Post by BassSquared on Apr 11, 2020 4:05:37 GMT
Associated Acts: Arcane (2004-2015), Caligula's Horse (2010-present)
Vocal Range: E2-A5
As lead vocalist for acclaimed Australian progressive metal groups Caligula's Horse and Arcane, Jim Grey has built a reputation as one of the scene's strongest and most versatile singers. Known primarily for his crystal-clear "angelic" falsetto register and his heavy use of vocal layering, he also has a powerful chest voice capable of a surprising amount of grit and aggression up to the top of the fourth octave, as well as some solid, if rarely-used, harsh vocals. While his lows don't extend unusually far down for a tenor, they are unusually strong and dark in tone, often leading to the impression that his range is lower than it truly is. Add in his talent for spoken word pieces and considerable skills as a lyricist, and you have arguably one of the best all-around frontmen in modern prog.
Significant High Notes:
A5: "Fill My Heart"
G♯5: "Graves"
G5: "Daughter of the Mountain", "Graves", "Impatience and Slow Poison", "Otriad"
F♯5: "Daughter of the Mountain", "Learned", "Promise (Part 2)"
F5: "The Ascent", "Fill My Heart", "Otriad", "The Stormchaser"
E5: "Ashes", "Across the Universe", "Fill My Heart", "Holding Atropos", "Hunter, Heart, and Home", "Impatience and Slow Poison" "Instinct", "Into the White", "Keeping Stone: Water Awake", "Learned", "Mute", "Salt", "Songs for No One", "The World Breathes With Me",
E♭5: "Atlas- Revisited" "Firelight", "Graves", "The Hands Are the Hardest", "Hunter, Heart, and Home", "Instinct", "Promise (Part 2)",
D5: "The Ascent", "Ashes", "Atlas- Revisited", "Bloom", "Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell", "Dragonfly", "Eyes for the Change", "Impatience and Slow Poison", "Keeping Stone: Water Awake", "Memory Awaits", "Mute", "Oceanrise", "Otriad", "Salt", "Songs for No One", "The Tempest", "Undergrowth", "Will's Song (Let the Colours Run)"
C♯5: "Asylum: Acolyte Zero", "Atlas", "Charcoal Grace II: A World Without", "Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell", "Colossus", Daughter of the Mountain", Dream the Dead", Eyes for the Change", A Gift to Afterthought", The Hands are the Hardest", Holding Atropos", "The Malice", "Slow Violence", "Womb (In Memoriam)"
C5: "All is Quiet by the Wall", "Atlas", "Bloom", "Capulet", "Charcoal Grace I: Prey", "The City Has No Empathy (Your Sentimental Lie)", "Colossus", "Dark Hair Down", "Dawn", "Dragonfly", "Fulcrum", "Into the White", "Memory Awaits","Nightingale's Weave", "The Tempest", "Undergrowth", "Unturning" "Valkyrie", "The World Breathes With Me"
B4: "Ashes", "Asylum: Acolyte Zero", "Bloom", "Capulet", "Charcoal Grace II: A World Without", "The City Has No Empathy (Your Sentimental Lie)", "Dark Hair Down", "Dawn", "Don't Give Up", "Dragonfly", "Dream the Dead", "Firelight", "Glimpse", "Golem", "The Hands are the Hardest", "Instinct", "Into the White", "Keeping Stone: Sound on Fire", "Learned", "Little Burden", "The Malice", "Marigold", "May 26", "Mute", "Old Cracks in New Earth", "Promise (Part 2)", "Secret", "The Seer", "Selfsame", "The Stormchaser", "Thief", "Turntail", "Unturning", "Vanishing Rites (Tread Softly Little One)", "Water's Edge", "The World Breathes With Me"
B♭4: "All is Quiet by the Wall", "The Ascent", "Autumn", "Charcoal Grace I: Prey", "Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell", "Dream the Dead", "Fading", "Firelight", "A Gift to Afterthought", "Keeping Stone: Water Awake", "Love Conquers All", "Nightingale's Weave", "Old Cracks in New Earth", "Promise (Part 1)", "The Stormchaser", "The Tempest", "Valkyrie", "Vanishing Rites (Tread Softly Little One)", "Water's Edge"
