Felipe del Valle (3,012 views)

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Felipe del Valle Briceño (July 13th, 1982 - )
Years active: 2003-present
Country of origin: Chile
Recorded vocal range: G2-B♭5 (G2-A♯5) - 3¼ octaves

Band history:

• 2003-2014 - Delta (lead vocals)
• 2020-2021 - NuevAnormalidad (vocals)
• 2020-2021 - Shonen Dudes (lead vocals)
• 2015-present - Drake (lead vocals)
• 2016-present - Witchblade (lead vocals)
• 2019-present - Felipe del Valle (lead vocals)
  
• 2020-present - Dolezall (lead vocals)
  
• 2022-present - Electrified (lead vocals)
• 2024-present - Fiura (lead vocals)

Recorded high notes:
A♯5/B♭5: "Doors Keep Spinning", "Virtual Life"
A5: "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Ghostbusters", "I Met a Girl on the Net Last Night", "My Turn", "Over & Over Again", "Virtual Life" live at Teatro Cariola 2011, "Why Are You So Far '13"
G♯5/A♭5: "Black Sheep", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "La Respuesta" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Look at the Distance", "My Other Side", "My World on Fire", "Shot Through the Heart", "The Human Touch", "Vlad Tepes Part 1: The Bloodbath Feast", "Who I Am" 
G5: "Between the Walls", "Burning Soul", "Doors Keep Spinning", "I Met a Girl on the Net Last Night", "Jack the Ripper", "La Fiura" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Like a Man", "My Other Side", "On the Road" live Oxido 2016, "Sign of Salvation" live Rancagua 2016, "Song for the Oppressed", "Storm Fighter", "Sueño de Metal", "The Black Plague", "The Covenant", "The End of Philosophy", "The Possession", "Winds of Freedom", "Youth Gone Wild"
F♯5/G♭5: "Alive I Keep the Flame", "Arde Santiago" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Black & Cold", "Condenado", "Con Fé en Existir" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Crashbreaker", "Desire Within", "Divine Intervention", "Ellos No Saben Cuál Es Tu Dios" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "En Silencio se Forja el Metal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Ghostbusters", "Hell in a Cell", "Infinite Sadness", "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Into the Light", "Lone Wolf", "Los Guerreros", "New Philosophy", "Prefiero Perderte", "Purification of Sin", "Regrets", "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Running Through the Night", "The Black Plague", "The Devil on My Ears", "The Witch", "The Witchblade" live Rancagua 2016, "Tierra de Brujos", "Virtual Life", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Work Will Set You Free"
F5: "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Apollyon Is Free", "Atlas", "Black Sheep", "Despertar", "Doors Keep Spinning", "Eagle Fly Free". "El Día Final" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "Face2Face", "Fear Syndrome", "Fly Away", "God or Science", "Hikikomori", "La Fiura" live at Progpower Chile 2024, "Mitomanía" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "My Other Side", "My Turn", "Not Enough" live at the Lima Metal Fest 2017, "Of Sins and Shadows" live at Club Segundo Piso 2024, "On the Road" live Teatro Caupolican 2016, "Peruvian Skies", "Prefiero Perderte", "Revolution", "Scourge of God", "Shot Through the Heart", "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "Sign of Salvation" live Rancagua 2016, "Song for the Oppressed", "Sueño de Metal", "The Human Touch", "The Irruption of Evil", "Tierra de Brujos", "Vlad Tepes Part 2: The Forest of the Impaled", "What Matters in the End", "Work Will Set You Free"
E5: "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Between the Walls", "Black & Cold", "Bringers of Rain", "Crashbreaker", "Cuando Yo No Esté", "Darkened Skies", "Days of Yesterday", "Desire Within", "Dream Come True", "Ellos No Saben Cuál Es Tu Dios" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Eterna Paz" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "Face the World", "Face2Face", "Farewell", "Forever", "Hell in a Cell", "I Can't", "La Iglesia del Mal", "Last Card", "Like a Man", "Lone Wolf", "Man Behind the Masquerade", "Mar de Drake", "Muero por Tocarte", "No More", "Nostalgia", "On a Thread", "On the Road" live Oxido 2016, "Over & Over Again", "Prisoner of You", "Resurrection", "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Running Through the Night", "Storm Fighter", "Sueño de Metal", "Solo un Instante", "The Black Plague", "The Covenant", "The Human Touch", "The Possession", "Time and Time Again", "The Truth", "Two Bullets", "White Cobra", "Why Are You So Far?", "Why Can't This Be Love?", "Winds of Freedom", "Your Broken Heart"
