Post by TheCMRecluse on Feb 13, 2024 1:33:48 GMT
Matthew Ellis
Associated Acts: A Hope For Home (2006-present)
Vocal Range: E2-C♯5 (2 octaves, 9 notes)
Vocal Type: Abstracted Post-Tenebras Tenor
{Vocal Summary}
Sludge metal and post-hardcore may seem like polar opposites especially in a popular sense. Post-hardcore seems more mainstream while sludge is more underground. But when both are put together they can do some unique things. Enter, A Hope For Homes own Matthew Ellis who is the brains behind this Oregon based post-hardcore sludge match up. Apart from being the guitarist he is the clean singer in contrast to Nathan Winchell who does the unclean vocals. As the melodic singer in the band some first listeners who say that his voice may sound too "emo" for post-rock the band plays. However, his voice when having to be in contrast to Winchell's punkish shrills make for a perfect match. Ellis' voice is expressive, moody and demands vehemence in his youthful tenor singing. At first, at the beginning of his career when the band was more hardcore influenced, he did sing in the more assessible high register singing popularized in the genre. But as the band progressed and got more of the atmospheric metal sound he began singing in more mid-range folkish type of singing which also made him use his lower register a bit more and sang with less of the youthful angst and more into an emotive, drearier tone. Whether it be more mainstream or underground the sound gets, in my opinion, Ellis mastered both hence making AHFH on of the most underrated bands of the last decade.
Sludge metal and post-hardcore may seem like polar opposites especially in a popular sense. Post-hardcore seems more mainstream while sludge is more underground. But when both are put together they can do some unique things. Enter, A Hope For Homes own Matthew Ellis who is the brains behind this Oregon based post-hardcore sludge match up. Apart from being the guitarist he is the clean singer in contrast to Nathan Winchell who does the unclean vocals. As the melodic singer in the band some first listeners who say that his voice may sound too "emo" for post-rock the band plays. However, his voice when having to be in contrast to Winchell's punkish shrills make for a perfect match. Ellis' voice is expressive, moody and demands vehemence in his youthful tenor singing. At first, at the beginning of his career when the band was more hardcore influenced, he did sing in the more assessible high register singing popularized in the genre. But as the band progressed and got more of the atmospheric metal sound he began singing in more mid-range folkish type of singing which also made him use his lower register a bit more and sang with less of the youthful angst and more into an emotive, drearier tone. Whether it be more mainstream or underground the sound gets, in my opinion, Ellis mastered both hence making AHFH on of the most underrated bands of the last decade.
{Discography Checked}
A Hope For Home
Genre: Sludge/post metal-rock/metalcore/post-hardcore/alternative rock/experimental rock
Studio albums
Here, The End (2007) B♭2-C♯5
The Everlasting Man (2008) F♯3-C5
Realis (2010) B2-B4
In Abstraction (2011) C♯3-A4
Years Of Silicon (2022) E2-G4
A Hope For Home
Genre: Sludge/post metal-rock/metalcore/post-hardcore/alternative rock/experimental rock
Studio albums
Here, The End (2007) B♭2-C♯5
The Everlasting Man (2008) F♯3-C5
Realis (2010) B2-B4
In Abstraction (2011) C♯3-A4
Years Of Silicon (2022) E2-G4
Significant High Notes:
C♯5 ("Kyle")
C5 ("Absolution: Of Flight And Failure")
B4 ("Babylon: The Insatiable Thirst", "Casting Light Through Such Thin Shades", "[Grace] We Are The Heirs!", "The Crippling Fear", "The Human Project Lives!")
B♭4 ("Iniquity: An Offering", "Infidelity: Kingdom's End")
A4 ("The Machine Stops", "Seasons", "The Overman", "Tides")
G♯4 ("Affliction: The Witness, The Advocate", "Kyle", "Masada: The Spiral Staircase", "My Path, Ascending", "Redemption: A Grief Observed", "Yea, The Cold Embrace Of The Sea")
G4 (("Futures/Past", "The Overman", "Years Of Silicon")
F♯4 ("No Light", "Out Of Ruin, Misery", "The Exile", "The House Where You Were Born", "Weaved")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("Of Water And The Spirit", "Tides")
E3 ("Futures/Past", "The Crippling Fear", "The Human Project Lives!")
E♭3 ("Post Tenebras Lux")
C♯3 ("Kyle", "Weaved", "The Human Project Lives!")
B2 ("Casting Light Through Such Thin Shades", "[Grace] We Are The Heirs!", "No Light", "Seasons", "The Warmth Of The Heavens", "Unlit Beacon")
B♭2 ("My Path, Ascending")
E2 ("The Beach Beneath The Street")
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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
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