Post by TheCMRecluse on Jan 13, 2024 1:54:05 GMT
Ryan Kirby
Associated Acts: Fit For A King (2010-present)
Vocal Range: C2-F5 (3 octaves, 5 notes)
Vocal Type: Constant Death Row Tenor
{Vocal Summary}
My favorite kind of vocalists in metalcore are ones who can sing and scream at the same time within their music. While most bands in the genre have bands with a singer doing both, most of them have at least one to do screams and another doing singing as a clean/unclean duo. While this is more true of his later work Texan, Ryan Kirby of the lauded metalcore band Fit For A King, has been praised for being a man of skill for both his screaming and singing style. Earlier in his career, Kirby mostly screamed and his scream is considered as one of a kind being able to do death growls and shrieks that are fairly easy to understand what he’s saying while other members did clean vocals. He is also renowned for holding notes while screaming for a long time, his longest almost clocking almost around 25 seconds. Every once in a while though he would have done a “melodic” scream in the choruses and hadn't done much singing until maybe around their third album. He has good texture control in his highs sounding almost similar to peers like Jeremy McKinnon and the late Chester Bennington belting high notes with a grit and clearness. His low register is not used as much (most of the time the low notes in the band are from the other members) he still uses it well when he feels it is usually in the background or spoken to give a deeper mood to the overall tone of the song. Kirby deserves the recognition that he gets as one of the more ambitious metalcore vocalists and definitely a staple of the genre so others can follow as one who can go for brutal sounds and melodic elements at the same time.
My favorite kind of vocalists in metalcore are ones who can sing and scream at the same time within their music. While most bands in the genre have bands with a singer doing both, most of them have at least one to do screams and another doing singing as a clean/unclean duo. While this is more true of his later work Texan, Ryan Kirby of the lauded metalcore band Fit For A King, has been praised for being a man of skill for both his screaming and singing style. Earlier in his career, Kirby mostly screamed and his scream is considered as one of a kind being able to do death growls and shrieks that are fairly easy to understand what he’s saying while other members did clean vocals. He is also renowned for holding notes while screaming for a long time, his longest almost clocking almost around 25 seconds. Every once in a while though he would have done a “melodic” scream in the choruses and hadn't done much singing until maybe around their third album. He has good texture control in his highs sounding almost similar to peers like Jeremy McKinnon and the late Chester Bennington belting high notes with a grit and clearness. His low register is not used as much (most of the time the low notes in the band are from the other members) he still uses it well when he feels it is usually in the background or spoken to give a deeper mood to the overall tone of the song. Kirby deserves the recognition that he gets as one of the more ambitious metalcore vocalists and definitely a staple of the genre so others can follow as one who can go for brutal sounds and melodic elements at the same time.
{Discography Checked}
Fit For A King
Genre: Metalcore/deathcore/post-hardcore
Studio albums
Descendants (2011) B2-F4-F5
Creation/Destruction (2013) N/A-G♯4-E5
Slave To Nothing (2014) A2-B4-E5
Deathgrip (2016) F♯2-B♭4-E5
Dark Skies (2018) E♭2-C♯5-E♭5
The Path (2020) D2-B2-C♯5-E♭5
The Hell We Create (2022) C2-C3-C5-F5
Fit For A King
Genre: Metalcore/deathcore/post-hardcore
Studio albums
Descendants (2011) B2-F4-F5
Creation/Destruction (2013) N/A-G♯4-E5
Slave To Nothing (2014) A2-B4-E5
Deathgrip (2016) F♯2-B♭4-E5
Dark Skies (2018) E♭2-C♯5-E♭5
The Path (2020) D2-B2-C♯5-E♭5
The Hell We Create (2022) C2-C3-C5-F5
Significant High Notes:
F5 ("All Out War" by Joshua Travis, "Reaper", "Provision" by August Burns Red, "Unchanging")
E5 ("Ancient Waters", "Break Away", "Defender" by August Burns Red, "Eyes To See", "Groundbreaker" by Sable Hills, "Keep Me Alive", "Sin Incarnate" by Nights Of Malice, "Shadows & Echoes", "The Resistance", "Warpath")
