Post by Smitty. on Jan 8, 2021 5:01:04 GMT
Howard Jones: (7.20.1970)
Years Active: 1999 - Present
Associated Acts: Blood Has Been Shed, Killswitch Engage, Light The Torch, SION
Vocal Range: A1 - G5
Voice Type: G4.
{Vocal Summary}Often known for his baritonal qualities, Howard Jones and his band Killswitch Engage have been trailblazers of the metal genre. Known for his belting ability in the G4 area and screams in the Eb5 area. Being known as being one of the few well-known black metal artists has allowed Howard to break the trend and inspire many black artists to pursue metal. In his early career with Blood Has Been Shed, Howard showcased his vocals ranging from powerful G4s to guttural 5th octave screams. When Howard joined Killswitch Engage, he showed off his more melodic side and belting, seen in The End Of Heartache, and singing in the G4 region in virtually every song. Even though he changed his style, he still retained his signature screams up to the lower 5th octave, or even beyond on occasion. Howard has been at the vanguard of contemporary metal music and continues to inspire countless metal fans around the world. Written By @dickhead, with some feedback and interpolation by themriron2
{Album Ranges}With Blood Has Been Shed
I Dwell On The Thoughts Of You (1999): B♭2 - A4 - B♭4
Novella Or Uriel (2001): G2 - G4 - E5
Spirals (2003): F♯2 - G♯4 - E5
With Killswitch Engage
The End of Heartache (2004): E♭3 - G4 - E♭5
Daylight Dies (2006): G2 - B2 - A4 - F5
Killswitch Engage (2009): A2 - B4 - F5
With Light The Torch
The Beauty Of Destruction (2014): A2 - A4 - E5 - G5
They Bleed Red (2015): D2 - F♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Revival (2018): E2 - C5 - F♯5
You Will Be the Death of Me (2021): A1 - G♯2 - C5 - F5
I Dwell On The Thoughts Of You (1999): B♭2 - A4 - B♭4
Novella Or Uriel (2001): G2 - G4 - E5
Spirals (2003): F♯2 - G♯4 - E5
With Killswitch Engage
The End of Heartache (2004): E♭3 - G4 - E♭5
Daylight Dies (2006): G2 - B2 - A4 - F5
Killswitch Engage (2009): A2 - B4 - F5
With Light The Torch
The Beauty Of Destruction (2014): A2 - A4 - E5 - G5
They Bleed Red (2015): D2 - F♯2 - B♭4 - E5
Revival (2018): E2 - C5 - F♯5
You Will Be the Death of Me (2021): A1 - G♯2 - C5 - F5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Crawl From the Dark")
F♯5 ("The Dagger", "Holy Diver", "The Sound of Violence")
F5 ("Become the Martyr", "Beyond Oblivion", "Die Alone", "Denying the Sin", "Element of One", "For You", "I Hate Myself", "Lost", "Lost in the Fire", "More Than Dreaming", "Something Deep Inside", Unidentified Live Performance, "Wilting In the Light")
E5 ("A Mind Insane", "A New Beginning", "And A Seraphim Cries", "Age Of Apocalypse", "A Bid Farewell", "Broken By the Cold", "The Bitter End", "Consume the Damned", "Daylight Dies", "How the End Shall Be", "I Am the Nothing", "Judas Convention", "The Killer", "Let Me Fall Apart", "Living With a Ghost", "My Life For Yours", "Numbered Days", "Pull My Heart Out", "Raise the Dead", "Still Beats Your Name", "Seven Years Alone", "Shut It Down", "Stay Of Execution", "Shattered Silence", "The Sound of Violence", "The Safety of Disbelief", "Searching For the Sun", "This Fire Burns", "Throes of Perdition", "Virus", "We Live", "The Way We Die")
E♭5 ("The Blade", "Breathe Life", "Break The Ties", "Break the Silence", "Crawl From the Dark", "Declaration", "Daylight Dies", "Eye of the Storm", "The End Of Heartache" Various Live Performances, "Element of One", "Fixation On the Darkness" Live 2006, "The Forgotten", "Greetings From the Gallows", "Hope Is", "Holy Diver", "It's Over", "Life To Lifeless" live 2006", "My Curse", "My Own", "Master of None", "Numbered Days", "Rose Of Sharyn", "Reject Yourself", "Reckoning", "Six Twelve", "Starting Over", "Sign Your Name", "Take This Oath", "This Is Goodbye", "Unbroken", "When Darkness falls", "World Ablaze", "Wasted Sacrifice")
