Alan Tecchio (2,599 views)

[BassSquared]

Alan Tecchio (27 August 1966)
Years Active: 1985 - present
Associated Acts: Hades (1985-2002, 2010-present), Watchtower (1989-1990, 2015-present), Non-Fiction (1991-?), Power (1992-?), Seven Witches (2005-2012), Autumn Hour (2008-present), Level Fields (2013-present), Mike Lepond's Silent Assassins (2014-present), Mind's Mirrors (2022-present)
Vocal Range: D2 - B♭5

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{Vocal Summary}Perhaps one of the most hardworking and overlooked metal vocalists to ever come out of New Jersey, Alan Tecchio's soaring banshee-like wails have made appearances on many projects, most notably those of progressive thrash group Watchtower and the solo work of Symphony X bassist Mike Lepond. Tecchio's signature sound undoubtedly lies in his piercing high notes, delivered in a powerful head voice that can be something of an acquired taste, and indeed he seldom goes a song without venturing into the fifth octave at least once. However, he is capable of exhibiting a softer, more "human" side to his voice, a still somewhat raspy but more tasteful style that occasionally even makes it down into the second octave. This, as well as his surprisingly deep speaking voice, show that he is not as extremely high-placed of a vocalist as his many high screams might lead one to believe, but rather a regular tenor who tends to heavily favor his upper range. Now well into his fifties, his voice has showed little sign of appreciably deepening or aging at all- indeed, most of his highest notes were hit within the past decade- and given his healthy work ethic and involvement with multiple bands, it's all but certain that Tecchio will keep wailing away for years to come.
Written by BassSquared .

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{Album Ranges}
Hades
Resisting Success (1986): D3 - G5
If at First You Don't Succeed (1987): E3 - F♯5
Exist to Resist (1995): C3 - E5
$avior$elf (1998): C3 - A5
The Downside (2000): D3 - F♯5
DamNation (2001): C3 - F♯5

Watchtower
Control and Resistance (1989): F♯3 - G♯5
Concepts of Math: Book 1 (2016): D2 - B♭5

Non-Fiction
Preface (1991): G♯2 - E5
In the Know (1992): G2 - G5
It's a Wonderful Lie (1996): C3 - E♭5

Power
Justice of Fire (1994): E3 - G♯5

Seven Witches
Amped (2005): G♯2 - F♯5
Deadly Sins (2007): E♭2 - G♯5

Autumn Hour
Dethroned (2009): F2 - F♯5

Mike Lepond's Silent Assassins
Silent Assassins (2014): A2 - G5
Pawn and Prophecy (2018): E♭2 - A5
Whore of Babylon (2020): D3 - A5

Level Fields
1104 (2018): B♭2 - G5

Mind's Mirrors
Forever Is Not Nearly Enough (2024): C3 - A5

Significant High Notes:

