Post by Steve on Jul 20, 2020 12:37:48 GMT
Voice Type: Last of His Kind Tenor
Recorded Vocal Range: A1-C♯6
Associated Acts: Alice in Chains (2006-present), Giraffe Tongue Orchestra (2012-present), Comes With the Fall (1999-2008), Madfly (1996-1999), No Walls (1988-1992), Neon Christ (guitarist; 1983-1986, 2004)
Higher Notes:
C♯6 ("Last of My Kind" live at the INmusic Festival 2010)
B5 ("Fire in the Hole")
F♯5 ("Crucifixion", "Escape the Crime", "Unhinged")
F5 ("Black Cross", "Red Candles")
E5 ("Bitter Changes", "Crucifixion", "Hologram", "Never See Me Cry", "Still Got a Hold in My Heart")
E♭5 ("Adapt or Die", "Phantom Limb", "Right Turn" live in Thackerville 2011, "Rooster" live)
D5 ("Beautiful Destroyer", "Bitter Changes", "Crucifixion", "Fragments & Ashes", "Fuck the World", "I Hate Myself For Loving You the Way I Do", "Kashmir" live in Seattle 2007, "Red Candles", "Rockslide", "Scarab", "Since I Laid Eyes on You", "Take It Out on Me", "Unbreakable", "We Come Undone", "White Hot")
C♯5 ("Blood Moon", "Fire Come Down", "Last of My Kind", "Never Fade", "Nutshell" live, "Phantom Limb", "Sleep Tonight", "Would?" live)
C5 ("Beautiful Destroyer", "Black Cross", "Blackest Hour", "Broken Lines", "Chameleon Blues", "Crucifixion", "Evil Rising", "Hologram", "Kashmir" live in Seattle 2007, "Murder Scene", "Never See Me Cry", "No Need to Wonder", "Pale Horse Rider", "The Reckoning", "Rockslide", "Rooster" live at Rock Am Ring 2010, "Smashdown", "So Divine", "Still Got a Hold in My Heart", "Strung Out on a Dream", "Take It Out on Me", "The Three Wishes", "Unbreakable", "Unhinged", "Waiting Out the Breakdown", "Would?" live)
B4 ("Adapt or Die", "Back to the Light", "Before the Fall", "Bitter Changes", "Black Cross", "Crucifixion", "Dam That River" live at the INmusic Festival 2010, "Deadly Ecstasy", "Don't Follow" live, "Escape the Crime", "Fire in the Hole", "Fragments & Ashes", "Fuck the World", "Hologram", "Hung On a Hook", "I Hate Myself For Loving You the Way I Do", "Join the Madness", "Kashmir" live in Seattle 2007, "The Last Light", "Last of My Kind", "A Looking in View", "No-One is Innocent", "Nutshell" live, "Rain When I Die" live at Rock Am Ring 2010, "Red Candles", "Rooster" live, "Sleep Tonight", "So Cruel", "Tears")
B♭4 ("Acid Bubble" live, "Again" live, "Angry Chair" live at the INmusic Festival 2010, "Black Cross", "Blood Moon", "Broken Lines", "Curtains" live 2007, "Deadly Ecstasy", "Down In a Hole" live, "Everyone Gets Everything They Really Want", "Last of My Kind", "Love, Hate, Love" live, "Man in the Box" live, "Murder Scene", "No Excuses" live, "Phantom Limb", "Private Hell", "The Reckoning", "Red Candles", "Scarab", "Since I Laid Eyes on You", "Smoke and Mirrors", "Stone", "Thieves and Whores", "Would?" live)
A4 ("Angry Chair" live at the INmusic Festival 2010, "Back to the Light", "Beautiful Destroyer", "Chameleon Blues", "Crucifixion", "Evil Rising", "Fire Come Down", "Hollow", "Hung On a Hook", "I Hate Myself For Loving You the Way I Do", "Join the Madness", "Kashmir" live in Seattle 2007, "The Last Light", "Love, Hate Love" live, "Murder Scene", "Never See Me Cry", "No Need to Wonder", "No-One is Innocent", "Pale Horse Rider", "Rain When I Die" live, "The Reckoning", "Red Candles", "Rockslide", "Scarab", "Smashdown", "Smoke and Mirrors", "So Cruel", "So Divine", "Soul's Got Wings", "Strung Out on a Dream", "Take It Out on Me", "The Three Wishes", "Unbreakable", "We Come Undone", "White Hot")
G♯4 ("All I Am", "Again" live, "Blackest Hour", "Breath On a Window", "Check My Brain", "Choke", "Curtains" live 2007, "Dam That River" live, "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", "Don't Follow" live, "Down In a Hole" live, "Everyone Gets Everything They Really Want", "Fly", "Hollow", "Hologram", "Hung On a Hook", "I Stay Away" live in Seattle 2007, "Lab Monkey", "Last of My Kind", "A Looking in View", "Maybe", "Never Fade", "The One You Know", "Private Hell", "Rain When I Die" live, "Red Giant", "Rooster" live, "Scalpel", "Sleep Tonight", "Take Her Out", "Tears", "Them Bones" live, "Voices", "We Die Young" live, "Would?" live)
Lower Notes:
F3 ("Adapt or Die", "Fragments & Ashes", "Last of My Kind", "Smoke and Mirrors")
E3 ("Crucifixion", "Fuck the World", "Join the Madness", "No-One is Innocent", "So Cruel", "Soul's Got Wings", "Waiting Out the Breakdown", "White Hot")
E♭3 ("Acid Bubble" live, "Broken Lines", "Lesson Learned" live at Rock Am Ring 2010, "Love, Hate, Love" live, "Man in the Box" live, "Low Ceiling", "Nutshell" live, "Phantom Limb", "Right Turn" live in Thackerville 2011, "Rooster" live, "So Far Under")
D3 ("Again" live at the INmusic Festival 2010, "Black Cross", "Smashdown", "Soul's Got Wings", "We Come Undone")
C♯3 ("Dam That River" live, "Lesson Learned" live at Rock Am Ring 2010, "Love, Hate, Love" live, "Man in the Box" live, "Never Fade", "Nutshell" live in Bilbao 2010, "So Far Under", "Them Bones" live, "We Die Young" live, "Your Decision")
C3 ("Again" live at Rock Am Ring 2010, "Hung On a Hook", "Scalpel")
B2 ("All We Have is Now", "Broken Lines")
B♭2 ("Angry Chair" live, "Blood Moon", "Never Fade")
A2 ("Fragments & Ashes")
G2 ("Unbreakable")
F♯2 ("Broken Lines")
E♭2 ("Phantom Limb")
A1 ("Fragments & Ashes")
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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or otherwise muffled/obscured in the mix
*Blue marks soft/clear falsetto notes.
*Green marks highly distorted screams.
*Italics mark spoken notes or sustained "howls".
Relatively new to the mainstream rock scene despite being a 30 year+ veteran of the music world, William Duvall has made quite an impression ever since becoming the current lead singer for Alice in Chains. While often employing a much cleaner belting style than the band's original late vocalist Layne Staley, Duvall nonetheless is still able to employ the right amount of grit for the band's style, and can make use of his scarcely used lower range as well to suit the band's "grungy" aesthetic. It's too bad he's not given the chance to shine that often in the band's newer studio material, as the few times he has in AIC (such as in "Last of My Kind" and "Hung on a Hook") and as heard in his other main projects (where he is the only vocalist), he has proven to be quite versatile in terms of dynamic range and has strong capabilities as an incredibly underrated rock belter, we can only hope future material will showcase him more and help him make even more of a mark in the modern rock scene.
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