Post by kewis on May 6, 2021 10:34:36 GMT
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (Born 6 June 1961)
Associated Acts: Slayer (1981 - 2019)
Voice Type: Tenor of Death
Vocal Range: E♭2 - C♯6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("Angel of Death" Live Long Beach 2010)
C6 ("Angel of Death" Various live Performances)
B5 ("Aggressive Perfector" Haunting the Chapel Version, "Blackout" Live Los Angeles 1982, "The Final Command", "Postmortem")
B♭5 ("Aggressive Perfector", "Angel of Death", "Blitzkrieg" Live LA 1983, "Crypts of Eternity", "Epidemic", "Evil Has No Boundaries" Live New York City 1984, "Kill Again", "Metal Storm / Face the Slayer", "Seven Faces")
A5 ("The Antichrist", "Black Magic", "Chemical Warfare", "Crionics", "Evil Has No Boundaries", "The Final Command", "Looks That Kill" Live Los Angeles 1982, "Mandatory Suicide" Live Still Reigning 2004, "Necrophobic", Newsreel Clip 1987, "Simple Aggression" Live LA 1983, "Tormentor")
G♯5 ("Assassin" Live LA 1983, "Blackout" Live Los Angeles 1982, "Breaking the Law" Rehearsal 1983, "Haunting the Chapel" Live Eindhoven 1985, "Live Undead")
G5 ("Die By the Sword" Live New York City 1984, "Fight Till Death", "Tormentor")
F♯5 ("The Antichrist", "Haunting the Chapel", "Ice Titan" Live California 1983, "World Painted Blood" Live Argentina 2019)
F5 ("Assassin" Live LA 1983, "Black Magic", "Captor of Sin", "Highway to Hell" Rehearsal 1983, "Night Rider" Live LA 1983)
E5 ("Blitzkrieg" Live LA 1983, "Psychopathy Red")
E♭5 ("Chasing Death", "Night Rider" Live LA 1983, "Psychopathy Red")
D5 ("Aggressive Perfector" Metal Massacre III / Haunting the Chapel version, "Black Serenade", "Cult", "Exile", "Implode", "Strike of the Beast" Live Camden 2013, "Unit 731", "War Ensemble" Live in Tokyo)
C♯5 ("Angel of Death", "Aggressive Perfector" Reign in Blood version, "Atrocity Vendor" World Painted Blood Version , "Beauty Through Order", "Crypts of Eternity", "Dead Skin Mask" Live Inglewood 2019, "Implode", "Jihad", "Looks That Kill" Live Los Angeles 1982, "New Faith", "Not of This God", "Perversions of Pain", "Playing With Dolls", "Psychopathy Red", "Repentless", "Scarstruck", "Seven Faces", "Strike of the Beast" Live Camden 2013, "Supremist", "Take Control", "Unit 731", "World Painted Blood")
C5 ("Abolish Government/Superficial Love", "Addict", "Aggressive Perfector", "Atrocity Vendor" World Painted Blood version, "Bitter Peace", "Black Serenade", "Born of Fire" Live Inglewood 2019, "Born to Be Wild", "Catatonic", "Chasing Death", "Deviance", "Eyes of the Insane", "Filler/I Don't Want to Hear It", "Final Six", "Ghosts of War" Live Hammersmith 2008, "I Hate You", "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "Jihad", "Kill Again", "Love to Hate", "New Faith", "Not of This God", "Payback", "Piano Wire", "Playing With Dolls", "Point", "Psychopathy Red", "Public Display of Dismemberment", "Rainbow in the Dark" Rehearsal 1983, "Raining Blood" Live Sofia 2010, "Scarstruck", "Scrum", "Seven Faces", "Sick Boy", "Skeleton Christ", "Snuff", "South of Heaven" Live Inglewood 2019, "Stain of Mind", "Threshold", "Unit 731", "Verbal Abuse/Leeches", "Vices", "War Zone", "When the Stillness Comes", "World Painted Blood", "You Against You")
B4 ("Americon", "Angel of Death", "Atrocity Vendor" Repentless Version, "Blood Red" Live Vancouver 2007, "Bloodline", "Breaking the Law" Rehearsal 1983, "Cast the First Stone", "Catalyst", "Catatonic", "Chasing Death", "Consfearacy", "Crionics", "Cult", "Ddamm", "Death's Head", "Die by the Sword", "Disciple", "Disintegration/Free Money", "Evil Has No Boundaries", "Exile", "Eyes of the Insane", "Final Six", "Flesh Storm", "Gemini", "Guilty of Being White", "Hand of Doom", "Hate Worldwide", "Here Comes the Pain", "Human Disease", "Human Strain", "Ice Titan" Live California 1983, "Implode", "In the Name of God", "Jesus Saves", "Killing Fields", "Love to Hate", "Mandatory Suicide" Live Inglewood 2019, "Memories of Tomorrow", "Mr. Freeze", "New Faith", "Not of This God", "Overt Enemy", "Piano Wire", "Point", "Pride in Prejudice", "Psychopathy Red", "Rainbow in the Dark" Rehearsal 1983, "Repentless", "Revenge", "Rock And Roll" Soundcheck 2017, "Screaming from the Sky", "Seasons in the Abyss" Live Inglewood 2019, "Sick Boy", "Silent Scream" Live Reading 2008, "Skeleton Christ", "Snuff", "South of Heaven", "Spiritual Law", "Stain of Mind", "Supremist", "Take Control", "Temptation", "Terrorist", "Threshold", "Unguarded Instinct", "Vices", "War Ensemble", "War Zone", "Wicked")
