Ross Jennings (4,558 views)

[kuyashii]

Ross Jennings
Associated Acts: Haken (2007-currently), Novena (2016-currently), Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress (Live, 2017)
Vocal Range: E2-F♯5

High Notes

F♯5 ("1985", "Cockroach King", "Initiate")
E5 ( "1985", "Africa" Auto-Capella on FreqsTV, "Atlas Stone", "Cockroach King", "Crystalised", "Falling Back to Earth", "The Good Doctor", "Insomnia", "Lucidity", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Sun Dance", "The Tyrant")
E♭5 ("Blind", "As Death Embraces", "Disconnected", "Sun Dance")
D5 ("Because it's There", "The Endless Knot", "Host", "Initiate", "Lapse", "Lucidity", "The Mirror" Various Live Performances, "Pareidolia", "The Point of No Return", "Red Giant", "Reveal", "Somebody", "Snow", "Visions")
C♯5 ("1985", "22:59", "Africa" Auto-Capella on FreqsTV, "Atlas Stone, "Bound by Gravity", "A Cell Divides", "Earthlings", "Earthrise", "Falling Back to Earth", "Indestructible", "Red Giant", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Souls", "Sun Dance", "The Tyrant")
C5 ("22:59", "Aquarium", "The Architect", "Celestial Elixir", "Corazón", "Darkest Light", "As Death Embraces", "Disconnected", "The Endless Knot", "Eternal Rain", "Host", "In Memoriam", "Lucidity", "The Point of No Return", "Reveal", "Sail Away", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake")
B4 ("22:59", "Aquarium", "The Architect", "Black Seed", "Bound by Gravity", "Corazón", "Celestial Elixir", "Darkest Light", "Earthlings", "Earthrise", "Eternal Rain", "Falling Back to Earth", "The Glass Prison" Various Live Performances, "The Good Doctor", "Indestructible", "Initiate", "Insomnia", "Lapse", "The Mirror" Various Live Performances, "Nocturnal Conspiracy", "Pareidolia", "Puzzle Box", "Red Giant", "Reveal", "Secondary Genesis", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Strange Deja-Vú" Various Live Performances, "Streams", "Veil", "Visions")
B♭4 ("Is This the World We Created?", "Lucidity", "Nobody", "Pareidolia", "Shapeshifter", "Somebody", "Visions")
A4 ("22:59", "Atlas Stone", "Bound by Gravity", "Breathe", "Darkest Light", "Deathless", "Drowning in the Flood", "The Endless Knot", "Initiate", "Lapse", "Lost Within a Memory", "The Mind's Eye", "The Point of No Return", "Puzzle Box", "Red Giant", "Secondary Genesis", "Shapeshifter", "Souls", "Strange Deja-Vú" Various Live Performances, "Streams", "Sun", "The Tyrant", "Veil", "Visions")
G♯4 ("22:59", "Aquarium", "As Death Embraces", "Breathe", "A Cell Divides", "Cockroach King", "Crystalised", "Drowning in the Flood", "Earthlings", "The Glass Prison" Various Live Performances, "Nocturnal Conspiracy", "Sail Away", "Souls", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Streams", "The Tyrant")
G4 ("1985", "Atlas Stone", "Because it's There", "Eternal Rain", "Host", "Nobody", "The Path", "Somebody", "Twisted Shadows", "Veil")

Low Notes:

E3 ("1985", "Because it's There", "Black Seed", "Crystalised", "Bound by Gravity", "Deathless", "The Good Doctor", "Host", "Insomnia", "Lucidity", "The Path", "Puzzle Box", "Sail Away", "Souls", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake")
E♭3 ("Aquarium", "A Cell Divides", "Puzzle Box", "Visions")
D3 ("1985", "The Architect", "Breathe", "A Cell Divides", "Crystalised", "The Endless Knot", "Lost Within a Memory", "The Mind's Eye", "The Mirror" Various Live Performances, "Pareidolia", "Shapeshifter", "Somebody", "Streams", "Visions")
C♯3 ("Blind", "Celestial Elixir", "Falling Back to Earth", "Is This the World We Created?", "Lucidity", "The Point of No Return", "Red Giant", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Sun", "The Tyrant")
C3 ("The Point of No Return")
B2 ("22:59", "Africa" Auto-Capella on FreqsTV, "Cockroach King", "Crystalised", "Darkest Light", "Earthrise", "Falling Back to Earth", "The Glass Prison" Various Live Performances, "Host", "Initiate", "Pareidolia", "Reveal", "Souls", "Veil")
B♭2 ("Atlas Stone")
A2 ("22:59", "The Architect", "Lapse", "Pareidolia", "Puzzle Box", "Souls", "Shapeshifter", "The Mind's Eye")
G♯2 ("Corazón", "Streams", "Sleeping Thoughts Wake", "Visions")
G2 ("Because it's There", "The Good Doctor")
F♯2 ("Host")
E2 ("Corazón")

