Layne being #1 made my day. Well deserved.

This video won me over with "Fuck you, it's January!" I am glad that Layne Staley made #1. Just the best.

I love the respect for Scott Weiland. I was fortunate enough to see Stone Temple Pilots the last time they came to salt lake City with the original lineup and unfortunately that was the last time that would ever happen. I've always thought STP was incredibly underrated. I do think you're a bit too harsh on Orbit Culture's lead singer. I actually do like his yarl. They kind of remind me of a mix between Fear Factory and Metallica in a weird way. And that joke about Wes Scantlin and Kurt Cobain was gold.

You putting Scott Stapp at A tier made me very happy. My love of Creed is a hill I'm willing to die on. Machine Head and Trivium are both in my top 10 favorite bands (along with Metallica), but I can understand where you’re coming from with Robb and Matt's yarls, even if I do personally like them.

Layne Staley was the man! It’s tragic the way he went out of this world. R.I.P. I’m surprised to see Tantric and Days of the New here as I wasn’t aware of those bands when thinking of this list. Both got some solid material, especially Travis Meeks. Sucks how addiction got to him. He had potential.

Glad to see all the love to Layne. Still is my favourite voice of all time. Still listening AIC daily. Greetings from Portugal

Yeah I really like Trivium and I do like Matt Heafys vocals but I’m glad his “I wanna sound like James Hetfield” era of singing is done. His cleans especially by the time Trivium did Silence in the Snow came out have been SOOOOO much better.

I totally agree with the list, was fun to watch, my faves are Layne, Scott W. and Eddie too.

Me and a friend would refer to these guys as "hunger dunger dang" singers. I don't remember where we got the term from, but it works.

I was waiting to where you put Layne, was not disappointed.

I'd like to see grunge related tier lists in general

I didn't pay much attention to Pearl Jam after Ten, but that was one Hell of an album. Eddie slayed it.

Eddie Vedder in S tier to start the video is my kind of video

I love just how much deserved respect and love Layne gets on alt media and KZfaq as opposed to all the mainstream outlets who have ignored this phenom for years. He was an incredible singer and musician and I've never heard anyone talk shit about the guy but sing his praises for what a fantastic person he was. Us fans miss him daily, and Alice is just not the same without him.

Y’all know what it is, as soon as you saw Layne on the list you knew where he was going. One of the greatest vocalists of all time regardless of genre.

S tier video dude! That was absolutely wonderful! Lol! Thank you!

This is a great list, I agree with pretty much everything, love the RLM clips as well!

We need a compilation of every “YARL” in this video

Chad Grey on Hellyeah's "Better Man" is the gold standard of yarling imo. You get the whole cringe 2000's vibes and he's also called Chad which gets him a few more points over the other yarlers.

Dude thank you. I’ve been saying Stapp has been underrated for the longest. He has a lot of power and just a great deal of emotion that can move you sometimes through his lyrics

3:13 I've heard this song plenty of times, but I never knew the name of the band until I watched this.

I thought yarling was a strictly grunge and post-grunge thing a la Eddie Vedder and Scott Stap, but okay I learned something new from you today😃

Sully for me falls more into the Hetfield style of "Yarling" than the Vedder style, Especially on those first four Godsmack albums. His vocals on the later albums may not be as fun as say Scott Stapp but I'd say that he's a much better singer overall, Dude can sustain some pretty crazy notes. Also, I get why he was left off but Wes Scantlin was definitely a "Yarler" in those first two Puddle Of Mudd albums, His vocal style was an amalgamation of every early grunge act (Since P.O.M formed in 1993) and it can especially be heard on songs like Drift And Die. Ranking wise I'd probably place him in C since his vocals fizzled out after 2007, But in his heyday he could sustain some notes and write super infectious choruses. (Not to mention his iconic nasal singing that's super fun to imitate) They aren't on here but I don't think you could get any worse than Austin Winkler from Hinder and Tyler Connolly from Theory, Pure garbage vocalists. My Ranking Would Be Something Like: S Tier - Layne Staley, James Hetfield A Tier - Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Chester Bennington (Grey Daze Era), Brent Smith, Phil Anselmo B Tier - Aaron Lewis, Sully Erna, Shaun Morgan, Travis Meeks, Scott Stapp, Chris Daughtry, Jason Wade, Wes Scantlin (2001-2007 Era), Gavin Rossdale C Tier - Scott Anderson, Brad Arnold, Chad Kroeger, Ed Sloan, Dallas Smith, Josh Todd D Tier - Michael Poulsen, Chris Taylor Brown F Tier - Wes Scantlin (2010 Onwards), Tyler Connolly, Austin Winkler

