Post by TheCMRecluse on Jan 22, 2024 2:52:05 GMT
Thom "Tommy" Green
Associated Acts: xDeathstarx (2002-2006), Sleeping Giant (2008-present), A White Flag (2011-2012), HolyName (2022-present)
Vocal Range: F2-C♯5 (2 octaves, 8 notes)
Vocal Type: Preachcore Baritone Who Habits A Quiet Place
{Vocal Summary}
Metal and punk mixed together brings the most aggressive music you can imagine with metal’s complex chunkiness with punk’s relentless aggression. Many bands have done great things in metalcore specifically but some would say that straight edge metallic hardcore is where the most passionate of the mix can be with them mixing the thunderous sound along with a massage. Enter Tommy Green, formerly of the well known and well loved preachcore band, Sleeping Giant, and current vocalist of the Eastern Orthodox drone worship band, HolyName. Green has been considered as one of the most outspoken, passionate vocalists in hardcore especially around the Christian hardcore scene. His early work with his broken sounding yells, gnarly growls, urgent spoken-word passages that almost sounds like a sermon with slam poetry authority along with his fervent clean singing, Green has been a staple of the genre for as long as he entered it. Green unlike a majority of core singers is a baritone who for the most part has his singing at mostly a mid range level though like most punk vocalists doesn’t always use his lower register much. His higher register is more prominently used especially when singing and screaming. On his uncleans specifically, Green used to use a lot of the gruff yelling type of screaming most well known in the genre. However around the late 2010s most of his texture started to lose the early distortion he had in the first 3 albums of Sleeping Giant which resulted in him mostly doing casual yelling in the other releases and abandoning screaming all together with HolyName where he sings primarily and guest vocalists (or other band members) scream in the songs. Despite this his singing however has gotten a bit more stronger being able to belt more higher notes and do more harmonize melodies. Green is a remarkable vocalist with a lot of vehemence in his performances, stances and messages and it looks like he still has a lot more to offer in the future. Бережи вас Бог, брате.
Metal and punk mixed together brings the most aggressive music you can imagine with metal’s complex chunkiness with punk’s relentless aggression. Many bands have done great things in metalcore specifically but some would say that straight edge metallic hardcore is where the most passionate of the mix can be with them mixing the thunderous sound along with a massage. Enter Tommy Green, formerly of the well known and well loved preachcore band, Sleeping Giant, and current vocalist of the Eastern Orthodox drone worship band, HolyName. Green has been considered as one of the most outspoken, passionate vocalists in hardcore especially around the Christian hardcore scene. His early work with his broken sounding yells, gnarly growls, urgent spoken-word passages that almost sounds like a sermon with slam poetry authority along with his fervent clean singing, Green has been a staple of the genre for as long as he entered it. Green unlike a majority of core singers is a baritone who for the most part has his singing at mostly a mid range level though like most punk vocalists doesn’t always use his lower register much. His higher register is more prominently used especially when singing and screaming. On his uncleans specifically, Green used to use a lot of the gruff yelling type of screaming most well known in the genre. However around the late 2010s most of his texture started to lose the early distortion he had in the first 3 albums of Sleeping Giant which resulted in him mostly doing casual yelling in the other releases and abandoning screaming all together with HolyName where he sings primarily and guest vocalists (or other band members) scream in the songs. Despite this his singing however has gotten a bit more stronger being able to belt more higher notes and do more harmonize melodies. Green is a remarkable vocalist with a lot of vehemence in his performances, stances and messages and it looks like he still has a lot more to offer in the future. Бережи вас Бог, брате.
