Paul Kuhr (1,417 views)

[Zedd Squared]

Member Of: Laceration (1989-1992), Novembers Doom (1992-present), Subterranean Masquerade (2004-2015), These Are They (2008-?), Earthen (?-?), Em Sinfonia (?-?)
Voice Type: Baritone
Vocal Range: B1-B♭4

High Notes:

B♭4 ("Buried", "The Dead Leaf Echo")
G♯4 ("Harvest Scythe", "Heartfelt", "In the Absence of Grace")
G4 ("The Dark Host")
F4 ("Clear", "Unrest")
E4 ("Heartfelt")
E♭4 ("Autumn Reflection", "Bled White", "Buried", "Clear", "Of Age and Origin - Part 2: A Day of Joy", "The Silent Dark")
C♯4 ("Animus", "Aurora's Garden", "Bled White", "The Fifth Day of March", "Harvest Scythe", "Just Breathe", "Of Age and Origin - Part 2: A Day of Joy", "The Silent Dark")
C4 ("Borderline", "Ever After", "Harvest Scythe", "If Forever", "Just Breathe", "Miasma", "The Memory Room", "Through a Child's Eyes")

Low Notes:

C3 ("Apostasy", "Autumn Reflection", "Broken", "The Dark Host", "The Dead Leaf Echo", "Ever After", "A Eulogy for the Living Lost", "Forever with Unopened Eye", "I Hurt Those I Adore", "Just Breathe", "Shadow Play", "Silent Tomorrow", "Six Sides")
B2 ("Aurora's Garden", "Ghost", "Swallowed by the Moon", "The Transversal Conjecture", "Zephyr")
B♭2 ("Animus", "Apostasy", "Aurora's Garden", "Autumn Reflection", "Bled White", "Borderline", "Clear", "Dark World Burden", "Drown the Inland Mere", "Empathy's Greed", "Ever After", "A Eulogy for the Living Lost", "The Fifth Day of March", "Forever with Unopened Eye", "Ghost", "The Grand Circle", "I Hurt Those I Adore", "In the Absence of Grace", "Just Breathe", "Leaving This", "The Novella Reservoir", "Of Age and Origin - Part 1: A Violent Day", "Of Age and Origin - Part 2: A Day of Joy", "The Silent Dark", "Silent Tomorrow", "Six Sides")
A2 ("Bled White", "For Every Leaf that Falls", "Hamartia", "The Harlot's Lie", "Leaving This", "The Memory Room", "Plague Bird", "Serenity Remembered", "The Transversal Conjecture", "Twilight Innocence", "Vanished Serenity", "Zephyr")
G♯2 ("Animus", "Borderline", "Dark World Burden", "The Day I Return", "The Grand Circle", "Hamartia", "Heartfelt", "In the Absence of Grace", "Miasma", "Of Age and Origin - Part 1: A Violent Day", "Of Age and Origin - Part 2: A Day of Joy", "Shadow Play", "Waves in the Red Cloth")
G2 ("All the Beauty Twice Again", "Borderline", "Clear", "The Fifth Day of March", "Harmony Divine", "In Faith", "Miasma", "The Memory Room", "Plague Bird", "Swallowed by the Moon")
F♯2 ("Heartfelt", "They Were Left to Die", "Unrest", "Waves in the Red Cloth", "Wet Leather")
F2 ("All the Beauty Twice Again", "Borderline", "Clear", "Dark World Burden", "The Day I Return", "The Dead Leaf Echo", "Finality", "In Faith", "In Memories Past", "Just Breathe", "Last God", "Lost in a Day", "Miasma", "Reaping Forest Calm", "Serenity Remembered", "Shadows of Light", "The Silent Dark", "The Spirit Seed", "Through a Child's Eyes")
E2 ("In the Absence of Grace", "Last God", "Swallowed by the Moon", "Wet Leather")
E♭2 ("Aura Blue", "Broken", "Collapse of the Falling Throe", "The Day I Return", "The Dead Leaf Echo", "Finality", "The Grand Circle", "The Harlot's Lie", "Lost in a Day", "The Memory Room", "The Pale Haunt Departure", "Searching the Betrayal", "Shadow Play", "Silent Tomorrow", "The Spirit Seed", "Through a Child's Eyes")
D2 ("Awaken", "Broken", "For Every Leaf that Falls 2008", "Hamartia", "In Faith", "Leaving This", "The Lifeless Silhouette", "Serenity Forgotten", "Silent Tomorrow", "Vanished Serenity")
C♯2 ("Dark Fields for Brilliance", "Plague Bird", "They Were Left to Die")
C2 ("If Forever", "Plague Bird", "Rain", "Serenity Forgotten")
B1 ("They Were Left to Die")

Paul Kuhr is a rare metal vocalist who lives entirely in deep frequencies. This is not to say he doesn't have an emotive delivery though, as his morose and thoughtful sounding baritone is one of the key defining factors of his band Novembers Doom. Often drawing comparisons to the work of My Dying Bride and by extension Aaron Stainthorpe, it is worth noting that Paul often employs a less "song spoken" approach to his singing that demonstrates considerable resonance. Additionally, his guttural growls are among the most decipherable and ferocious in extreme metal which is interesting given his primary status as a doom metal frontman. A force to be reckoned with for sure!
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*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Green marks harsh distorted notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.