D♯5/E♭5: "Black Sheep", "Blind", "Bringers of Rain", "Burning Soul '07", "Condena" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Condenado", "Divine Intervention", "En Silencio se Forja el Metal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Entre Luces y Sombras" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017, "Falsa Realidad", "Ghost Town", "Heal the Waters", "Heir of the Cross", "Hell in a Cell", "Horns in the Air", "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Into the Light", "La Respuesta", "Like a Man", "Long Live the Empire", "Look at the Distance", "Lo Que Debo Hacer", "Man Behind the Masquerade", "Momentos", "Purification of Sin", "Regrets", "Shot Through the Heart", "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "Song for the Oppressed", "Spirit Never Die", "Stormbringer", "Sueños Lúcidos" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "The Devil on My Ears", "The Irruption of Evil", "The Oaken Shields", "Tierra de Brujos", "Two Bullets", "Unbreakable" live Rancagua 2016, "Vlad Tepes Part 1: The Bloodbath Feast", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Who I Am"
D5: "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Alive I Keep the Flame", "Back Again", "Back on the Streets" live Rancagua 2016, "Beneath the Sky", "Between the Walls", "Bittersweet", "Black & Cold", "Crashbreaker", "Darkened Skies", "Desire Within", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "El Corregidor", "Espíritu" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Face2Face", "Farewell", "Fragile", "God or Science", "Hikikomori", "Horns in the Air", "I Can't", "I Met a Girl on the Net Last Night", "I Need You", "Like a Man", "Lone Wolf", "Los Guerreros", "My Turn", "New Philosophy", "No More", "Not Enough" live at the Lima Metal Fest 2017, "Of Sins and Shadows" live at Club Segundo Piso 2024, "Over & Over Again", "Perfect Insanity", "Phoenix", "Resurrection", "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Running Through the Night", "Sign of Salvation" live Rancagua 2016, "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "Sueño de Metal", "The Black Plague", "The Witchblade" live Rancagua 2016, "Two Bullets", "Unbreakable" live Rancagua 2016, "Virtual Life", "Walk Alone" live Mi Bar 2016, "What Matters in the End", "Why Are You So Far?", "Why Can't This Be Love?", "Winds of Freedom", "Your Broken Heart", "Youth Gone Wild"
C♯5/D♭5: "Arde Santiago" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Atlas", "Black & Cold", "Con Fé en Existir" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Cuando Yo No Esté", "Darkened Skies", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Divine Intervention", "Doors Keep Spinning", "El Peregrino", "Ellos No Saben Cuál Es Tu Dios" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "En Silencio se Forja el Metal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Entre Luces y Sombras" quarantine session 2020, "Espíritu" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017, "Forever", "Frozen Heart", "Ghostbusters", "Ghost Town", "Heal the Waters", "Heir of the Cross", "Infinite Sadness", "Into the Light", "La Fiura" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "La Iglesia del Mal", "La Respuesta", "Long Live the Empire", "Look at the Distance", "Lo Que Debo Hacer", "Los Guerreros", "Mar de Drake", "My Other Side", "My Turn", "My World on Fire", "No Es Más Que Dolor", "Prefiero Perderte", "Renacer", "Resiliente", "Solo un Instante", "Spirit Never Die", "Sueños Lúcidos" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "The Covenant", "The Day I Died" live Teatro Caupolican 2016, "The Devil on My Ears", "The Witch", "Tierra de Brujos", "Vlad Tepes Part 2: The Forest of the Impaled", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Waiting for You", "Who I Am", "Work Will Set You Free", "Youth Gone Wild"
C5: "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Apollyon Is Free", "Arde Santiago", "Back Again", "Back on the Streets" live Rancagua 2016, "Bittersweet", "Black Sheep", "Bringers of Rain", "Burning Soul", "Crazy Horse", "Days of Yesterday", "Desire Within", "Despertar", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Doors Keep Spinning", "Eagle Fly Free", "El Corregidor", "Ellos No Saben Cuál Es Tu Dios" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Face2Face", "Fight the World", "Fragile", "Frozen Heart", "God or Science", "Hell in a Cell", "Hikikomori", "Horns in the Air", "I Can't", "Infinite Sadness", "Into the Battlefield", "Into the Light", "Judgment Day", "La Fiura" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Like a Man", "Lone Wolf", "Look at the Distance", "Muero por Tocarte", "My Other Side", "My Turn", "No More", "Not Enough" live at the Lima Metal Fest 2017, "On a Thread", "Over & Over Again", "Peruvian Skies", "Phoenix", "Prisoner of You", "Purification of Sin", "Resiliente", "Ressurection", "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Running Through the Night", "Sign of Salvation" live Rancagua 2016, "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "Song for the Oppressed", "Sueño de Metal", "The Black Plague", "The Human Touch", "The Last of Us" live Rancagua 2016, "The Possession", "The Truth", "White Cobra", "Winds of Freedom", "The Witch", "The Witchblade" live Rancagua 2016, "Vlad Tepes Part 2: The Forest of the Impaled", "Walk Alone" live Mi Bar 2016, "Why Can't This Be Love?", "Work Will Set You Free"