The Yarl is actually my favourite vocal style. I love the bluesy tone to the vocals. Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell were the best to do it. Underneath them you’ve got Scott Weiland Ben McMillan (from Gruntruck and Skin Yard) Travis Meeks (from Days Of The New, and amazing vocalist btw) Shaun Morgan (from Seether) Hugo Ferreira (from Tantric, he has a very deep twangy Yarl, also holy shit I didn’t know Tantric went through so many lineup changes) Myles Kennedy (from Alter Bridge, also he looks a bit like Kevin Bacon but with long hair) Underneath them you’ve got Brent Smith (from Shinedown) Sully Erna (from Godsmack) Scooter Ward (from Cold) Raine Maida (from Our Lady Peace, not sure where to put him really because he’s part Yarl and part Falsetto, he’s Eddie Vedder mixed in with a male version of Alanis Morissette, I mean both Raine and Alanis are Canadian so, but he’s got those Yarly type Vedder isms but also a lot of those Ahy, Ahy, Ahy type Alanis vocals, whatever that is) Daniel Johns (of Silverchair, he was still in his mid teens when Silverchair started, crazy) Underneath them you’ve got Chester Bennington (yes he’s a Yarler, one of the very few non Grunge/Post Grunge Yarlers, RIP, but wasn’t really a fan tbh, no disrespect to him I just didn’t like Linkin Park) Scott Stapp (yeah he’s the one that everyone makes fun of but he is a good vocalist) Justin Holman (of Revis, underrated band that only had 1 album in 2003, a really good album by the way) Brett Scallions (of Fuel) And Underneath them you’ve got (these bands are over hated imo there not that bad, it’s just they are Meh) Brad Arnold (from 3 Doors Down) Wes Scantlin (Puddle Of Mudd, tbh most people now only know him from the About A Girl memes now, he’s a decent vocalist but that About A Girl thing was bad) Chad Kroeger (Nickelback, probably one of the worst to do it, but they are over hated it’s just they are funny to meme to). That’s all I can do because I would literally be here all fucking day, because the amount of vocalists who did the Yarl when the Post Grunge/Burt Rock bands were kicking off was insane the amount of Yarlling going on. Though it is my favourite vocal style. Also Kurt Cobain often gets lumped in with the Yarl vocal style but he wasn’t a Yarler, his vocal style was more of a Vocal Fry, kinda croaky vocal sound, which is more common with women vocalists, which is ironic or stands out considering Kurt was a strong feminist. When it comes to Kurt’s style of voice and vocals, Kat Bjelland (from Babes In Toyland) has more in common with Kurt’s Vocal Fry style of vocals as it’s more common with female vocalists than men.

I love Pearl Jam and I love Eddie’s vocals, totally agree with you 👍

Some other vocalists that could belong in this list: Rob Thomas - Matchbox Twenty Gavin Rossdale - Bush Brett Scallions- Fuel

Loved this! Disagreed with so much, but fuck me right? It’s your channel and I’m definitely going to keep watching! Cheers. 😊

I think Scooter Ward should have been here in some capacity. The first Cold album sounds like a parody of yarlers. I have a love -hate relationship with that album because I think it's actually pretty good and Insane probably has the most egregious yarl I've ever heard, but the song is so haunting and creepy good. Also. The first Creed album is definitely sleept on. Torn is an awesome song and My Own Prison has this guitar tone and kick drum sound that sounds more like a thrash band or, dare I say, Pantera-esque sound?