D5 ("A Mind Insane", "A New Begininng", "Beginner’s Luck", "Breathe Life", "Beyond Oblivion", "Calm Before the Storm", "Cortisone", "Call Waiting (John Doe Has The Upper Hand)", "Declaration", "Denying the Sin", "The End Of Heartache", "Faded Pictures Faded Memories" Live New England & Metal Hardcore Festival 2005, "Hope Is", "I Would Do Anything", "Let the Pain Take Hold", "My Life For Yours", "Never Again", "Prion", "Rainman", "The Return", "Stay Of Execution", "Save Me", "Technicolor Jackets", "This Is Absolution", "This Signal fire", "This Fire Burns", "This is Goodbye", "Unbroken", "Virus", "When Darkness Falls", "World Ablaze")
C♯5 ("Age Of Apocalypse", "A Bid Farewell", "Consume the Damned", "Call Waiting (John Doe Has the Upper Hand)", "Desperate Times", "Eye Of the Storm", "Faded Pictures Faded Memories" Live New England & Metal Hardcore Festival 2005, "Greetings From the Gallows", "Intervention", "Prion", "Still Beats Your Name", "Seven Years Alone")
C5 ("Become the Martyr", "Betrayer", "The Bitter End", "Break the Ties", "Cortisone", "Consumed the Damned", "Come Back to the Quicksand", "Die Alone", "Eye of the Tiger", "End of the World", "For You", "Holy Diver", "I Hate Myself", "Let the Pain Take Hold", "Raise the Dead", "Rainman", "Reckoning", "The Safety of Disbelief", "She Speaks To Me", "Starting Over", "Throes of Perdition", "Wilting In the Light", "Wasted Sacrifice")
B4 ("Bury Me", "The Blade", "Death of Me", "The Dagger", "Faded Pictures Faded Memories", "Judas Convention", "Let Me Fall Apart", "Living With a Ghost", "The Safety of Disbelief", "Sign Your Name", "Take Me Away", "Your Last Breath")
B♭4 ("And A Sephrim Cries", "A Light In A Darkened World", "The Blade", "Become the Martyr", "Beyond Oblivion", "Benediction", "Crawl From the Dark", "Dangerous", "Denying the Sin", "The God I Deserve", "The Great Divide", "How the End Shall Be", "I Would Do Anything", "I Hate Myself", "Let the Pain Take Hold", "Lost in the Fire", "Mediocrity Syndrome", "Master of None", "More Than Dreaming", "The Return", "Something Deep Inside", "The Way We Die", "We Live", "Wilting In the Light")
A4 ("A Mind Insane", "A New Beginning", "A Light In A Darkened World", "Bury Me", "The Bitter End", "Consumed The Damned", "Calm Before the Storm", "Come Back To the Quicksand", "Call Waiting (John Doe Has the Upper Hand)", "Die Alone", "Death of Me", "Denying the Sin", "Desperate Times", "End of the World", "En Sabuh Nur", "Faded Pictures Faded Memories", "The Forgotten", "For the Dead And Broken", "The God I Deserve", "How the End Shall Be", "Hope Is", "Immortal", "It's Over", "I Am the Nothing", "I Am Alive", "Judas Convention", "The Killer", "Let Me Fall Apart", "Living With a Ghost", "Miasmic", "My Own", "Master of None", "More Than Dreaming", "Of Sand And Sulfur", "Pull My Heart Out", "Reject Yourself", "Raise the Dead", "Signs And Omens", "Starting Over", "Save Me", "Searching For the Sun", "Shut It Down", "Stay Of Execution", "Sign Your Name", "Seven Years Alone", "The Sound of Violence", "The Safety of Disbelief", "This is Absolution", "Take Me Away", "This Fire Burns", "Virus", "Wetwork", "Wasted Sacrifice", "Your Last Breath")
G♯4 ("And Her Name Was Entragian", "Broken By The Cold", "Break The Ties", "Betrayer", "The Blade", "Benediction", "Death of Me", "The Dagger", "The End Of Heartache", "Embracing The Torture", "Element of One", "The Great Divide", "Greetings From the Gallows", "House of Fist", "I Hate Myself", "Lost", "Lost in the Fire", "Miasmic", "Purify", "The Return", "Rose Of Sharyn", "Simple Man", "Sign Your Name", "Timeplace", "This Signal Fire", "Uatu", "The Way We Die", "Willful Ignorance")