B4: "Alas de La Libertad (Jiyuu No Tsubasa)", "Alive I Keep the Flame", "Atlas", "Back Again", "Beneath the Sky", "Between the Walls", "Condena" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Con Fé en Existir" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Crashbreaker", "Cuando Yo No Esté", "Darkened Skies", "Desire Within", "Dream Come True", "El Corregidor",  "El Día Final" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "El Peregrino", "Entre Luces y Sombras" quarantine session 2020, "Espíritu" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017, "Face the World", "Falsa Realidad", "Forever" "Ghostbusters" live 2011, "Ghost Town", "Heir of the Cross", "Héroe" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Hell in a Cell", "I Met a Girl on the Net Last Night", "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Jack the Ripper", "La Iglesia del Mal", "La Respuesta", "Like a Man", "Lone Wolf", "Long Live the Empire", "Los Guerreros", "Man Behind the Masquerade", "Mar de Drake", "Misericordia", "Mitomanía" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Momentos", "New Philosophy", "No Es Más Que Dolor", "No More", "Nostalgia", "Of Sins and Shadows" live at Club Segundo Piso 2024, "On the Road" live Oxido 2016, "Over & Over Again", "Perfect Insanity", "Prefiero Perderte", "Purification of Sin", "Regrets", "Renacer", "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", "Solo un Instante", "Stormbringer", "Storm Fighter", "Sueños Lúcidos" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "The Covenant", "The End of Philosophy", "The Oaken Shields", "The Possession", "The Witch", "Tierra de Brujos", "Time and Time Again", "Vlad Tepes Part 1: The Bloodbath Feast", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Waiting for You", "Who I Am", "Winds of Freedom", "You Are Gone", "Your Broken Heart"
A♯4/B♭4: "Agonía", "Back Again", "Back on the Streets" live Oxido 2016, "Blind", "Bringers of Rain", "Burning Soul", "Condena" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Condenado", "Despertar", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Divine Intervention", "El Corregidor", "El Día Final" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "En Silencio se Forja el Metal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Falsa Realidad", "Fear Syndrome", "Fly Away", "Fight the World", "Fragile", "Frozen Heart", "Ghost Town", "God or Science", "Heir of the Cross", "Hikikomori", "I Need You", "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Into the Battlefield", "Into the Light", "Look at the Distance", "Lo Que Debo Hacer", "Mitomanía" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "No Es Más Que Dolor", "Not Enough" live at the Lima Metal Fest 2017, "Over & Over Again", "Place of Darkness", "Purification of Sin", "Regrets", "Resiliente", "Revolution", "Scourge of God", "Shot Through the Heart", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "Song for the Oppressed", "Sueño de Metal", "Sueños Lúcidos" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "The Heart from Your Hate", "The Irruption of Evil", "The Oaken Shields", "The Witchblade" live Rancagua 2016, "Unbreakable" live Rancagua 2016, "Vlad Tepes Part 2: The Forest of the Impaled", "White Cobra", "Why Can't This Be Love?", "Youth Gone Wild"
A4: "Alas de La Libertad (Jiyuu No Tsubasa)", "A la Tumba Llegaré", "Alive I Keep the Flame", "Amor Temporal", "Between the Walls", "Bittersweet", "Black & Cold", "Bringers of Rain", "Choir of Loss", "Con Fé en Existir" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Crashbreaker", "Crazy Horse", "Cuando Yo No Esté", "Darkened Skies", "Days of Yesterday", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Dream Come True", "Espíritu" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Farewell", "Fear Syndrome", "Fly Away", "Ghostbusters", "God or Science", "Héroe" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2015, "Hikikomori", "I Can't", "Infinite Sadness", "Jack the Ripper", "Judgement Day", "Lone Wolf", "Mar de Drake", "Misericordia", "Muero por Tocarte", "My Turn", "Nostalgia", "On the Road" live Oxido 2016, "Perfect Insanity", "Peruvian Skies", "Phoenix", "Prefiero Perderte", "Prisoner of You", "Renacer", "Resurrection", "Revolution", "Running Through the Night", "Shinzou Wo Sasageyo", "Sign of Salvation" live Rancagua 2011, "Stand Proud", "The Black Plague", "The Devil on My Ears", "The Human Touch", "The Last of Us" live Rancagua 2016, "The Truth", "What Matters in the End", "The Witch", "The Witchblade" live Rancagua 2016, "Time and Time Again", "Two Bullets", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Walk Alone" live Mi Bar 2016, "White Cobra", "Winds of Freedom", "Your Broken Heart"

