Post by TheCMRecluse on Feb 8, 2024 23:34:20 GMT
David Bunton
Associated Acts: 2540 (2002-2003), The Showdown (1999–2011, 2022-present), Hope Deferred (2023-present)
Vocal Range: G♯1-G5 (3 octaves, 11 notes)
Vocal Type: Back Breaking Baritone Taking The Day
{Vocal Summary}
Southern rock and metal has been seen as mostly macho and all about the life of people most outside the south would think of like cowboys, hillbillies and badass attitudes. Tennessee resident, David Bunton of the southern metal titans, The Showdown looks like he might fall in those clichés but his music is more of war anthems than the stereotypical southern pride. Bunton is a baritone who at first didn’t use his lower register much as he used to be in more punk inspired work. His main vocal style was screaming, growling and singing in a mid range. His screaming was very high in the earlier years following both punk and thrash influenced yells and shrieks and even though he tone down the pitch of his screaming in future releases he still has moments of raising the octave. His mid range is strong a gives the tough guy posture with grit and gruffness sounding similar to other groove metal contemporaries like Phil Anselmo, Randy Blythe and even Joe Duplantier with moments of “melodic” yelling. His lower register got more used with recent albums and does use it masterfully as again in a kind of virile tone, mood and atmosphere to the nature of the lyrics. Southern metal has a lot of great things to offer in terms of aggression and oomph that most metalheads love and Bunton is definitely one of the most talented individuals in the scene.
Southern rock and metal has been seen as mostly macho and all about the life of people most outside the south would think of like cowboys, hillbillies and badass attitudes. Tennessee resident, David Bunton of the southern metal titans, The Showdown looks like he might fall in those clichés but his music is more of war anthems than the stereotypical southern pride. Bunton is a baritone who at first didn’t use his lower register much as he used to be in more punk inspired work. His main vocal style was screaming, growling and singing in a mid range. His screaming was very high in the earlier years following both punk and thrash influenced yells and shrieks and even though he tone down the pitch of his screaming in future releases he still has moments of raising the octave. His mid range is strong a gives the tough guy posture with grit and gruffness sounding similar to other groove metal contemporaries like Phil Anselmo, Randy Blythe and even Joe Duplantier with moments of “melodic” yelling. His lower register got more used with recent albums and does use it masterfully as again in a kind of virile tone, mood and atmosphere to the nature of the lyrics. Southern metal has a lot of great things to offer in terms of aggression and oomph that most metalheads love and Bunton is definitely one of the most talented individuals in the scene.
{Discography Checked}
The Showdown
Genre: Southern metal-rock/groove metal/death metal/metalcore/melodic thrash metal
EPs
Feel Like Hell EP (2007) E2-G♯2-A4
Studio albums
A Chorus Of Obliteration (2004) E3-G4-F5
Temptation Come My Way (2007) B♭2-A4-B♭4
Back Breaker (2008) G♯1-F2-G♯3-B4-D5
Blood In The Gears (2010) D2-B4-G5
The Showdown
Genre: Southern metal-rock/groove metal/death metal/metalcore/melodic thrash metal
EPs
Feel Like Hell EP (2007) E2-G♯2-A4
Studio albums
A Chorus Of Obliteration (2004) E3-G4-F5
Temptation Come My Way (2007) B♭2-A4-B♭4
Back Breaker (2008) G♯1-F2-G♯3-B4-D5
Blood In The Gears (2010) D2-B4-G5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Graveyard Of Empires")
F5 ("A Proclamation Of Evil's Fate", "Dagon Undone (The Reckoning)")
E5 ("Deus Invictus – Your Name Is Victory", "From The Mouth Of Gath Comes Terror" "Hell Can't Stop Us Now")
E♭5 ("Aries - I Am Vengeance", "Dolor Per Proelium – Your Name Is Defeat", "Epic: A Chorus Of Obliteration", "Give Us This Day", "Iscariot", "Medea - One Foot In Hell")
D5 ("A Monument Encased In Ash", "Blood In The Gears", "Evil Eye", "Laid To Rest", "Life After Death And Taxes (Failure II)" by Relient K, "Which To Bury Us Or The Hatchet" by Relient K)
C♯5 ("Achilles - The Backbreaker", "Bring It Down", "Prometheus - The Fires Of Deliverance", "The Night Your Guardian Fell Asleep" (live with Furnace Fest, 2023) by Chasing Victory)
C5 ("Diggin' My Own Grave", "Give Us This Day", "I So Hate Consequences" by Relient K, "Infernus - You Will Move", "The After While" by Godsize, "The Crooked Path")
B4 ("Apocalypse Horde", "Blood In The Gears", "Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits", "Heavy Lies The Crown", "Medea - One Foot In Hell", "Nemesis - Give Us This Day", "No Escape", "Take Me Home", "Wolven Throne")
B♭4 ("Dogma Enthroned", "Fanatics And Whores", "God Knows" by Nate Parrish, "Hephaestus - The Hammer Of The Gods", "The Man Named Hell")
A4 ("Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire", "Aries - I Am Vengeance", "Breath Of The Swamp", "Carry On My Wayward Son" [Kansas cover], "Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits", "Diggin' My Own Grave", "Dogma Enthroned", "Feel Like Hell", "Hephaestus - The Hammer Of The Gods", "It Drinks From Me", "No Escape", "Odysseus - A Song Of Hope", "Prometheus - The Fires Of Deliverance", "Rules Of Engagement" by Living Sacrifice, "Six Feet Under The Stars", "Snake In The Grass", "Temptation Come My Way")
G♯4 ("The Crooked Path", "They Were One" by Living Sacrifice)
G4 ("Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire", "Death Finds Us Breathing", "Epic: A Chorus Of Obliteration", "Forget My Name", "Give Us This Day", "Graveyard Of Empires", "Head Down", "I, Victim (Here's To The Year)", "Rules Of Engagement" by Living Sacrifice, "Snake In The Grass", "So Help Me God" [DC Talk cover])
F♯4 ("Apocalypse Horde", "God Knows" by Nate Parrish," Spitting In The Wind")
F4 ("A Monument Encased In Ash", "A Proclamation Of Evil's Fate", "Achilles - The Backbreaker", "Carry On My Wayward Son" [Kansas cover], "Death Finds Us Breathing", "Fanatics And Whores", "From The Mouth Of Gath Comes Terror", "It Drinks From Me", "Laid To Rest", "Nemesis - Give Us This Day", "Six Feet Under The Stars", "We Die Young")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Diggin' My Own Grave", "Dogma Enthroned", "Six Feet Under The Stars", "The Man Named Hell")
C♯3 ("Death Finds Us Breathing", "Spitting In The Wind")
C3 ("Carry On My Wayward Son" [Kansas cover], "Fanatics And Whores", "Feel Like Hell", "Hephaestus - The Hammer Of The Gods", "It Drinks From Me")
B2 ("Prometheus - The Fires Of Deliverance", "Take Me Home")
B♭2 ("I, Victim (Here's To The Year)", "Nemesis - Give Us This Day", "So Help Me God" [DC Talk cover])
A2 ("Cerberus - The Hellhound Awaits", "Odysseus - A Song Of Hope")
G♯2 ("When It All Comes Down")
F♯2 ("Snake In The Grass")
F2 ("Infernus - You Will Move")
E2 ("When It All Comes Down")
D2 ("Diggin' My Own Grave")
G♯1 ("Prometheus - The Fires Of Deliverance")
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