A4: "All is Quiet by the Wall", "Alone in the World", "The Ascent", "Atlas", "Autumn", "The Cannon's Mouth", "Charcoal Grace I: Prey", "City Has No Empathy Acoustic", "The City Has No Empathy (Your Sentimental Lie)", "Colossus", "Dark Hair Down", "Desolace", "Don't Give Up", "Equally Flawed", "Fulcrum", "Glimpse", "Hunter, Heart, and Home", "Keeping Stone: Sound on Fire", "Known", "Little Burden", "Marigold", "May 26", "Memory Awaits", "Mute", "Oceanrise", "Rust", "Salt", "Secret", "The Seer", "Selfsame", "Silence", "Songs for No One", "Slow Violence", "Thief", "Turntail", "Undergrowth", "Valkyrie", "The World Breathes With Me", "Whisper", "Womb (In Memoriam)"
Significant Low Notes:
D3: "Across the Universe", "The Ascent", "Autumn", "Bloom", "The Cannon's Mouth", "Charcoal Grace I: Prey", "Charcoal Grace III: Vigil", "Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell", "Colossus", "Daughter of the Mountain", "Dawn", "Don't Give Up", "Fulcrum", "Hunter, Heart, and Home", "Impatience and Slow Poison", "Keeping Stone: Water Awake", "Known", "Little Burden", "Mute", "Nightingale's Weave", "Otriad", "Silence", "The Tempest", "Undergrowth", "Valkyrie", "Vanishing Rites (Tread Softly Little One)", "Whisper"
C♯3: "All is Quiet by the Wall", "Alone in the World", "Atlas", "Atlas- Revisited", "Dream the Dead", "Equally Flawed", "Eyes for the Change", "Fading", "Firelight", "Instinct", "Love Conquers All", "Message to My Girl", "Promise (Part 2)", "Slow Violence", "Songs for No One", "Turntail", "Vanishing Rites (Tread Softly Little One)"
C3: "Atlas", "A Gift to Afterthought", "City Has No Empathy Acoustic", "Fill My Heart", "Memory Awaits", "Rust", "Unturning"
B2: "All is Quiet by the Wall", "Asylum: Acolyte Zero", "Atlas- Revisited", "Capulet", "Charcoal Grace II: A World Without", "Dark Hair Down", "Daughter of the Mountain", "Dragonfly", "Ephemera", "Equally Flawed", "Firelight", "Glimpse", "The Hands are the Hardest", "Little Burden", "Love Conquers All", "May 26", "Rust", "Salt", "The Seer", "Selfsame", "Songs for No One", "Unturning", "Whisper", "Will's Song (Let the Colours Run)"
B♭2: "Autumn", "Fading", "Graves", "Water's Edge"
A2: "The Ascent", "Ashes", "Ephemera", "A Gift to Afterthought", "The Cannon's Mouth", "Capulet", "Charcoal Grace IV: Give Me Hell", "City Has No Empathy Acoustic", "Dragonfly", "Fill My Heart", "Into the White", "Learned", "May 26", "Memory Awaits", "Old Cracks in New Earth", "Resonate", "Rust", "Salt", "The Seer", "Selfsame", "The Tempest", "Turntail", "Unturning", "Water's Edge", "Whisper"
G♯2: "Graves", "The Hands Are the Hardest", "Message to My Girl"
G2: "Learned", "Valkyrie"
F♯2: "Glimpse", "Slow Violence"
E2: "Oceanrise"
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Green marks screamed or distorted notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}
G♯6: "Graves" [4]
G6: "Graves" [4]
G♯5: "Daughter of the Mountain" [5]
E5: "Dawn" [1]
E2: "Asylum: Acolyte Zero" [1]
D2: "A Gift to Afterthought" [3], "Dark Hair Down" [1] [4]
C♯2: "Slow Violence" [5]
B1: "Dawn" [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 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.
G♯6: "Graves" [4]
G6: "Graves" [4]
G♯5: "Daughter of the Mountain" [5]
E5: "Dawn" [1]
E2: "Asylum: Acolyte Zero" [1]
D2: "A Gift to Afterthought" [3], "Dark Hair Down" [1] [4]
C♯2: "Slow Violence" [5]
B1: "Dawn" [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 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.
{Notewatched Material}
With Arcane:
Ashes (2007): A2-E5
Chronicles of the Waking Dream (2009): F♯2-F♯5
Known/Learned (2015): G2-G5
With Caligula's Horse:
Moments from Ephemeral City (2011): A2-C♯5
The Tide, the Thief, and River's End (2013): A2-E5
Bloom (2015): A2-G5
In Contact (2017): G♯2-A5
Rise Radiant (2020): E2-E5
Charcoal Grace (2024): A2 - F5
With Arcane:
Ashes (2007): A2-E5
Chronicles of the Waking Dream (2009): F♯2-F♯5
Known/Learned (2015): G2-G5
With Caligula's Horse:
Moments from Ephemeral City (2011): A2-C♯5
The Tide, the Thief, and River's End (2013): A2-E5
Bloom (2015): A2-G5
In Contact (2017): G♯2-A5
Rise Radiant (2020): E2-E5
Charcoal Grace (2024): A2 - F5