{Discography Checked}
xDEATHSTARx
Genre: Metalcore/hardcore punk
Studio albums
The Triumph (2004) N/A-C5
Sleeping Giant
Genre: Metalcore/hardcore punk
Studio albums
Dread Champions Of The Last Days (2007) B2-A4-B4
Sons Of Thunder (2009) B♭2-B2-F♯3-A4-B4-C♯5
Kingdom Days In An Evil Age (2011) F♯2-B2-A4-B4-C5
Finished People (2014) G♯3-A4-B4-C♯5
I Am (2018) A2-E3-G4-C♯5
A White Flag
Genre: Acoustic/folk
EPs
The Exchange EP (2011) D3-G4-A4
HolyName
Genre: Metalcore/post-metal
Studio albums
HolyName (2023) F2-C3-C5
xDEATHSTARx
Genre: Metalcore/hardcore punk
Studio albums
The Triumph (2004) N/A-C5
Sleeping Giant
Genre: Metalcore/hardcore punk
Studio albums
Dread Champions Of The Last Days (2007) B2-A4-B4
Sons Of Thunder (2009) B♭2-B2-F♯3-A4-B4-C♯5
Kingdom Days In An Evil Age (2011) F♯2-B2-A4-B4-C5
Finished People (2014) G♯3-A4-B4-C♯5
I Am (2018) A2-E3-G4-C♯5
A White Flag
Genre: Acoustic/folk
EPs
The Exchange EP (2011) D3-G4-A4
HolyName
Genre: Metalcore/post-metal
Studio albums
HolyName (2023) F2-C3-C5
Significant High Notes:
C♯5 ("Clear Eyes, Full Hearts", "Death Knell", "No One Leaves This Room Sick", "The Great Divorce")
C5 ("Brother's Keeper (The Easter Rising)", "Dead Men Walking", "Finished People", "Meet Me Somewhere Quiet", "Preachcore Lives!", "Scars", "Son Of God, Son Of Man", "Stained Glass", "Was:Is" by Saving Grace)
B4 ("Blood Diamonds" by Dangerous Minds, "Blood Meridian", "Christus Victor", "Descending Into Hell", "Destroy Every Idol", "Eyes Wide Open", "Fly. Fight. Crow.", "Haunted", "Heretic" by Those Who Fear, "Hosanna", "Lantern", "No One Leaves This Room Sick", "Narrow Road", "No Sleep Pt. 2", "Overthrow", "Reformation", "Second Chance Kids", "Sleeping Giant" by Close Your Eyes, "Smashed Upon The Rock", "Suffocate Faster", "The Army Of The Chosen One", "The Conflict" by The Ghost Inside, "The Cross Is Suicide", "The Streets Don't Lie", "Tithemi", "Violence", "Warfare" by Judgement Day)
B♭4 ("Behold The Pale Horse", "Blame It On The Holy Rollers", "Clutches", "Deathslayer" by Wretch In The Works, "Every Knee Shall Bow" by The Great Commission, "Gang Signs", "Jehova Shalom", "No Love", "Represent", "The Army Of One", "The Power Of Prayer", "The Unnamable Name", "Throne Room Militance", "Tongues Of Fire", "St. Dismas", "Under God" by For Today, "Walk Away", "Walkers" by Projections, "Whoremonger")
A4 ("Bullet", "Celestial", "Christus Victor", "Confession", "Covenant", "Creed (Rev Gang)", "Defiance", "Dynasty", "Faitheist" by All Became New, "Fall On Your Knees", "Father To The Fatherless", "He Will Reign", "Holy Is The Lamb", "ICXC", "I've Seen", "King Of Kings", "Morning Star", "No Sleep From My Eyes", "Overthrow", "Red Asphalt", "Rise To Victory" by Dynasty, "Sacred", "Seven", "Sleeping Giant", "Son Of God, Son Of Man", "Sons Of Thunder", "Stained Glass", "The Power Of Prayer", "The Triumph", "They See", "This Calls For Patient Endurance On The Part Of The Saints", "Tithemi", "Tongues Of Fire", "True Believer", "Victory", "Whoremonger")
G♯4 ("Die To Remain", "Oh Praise Him", "This Is The Word")
G4 ("BANGARANG!", "Enthroned", "Holy Is The Lamb", "Lantern", "My Way", "No Sleep Pt. 2", "Perpetua", "Reformation", "Sacred", "Second Chance Kids", "Smashed Upon The Rock", "The Streets Don't Lie")
F♯4 ("Clear Eyes, Full Hearts", "Destroy Every Idol", "Finished People", "Haunted", "Hosanna", "No Sleep Pt. 2", "Son Of God, Son Of Man", "The Army Of The Chosen One", "The Great Divorce", "The Streets Don't Lie")
F4 ("Apple Of My Eye", "Emmaus", "Open Skies", "St. Dismas", "The Conflict" by The Ghost Inside, "The Sect", "They See")
Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Follower", "Holy Spirit" [Bryan & Katie Torwalt cover], "Perpetua", "St. Dismas")
D3 ("My Way", "Sheep Amidst The Wolves", "Stained Glass")
C♯3 ("I've Seen")
C3 ("Celestial", "Stained Glass")
B2 ("Dead Men Walking", "King Of Kings", "Fall On Your Knees", "Morning Star", "Sons Of Thunder")
B♭2 ("Sons Of Thunder")
A2 ("BANGARANG!", "Celestial", "Lantern")
G♯2 ("Enthroned", "The Unnamable Name")
G2 ("My Way", "St. Dismas")
F♯2 ("Creed (Rev Gang)", "Morning Star")
F2 ("Open Skies")
{Questionable Notes}
E♭5 ("Clutches"[4])
C5 ("Represent"[2])
B♭2 ("Was: Is" by Saving Grace [4])
D2 ("Religio-Cide"[4])
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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.
E♭5 ("Clutches"[4])
C5 ("Represent"[2])
B♭2 ("Was: Is" by Saving Grace [4])
D2 ("Religio-Cide"[4])
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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.
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.
