Post by TheCMRecluse on Jan 6, 2024 0:35:54 GMT
William Jacob "Jake" Luhrs
Associated Acts: She Walks In Beauty (2003-2006), August Burns Red (2006–present)
Vocal Range: A2-A5 (3 octaves)
Vocal Type: Supportive Heart Baritone
{Vocal Summary}
When it comes to the expectations of metalcore, such a genre is brutal, in-your-face and maybe sometimes catchy and melodic. One band in particular who has been considered the most influential from the 2000s is the Pennsylvania progressive quintet, August Burns Red all thanks to their versatility, technicality and a mix of brutal and melody. But another reason would be their vocalist, Jake Luhrs being said to be one of the more expressive vocalists in the genre. His wild screams, dark growls and even ear-piercing shrieks have been considered as unique and iconic. Luhrs has a lot of control on his unclean vocals being able to maintain certain pitches and demonstrations of the mixture and tone he is going for with moments of almost sounding like barking to panicked yelling which were his main vocals for the earliest works. However around the time of Rescue And Restore, their fourth album with him, Luhrs started to polish his vocals to have a bit more melody in them as he sorta having a “melodic” take to his yelling while not going full-blown singing, a trait which only got more and more used as their career continued. With his newfound cleans, it is revealed that he is a baritone whose voice sounds very reminiscent to thrash metal singers especially the likes of James Hetfield with a lot of grit which he can maintain even when belting high notes and go soft when he sings in a more mid-range register. His lower register is sadly not used however as for the most part uses it when he does spoken word passages but I have hope that in the future he might change that. Luhrs definitely has earned his reputation as one of the most harsh vocalists in metalcore with a lot to offer with brutality and emotional handles which has had a great impact on any listener. Full heart support indeed.
When it comes to the expectations of metalcore, such a genre is brutal, in-your-face and maybe sometimes catchy and melodic. One band in particular who has been considered the most influential from the 2000s is the Pennsylvania progressive quintet, August Burns Red all thanks to their versatility, technicality and a mix of brutal and melody. But another reason would be their vocalist, Jake Luhrs being said to be one of the more expressive vocalists in the genre. His wild screams, dark growls and even ear-piercing shrieks have been considered as unique and iconic. Luhrs has a lot of control on his unclean vocals being able to maintain certain pitches and demonstrations of the mixture and tone he is going for with moments of almost sounding like barking to panicked yelling which were his main vocals for the earliest works. However around the time of Rescue And Restore, their fourth album with him, Luhrs started to polish his vocals to have a bit more melody in them as he sorta having a “melodic” take to his yelling while not going full-blown singing, a trait which only got more and more used as their career continued. With his newfound cleans, it is revealed that he is a baritone whose voice sounds very reminiscent to thrash metal singers especially the likes of James Hetfield with a lot of grit which he can maintain even when belting high notes and go soft when he sings in a more mid-range register. His lower register is sadly not used however as for the most part uses it when he does spoken word passages but I have hope that in the future he might change that. Luhrs definitely has earned his reputation as one of the most harsh vocalists in metalcore with a lot to offer with brutality and emotional handles which has had a great impact on any listener. Full heart support indeed.
{Discography Checked}
She Walks In Beauty
Genre: Metalcore
EPs
Trample The Weak And Hurdle The Dead EP (2004) C3-G♯4-B♭4
Feast Your Ears EP (2006) G♯3-G♯4-F5
Music That Will Bring Kings To Their Knees And Oceans To Boil EP (2006) B3-C5-E5
August Burns Red
Genre: Progressive metalcore
EPs
Lost Messengers: The Outtakes EP(2009) G3-G4-A5
Phantom Sessions EP (2019) N/A-G♯4-D5
Guardians Sessions EP (2021) B♭2-E♭3-C5-G5
Studio albums
Messengers (2007) C3-G5
Constellations (2009) F3-F♯5
Leveler (2011) A3-G5
Rescue & Restore (2013) A2-D5-G♯5
Found In Far Away Places (2015) B♭2-B4-G5
Phantom Anthem (2017) A2-C5-G5
Guardians (2020) G♯3-C♯5-G♯5
Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition (2021) F♯3-C♯5-G♯5
Death Below (2023) D3-D5-A5
She Walks In Beauty
Genre: Metalcore
EPs
Trample The Weak And Hurdle The Dead EP (2004) C3-G♯4-B♭4
Feast Your Ears EP (2006) G♯3-G♯4-F5
Music That Will Bring Kings To Their Knees And Oceans To Boil EP (2006) B3-C5-E5
August Burns Red
Genre: Progressive metalcore
EPs
Lost Messengers: The Outtakes EP(2009) G3-G4-A5
Phantom Sessions EP (2019) N/A-G♯4-D5
Guardians Sessions EP (2021) B♭2-E♭3-C5-G5
Studio albums
Messengers (2007) C3-G5
Constellations (2009) F3-F♯5
Leveler (2011) A3-G5
Rescue & Restore (2013) A2-D5-G♯5
Found In Far Away Places (2015) B♭2-B4-G5
Phantom Anthem (2017) A2-C5-G5