Eddie is the man!! Actually love his vocals, and "Ten" is one of the greatest albums of all time IMO 🤘😁

Doug Ingle from Iron Butterfly didn't get a mention? He started that vocal style back in the 60s

Had me rolling with the Dumb and Dumber punchline 😂

I still can't stand Creed. At the same time, I'm kinda over hating on them. They're not really all the relevant anymore so it's kinda like... who cares? Layne is probably one of my all time favorite vocalists in ANY genre.

I love a good yarl in the morning

Days of new and Tantric are two bands I got into last year both criminally underrated

Layne at #1 makes sense to me since you can make the argument that both Days of the New and Early Godsmack are trying to be Alice in Chains. Eddie belongs up there too, if we are talking about the album Ten which is amazing

Layne is the best for sure. Beautiful emotional range and while Eddie is great too, Layne doesn’t get any shit for a reason Please more videos like this! So entertaining lol

I honestly think Matt Heafy did Hetfield vocals better than Hetfield did. And The Crusade slaps. The choruses are amazing

Holy shit, I had the exact same experience listening to Rooster for the same time, and I must be at least 20 years older than you (I wasn't exaclty a kid when it happened but I was in my early 20's).

I love this list idea, maybe next do who does the best YEAH in metal or deepest guttural

to be fair, Niklas has some sick "yarl" parts. some are hit or miss for me but his best is yet to come for sure

I had such a good time with this fun video! Keep up the weird January shit!

The love for Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, and Layne Staley on this list makes me very happy. 10/10 ranking, wouldn't change a thing!

Love all the vocalist you chose bro 🔥 Yarls for life

I love the yarl, bring it back

Scott Stapp should be an instant S

I am a big fan of Trivium, but I agree with you on Matt's "I want to be James Hetfield"-era. It just shows one more time that it's very important to find your own integrity and your own voice. It's ok to be inspired by someone, but straight up trying to copy someone isn't.

So many Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder clones out there. Layne Staley and Chris Cornell are my favorites.

Would like to see death metal vocalists tier list. I mean there's obviously no real contest, preferences are too subjective. Still interesting to hear your opinion

I’ve always been a bit more of an enjoyer of the yarl. Not to say it can’t be overdone, but I personally think it has this almost raunchy feel to it that when used tastefully, can be absolutely incredible. I mean Dax Riggs during the Acid Bath days nearly had a yarl and he sounded awesome. And also yes Layne is the yarl king. RIP 1967-2002

Dax rigs of acid bath second only to Staley or maybe Chris Cornell and I have been a heavy metal fan since the late 80s and all kinds of thrash death metal grind core and yes, some music with good clean singing agree with you on Lane Staley and Scott Whelan Eddie Vedder does not even come close. Chris Cornell should’ve been on here as well as Dax Riggs.

I like Robb Flynn, but to be honest i always liked his normal clean singing and straight screams both way more than his yarl, but then again i kinda hate most yarl vocals. When it's Layne or Phil i always like it, but they are the best to do that style imo.

I wouldn’t have included Matt on this list. The Crusade was really the only album where he used that technique. Plus he’s changed his vocal style entirely since 2017.

Yellow ledbetter Unsealed on a porch a letter sat Then you said I wanna leave it again Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand And on the sand I wanna leave it again, yeah On a weekend wanna wish it all away And they called and I said that I want what I said And then I call out again And the reason oughtta leave her calm, I know I said I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag Oh yeah, can you see them Out on the porch Yeah but they don't wave I see them 'Round the front way, yeah And I know and I know I don't want to stay Make me cry I see I don't know, there's something else I wanna drum it all away Oh, I said I don't, I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag Oh yeah, can you see them Out on the porch Yeah but they don't wave I see them 'Round the front way, yeah And I know and I know I don't want to stay I don't wanna stay I don't wanna stay I don't wanna stay, oh no Yeah Oh, oh Oh, oh

Calling Phil a yarler seems incorrect. A deep voice does not automatically make you a yarler.