Green marks heavily distorted/harsh notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.

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{Questionable Notes}
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B♭4 ("Twisted Shadows"²)
G1 ("The Good Doctor"^{2, 4})

[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.

Those notes are most likely either altered and/or not by Ross, despite him being the only one credited with vocals on the album

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{Discography and Range by Release}Haken - Enter the 5th Dimmension (Demo) (2008) (G♯2-E5)
Haken - Aquarius (2010) (G♯2-D5)
Haken - Visions (2011) (Dat consistency though->) (G♯2-E5)
Haken - The Mountain (2013) (G2-F♯5)
Haken - Restoration (EP) (2014) (B2-E5)
Haken - Affinity (2016) (A2-F♯5)
Novena - Secondary Genesis (EP) (2016) (D3-B4)
Haken - Vector (2018) (F♯2-E5)
Novena - Eleventh Hour (2020) (E2-E5)

Guest Appearances:
Yossi Sassi & the Oriental Rock Orchestra - "Reveal" (The Illusion of Choice, 2018)
Richard Henshall - "Twisted Shadows" (The Cocoon, 2019)

Ross Jennings is the vocalist for the british progressive metal bands Haken and Novena. A very light voice, with a very high range-oriented style, usually done via a very light head voice style, but he's also capable of putting a lot of weight on his voice and adding some really cool grit as well. Ross often creates some very elaborate vocal arrangements drawing influence ranging from the weird conterpoint madness of Gentle Giant to mellow gregorian chant esque choirs.

[kuyashii]

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{Novena - Corazón}

Hey guys, I updated the thread with songs from the new Novena album (which I must say it's probably his best yet vocally-wise) but there's still a part of this song that has been driving me insane. The parts are 1:45-2:24 and 3:23-3:40 (even with no additional instrumentation in case of the second part, it's still too confusing). Except for the spanish-language female vocals during the second timestamp, I think all the voices are done by Ross (even those ultra darkened lows aren't something completely unheard by him tbh). The lowest part seems to imply E2s at various points (1:53, 2:02, 2:12, 2:21 and then 3:29 and 3:38) but I'm having a really hard time hearing them. The notes are either too buried in the mix or he's using a trick he already used in other songs (like the part of "Host" with the F#2): while he is following a melody one octave lower for the most part, he leaves certain words without the doubled octave, or replaces them with notes one octave higher (I keep hearing E3s on those parts, specially during the a capella part). I'm almost certain they're doubletracked or something though.

BTW, there's a clapping solo at 4:40. Can you outprog that?

[Rodney Blazershorts]

E2 is there af [/lateresponse]

[aphelion]

Nice E5 at the end of Island in the Clouds. Possible bold?

[randylahey]

I think Messiah Complex has some really nice G5s from Ross near the end.

[kuyashii]

Hey guys, long time no see. In addition to the Fauna album, there are a bunch of other releases by Ross (Novena, Solo, his project with Neal Morse and Nick Di Virgilio, a country project I found out he sings in I forget ts name) I need to check out and I will do so as soon as I'm able to.

Oh btw, I don't think the E2s in Corazón are his voice. The tone are believable as his since he tends to darken his lows, but I found out that both Harrisson White and Gareth Mason (before transitioning into Gaia Mason) did backing vocals on the song as best seen on this live version. The E2 part is panned to the right, and I think it's Harrison singing it (since he does the lowest harmony on this live version of "The Tyrant".

randylahey, what part of Messiah Complex are you talking about? The very last one?

[randylahey]

kuyashii Yep, just after 2:35 on Messiah Complex Part V.