Guardians (2020) G♯3-C♯5-G♯5
Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition (2021) F♯3-C♯5-G♯5
Death Below (2023) D3-D5-A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("A Shot Below The Belt" (Home live performance 2010), "Ancestry", "Chasing The Dragon", "Reckoning", "Redefined" by As I Lay Dying, "The Cleansing")
G♯5 ("Leveler" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Spirit Breaker", "The Narrative", "Three Fountains")
G5 ("40 Nights" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Backfire", "Bones", "Carpe Diem" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Count It All As Lost", "Dangerous", "Delusion" by The Voynich Code, "Empire" & "Empire" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Fault Line", "Internal Cannon" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Standing In The Storm", "Treatment", "The Balance", "The Wake", "The Seventh Trumpet" (Home live performance 2010), "Your Little Suburbia Is In Ruins" (Home live performance 2010))
F♯5 ("40 Nights" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Beauty In Tragedy", "Boys Of Fall" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Deadbolt", "Emerald Dragon" by One Morning Left, "Hero Of The Half Truth", "Icarus", "Identity", "Invisible Enemy", "Lifeline, "Lighthouse", "Marianas Trench", "Paramount", "Pangaea" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Sincerity", "The Abyss", "Tightrope", "Tracing Back Roots" [live The Filmore 2018] by We Came As Romans, "When Everything Means Nothing" by Fit For A King, "Wrecking Ball" [Miley Cyrus cover])
F5 ("40 Nights", "Animals", "Carpe Diem", "Chop Suey!" [System Of A Down cover], "Cutting The Ties" & "Cutting The Ties" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Dead Memory" by Fit For A King, "Defender", "Divisions" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Empty Heaven", "Float", "Generations", "Indonesia", "Internal Cannon", "King Of Sorrow", "Ocean Of Apathy", "Poor Millionaire" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Provision", "Reckoning", "The Escape Artist", "Ties That Bind", "White Washed", "You Must Be This Tall To Ride")
E5 ("A Heinous Monstrosity Full Of Teeth And Other Such Business", "Blackwood", "Boys Of Fall", "Coordinates", "Crusades", "Dark Divide", "Dismembered Memory", "Divisions", "Exhumed", "Extinct By Instinct", "High On Life", "Meddler", "Rooftops" (Remix) by Your Broken Hero, "Super Duper" [Demo], "Soundtrack To A Horror Movie", "The Truth Of A Liar", "To Those About To Rock", "You Vandal" [Saves The Day cover])
E♭5 ("An American Dream", "Black Sheep", "Everlasting Ending", "Keep That Rosebud Clean", "Leveler", "Marathon", "Paradox", "Quake", "Rationalist", "Revival", "Set Apart" by For Today, "The Eleventh Hour", "Thirty And Seven", "Tides" by Miss May I)
D5 ("...Baby One More Time" [Brittney Spears cover], "Back Burner", "Bloodletter", "Broken Promises", "Creative Captivity", "Echoes", "I Will Not Forgive You" (Feast Your Ears EP), "God Of Fire" by Fit For A King, "Heathens" [Twenty One Pilots cover], "Laniakea", "Martyr", "Midnight", "Poor Millionaire", "Premonition", "Reckoning", "Redemption", "Salt & Light" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "The Blinding Light", "The First Step", "The Frost", "Twenty-One Grams", "Up Against The Ropes", "Vanguard", "Vital Signs")
C♯5 ("Carbon Copy", "Dismembered Memory", "Empty Heaven", "Fool's Gold In The Bear Trap", "Mosely", "Ghosts", "Pangaea", "Salt & Light" (Leveler 10th Anniversary Edition), "Separating The Seas", "The Narrative")
C5 ("Beauty In Tragedy", "Chop Suey!" [System Of A Down cover], "Composure", "Existence", "Float", "Killing Me Softly" [Demo], "Majoring In The Minors", "Salt & Light")
B4 ("Ancestry" (live performances), "Backfire", "Coordinates", "Dark Divide", "Generations", "Lighthouse", "Martyr", "Paramount", "Provision", "Ruler Of The Air (The Kingdom Of Darkness)" by Life In Your Way, "Super Duper" [Demo], "The Cleansing", "The Frost")
B♭4 ("Bones", "Carbon Copy", "Everlasting Ending", "Hero Of The Half Truth", "Icarus", "Meridian", "Standing In The Storm", "Soundtrack To A Horror Movie", "Three Fountains", "Ties That Bind", "Vanguard", "Welcome To Metal Country, Population: 5", "When Everything Means Nothing" by Fit For A King)
A4 ("Deadbolt", "Carry On" by Blessthefall, "Fault Line", "I Will Not Forgive You", "Majoring In The Minors", "Revival", "Twenty-One Grams", "Wrecking Ball" [Miley Cyrus cover])
G♯4 ("Coordinates", "Echoes", "I Will Not Forgive You", "Ghosts", "Lifeline", "Midnight", "Sincerity")
G4 ("Chop Suey!" [System Of A Down cover], "Extinct By Instinct", "Generations", "Invisible Enemy", "Soundtrack To A Horror Movie", "The Abyss", "To Those About To Rock")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Beauty In Tragedy", "When Everything Means Nothing" by Fit For A King)
D3 ("Premonition")
C♯3 ("Back Burner", "Soundtrack To A Horror Movie")
C3 ("The Eleventh Hour", "Welcome To Metal Country, Population: 5")
B♭2 ("Marathon", "Standing In The Storm")
A2 ("Generations", "Spirit Breaker")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes.
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.