Recorded low notes:
F♯3/G♭3: "Alas de La Libertad (Jiyuu No Tsubasa)", "Burning Soul", "Darkened Skies", "Entre Luces y Sombras" quarantine session 2020, "Epiritu" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "La Respuesta", "Los Guerreros", "Misericordia", "Momentos", "No Es Más Que Dolor", "Over & Over Again", "Place of Darkness", "Shinzou Wo Sasageyo", "Sueños Lúcidos" live at Federico Santa María Technical University 2016, "The Human Touch", "The Oaken Shields", "The Possession", "The Witch", "Vlad Tepes Part 1: The Bloodbath Feast", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "You Are Gone"
F3: "Bittersweet", "Fly Away", "Fragile", "Frozen Heart", "Hikikomori", "Horns in the Air", "Of Sins and Shadows" live at Club Segundo Piso 2024, "On a Thread", "Revolution", "Scourge of God", "Simón Zealotes" live 2016, "The End of Philosophy", "The Heart from Your Hate", "The Last of Us" live Rancagua 2016
E3: "Alas de La Libertad (Jiyuu No Tsubasa)", "Cuando Yo No Esté", "Diablo" live at ProgPower Chile 2024, "Dream Come True", "Face the World", "Farewell", "Fly Away", "Infinite Sadness", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Lone Wolf", "Muero por Tocarte", "No More", "Nostalgia", "Prisoner of You", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", "Stand Proud", "Sueño de Metal", "The Covenant", "The Human Touch", "The Truth", "Virtual Life", "Why Are You So Far?", "Winds of Freedom"
D♯3/E♭3: "Condenado", "Crashbreaker", "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017, "Ghost Town", "Infinite Sadness", "Inmortal" live Sala SCD Vespucio 2017, "Lo Que Debo Hacer", "Momentos", "Nostalgia", "Place of Darkness", "Purification of Sin", "Regrets", "Spirit Never Die", "The Human Touch", "The Oaken Shields", "Vlad Tepes Part 1: The Bloodbath Feast", "Vlad Tepes Part 2: The Forest of the Impaled", "Vlad Tepes Part 3: The Myth", "Work Will Set You Free"
D3: "Days of Yesterday", "Desire Within", "Ghostbusters", "I Was Made for Lovin' You", "Not Enough" live at the Lima Metal Fest 2017, "Over & Over Again", "Simón Zealotes" live at Teatro Teletón 2016, "Sueño de Metal", "The Last of Us" live Rancagua 2016, "Why Are You So Far?", "You Are Gone"
C♯3/D♭3: "Falsa Realidad" "Ghostbusters", "I Can't" live on Conectados 2013, "La Iglesia del Mal", "Regrets", "The Human Touch"
C3: "Blind", "Ghostbusters", "Perfect Insanity", "The End of Philosophy"
B2: "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017, "White Cobra", "Winds of Freedom"