G4 ("The Arms Of Sorrow", "And A Seraphim Cries", "And Her Name Was Entragian", "Age Of Apocalypse", "A Bid Farewell", "The Bitter End", "Benediction", "Broken By the Cold", "Bury Me", "Become the Martyr", "Beginner’s Luck", "Breathe Life", "Break The Silence", "Consume the Damned", "Crawl From The Dark", "Cortisone", "Calm Before the Storm", "Dangerous", "Declaration", "Daylight Dies", "Desperate Times", "Die Alone", "The End Of Heartache", "Eye of the Tiger", "Embracing the Torture", "En Sabah Nur", "Eye of the Storm", "The Forgotten", "From the Outside", "For the Dead And Broken", "Fixation On the Darkness" Live, "For You", "The God I Deserve", "The Great Divide", "Hope Is", "Holy Diver", "I Am Alive", "Immortal", "Intervention", "In Waves" Live 2018, "Irreversal", "I Would Do Anything", "I Hate Myself", "It's Over", "The Killer", "Life to Lifeless" Live, "Lost", "Let the Pain Take Hold", "Let Me Fall Apart", "Mediocrity Syndrome", "Metamorph", "My Life For Yours", "My Curse", "My Own", "Never Again", "Numbered Days", "Of Sand And Sulfur", "Purify", "Pull My Heart Out", "Prion", "Rainman", "Reckoning", "Reject Yourself", "Raise the Dead", "The Return", "Signs And Omens", "Six Twelve", "Still Beats Your Name", "Starting Over", "Save Me", "Shut It Down", "Shattered Silence", "Searching For the Sun", "Something Deep Inside", "Timeplace", "Technicolor Jackets", "This Signal Fire", "This is Absolution", "This Fire Burns", "Take Me Away", "This Is Goodbye", "Unbroken", "Virus", "Wetwork", "When Darkness Falls", "World Ablaze", "Wasted Sacrifice", "We Live", "Wilting In the Light", "Willful Ignorance")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Break the Ties", "Broken By the Cold", "I Am the Nothing", "Miasmic", "Numbered Days", "Purify", "Rose of Sharyn", "Timeplace", "When Darkness Falls")
D3 ("As Bright as the Darkness", "Beyond Oblivion", "Cortisone", "End of the World", "House Of Fists", "I Am Alive", "Let the Pain Take Hold", "More Than Dreaming", "The Return", "Searching For the Sun", "Timeplace")
C♯3 ("Break The Ties", "I Am the Nothing", "Sign Your Name", "Uatu", "The Way We Die")
C3 ("And A Seraphim Cries", "Daylight Dies", "My Curse", "The Return", Unidentified Live Performance, "Still Beats Your Name", "Take Me Away")
B2 ("Judas Convention", "My Curse", "Uatu", "The Way We Die")
B♭2 ("As Bright as the Darkness", "Beyond Oblivion", "Miasmic", "Still Beats Your Name", "Shattered Silence")
A2 ("As Bright as the Darkness", "Take Me Away")
G♯2 ("Become the Martyr", "Broken By The Cold", "Shattered Silence")
G2 ("And A Seraphim Cries", "Broken By The Cold", "Daylight Dies", "This Fire Burns", "Still Beats Your Name")
F♯2 ("Judas Convention", "Master of None", "Uatu")
E2 ("Judas Convention", "This Fire Burns")
D2 ("Master of None")
A1 ("Denying the Sin")
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Blue Marks Soft Falsetto Passages
Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
{Questionable Notes}A5 ("Master of None" [3])
G5 ("Rose Of Sharyn" [4], "The Forgotten" [4])
F5 ("And A Seraphim Cries" [1])
E5 ("Break the Silence" [5], "Irreversal" [2])
D5 ("Embracing The Torture" [2])
G♯4 ("In Waves" Live 2018 [2])
E♭3 ("Break The Silence" [2])
D3 ("Never Again" [4])
C3 ("Babylon " [2])
E2 ("Miasmic" [2])
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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.
G5 ("Rose Of Sharyn" [4], "The Forgotten" [4])
F5 ("And A Seraphim Cries" [1])
E5 ("Break the Silence" [5], "Irreversal" [2])
D5 ("Embracing The Torture" [2])
G♯4 ("In Waves" Live 2018 [2])
E♭3 ("Break The Silence" [2])
D3 ("Never Again" [4])
C3 ("Babylon " [2])
E2 ("Miasmic" [2])
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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.
