Brian "Head" Welch (1,001 views)

[TheCMRecluse]

Brian Philip Welch
Associated Acts: Korn (1994-2005, 2013-present), Love And Death (2012–present), Solo career (2005–present)
Vocal Range: A1-G♯5 (3 octaves, 11 notes)
Vocal Type: Flushed Out Baritone

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{Vocal Summary}
More recognized as the lead guitarist of one of the most popular and most influential bands of the world, Korn, Brian Welch also known as Head has been praised for his guitar playing, but only in recent times has most of the general listeners have heard of his vocal work. As a vocalist, he has a deeper baritone in contrast to his Korn front man, Jonathan Davis, but almost the same texture in rasp, and while is not as diverse or strong in melody as the latter, he still can manage to perform vulnerable and emotional displays of emotion as seem in both his solo work and his band Love And Death. His usual singing tends to only get as high in F#4s while higher notes are screamed, sung in falsetto or yelled while his lower tone is more melodic being able to take over the entire second octave. And just like Davis, lower notes are fry, however, still can be used in a controlled manner either as an intimidating mood or a calming of the storm. Though, his vocal catalogue is short, I have a feeling that time will tell whether Head will experiment more with his voice and keep developing in that realm.

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{Discography Checked}
Solo work
Genre: Nu metal
Studio albums:
Save Me From Myself (2008) F♯2-G2-G4-C5-D5

Love And Death
Genre: Nu metal
Studio albums:
Between Here & Lost (2013) A1-C♯2-E♭2-F♯4-B4
Perfectly Preserved (2021) B♭1-D2-B♭4-B4

Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Head imitating Tom Araya“)
D5 (“Money”, "Washed By Blood")
C♯5 ("Flush")
C5 ("Lies", "Loyalty", “Save Me From Myself”, “Shake”)
B4 (“Affliction”, "Fading Away", “Meltdown”, “Right Now (live MTV VMA LA 2003)”)
B♭4 ("Ball Tongue", "Blind (Korn Cover live at One Love For Chi Concert 2010)", "Down", "Faget", "Re-bel")
A4 ("Die Religion Die", "Torment")
G♯4 ("Ball Tongue", “Runaway”)
G4 ("Adonai", "Anymore" by Spoken, "Affliction", "Let Me Love You (DJ Snake Cover)", “Lies", "Paralyzed", "Take This From Me", "White Flag")
F♯4 (“By The Way”, "Death Of Us", "Down", "Empty", "Infamy", "Lo Lamento", "Meltdown", "Slow Fire", "The Abandoning", "The Crossfire Gambit" by Project 86, "Tragedy", "Watching The Bottom Fall", "Whip It (Devo Cover)")

Significant Low Notes:

C3 ("By The Way", "Home", "Let Me Love You (DJ Snake Cover)", “Lo Lamento”, "My Disaster", "Runaway", "Save Me From Myself", "Tragedy")
B2 (“Bruises”, "Forgive" (Demo), “Shake”)
B♭2 ("Flush", "Masquerade" by Caliban, "Meltdown", "Take This From Me", "Watching The Bottom Fall")
A2 ("Affliction", "Bury Me, Resurrected")
G♯2 ("Fading Away", "L.O.V.E.", "Loyalty", "My Disaster", "Slow Fire" "The Abandoning", "White Flag")
G2 (“Die Religion Die”, "Money", "Save Me From Myself", “Shake”, “Whip It (Devo Cover)”)
F♯2 ("Adonai", "Lo Lamento")
F2 ("Affliction")
E2 ("Slow Fire")
E♭2 ("Anymore" by Spoken, "Chemicals", "Watching The Bottom Fall")
D2 ("Death Of Us", "The Hunter")
C♯2 ("Lo Lamento", "Paralyzed"")
C2 ("Lowrider (War Cover)")
B1 ("Watching The Bottom Fall”)
B♭1 ("The Hunter")
A1 ("Chemicals")

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{Questionable Notes}
C2 ("By The Way"^[3])
G♯1 ("Chemicals"^[3])
F♯1 ("Fading Away"^[3])
C♯1 ("I W8 4 U"^[3])
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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.

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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
Grey marks fryish notes that maintain a solid pitch
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

[Macca]

That A1 sounds like an E♭1 and that D5 sounds like an F♯5

[Electric Mami]

Nah they're both pitched right. I can hear why you hear the A1 as an E♭1, I got tricked by a fry note recently by thinking it was lower than it actually was but now I learned how to pitch them properly even when they're ambiguous, and here, if we try to focus on the voice's tone only, it is A1. E♭1 would sound more abyssal, darker

[TheCMRecluse]

I had a hard time with his low notes.