B♭4 ("213", "Abolish Government/Superficial Love", "Addict", "Aggressive Perfector", "Angel of Death", "At Dawn They Sleep", "Atrocity Vendor" Repentless version, "Beauty Through Order", "Black Serenade", "Born of Fire", "Born to Be Wild", "Can't Stand You", "Cast the First Stone", "Catalyst", "Circle of Beliefs", "Criminally Insane", "Cult", "Darkness of Christ", "Dead Skin Mask", "Death's Head", "Disciple", "Disintegration/Free Money", "Disorder", "Dissident Aggressor", "Dittohead", "Divine Intervention", "Epidemic", "Exile", "Fictional Reality", "Gemini", "Hallowed Point", "Hand of Doom", "Hate Worldwide", "Hell Awaits", "Here Comes the Pain", "Human Disease", "Human Strain", "I Hate You", "I'm Gonna Be Your God", "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "Jihad", "Killing Fields", "Live Undead", "Mandatory Suicide", "Not of This God", "Payback", "Perversions of Pain", "Piano Wire", "Playing With Dolls", "Public Display of Dismemberment", "Raining Blood", "Read Between the Lies", "Richard Hung Himself", "Scarstruck", "Scrum", "Serenity in Murder", "Sex. Murder. Art.", "Sick Boy", "Silent Scream", "Spiritual Law", "Stain of Mind", "Supremist", "Unit 731", "Unguarded Instinct", "Verbal Abuse/Leeches", "Violent Pacification", "When the Stillness Comes", "Wicked", "World Painted Blood", "You Against You")
A4 ("Addict", "Altar of Sacrifice" Live Lakeland 1991, "The Antichrist", "Bitter Peace", "Black Magic", "Black Serenade", "Bloodline", "Captor of Sin", "Cast Down", "Cast the First Stone", "Chemical Warfare", "Consfearacy", "Crypts of Eternity", "Desire", "Die by the Sword", "Disorder", "Fight Till Death", "The Final Command", "Flesh Storm", "Ghosts of War", "God Send Death", "Hardening of the Arteries", "Hate Worldwide", "Haunting the Chapel", "Human Strain", "Implode", "In the Name of God", "Jesus Saves", "Kill Again", "Mind Control", "Mr. Freeze", "New Faith", "Payback", "Playing With Dolls", "Point", "Postmortem", "Pride in Prejudice", "Read Between the Lies", "Rock And Roll" Soundcheck 2017, "Scarstruck", "Screaming from the Sky", "Seasons in the Abyss", "Serenity in Murder", "Skeletons of Society", "South of Heaven", "Spirit in Black", "SS-3", "Supremist", "Temptation", "Threshold", "Tormentor", "War Ensemble", "Wicked", "Witching Hour" Live Mesa 1995)
G♯4 ("213", "Addict", "Altar of Sacrifice", "Behind the Crooked Cross", "Bloodline", "Cast Down", "Circle of Beliefs", "Consfearacy", "Criminally Insane", "Cult", "Deviance", "Disintegration/Free Money", "Epidemic", "Expendable Youth", "Fictional Reality", "Gemini", "God Send Death", "Hallowed Point", "Hand of Doom", "Human Disease", "I'm Gonna Be Your God", "In the Name of God", "Kill Again", "Killing Fields", "Live Undead", "Overt Enemy", "Piece by Piece", "Pride in Prejudice", "Public Display of Dismemberment", "Read Between the Lies", "Reborn", "Revenge", "Richard Hung Himself", "Scarstruck", "Screaming from the Sky", "Seasons in the Abyss", "Serenity in Murder", "Spill the Blood", "Spirit in Black", "Stain of Mind", "Stranglehold" Soundcheck 2016, "Take Control", "Threshold", "Wicked")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("213", "Behind the Crooked Cross", "Cleanse the Soul", "Deviance", "Dissident Aggressor", "Exile", "Live Undead", "Perversions of Pain", "Playing With Dolls", "Read Between the Lies", "Richard Hung Himself", "Screaming from the Sky", "Seasons in the Abyss", "Serenity in Murder", "Silent Scream", "Spill the Blood", "When the Stillness Comes")
D3 ("Mexican Blackbird" Soundcheck 2017, "Perversions of Pain")
C♯3 ("Bitter Peace", "Desire", "Gemini", "God Send Death", "Hand of Doom", "Mexican Blackbird" Soundcheck 2017, "Playing With Dolls", "Seven Faces", "Silent Scream", "Stain of Mind", "When the Stillness Comes")
C3 ("Gemini", "Jihad", "Threshold")
B2 ("Americon", "Desire", "Hand of Doom", "Jihad", "Mandatory Suicide")
B♭2 ("Jihad" Live Sofia 2011, "Mandatory Suicide", "Overt Enemy", "Unit 731", "World Painted Blood")
A2 ("Human Strain", "Postmortem" Live Sweden 2011, "Skeletons of Society")
G♯2 ("Human Disease", "In the Name of God", "World Painted Blood")
G2 ("Death's Head", "Skeletons of Society", "When the Stillness Comes" Live Inglewood 2019)
F♯2 ("Dead Skin Mask", "Human Strain", "Unguarded Instinct", "When the Stillness Comes" Live Inglewood 2019)
F2 ("Dead Skin Mask", "Human Disease")
E2 ("Seven Faces")
E♭2 ("Seven Faces", "Stain of Mind")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Green marks distorted/screamed notes.
