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Rod Tyler Loiza
Years active: 1988-1994
Country of origin: United States of America
Recorded vocal range: B♭2-C6 (A♯2-C6) - 3⅙ octaves
Band history:
- 1988 - Overlorde (lead vocals)
- 1994-1995 - Symphony X (lead vocals)
Recorded high notes:
C6: "Disillusioned"
E5: "Masquerade"
D♯5/E♭5: "Disillusioned", "Rapture or Pain" demo
D5: "Absinthe and Rue", "A Lesson Before Dying", "A Winter's Dream - The Ascension" demo, "Danse Macabre", "Disillusioned", "Masquerade", "Premonition", "Rapture or Pain", "Taunting the Notorious", "Thorns of Sorrow", "The Raging Season"
C♯5/D♭5: "A Winter's Dream - The Ascension" demo, "Disillusioned", "Masquerade", "Rapture or Pain" demo, "Shades of Grey"
C5: "A Lesson Before Dying", "A Winter's Dream - The Ascension" demo, "Danse Macabre", "Masquerade", "Rapture or Pain", "Shades of Grey", "Taunting the Notorious", "Thorns of Sorrow", "The Raging Season"
B4: "Absinthe and Rue", "A Lesson Before Dying", "Danse Macabre", "Disillusioned", "Masquerade", "Premonition", "Rapture or Pain", "Shades of Grey", "Taunting the Notorious", "The Raging Season"
A♯4/B♭4: "A Winter's Dream - The Ascension" demo, "Masquerade", "Premonition", "Rapture or Pain", "Shades of Grey"
A4: "A Lesson Before Dying", "Rapture or Pain", "Thorns of Sorrow"
Recorded low notes:
F3: "Danse Macabre", "Rapture or Pain" demo
E3: "A Lesson Before Dying", "Rapture or Pain"
D♯3/E♭3: "Masquerade"
D3: "Rapture or Pain"
C♯3/D♭3: "Disillusioned", "Rapture or Pain" demo
B2: "A Lesson Before Dying"
A♯2/B♭2: "A Lesson Before Dying"
{Questionable notes}
F3: "A Winter's Dream - Ascension" demo
E3: "Absinthe and Rue"
D3: "The Raging Season"
A2: "Shades of Grey"
F3: "A Winter's Dream - Ascension" demo
E3: "Absinthe and Rue"
D3: "The Raging Season"
A2: "Shades of Grey"
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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals.
{Detailed bio}
Only really known as the original lead vocalist of Symphony X on their self-titled debut album, Rod Tyler had an unfortunately short career for how impressive his vocal abilities were, from what I can tell. He was hired to form the band by Michael Romeo in early 1994, and only ever made it as far as recording vocals on that singular studio album and the demo Dance Macabre in the same year, before leaving the band and being replaced by Russell Allen for all subsequent albums. He was also in a band called Overlorde in 1988, but there appear to be no recordings of him with them, and considering that Symphony X did not perform live or tour until the release of their fourth album in 1998, Twilight on Olympus, there is no live footage of Rod performing with them either. There were, however, a few additional demos from his early days with Symphony X that got released in 2005 as part of their unofficial compilation Rarities and Demos, including an old version of the song "A Winter's Dream - Ascension" sung by him, which had previously appeared on their 1995 album The Damnation Game with Russell Allen on vocals.
Despite Rod's short-lived career, however, he demonstrated some considerable vocal prowess on the one album he has to his name. He had a noticeably higher voice than Russell Allen, and less of a grit-driven approach to handling more climactic sections, but he still managed to deliver them with a considerable amount of vocal power and dramatic effect nonetheless. He largely limited his tessitura from the mid third octave to lower fifth octave most of the time (with E♭5 being his usual top note that he would cap vocal melodies at), but he clearly had more range to his name than he led on, considering that the demo version of "Taunting the Notorious" off Dance Macabre opens with a piercing head voice C6! I would've loved to hear more of his mid to upper fifth octave range, but sadly it seems doubtful that anything else will resurface at this point. He generally avoided low notes as well, but would occasionally take certain vocal melodies down into the lower third octave (which sounded significantly low for him), and then also demonstrated some decently solid backing vocal B♭2s in "A Lesson Before Dying". Another unusual find for him were a couple of growly low bits in the song "Danse Macabre", a technique that I never heard him utilizing anywhere else in his recorded output.
Overall, a rather underrated vocalist, and someone that I would enjoy hearing more of if he ever happens to decide to make a return to singing all these years later.
Only really known as the original lead vocalist of Symphony X on their self-titled debut album, Rod Tyler had an unfortunately short career for how impressive his vocal abilities were, from what I can tell. He was hired to form the band by Michael Romeo in early 1994, and only ever made it as far as recording vocals on that singular studio album and the demo Dance Macabre in the same year, before leaving the band and being replaced by Russell Allen for all subsequent albums. He was also in a band called Overlorde in 1988, but there appear to be no recordings of him with them, and considering that Symphony X did not perform live or tour until the release of their fourth album in 1998, Twilight on Olympus, there is no live footage of Rod performing with them either. There were, however, a few additional demos from his early days with Symphony X that got released in 2005 as part of their unofficial compilation Rarities and Demos, including an old version of the song "A Winter's Dream - Ascension" sung by him, which had previously appeared on their 1995 album The Damnation Game with Russell Allen on vocals.
Despite Rod's short-lived career, however, he demonstrated some considerable vocal prowess on the one album he has to his name. He had a noticeably higher voice than Russell Allen, and less of a grit-driven approach to handling more climactic sections, but he still managed to deliver them with a considerable amount of vocal power and dramatic effect nonetheless. He largely limited his tessitura from the mid third octave to lower fifth octave most of the time (with E♭5 being his usual top note that he would cap vocal melodies at), but he clearly had more range to his name than he led on, considering that the demo version of "Taunting the Notorious" off Dance Macabre opens with a piercing head voice C6! I would've loved to hear more of his mid to upper fifth octave range, but sadly it seems doubtful that anything else will resurface at this point. He generally avoided low notes as well, but would occasionally take certain vocal melodies down into the lower third octave (which sounded significantly low for him), and then also demonstrated some decently solid backing vocal B♭2s in "A Lesson Before Dying". Another unusual find for him were a couple of growly low bits in the song "Danse Macabre", a technique that I never heard him utilizing anywhere else in his recorded output.
Overall, a rather underrated vocalist, and someone that I would enjoy hearing more of if he ever happens to decide to make a return to singing all these years later.
{Album ranges}
Symphony X:
Symphony X:
- Symphony X (1994) - B♭2-D3-D5
{Best displays of vocal range}
"Disillusioned" (C♯3-C6)
"A Lesson Before Dying" (B♭2-E3-D5)
"Rapture or Pain" demo (C♯3-D♯5)
"Masquerade" (E♭3-E5)
"Danse Macabre" (F3-D5)
"Disillusioned" (C♯3-C6)
"A Lesson Before Dying" (B♭2-E3-D5)
"Rapture or Pain" demo (C♯3-D♯5)
"Masquerade" (E♭3-E5)
"Danse Macabre" (F3-D5)