MrKnickerbocker
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I’m not shitting on Kiske’s ability, I just don’t like his voice. I certainly wouldn’t call it unique by any means just for being high and holding notes with clarity.Kiske is very unique. His clarity, his high range. His stability. Unique combination.
All the others you mention have that rasp and are not unique because of that.
Also not sure why “rasp” makes someone’s voice “not unique”? There’s thousands of singers who live in Kiske’s range, literally no one sounds like Roy Khan or Tommy Karevik. They are incredibly unique.
Also not sure who you’re saying has rasp, cuz I wouldn’t describe Khan, Karevik, Ozzy, Bruce, or even Halford as being raspy at all.