Gray marks fry or growl notes.
Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Summary:
For almost four decades Tom Araya was the frontman of Slayer, arguably one of the most influential metal bands of all time. The band was formed in 1981, utilising Satanic themes and imagery from the beginning. Their song "Aggressive Perfector" was featured on the Metal Massacre III compilation after Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel discovered the band during a show in 1983. This led to some underground attention and a recording contract on the aforementioned label. The band then recorded and released their first album, Show No Mercy, which garnered yet more underground attention and popularity. In 1986, after an EP (1984's Haunting the Chapel) and another album (1985's Hell Awaits), Slayer released their much-lauded third album, Reign in Blood. Responsible for bringing the band to the attention of the mainstream metal audience, it has been referred to as one of the best metal albums ever, and was very influential to the thrash metal scene of the 80s. They went on to record numerous albums and embarked on multiple tours, right up until their dissolution in 2019.
Araya's vocal style changed over the duration of Slayer's career. Towards the end of the 80s he stopped going into the mid-upper fifth octave, and started to sing in the upper fourth/lower fifth octaves with a chesty-sounding technique much more often than he had previously at that time. This became his consistent vocal style right up until the end of Slayer's career. His lower range was heavily underused across Slayer's discography, though still strong enough when he did decide to use it. As the frontman of the heavily influential and now dissolved Slayer, Tom Araya has solidified his place in the metal halls of fame.
Discography:Araya's vocal style changed over the duration of Slayer's career. Towards the end of the 80s he stopped going into the mid-upper fifth octave, and started to sing in the upper fourth/lower fifth octaves with a chesty-sounding technique much more often than he had previously at that time. This became his consistent vocal style right up until the end of Slayer's career. His lower range was heavily underused across Slayer's discography, though still strong enough when he did decide to use it. As the frontman of the heavily influential and now dissolved Slayer, Tom Araya has solidified his place in the metal halls of fame.
Slayer:
Show No Mercy (1983): E3 - B5
Live Undead (1984): F3 - B♭5 CT
Hell Awaits (1985): G3 - B♭5
Reign in Blood (1986): A3 - B5
South of Heaven (1988): B♭2 - C♯3 - G♯5
Seasons in the Abyss (1990): F2 - G2 - B4
Live: Decade Of Aggression (1991): G♯2- E3 - A5 CT
Divine Intervention (1994): E♭3 - B4
Undisputed Attitude (1996): C3 - C5
Diabolus in Musica (1998): E♭2 - C♯5
God Hates Us All (2001): E♭2 - C3 - D5 - B♭5
Christ Illusion (2006): B2 - B♭3 - D5
World Painted Blood (2009): F♯2 - G♯2 - E5
Repentless (2015): C♯3 - E♭5
The Repentless Killogy Live (2019): F♯2 - B5 CT
C#6 ("Crypts of Eternity" live 1985 [4a])
A5 ("God Send Death" [5])
F5 ("Addict" [5])
E♭3 ("Divine Intervention" [5])
B♭2 ("Jihad" [5])
G♯2 ("Hell Awaits" [5])
G2 ("World Painted Blood" [1][3])
B♭1 ("Mandatory Suicide" Live at Ullevi Stadium 2011 [3][5])
E♭1 ("Playing with Dolls" [1][3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
(a) Solid note, but huge disagreement on the pitch, some hear it as a C♯6, others as a G5 and it used to be listed as a D6.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
A5 ("God Send Death" [5])
F5 ("Addict" [5])
E♭3 ("Divine Intervention" [5])
B♭2 ("Jihad" [5])
G♯2 ("Hell Awaits" [5])
G2 ("World Painted Blood" [1][3])
B♭1 ("Mandatory Suicide" Live at Ullevi Stadium 2011 [3][5])
E♭1 ("Playing with Dolls" [1][3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
(a) Solid note, but huge disagreement on the pitch, some hear it as a C♯6, others as a G5 and it used to be listed as a D6.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
A lot of credit for CT for helping make this thread.
