Post by BassSquared on Mar 13, 2023 5:29:13 GMT
Vocal Range: B♭2 - F♯5
Associated Acts: Blacklit Canopy (2013-2016), Sleep Token (2016-present)
{Vocal Summary}The vocalist and primary songwriter of masked British metal/indie-pop/prog/R&B/etc. band Sleep Token, Vessel I (generally referred to as simply Vessel) has made quite a name for himself as a powerful, versatile vocalist. He has three distinct vocal approaches, the first and most prominent of which being his smooth, mid-range chest register. Drawing heavily from R&B and indie music and focusing more on emotionality and vibrato than big high belting, his tone is notable in that it sounds "deep" and full without ever actually going particularly low, drawing far more comparisons to Hozier and Dan Smith of Bastille than the average metal singer generally receives. Second is his well-used head voice, which ranges from a soft, ethereal falsetto to a powerfully keening, metallic mix and often drives the band's soaring climaxes home. Finally there are his harsh vocals, which are delivered in a guttural, distorted scream that hasn't tended to show up very often (with some recent exceptions such as Vore), but does an excellent job of driving home Sleep Token's heaviest climaxes. On the whole, an excellent singer who, like his band, refuses to stay within the lines of any established genre or style.
Written by BassSquared.
Written by BassSquared.
{Album Ranges}Sundowning (2019): C3 - F♯5
This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021): B2 - F5
Take Me Back to Eden (2023): B♭2 - F♯5
This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021): B2 - F5
Take Me Back to Eden (2023): B♭2 - F♯5
Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("The Apparition", "High Water", "Take Aim")
F5 ("Calcutta", "Dark Signs", "Drag Me Under", "Euclid", "Give", "Levitate", "Mine", "The Night Does Not Belong to God", "The Summoning")
E5 ("DYWTYLM", "Is It Really You?", "Jaws", "Rain", "Vore")
E♭5 ("Atlantic", "Descending", "Fields of Elation", "Hey Ya", "Hypnosis", "Jericho", "The Love You Want"", "Missing Limbs", "The Summoning", "Take Aim", "Take Me Back to Eden", "Telomeres")
D5 ("Ascensionism", "Chokehold", "Granite", "Say That You Will", "Sugar", "The Way That You Were", "Vore", "When the Bough Breaks", "Will")
C♯5 ("Blood Sport", "Calcutta", "Distraction", "Don't Let the World Swallow You", "Drag Me Under", "Hey Ya", "Like That", "Nazareth", "The Offering", "Patient", "Take Me Back to Eden", "When the Bough Breaks")
C5 ("Give", "Gods", "Graves", "The Night Does Not Belong to God")
B4 ("Fall for Me", "Jericho", "Like That", "Say That You Will", "Take Aim", "Thread the Needle", "The Way That You Were")
B♭4 ("Alkaline", "Corridors", "Don't Let the World Swallow You", "Graves", "Hypnosis, "Nazareth")
A4 ("The Apparition", "Fall for Me", "Mud Angel", "Rain", "Sugar", "Vore", "When the Bough Breaks", "When the Party's Over")
G♯4 ("The Apparition", "Aqua Regia", "Ascensionism", "Columba", "Corridors", "Dark Signs", "Descending", "Distraction", "Fields of Elation", "Higher", "High Water", "Hypnosis", "Is It Really You?", "Jaws", "The Offering", "The Summoning", "Thread the Needle", "Telomeres")
G4 ("Are You Really Okay?", "Chokehold", "Descending", "Fall for Me", "Just Like You", "Higher", "Mud Angel", "Levitate", "Mine", "Sugar", "When the Party's Over")
F♯4 ("Atlantic", "Columba", "Drag Me Under", "Granite", "Hey Ya", "High Water", "Hypnosis", "Jericho", "Like That", "The Offering", "Take Me Back to Eden", "Telomeres", "Thread the Needle")
F4 ("Are You Really Okay?", "Ascensionism", "Calcutta", "Chokehold", "Dark Signs", "Distraction", "Euclid", "Fields of Elation", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "Mine", "Nazareth", "The Night Does Not Belong to God", "Take Me Back to Eden", "Weeper", "Will")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("The Apparition", "Are You Really Okay?", "Atlantic", "DYWTYLM", "Hallelujah" live Lafayette 2022, "Higher", "Is It Really You?", "Levitate", "Rain", "Vore", "The Way That You Were")
E♭3 ("Alkaline", "Ascensionism", "Dark Signs", "Don't Let The World Swallow You", "High Water", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "Missing Limbs", "The Night Does Not Belong to God", "The Offering", "Take Me Back to Eden", "Telomeres")
D3 ("Give", "Granite", "The Way That You Were", "When the Party's Over")
C♯3 ("The Apparition", "Distraction", "Is It Really You?", "Jaws", "The Offering")
C3 ("Are You Really Okay?", "Ascensionism", "Hallelujah" live Lafayette 2022, "Levitate")
B2 ("Granite", "Hallelujah" live Lafayette 2022, "Jaws", "Telomeres", "Thread the Needle", "Vore", "When the Bough Breaks", "When the Party's Over")
B♭2 ("Euclid")
{Questionable Notes}
G5 "Descending" [4]
B♭2 "Mine" [4], "Telomeres" [1]
G♯2 "Atlantic" [4]
G2 "Descending" [4]
F♯2 "Aqua Regia" [4] "Like That" [4]
F2 "The Summoning" [5]
E♭2 "Alkaline" [4], "High Water" [4]
D2 "Fall for Me" [4], "Vore" [5]
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[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[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.
G5 "Descending" [4]
B♭2 "Mine" [4], "Telomeres" [1]
G♯2 "Atlantic" [4]
G2 "Descending" [4]
F♯2 "Aqua Regia" [4] "Like That" [4]
F2 "The Summoning" [5]
E♭2 "Alkaline" [4], "High Water" [4]
D2 "Fall for Me" [4], "Vore" [5]
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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 be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[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.
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Blue marks soft falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh or heavily distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