A♯2/B♭2: "Fear Syndrome"

A2: "Ride the Sky Tonight", "Winds of Freedom"

G♯2/A♭2: "Eterna Paz" live Santiago 2017
G2: "The End of Philosophy"

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{Questionable notes}A2: "Choir of Loss", "Darkened Skies"
E2: "Choir of Loss"
D2: "Virtual Life"

These are all choir/harmony parts in Delta songs that I cannot confidently confirm as Felipe's voice.

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*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or otherwise muffled/obscured in the mix.

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{Detailed bio}Felipe Del Valle is a Chilean progressive/power metal singer possibly best known for his work with the band Delta, but who has since gone on to also since for the bands Witchblade and Drake. Like many singers in his line of work, he possesses an extensive high range that he makes frequent use of in his music, stretching well into the upper fifth octave with impressive resonance and control. His tone is considerably light and clean, and reminds me slightly of Andre Matos (someone who was apparently a considerable vocal influence on him), but he has proven himself capable of manipulating that tone to sound rougher and grittier at times, sometimes even approaching harsh vocal territory with certain heavier vocal passages in songs. Though second octave singing is rare from him, he makes frequent enough use of his lower third octave range, and on the rare occasion that he does drift down into the second octave, he seems to be able to access that range more solidly than I would have expected (even getting some decent G♯2s in one performance of "Eterna Paz"). One signature characteristic of the vocals in Delta were the complex harmony arrangements that were featured in many songs, which could often span from the second octave to fifth octave, though I am not sure how much of these parts were Felipe's voice and how much may have been other band members.

Felipe began his career as a founding member of Delta in 2003, and released his first album with them the following year, entitled Apollyon Is Free. Though he audibly already had a decent bit of range developed at the time (as the album spans a solid D3-G5), on this album he was a bit more reserved with using it than he would go on to be later in his career - focusing much of his singing in the upper third and fourth octave, and not really going into the fifth octave for melody singing as often as just sustained screams. However, he quickly gained more confidence in his fifth octave abilities by the time Delta released their next album, 2007's Black & Cold, which showed him easily singing melodies in that range throughout the song. It was also on Black & Cold that Delta began to develop their signature vocal harmony sound, which continued to be featured on their next album, 2008's Crashbreaker. During these years, the band began to gain more of a popular following, and released their first live DVD in 2008 as well, entitled Live at the Beginning. They followed this up with the 2010 EP Desire Within (which featured a metal cover of the title song from the movie Ghostbusters), another full-length album later in 2010 entitled Deny Humanity, and another live DVD in 2011 entitled Virtual Live. On Delta's fifth album, 2013's The End of Philosophy, they featured a guest appearance by former Royal Hunt vocalist John West on the song "Bringers of Rain", which helped the band gain more international recognition from fans of West's other work. Unfortunately, however, this ended up being Felipe's final album with Delta, as he left the band in 2014 and was replaced by Rodrigo Varela.

