Album Rating: 3.5

@IFWT: Well yeah clearly.

@art: I can't say i agree with that at all, The Chosen Pessimist has some of his best clean performances and he even does that one well live from the videos I've seen. But you could probably see that coming from a mile away given my favorite singers list, Anders isn't far off from them style wise.

Album Rating: 2.0

Well thats all youre gonna get, take it or leave it.

Album Rating: 2.5

That song is a big outlier though, they have nothing else remotely like it. And I'm in the minority of liking that song quite a bit, it's probably my fave performance of his.

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, that's definitely his peak. Outside of that he's decent, I honest to god do like his performance on certain tracks from Battles and Siren Charms even. Like Sand, With Eyes Wide Open, Wallflower, and Drained come to mind there.

Album Rating: 2.0

I can live with the fact that he can only sound decent when "studio magic" is used, hasnt stopped me from enjoying his performances on earlier albums. Its more his shitty artistic choices that make him so godawful on these last few albums.

Album Rating: 2.5

Anders clean vocals are fine in small doses and when he doesn't try to sing higher and make the chorus sound like a katy perry song

Album Rating: 2.5

im glad i can have my opinion about a controversial artist without everybody losing their collective colon contents

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah he can get kind of iffy when he's going ridiculously high, but it isn't enough to break the momentum of say, Call My Name. He's never grated on me in the same way James LaBrie or Stained Class-era Rob Halford have though, so there's that.

Album Rating: 2.5

shallow bradley cooper featuring anders friden

Album Rating: 1.5

It buuuuurrrrns, it rips, it huuuuuurrrrts

Album Rating: 2.5

wrong album, now it's buuuurn, burn, buuuuuaaaaaaaarrrn

Album Rating: 2.5

Despite his uninspired (and usually downright awful) artistic choices, I feel like he does add something positive and unique to the band and the genre as a whole. Not sure what, but something.

Album Rating: 2.5

lol agreed, he has such a weird voice. It's virtually impossible to confuse him with another vocalist.