angry German Kid: tinyurl.com/yck7dph8
“Like a chump ayy”: tinyurl.com/5b4225kk
Clip from Bill & Ted: tinyurl.com/4zz6rvsw
Clip from Filthy Frank: tinyurl.com/3avcyvxf
“Broken Wings” by Alter Bridge: tinyurl.com/3695r8pt
Clip #1 from South Park: tinyurl.com/m6n4mz84
66 on Wrestlemania: tinyurl.com/4wwrbka3
Clip from the Simpsons: tinyurl.com/3f2y32hd
“How You Remind Me” by Nickelback: tinyurl.com/47cr4258
Clip from The Matrix: tinyurl.com/4zrz7ksc
Boogie woogie!: tinyurl.com/4xhr94vw
“Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye: tinyurl.com/3zbs9z3v
Spooky: tinyurl.com/2pnc8fzn
Clip #2 from South Park: tinyurl.com/ryhdanbr
Applebee’s commercial featuring 59: tinyurl.com/3zcmbc72
SLAYAAAAA: tinyurl.com/yhewv39e
Clip from The Lion King: tinyurl.com/2ptj9b78
“Say Hello 2 Heaven” by Temple of the Dog: tinyurl.com/42vbtmtk
Clip #2 from Family Guy: tinyurl.com/5n7t3mku
“Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee”: tinyurl.com/bdfapfjx
“1985” by Bowling For Soup: tinyurl.com/33ypputv
“I’m a snake!”: tinyurl.com/2p9pw8s5
Clip from Toy Story: tinyurl.com/26kfuksp
Clip from Step Brothers: tinyurl.com/k9ecnw3t
Will Ferrell & Chad Smith Drum-Off: tinyurl.com/47pst9d9
“Around the World” by 53: tinyurl.com/mrxbyyz2
Over 9000: tinyurl.com/mu2xd655
Clip #1 from House of 1000 Corpses: tinyurl.com/47de42mp
Clip #2 from House of 1000 Corpses: tinyurl.com/5asedkp8
#51 TikTok: tinyurl.com/4d6dt8zv
[Timestamps]
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - 75
2:07 - 74
3:40 - 73
4:23 - 72
5:14 - 71
6:39 - 70
7:29 - 69
8:45 - 68
10:17 - 67
11:10 - 66
13:25 - 65
14:08 - 64
15:18 - 63
16:20 - 62
17:14 - 61
18:43 - 60
20:13 - 59
21:46 - 58
23:07 - 57
24:05 - 56
25:11 - 55
26:19 - 54
27:27 - 53
28:55 - 52
30:20 - 51
32:02 - Outro
#heavymetal #hitparader #vocalists
►My facebook: facebook.com/RanterInShadesOfficial
►The DiscordInShades: discord.gg/AKXCZhxqby
~Disclaimer: My sampling of outside media in this video constitutes as Fair Use under section 107 of the US Copyright Law, for the purpose of criticism and commentary, which thus invalidates my usage as copyright infringement.~
In 2006, Hit Parader published a list of the top 100 metal vocalists that I felt for years since first discovering it would make for great reaction material because of how dated, pandering and inaccurate a lot of the list is. And while I was visiting Atticus during a trip I made to Florida, I had him react to the list with me while I read what was written in the magazine for the first time.
This is part 2 of a 4 part series. Watch the other parts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsqSIz7VuJx_T632DU5Fh0hOnc0Xc1ZY
By no means do we think most of the people or the bands they are from that are featured here are bad, but these problems become extremely apparent the further you get into it. I’ve never been someone that likes categorizing hard rock as being a metal genre, and maybe if Hit Parader called this the “Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock Vocalists”, there wouldn’t be as much problems, but the list being dated and pandering would still be valid criticisms to have. We are admittedly looking at this from a 2024 perspective, but we try to put ourselves in a 2006 perspective when analyzing the list.