I'm too much of a massive Pantera fan to never consider Phil less than a S. But that's just me. I'm biased, I'll admit. (Ignoring Panteras questionable politics though)

I kind of keep a list of my favorite singers and it changes a lot based on what i'm listening. But layne has always been the top 1. He's the best. People always reminds him because of man in the box and other powerful vocals, but the man was pretty versatile. His work in mad season was incredible. I've never seen a vocalist being able to deliver powerful angry notes and also such soothing painful melodies. Chris cornell was the only one that came close (also god tier). Scott Weiland is pretty underrated in my opinion. He didn't have the crazy impressive vocals that others did, but he did just what the song asked for. In my opinion, this is more important than high notes and shit. Good list. Wish i had seen Cornel on it. Cheers from Brazil!

Being a huge Orbit Culture fan (I consider the Redfog/Nija/Shaman trilogy to be absolute masterpieces), I'll leave my 2 cents. Is Niklas a perfect vocalist? Hell no. What he does have is passion. Both in his harsh and clean vocals. What I'll partially agree with you in is that especially on his clean vocals, he lets his influences show. Namely, Hetfield. But if you listen to songs like Behold, where he lets himself express a more original approach, he's good. He's more than good. I personally believe that in time, he'll develop a more personal style that fits his voice. And his harsh vocals are perfect as they are. As he is the one that mixes and produces their songs, at least he didn't autotune everything ( *cough* Evergrey *cough*). I think that deserves some praise too. Huge respect for your honest opinions

Layne is absolutely the king. I'd put him and Phil at top spot, and every single one of the other vocalists on the list on the F tier. Hetfield was great up until Metallica stopped being thrash, but of course he wasn't yarling back then.

Travis Meeks is an incredibly talented musician and song writer. Listen to the song "Dope road" if you want to hear some God-tier, majestic yarling. He's also one of the saddest stories I've ever heard in music. Far sadder than your Kurt Cobains and Lain Staleys in my opinion.

That was a fun list. But where was the singer of Cold? Prime yarling right there.

Tyler Connolly of Theory Of A Deadman is someone you missed when it comes to that style.

Shoutout to the RLM reference.

Jeremy is my favorite Pearl Jam song.

Soundgarden sounded more like somewhere between AIC and Pearl Jam to me. Their early stuff had more than a bit of metal more on the Soundgarden/AIC wavelength. Don’t get the heavy punk/hardcore vibes of Nirvana. Always thought their reputation as a ripoff was undeserved.

you should do grunge/post-grunge albums tier list

Hell yeah RedLetterMedia memes. I'm here for it.

Very interesting list. Appreciate your takes but I do have a question. If these guys are yarlers then what kind of category would you put guys like Kurt and Wes Scantlin? And about Chris Cornell? I guess I never thought of categorizing singers like that

As an Aussie, I'd love to hear you (and your viewers) thoughts on our hometown Yarler (lol - "yarling" is a new term for me! 😂 And i may be wrong thinking that this is a "yarler"...👉), Daniel Johns, of Silverchair. If you think Tomorrow, and Pure Massacre, theur first two singles...they were unabashedly "Seattle Sound Yarlers"! But, you gotta remember...they were 15 years old ! He yarled for the next few albums, but steadily matured in to his own sound, too.... and by Diorama, he peaked, in my opinion... → with Greatest View → Without You → Across the Night (Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon chollie esque..) → Tuna in the Brine (personal fave) → and Luv Your Life P S. Another 2 underrated bands outside of the Seattle/US Yarl hub worth a look, are ... • Powderfinger (another Aussie act. More mature & sophisticated than Silverchair), • And Reef, from the UK. These guys are unique, and totally rockin'. All bangers...

