Sean McCulloch (1,217 views)

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Sean McCulloch
Associated Acts: Phinehas (2001–present)
Vocal Range: G♯1-F5 (3 octaves, 9 notes)
Vocal Type: Kim Jung un’s Favorite Tenor

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{Vocal Summary}
There are some vocalists in metal who only do screams and others who do melodic singing. Then you have vocalists who do both perfectly throughout their career. That's basically Sean McCulloch’s career in a nutshell. Fronting the southern-tinged metalcore group Phinehas, McCulloch has been lauded for beautifully balancing his voice from cleans to uncleans in his music even during the start of his time in the band. His vocals are emotional, passionate, and have a lot of skill in dynamics. Being a tenor, McCulloch’s voice for the most part is clear when singing however when screaming he mostly resorts to low pitch growling and occasional high shrieks and punkish yelling all sometimes done on the same song. His lower register is also well used despite him mostly staying in the C3 and rarely going lower, however still demonstrates great control of his voice when going a bit moodier. McCulloch is one prime example of a metalcore vocalist that can do both melody and harshness and whatever he touches is bound to make the songs more impactful and unique.

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{Discography Checked}
Phinehas
Genre: Metalcore/thrash metal/southern metal/post-hardcore
EPs
Phinehas EP (2009) N/A-B♭4-E5
The Bridge Between EP (2013) C3-C5-E5
Fight Through The Night EP (2016) C3-C5
Studio albums
Thegodmachine (2011) C3-C5-E♭5
The Last Word Is Yours To Speak (2013) A2-C5-F5
Till The End (2015) C3-C5-F5
Dark Flag (2017) B♭2-E♭5-F5
The Fire Itself (2021) G♯1-C3-F5

Significant High Notes:

F5 ("Blood On My Knuckles", "Communion For Ravens", "The Fire Itself", "Thorns", "Twisted", "War You Know", "White Livered")
E5 ("Dream Thief", "Fleshkiller", "In The Night", "Panhammer" (Demo), "Salting The Mine", "Severed By Self Betrayal", "The Jungle")
E♭5 ("A Pattern In Pain", "Bad Blood", "Coup De Grâce", "Darkstrand (Hibakusha)" by Silent Planet, "David And The Gate", "Dead Choir", "Eternally Apart", "From One End Of The Sky To The Other", "Grace Disguised By Darkness", "I Am The Lion", "Iliaster (More Than Skin)", "Know Death; Know Forever", "Manipulator's Wire", "Meaningless Names", "Panhammer", "Resentment" by Ghost In The Ruins, "Salting The Mine", "Thegodmachine: The Rider", "The Storm In Me", Well If The Earths Are Stopped, Then The Fox Faces The Hounds")
D5 ("Burning Bright", "Crowns", "I Saw The Bombs Fall", "My Horses Are Many", "Well If The Earths Are Stopped, Then The Fox Faces The Hounds" (Demo))
C♯5 ("Hell Below", "My Rosary", "Seven", "Till The End", "War You Know")
C5 ("A Pattern In Pain" (Acoustic), "A War That Never Ends" , "Break The Earth", "Burning Bright", "Dark Flag", "Dead Choir" (Acoustic), "Defining Moments", "Enkindler", "Eternally Apart", "Fight Another Day" by Southbound Fearing, "Fleshkiller", "Forever West", "Holy Coward", "Grace Disguised By Darkness", "Meaningless Names", "My Own Grave" (live, The Complex 2019) by As I Lay Dying, "Salting The Mine", "Severed By Self Betrayal", "Tetelestai", "Thegodmachine: The Rider", "The Wishing Well", "Well If The Earths Are Stopped, Then The Fox Faces The Hounds")
B4 ("A Pattern In Pain", "Communion For Ravens", "Dark Flag", "From A Burning Sun", "Hell Below", "In The Night", "Know Death; Know Forever", "My Rosary", "Out Of The Dust", "The Blessing And The Curse", "The Deepest Of Graves")
B♭4 ("Break The Earth", "Crowns", "David And The Gate", "Dead Choir", "Defining Moments", "Dream Thief", "Dyson Sphere", "Enkindler", "Fleshkiller", "From A Burning Sun", "From One End Of The Sky To The Other", "I Saw The Bombs Fall", "Out Of The Dust", "Pendulum", "Seven", "The Fire Itself", "The Storm In Me", "Thorns", "Twisted", "WWII", "Well If The Earths Are Stopped, Then The Fox Faces The Hounds" (Demo), "White Livered")
A4 ("Bad Blood", "I Am The Lion" , "The Jungle", "Truth Be Told")
G♯4 ("Blood On My Knuckles", "Evening Gray And Morning Red", "Iliaster (More Than Skin)", "Manipulator's Wire", "Seven", "Till The End")
G4 ("A War That Never Ends", "Pendulum", "The Blessing And The Curse", "Thegodmachine: The Speaking Stone", "Truth Be Told")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 ("A Pattern In Pain", "Communion For Ravens", "Enkindler")
C3 ("Dream Thief", "From One End Of The Sky To The Other", "Pendulum", "Seven", "Tetelestai", "Thegodmachine: The Rider", "The Storm In Me", "The Wishing Well", "WWII")
B♭2 ("A War That Never Ends")
A2 ("Dyson Sphere")
E2 ("Defining Moments")
G♯1 ("In The Night")

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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.
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[blazejecar2]

bro really hits low notes just to say he can do it

[BAZanine]

Regarding the F♯5 passage, although I think there's an F♯ overtone there I think it lands more in the E5 area. Assuming we're talking about the scream at 1:55/1:56.