Atticus’s channel: youtube.com/@AtticusTheDeathMetaller
Special thanks to Naveed on Fiverr for fixing the audio: fiverr.com/naveed272
[Videos referenced]
“My Top 10 Guilty Pleasures in Music”: tinyurl.com/5hda2r65
Filthy Frank AMV by RedSugar: tinyurl.com/4jyphtr2
“TRAINWRECKORDS: ‘Van Halen III’ by Van Halen” by Todd in the Shadows: tinyurl.com/4vmvva64
“The Nuno Bettencourt Interview” by Rick Beato: tinyurl.com/2p9muf8h
ATDM’s Dan Green Hentai reaction: tinyurl.com/mr2vzkjb
“The Whitesnake Retrospective | Tracks Ranked”: tinyurl.com/yerephxt
[Articles]
Rotten Tomatoes page: tinyurl.com/mr8htysc
[Select clips sampled (not including MV’s from entries)]
“Where have I been, & moving Forward” by ATDM: tinyurl.com/y8y6xs7c
Korn at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/yck3mnsm
75 at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/5zsnde47
We’ll do it live: tinyurl.com/2s4jx7ur
“Little Lies” by Fleetwood Mac: tinyurl.com/munjhct7
Clip from Drake & Josh: tinyurl.com/58r95r8v
Breathe in, breathe out: tinyurl.com/5c5vpwa3
Clip from King of the Hill: tinyurl.com/4n73k4kv
71 at Woodstock 99: tinyurl.com/3yw3ju5a
Clip #1 from Family Guy: tinyurl.com/3u734rxn
71 being a dad: tinyurl.com/3mdz863a
Angry German Kid: tinyurl.com/yck7dph8
“Like a chump ayy”: tinyurl.com/5b4225kk
Clip from Bill & Ted: tinyurl.com/4zz6rvsw
Clip from Filthy Frank: tinyurl.com/3avcyvxf
“Broken Wings” by Alter Bridge: tinyurl.com/3695r8pt
Clip #1 from South Park: tinyurl.com/m6n4mz84
66 on Wrestlemania: tinyurl.com/4wwrbka3
Clip from the Simpsons: tinyurl.com/3f2y32hd
“How You Remind Me” by Nickelback: tinyurl.com/47cr4258
Clip from The Matrix: tinyurl.com/4zrz7ksc
Boogie woogie!: tinyurl.com/4xhr94vw
“Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye: tinyurl.com/3zbs9z3v
Spooky: tinyurl.com/2pnc8fzn
Clip #2 from South Park: tinyurl.com/ryhdanbr
Applebee’s commercial featuring 59: tinyurl.com/3zcmbc72
SLAYAAAAA: tinyurl.com/yhewv39e
Clip from The Lion King: tinyurl.com/2ptj9b78
“Say Hello 2 Heaven” by Temple of the Dog: tinyurl.com/42vbtmtk
Clip #2 from Family Guy: tinyurl.com/5n7t3mku
“Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee”: tinyurl.com/bdfapfjx
“1985” by Bowling For Soup: tinyurl.com/33ypputv
“I’m a snake!”: tinyurl.com/2p9pw8s5
Clip from Toy Story: tinyurl.com/26kfuksp
Clip from Step Brothers: tinyurl.com/k9ecnw3t
Will Ferrell & Chad Smith Drum-Off: tinyurl.com/47pst9d9
“Around the World” by 53: tinyurl.com/mrxbyyz2
Over 9000: tinyurl.com/mu2xd655
Clip #1 from House of 1000 Corpses: tinyurl.com/47de42mp
Clip #2 from House of 1000 Corpses: tinyurl.com/5asedkp8
#51 TikTok: tinyurl.com/4d6dt8zv
[Timestamps]
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - 75
2:07 - 74
3:40 - 73
4:23 - 72
5:14 - 71
6:39 - 70
7:29 - 69
8:45 - 68
10:17 - 67
11:10 - 66
13:25 - 65
14:08 - 64
15:18 - 63
16:20 - 62
17:14 - 61
18:43 - 60
20:13 - 59
21:46 - 58
23:07 - 57
24:05 - 56
25:11 - 55
26:19 - 54
27:27 - 53
28:55 - 52
30:20 - 51
32:02 - Outro
#heavymetal #hitparader #vocalists
►My facebook: facebook.com/RanterInShadesOfficial
►The DiscordInShades: discord.gg/AKXCZhxqby