We call this jaw rock

I think you should rank death metal vocalists next, especially Chris Barnes. But still, awesome list of yours.

Did you consider Alexei Laiho for this list?

Trivium is my favourite band of all time and Machine Head is in my top 5 and this list hurt my soul but made me laugh simultaneously. Love the videos Trenches,.

I fully approve this message and Layne being the GOAT 👍🏻

Layne Staley was the OG yarler. Vedder and Stapp may have made it mainstream but Layne did it before EVERYONE. I love bands like Days of the New, Tantric and Creed but I always wondered if he would have been more recognized for how unique his vocals were if yarling wasn't such a common technique

Scott Weiland in S and Robb Flynn in D is very based

This list reminds of Children of Bodom, especially the first two albums but I still love them.

My personal favourite is Phil Anselmo. He's always been one of my favourite vocalists. My least favourite is Rob Flynn. Terrible vocals and terrible lyrics.

Had to make sure Layne was S tier. Ok good. And if you haven’t heard him live circa 90-93, you don’t understand just how insanely god tier he was.

I'm not gonna hate on Godsmack. Godsmack was one of the gateway bands that got me not only into Rock and Metal but music in general. I understand why people don't like them and they are valid points too. No matter, I'll keep blasting Facelsess from my car with a smile on my face, thinking of the person who got me listening to them in the first place, my mom.

It's crazy how Yarl vocals will always make me think of the 90s. Great Yarl vocals is to me like if Country singers singed the way I like lol.

You forgot the collective soul guy lol. Been yarling since the early 90s.

Lowkey really digging Exhorder's new single. That shit slaps and Kyle sounds surprisingly good

Layne wasn’t trying to yarl. If you ever heard him talk, it was just how his voice was. He had a slight twang. He was the first and it wasn’t overdone. That came a little later when others starting doing it. When Layne appeared on the scene it was “fresh and new.” He will always be the yarlgoat.

Honourable S tier mention: Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation.

Not trying to throw shade but I feel like you should’ve included chad from nickelback mainly cuz they’re one of the most known (and infamous lol) bands with the Yarl vocal style.

Including Travis is an absolute W. I love his voice would definitely move him to A or S but respect your take!

not gonna lie.. I’m just stoked you even mentioned Exhorder lol

Yellow Ledbetter is one of the best songs to come out of that decade. I don't care how over the top the vocals are it doesn't really matter what it's about. The "music" part of it is phenomenal. Also something i don't think many are aware of but the "yarl" can be heard on old country songs like"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by the Possum himself. It's in a number of "Outlaw" country artist's songs, David Allan Coe is another one. I'm sure it probably goes back father than that but that's where the trail goes cold for me. If anyone knows of anything older than that let me know.

Layne should have his own box bro he is the GOAT. I think you're list is pretty accurate.👌

What about Jason Ross of seven Mary three?

This is easy. Layne staley = S tier Eddy veder = A or S tier Everyone else = D tier That damn "wherever you will go" guy = F tier Now ill watch the video. Hopefully i didnt forget anybody.

True, Staley the all time Yarl Master!

If Layne yodeled, he’d be best at that as well. He was a very human machine that projected his deep, wonderful, tragic soul through many diverse techniques often with perfection and true intent manifested. God tier in almost any poll.

Would Billy Gibbons be the proto Yarl?

Oh shit, Days of the New! Really enjoy their work.

Another one worth mentioning is the singer of Volbeat on how unbearable his voice is… just the worst and corniest imitation of Hetfield.

To have two of my favorite vocalists, Layne on top and Matt on bottom. You could say, according to Creed fans, I am a little Torn.

What about Keith Caputo? He’s gotta be on this list. Top tier yarl!!

Great list for me Layne S tier everyone else drops a tier , Hetfield on same level as Vedder and Weiland . Due to being able to own the range and growl in 2 music genre`s

Days of the New representation ❤️