Following his departure from Delta, Felipe joined the Santiago-based power metal band Drake in 2015, replacing their previous vocalist Carlos Mardones. Unlike his work in Delta (which had entirely been sung in English), Drake's lyrics were written entirely in the band's native tongue of Spanish, which Felipe continued to do as he began to write new music with them. He released his debut single with them later in 2015, entitled "La Respuesta", which was followed by a full EP in 2016, entitled Simbiosis. Though Drake's music was written in a somewhat similar power metal vein to Delta's, Felipe's display of studio range with them has proven to be somewhat more conservative, mostly topping at E♭5, with occasional higher backing vocals. However, in his live performances with them, he still throws in higher notes quite regularly, and also sings as high as F♯5 on renditions of some of their older material. In 2016, Felipe also joined the band Witchblade, another Chilean-based power metal band that sings in English, and took on the daring task of replacing their previous female singer, Pia Carpanetti. So far he has yet to release any studio material with them, but has performed live with them regularly from 2016 onward, and has done an admirable job of replicating the vocals on the original versions of their songs.

In 2019, Felipe released his first single as a solo artist, entitled "Sueño de Metal", which demonstrated promising potential for future solo music, though it remains to be confirmed as to whether he plans to do anything else of the sort. Since the 2020 Coronavirus lockdowns, he has additionally gotten involved in two new online collaboration projects as a way of staying active until his bands can play live again. One of these is called the Shonen Dudes, which performs metal covers of anime theme songs with lyrics rewritten in Spanish - such as "Stand Proud" from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and "Jiyuu No Tsubasa" from Attack on Titan. The other is called NuevAnormalidad, which is a more traditional metal cover group that performs songs like Deep Purple's "Stormbringer" and Masterplan's "Spirit Never Die", with a rotating ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists. Felipe also joined a new band in 2020 called Dolezall and promptly began recording music with them - first releasing the EP The Weight of History towards the end of that year, which was followed several months later by the release of their first full-length album, Look at the Distance, in 2021, which demonstrated more impressive vocals by him and shows that his range and technique are still doing quite well these days.

Outside of performing as a traditional metal artist, Felipe has also dabbled in theater to a small extent - having played the role of Simón Zealotes in Jesucristo Metalstar (the Spanish version of Jesus Christ Superstar), of which there is footage on YouTube of him performing the character's title song in the show. In addition to this, he has sung in live performances of the historical metal opera Husar, a project organized by Chilean singer Ives Gullé telling the story of guerilla leader Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza. For this project, Felipe played the role of José Miguel Carrera in a number of 2015 live performances, which were very well-received by audiences. Following this, Felipe was also invited to partake in Gullé's next metal opera, which was entitled Invasión, and also featured similar historical themes about the founding of Chile. For Invasión, Felipe played the role of Bartolomé del Pozo, and was featured on the studio album recording of the opera, which was released in 2017. Though both of these parts have been somewhat small roles, they make for some very cool guest appearances by him, and I hope he continues to appear in future projects of Gullé's!

