Post by TheCMRecluse on Feb 18, 2024 4:54:53 GMT
Stephen Mark Sarro
Associated Acts: Tantrum Of The Muse (1998-2004), UnTeachers (2006-present)
Vocal Range: D2-A5 (3 octaves, 7 notes)
Vocal Type: A Tenor Comedy That’s As Happy As A Lark
{Vocal Summary}
Music can be whatever you want, unless it is Christian, right? Only a few people in that bubble actually try to go beyond. And in my opinion, Pensalvanian Stephen Mark Sarro goes the extra mile when it comes to going beyond certain realms of what is expected, especially music with a gospel-centered message. Fronting the bands Tantrum Of A Muse and Unteachers may have trouble trying to categorize them. Some would say experimental hardcore, sludge or just plain experimental with influences from the likes of Primus, Faith No More, Slayer and even classic movies being sprinkled as samples. Even by Sarro’s voice he tends to be creative with it in a way as those bands’ tenor frontman. His voice is very clean when singing and even when screaming he doesn’t sound as if he is trying to sound the most aggressive he can go. He is very calculated in his singing which at first he mostly sang in a mid range Cobain-type of not-giving-a-crap type of performance especially with Tantrum Of The Muse. In Unteachers he seems a lot more organized with his singing belting more and making his lyricism feel more introspective. From going from low backing vocals to high belts with screaming that vary in intensity, Sarro is a vocalist who just does what he wants in the music and that is commendable. I have always considered the more out there artists as renaissance people and Sarro indeed fits that part perfectly as a man of faith expressing it in the most unique ways possible in music.
Music can be whatever you want, unless it is Christian, right? Only a few people in that bubble actually try to go beyond. And in my opinion, Pensalvanian Stephen Mark Sarro goes the extra mile when it comes to going beyond certain realms of what is expected, especially music with a gospel-centered message. Fronting the bands Tantrum Of A Muse and Unteachers may have trouble trying to categorize them. Some would say experimental hardcore, sludge or just plain experimental with influences from the likes of Primus, Faith No More, Slayer and even classic movies being sprinkled as samples. Even by Sarro’s voice he tends to be creative with it in a way as those bands’ tenor frontman. His voice is very clean when singing and even when screaming he doesn’t sound as if he is trying to sound the most aggressive he can go. He is very calculated in his singing which at first he mostly sang in a mid range Cobain-type of not-giving-a-crap type of performance especially with Tantrum Of The Muse. In Unteachers he seems a lot more organized with his singing belting more and making his lyricism feel more introspective. From going from low backing vocals to high belts with screaming that vary in intensity, Sarro is a vocalist who just does what he wants in the music and that is commendable. I have always considered the more out there artists as renaissance people and Sarro indeed fits that part perfectly as a man of faith expressing it in the most unique ways possible in music.
{Discography Checked}
Tantrum Of The Muse
Genre: Sludge metal/art rock/hardcore punk/metalcore/noise rock/hard rock
EPs
Studio albums
The Heart Is A Two Headed Sperm (1999) D2-F♯2-B4-F5-A5
Modernmu$ick(2000)! (2000) G♯2-A2-D5-F♯5
UnTeachers
Genre: Sludge metal/post-metal/art rock/hardcore punk
Studio albums
A Human Comedy (2014) B2-G3-C♯5
Tantrum Of The Muse
Genre: Sludge metal/art rock/hardcore punk/metalcore/noise rock/hard rock
EPs
Studio albums
The Heart Is A Two Headed Sperm (1999) D2-F♯2-B4-F5-A5
Modernmu$ick(2000)! (2000) G♯2-A2-D5-F♯5
UnTeachers
Genre: Sludge metal/post-metal/art rock/hardcore punk
Studio albums
A Human Comedy (2014) B2-G3-C♯5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Swing, Daddy... Swing!")
F♯5 ("10-10-99/$crew The Chri$tian Indu$try", "You Smell Better When You Are Dead")
F5 ("Gas Parade (March Of The Dead)", "Here Comes A Winner", "You Smell Better When You Are Dead")
E5 ("A Spectre In The Nous")
E♭5 ("Do Not Hurt Luddle", "Hell Is At The Bottom Of The Rainbow")
D5 ("Conestoga Cougars", "Eunuch (The Sinai Orgies)", "Fatigued", "Send Them The Cow", "Victoria Has A Secret")
C♯5 ("Chiroptera Armada", "Cusp", "Happy As A Lark", "The Devil's House Of Techno", "Went To Hell")
C5 ("As Bright As Black", "Chicks With Guns", "For The Birds", "Swing, Daddy... Swing!", "Went To Hell")
B4 ("A Spectre In The Nous", "As Bright As Black", "Cast My Cares", "Death Has Been Swallowed", "Fear Of Silence", "Hell Is At The Bottom Of The Rainbow", "Higher Horses")
B♭4 ("Chiroptera Armada", "Milk & Meat", "Swim With A Knife")
A4 ("Conestoga Cougars", "Higher Horses")
G♯4 ("Caught With Your Halo Around Your Knees", "Chicks With Guns", "If You Think" [274 cover])
G4 ("A Spectre In The Nous", "Diary Entries Of A Mad Man", "For The Birds", "The Devil's House Of Techno")
Significant Low Notes:
C♯3 ("Conestoga Cougars", "Eunuch (The Sinai Orgies)", "Milk & Meat", "Swim With A Knife", "Gas Parade (March Of The Dead)", "Weddings & Funerals")
C3 ("A Spectre In The Nous", "Caught With Your Halo Around Your Knees", "Chiroptera Armada")
B2 ("As Bright As Black", "Hell Is At The Bottom Of The Rainbow", )
B♭2 ("Diary Entries Of A Mad Man", "Caught With Your Halo Around Your Knees", "For The Birds")
A2 ("Milk & Meat")
G♯2 ("Caught With Your Halo Around Your Knees")
F♯2 ("You Smell Better When You Are Dead")
D2 ("The Devil's House Of Techno")
{Questionable Notes}
E6 ("Fear Of Silence"[2])
E2 ("The Bowels Of Elkton (Welcome To Modernmu$ick)"[2])
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[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.
E6 ("Fear Of Silence"[2])
E2 ("The Bowels Of Elkton (Welcome To Modernmu$ick)"[2])
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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.