B♭5 ("Mathematica Calculis")
A5 ("Decline and Fall of the American Empire", "Eternal Spring Shrine", "Masters of the Hall", "Power of Steel")
G♯5 ("Firewalk", "Mayday in Kiev", "Science", "Tough Love")
G5 ("The Answer", "Deceiver of Truth", "Disowned", "Dracul Son", "The Fall of Reason", "Get Over It", "Instruments of Random Murder", "In Your Room", "Justice of Fire", "Lady Bathory", "The Leaders?", "Life Cycles", "Maenad", "Masters of the Hall", "Next to Nothing", "The Outsider", "Remarquezable", "Silent Assassins", "Tell Tale Heart", "Wealth")
F♯5 ("Antichrist", "Apocalypse Rider", "Avengers of Eden", "Bloast", "Control and Resistance", "Dangerous Toy", "Deceiver of Truth", "Diplomatic Immunity", "End of the Bargain", "Extra 1104", "Firewalk", "GP Fix", "Ground Zero N.Y.C.", "Hidden Instincts", "In the Words of the Profit", "Ironborn", "Justice of Fire", "Knowledge", "Life Cycles", "Masque of the Red Death", "The Outsider", "Pawn and Prophecy", "Process of Assimilation", "Ragnarok", "Techcceleration", "Technology Inaction", "Truth Bringer", "West Nile", "Widow's Mite (Chapter Eleven)")
F5 ("Absorbed", "The Answer", "Avalon", "Bete Noire", "Counting on Me", "Dangerous Toy", "Dethroned", "Dishonor Killings", "The Eldritch", "Enough", "Extra 1104", "Fade Out", "The Fall of Reason", "Firewalk", "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "Growing Old", "Hail to the Thief", "I Am the Bull", "Instruments of Random Murder", "In the Mean Time", "King in Exile", "Mathematica Calculis", "Mayday in Kiev", "Mechumanity", "The Naked Truth", "One Last Time", "Opinionate!", "Pawn and Prophecy", "Pleasure", "Remarquezable", "Science", "Stop and Go", "Tell Tale Heart", "Worship", "Y2K")
E5 ("Aftermath of Betrayal (The Tragedy of Hamlet)", "Arguments Against Design", "Avalon", "Avengers of Eden", "Bitter Suite #1", "Biocaust", "Control and Resistance", "The Cross", "Dishonor Killings", "Dracul Son", "The Eldritch", "Enough", "Every Day", "The Fall of Reason", "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "Growing Old", "Hands Over Time", "Hidden Instincts", "Hordes of Fire", "I Am the Bull", "Instruments of Random Murder", "In the Mean Time", "Ironborn", "I Too Eye", "King in Exile", "Lady Bathory", "The Leaders?", "Legal Tender", "Maenad", "Masters of the Hall", "Mayday in Kiev", "M.E.S. (Technical Difficulties)", "The Mulberry Tree", "Nightstalker", "Not a Part of Your Life", "Oath and Honor", "On to Iliad", "Opinionate!", "Pawn and Prophecy", "Power of Steel", "Preface", "The Quest", "Resist Success", "Rape of Persephone", "Red", "Red Death", "Rising Son (Through the Eyes of God)", "Silent Assassins", "Sound Decisions", "Sweet Revenge", "Tell Tale Heart", "Think Tank", "Tough Love", "Truth Bringer")
E♭5 ("Absorbed", "Aftermath of Betrayal (The Tragedy of Hamlet)", "Align the Planets", "Be", "Bloast", "The Blur", "Commerce", "Could've", "DamNation", "Dangerous Toy", "Deadly Sins", "Deceiver of Truth", "Disowned", "Face the Fat Reality", "Farewell to Welfare", "Force Quit", "Get Over It", "GP Fix", "Ground Zero N.Y.C.", "In the Know", "Legal Tender", "Life Cycles", "Listen", "Mathematica Calculis", "M.E.S. (Technical Difficulties", "The Naked Truth", "One Last Time", "Peaked", "Picture Imperfect", "Put It Off", "Reason to Die", "Shove It", "Social Lies", "Stressfest", "Techcceleration", "Tell Tale Heart", "Warpath to Repression" live Fox Studios 1986, "West Nile", "Widow's Mite (Chapter Eleven)", "Womb to Tomb", "Worship", "Y2K")
D5 ("$avior$elf", "A (G)", "Absorbed", "Acceptance", "Active Contrition", "Aged", "All My Needs", "The Answer", "Arguments Against Design", "Become Dust", "Bete Noire", "Biocaust", "Blackened Blues", "The Blur", "Colorblind", "Counting on Me", "Deadline", "Decline and Fall of the American Empire", "Deter My Nation", "Dethroned", "Down", "End User" live Jack's Music 2009, "End of the Bargain", "Eternal Spring Shrine", "Extra 1104", "Face the Fat Reality", "Fade Out", "Forgive and Regret", "Get Over It", "Growing Old", "Hail to the Thief", "Hands Over Time", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Hoax", "In the Words of the Profit", "The Leaders?", "Love, Liking, Nothing", "Masque of the Red Death", "M.E.S. (Technical Difficulties)", "A Million Tears Ago", "Mechumanity", "Mortify Me", "The Mulberry Tree", "Next to Nothing", "Night of the Long Knives", "Nightstalker", "Oath and Honor", "Opinionate!", "Out the Window", "The Past", "Pawn and Prophecy", "Pleasure", "Politics", "Power of Steel", "Process of Assimilation", "The Progeny", "The Quest", "Rape of Persephone", "Reason to Die", "Rebel Without a Brain", "Remarquezable", "Sad & Done", "Shove It", "The Size of Matter", "Stop and Go", "True/False", "Truth Bringer", "Wealth")
C♯5 ("Antichrist", "Apocalypse Rider", "Avengers of Eden", "Be", "Black Legend", "Control and Resistance", "Enough", "Fame Gets You Off", "First Degree Sleepwalking", "GP Fix", "Ides of March", "Ironborn", "Knowledge", "Nightstalker", "The Outsider", "Process of Assimilation", "Ragnarok", "Reason to Live", "Resist Success", "Sunnydale High", "Think Tank", "Tough Love", "West Nile", "Whore of Babylon", "Widows and Orphans", "Widow's Mite (Chapter Eleven)")
C5 ("Align the Planets", 'Amerasian Reparation", "Apocalypse Rider", "Arguments Against Design", "Avalon", "Bad Vibrations", "Become Dust", "Blackened Blues", "The Blur", "California Song", "Commerce", "Could've", "DamNation", "Deadline", "Deadly Sins", "Deception Vs. Reality", "Deter My Nation", "Diplomatic Immunity", "Disowned", "Down", "The Eldritch", "End User" live Jack's Music 2009, "Farewell to Welfare", "First and Lasting Impressions", "Flesh for Fantasy", "Force Quit", "Ground Zero N.Y.C.", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Hordes of Fire", "I Hate to Tell You", "In the Know", "In the Mean Time", "Into the Ground", "IntroFuction", "I Too Eye", "Justice of Fire", "Knowledge", "Lady Bathory", "Listen", "Love, Liking, Nothing", "Mortify Me", "The Mulberry Tree", "Night of the Long Knives", "Not a Part of Your Life", "Oath and Honor", "One Last Time", "Out the Window", "The Past", "Pay the Price", "Picture Imperfect", "Pleasure", "Preface", "Put It Off", "Reason to Die", "Red Death", "Responsible", "Rising Son (Through the Eyes of God)", "Science", "Silent Assassins", "The Size of Matter", "Social Lies", "Somehow", "Sound Decisions", "Stressfest", "Techcceleration", "Technology Inaction", "This I Know", "The Vision", "Waxing Pathetic", "Wealth", "Whore of Babylon", "Womb to Tomb", "Worship")
B4 ("Aged", "Be", "Bitter Suite #1", "Black Legend", "The Cross", "Deadline", "Dishonor Killings", "Enough", "Every Day", "First Degree Sleepwalking", "I Am the Bull", "I Hate to Tell You", "In Your Room", "Listen", "A Million Tears Ago", "The Progeny", "Red Death", "Resist Success", "Sunnydale High", "Technology Inaction", "Tell Tale Heart", "Unbelievable" live Jack's Music 2009, "Waxing Pathetic")
B♭4 ("Acceptance", "California Song", "Colorblind", "First and Lasting Impressions", "Force Quit", "Ides of March", "Mechumanity", "Peaked", "Politics", "Red", "Responsible", "Sweet Revenge", "This I Know", "To Know One", "A Version", "Widows and Orphans")
A4 ("$avior$elf", "Active Contrition", "Aged", "End User" live Jack's Music 2009, "Eternal Spring Shrine", "Exist to Resist", "Fade Out", "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "Hoax", "In Your Room", "Man of the Millennium", "Masada", "Momentary Clarity", "Reasons", "Sad & Done", "Somehow", "Unbelievable" live Jack's Music 2009, "The Vision")