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{Album ranges}Delta:

• Apollyon Is Free (2004) - D3-G5
• Black & Cold (2007) - F3-A5
• Crashbreaker (2008) - C3-C♯3-G♯5
• Desire Within (2010) - C3-D3-B♭5
• Deny Humanity (2010) - C♯3-A♯5
• The End of Philosophy (2013) - G2-A5

Drake:

• Simbiosis (2016) - E♭3-G♭3-E♭5-G♭5
• Mar de Drake (2022) - E♭3-G♭5
  

Ives Gullé:

• Invasión (2017) - F♯3-C5

Dolezall

• The Weight of History (2020) - E♭3-A♭3-G♭5
  
• Look at the Distance (2021) - E♭3-A♭5
  
• Dark Tales from Medieval Times (2023) - E♭3-G5-A♭5

Nightfox:

• White Cobra (2021) - A2-F♯5-G5
  

Electrified:

• My World on Fire (2022) - D3-G♯5

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

I'm a few months late to it, but it turns out that Felipe joined a new band last year and put out an album with them in March! Not too shabby musically, and very strong vocals as usual, with a total range span of E♭3-A♭5. Cool to hear him writing lyrics in English again too; haven't really heard any of that since he left Delta in 2014.

I added a few bolds from that album to the thread, but I realize it looks a bit out of place now because I didn't bother to add any bolds when originally making this thread. So bear with it for now I guess; I'll see about adding more as they come to mind.

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Drake is back with new music! Nice E♭3-E♭5 in the lead vocal here with a backing G♭5 at the end - already as much range as Felipe's entire last EP with them spanned. :playball:

[tim]

Systematic typo of some kind? Bolds not bound to hyperlinks. Not heard of him before, awesome vocalist, thanks.

[Baronessa]

Now that you point it out, it is pretty funny how virtually every live song is hyperlinked but the bolds are not lol.

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Yeah I wasn't adding bolds yet at the time when I made this thread and have only started adding them recently, which means a lot of them are still missing. I'll go back through it at some point and add a proper amount of them as well as links to them.

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Just got caught up with this dude's releases from this year, and damn he's been busy lately. Put out a full length album with Drake, a bunch of singles with Dolezall, and joined a new band called Electrified that he put out another album with, as well as doing several guest appearances.

Here's a song from the Electrified album. There are a few short, kinda fryish B2/A2 anacruses at the beginning of some melody lines on the verses, like here and at 1:37 or 1:57. Think they might be countable for anything, or nah?

I also just noticed that the line at 1:48 trails off to a similarly fryish second octave note at the end (around 1:55), but I'm also kinda iffy about that. I think it gets down to G♯2 though?

Nice D3s in this song if nothing else though.

Also discovered this album from 2021 that he did with a band called Nightfox, which I previously didn't know about. Very '80s metal vibes on this one.

Gets a solid A2 at the beginning of this track, which was helpful because prior to this I had only heard second octave notes by him in a grand total of three songs.

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Apparently Dolezall put out their second full-length album last year, so I was just catching up on notewatching it and found this:

Sounds like an F♯2-G♯2 dip, but for some reason something about the tone has me slightly questioning its legitimacy? Like it's the kind of note that I would suspect to be a darkened third octave note or something, but the first two notes of the phrase are clearly F3-C♯3, and this seems to be lower than that, so maybe it's just the light tone of it that's throwing me off?

Anyway, feel free to weigh in with some other opinions, cause that would be a range-expanding note for him if so.

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

May 1, 2024 1:10:15 GMT Hennessy Macklemore III said:

Apparently Dolezall put out their second full-length album last year, so I was just catching up on notewatching it and found this:

Sounds like an F♯2-G♯2 dip, but for some reason something about the tone has me slightly questioning its legitimacy? Like it's the kind of note that I would suspect to be a darkened third octave note or something, but the first two notes of the phrase are clearly F3-C♯3, and this seems to be lower than that, so maybe it's just the light tone of it that's throwing me off?

Anyway, feel free to weigh in with some other opinions, cause that would be a range-expanding note for him if so.

Any thoughts on this F♯2? I think it may be countable.

The newest Dolezall also has a bunch of whispery lows that I'm having trouble pitching:

I think this passage might bottom at a whispery A2 or G♯2 at 2:17 (not quite sure what the lyrics are). There are also other passages like this at 0:42 and 1:23, but I think those ones only get down to B2.