E♭5 ("A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black And White" [Underøath cover], "A Greater Sense Of Self", "Betrayed" by Yesterday As Today, "Bitter End", "Bloodstained" by Our Eternity, "Breaking The Mirror", "Broken Fame", "Buried", "Cleanse My Soul", "Dead Memory", "Disease", "Divinity" by Fighting The Phoenix, "Eyes Roll Back", "False God" by Immortalis, "Forever Unbroken", "Fracture", "Growth/Perspective" by What Wings Once Held, "Hollow Eyes", "Identity", "Kill The Pain", "More Than Nameless", "My Curse" [Killswitch Engage cover], "Parallels", "Pathfinder" by Melrose, "Pissed Off", "Poor Millionaire" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition) by August Burns Red, "Shattered Glass", "Stacking Bodies", "System Failure" by Sins Of Sincerity, "The Architect", "The Final Thoughts Of A Dying Man", "The Lioness", "The Price Of Agony", "The Remedy" by Aviana, "The Roots Within", "The Storm" by Sharks In Your Mouth, "Times Like This", "Unclaimed, Unloved", "What You Left Behind", "Words Dissolve" by Lightworker)
D5 ("All That Talk" by Outer Glow, "Backbreaker", "Bones Exposed" [Of Mice And Men cover], "Broken Streets" by It Lies Within, "Cold Room", "Debts Of The Soul", "Efeitos" by Sea Smile, "End (The Other Side)", "Engraved", "Exodus" by Versus, "Extinction" by Above Caelum, "Hate Me" by If I Were You, "Hollow King (Sound Of The End)", "Hooked", "Impostor", "Keeping Secrets", "Left Alone" by Capital Vices, "Martyrdom Is Dead" by From Heroes To Legends, "Messenger, Messenger", "Problems" by Returning His Crown, "Shine On" [The Amity Affliction cover], "Slave To Nothing", "The Darkest Nights" [As I Lay Dying cover], "The Face Of Hate", "The Hell We Create", "The Search, The Scheme" by A Faylene Sky, "Tower Of Pain", "Trilogy" by Silent Planet, "Vendetta", "Worthless" by Aphzelia, "When Everything Means Nothing", "Youth | Division", "Young & Undeserving")
C♯5 ("Anthem Of The Defeated", "Carry The Weight" by We Came As Romans, "DEN MOTHER" by My Heart To Fear, "Destruction", "Effects" by Sea Smile, "Ego Trip" by Those Who Fear, "God Of Fire", "I Emerged" by Forged In The Storm, "Judgement Day" by Set For The Fall, "Locked (In My Head)", "Louder Voice", "Mammon" by Frank Needs Help, "Obey" by Gallifrey Falls, "Oblivion", "Reaching Out", "Safe Harbor" by Her Echo, "Sink Below", "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em" [Parkway Drive cover], "The Nine" by A World Extinct, "We All Are Lost")
C5 ("Annihilation", "Cold War" by Night Rider, "End (The Other Side)", "Elapsed Time: Real Life" by The Betrayer's Judgement, "Falling Apart" by Hollow Front, "Heathen" by The Hero And A Monster, "Myra" by Confessions Of A Traitor, "The Path", "Trilogy" by Silent Planet, "Youth | Division")
B4 ("A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black And White" [Underoath cover], "Descendants", "Keeping Secrets", "Forever Unbroken", "Stockholm", "What You Left Behind")
B♭4 ("Bones Exposed" [Of Mice And Men cover], "Bloodstained" by Our Eternity, "Broken Streets" by It Lies Within, "Cold Skin" by In Dying Arms, "End (The Other Side)", "Engraved", "Falling Through The Sky", "Gatekeeper" by The Gloom In The Corner, "Locked (In My Head)", "Oblivion", "Prophet", "Reaching Out", "Shine On" [The Amity Affliction cover], "Sink Below", "The Box" by Ice Nine Kills, "The Face Of Hate", "The Final Thoughts Of A Dying Man", "The Hell We Create", "Times Like This", "Unclaimed, Unloved", "When Everything Means Nothing")
A4 ("Fame" by Glasslands, "Fracture", "Heart Of Fire" by Convictions, "More Than Nameless", "The Search, The Scheme" by A Faylene Sky, "Youth | Division")
G♯4 ("Breaking The Mirror", "Cold Room", "Deathgrip", "Debts Of The Soul", "Earth Gazer" by The Royal, "Engraved", "Identity", "Judgement Day" by Set For The Fall, "Kill The Pain", "The Path", "The Price Of Agony", "Tower Of Pain", "Youth | Division", "Young & Undeserving")
Significant Low Notes:
C3 ("Engraved", "Falling Through The Sky", "Kill The Pain")
B2 ("Ancient Waters", "Louder Voice")
B♭2 ("Annihilation", "Pissed Off", "Shine On" [The Amity Affliction cover])
A2 ("My Curse" [Killswitch Engage cover], "The Final Thoughts Of A Dying Man")
F♯2 ("More Than Nameless")
F2 ("Anthem Of The Defeated", "The Price Of Agony")
E2 ("Oblivion")
E♭2 ("Shattered Glass", "Youth | Division")
D2 ("Louder Voice")
C2 ("Reaper")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, 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.