Significant Low Notes:

F3 ("Amerasian Reparation" demo, "Arguments Against Design", "Bitter Suite #1", "Doubt", "End User", "Ground Zero N.Y.C.", "Growing Old", "Ides of March", "It's a Wonderful Lie", "The Me That Might Have Been", "Not a Part of Your Life", "Peaked", "Pleasure", "Reason to Live", "Science", "Shove It", "Somehow")
E3 ("Avalon", "Every Day", "Get Over It", "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "Hordes of Fire", "I Am the Bull", "In the Mean Time", "Ironborn", "King in Exile", "Masada", "Masters of the Hall", "Mathematica Calculis", "A Million Tears Ago", "Pawn and Prophecy", "The Quest", "Ragnarok", "The Size of Matter", "Tell Tale Heart", "Unbelievable" live Jack's Music 2009, "The Vision", "Whore of Babylon")
E♭3 ("Bad Vibrations", "Biocaust", "Disowned", "Ides of March", "Mortify Me", "The Naked Truth", "Responsible", "Social Lies", "Techcceleration", "This I Know", "To Know One")
D3 ("Avalon", "Bete Noire", "The Blur", "Colorblind", "End of the Bargain", "Eternal Spring Shrine", "Extra 1104", "Fade Out", "Growing Old", "Hordes of Fire", "I Am the Bull", "In Your Room", "Man of the Millennium", "Masque of the Red Death", "Mechumanity", "The Me That Might Have Been", "The Mulberry Tree", "Pawn and Prophecy", "Peaked", "Rape of Persephone", "Reasons", "Truth Bringer")
C♯3 ("Be", "Enough", "First Degree Sleepwalking", "Mathematica Calculis", "Sunnydale High", "Think Tank")
C3 ("Bete Noire", "Colorblind", "Decline & Fall of the American Empire", "Disowned", "Doubt", "Eternal Spring Shrine", "Extra 1104", "Oath and Honor", "The Past", "Peaked", "Rape of Persephone", "Reasons", "Social Lies", "This I Know", "To Know One")
B2 ("Truth Bringer")
B♭2 ("Amerasian Reparation" demo, "Flesh for Fantasy", "Get Over It", "The Past")
A2 ("The Quest")
G♯2 ("Aged", "Flesh for Fantasy")
G2 ("All My Needs")
F2 ("The Past")
E♭2 ("Deadly Sins", "The Mulberry Tree")
D2 ("The Size of Matter")

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{Questionable Notes}
F5 "On to Iliad" [4]

C3 "Worship" [2]
E2 "The Cross" [5], "Man of the Millennium" [3], "The Progeny" [2],
D2 "The Mulberry Tree" [1], "Rebel Without a Brain" [3]
C♯2 "First Degree Sleepwalking" [5] "Flesh for Fantasy" [1]
C2 "Deadly Sins" [5], "Disowned" [3], "Growing Old" [3]
A1 "Whore of Babylon" [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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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.

[Zedd Squared]

New (or within the last 3 months anyways) cover by Silent Assassins with some highs and lows for ya. I didn't actually pitch any of it but I noticed it wasn't in the OP so figured I'd drop it here. Also another sweet bass solo intro by Lepond that I think you'll dig.