Post by TheCMRecluse on Mar 6, 2024 6:56:33 GMT
Sarah Anthony
Associated Acts: Breaking The Silence (2006-2009), The Letter Black (2010-present)
Vocal Range: B2-B♭5 (2 octaves, 11 notes)
Vocal Type: Rebuilding From Pain Soprano
{Vocal Summary}
Usually when women are in metal sometimes they can be attractive in their physical form which leads to many making a list of the “hottest chicks in metal”. Unfairly, this tends to overshadow what the musician listed can do within the realms of metal. Take for instance, Pennsylvania resident Sarah Anthony of the energetic Christian group, The Letter Black. She is a constant nominee in such lists yet outside of her physicality, she is a unique vocalist. A soprano with edge and finesse, Anthony leaves a big impact in the listener which her breathy melodies, mixed with some instances of mid-range screaming, crooning, operatic moments and even creepy toasting, and even moments of duet with the band’s secondary vocalist and her husband, Mark Anthony who is also unique in his own right. As mentioned before, Anthony’s voice can be considered breathing and having a bit of sass especially when matching the tone of a harder rocking song and can get more sentimental when the song is meant to sound, emotive, melancholic and even hymn-like. Her unclean vocals are also unique, having a lot of distortion, and she can do death growls when given the opportunity. Her lower range is also unique as despite being a soprano with some moments she can use the typical nu metal like “attitude fry” a la Jonathan Davis in which she can almost go to the mid second octave. Anthony is a unique vocalist who despite many remembering her as just one of the “hot chicks” in metal, she proves to be an exceptional singer with a lot of passion and fierceness that can rock the entire arena.
Usually when women are in metal sometimes they can be attractive in their physical form which leads to many making a list of the “hottest chicks in metal”. Unfairly, this tends to overshadow what the musician listed can do within the realms of metal. Take for instance, Pennsylvania resident Sarah Anthony of the energetic Christian group, The Letter Black. She is a constant nominee in such lists yet outside of her physicality, she is a unique vocalist. A soprano with edge and finesse, Anthony leaves a big impact in the listener which her breathy melodies, mixed with some instances of mid-range screaming, crooning, operatic moments and even creepy toasting, and even moments of duet with the band’s secondary vocalist and her husband, Mark Anthony who is also unique in his own right. As mentioned before, Anthony’s voice can be considered breathing and having a bit of sass especially when matching the tone of a harder rocking song and can get more sentimental when the song is meant to sound, emotive, melancholic and even hymn-like. Her unclean vocals are also unique, having a lot of distortion, and she can do death growls when given the opportunity. Her lower range is also unique as despite being a soprano with some moments she can use the typical nu metal like “attitude fry” a la Jonathan Davis in which she can almost go to the mid second octave. Anthony is a unique vocalist who despite many remembering her as just one of the “hot chicks” in metal, she proves to be an exceptional singer with a lot of passion and fierceness that can rock the entire arena.
{Discography Checked}
Breaking The Silence
Genre: Alternative metal-rock/nu metal/post-grunge
Studio albums
Stand (2007) G3-D5-G5
The Letter Black
Genre: Alternative metal-rock/nu metal/post-grunge
Studio albums
Hanging On By A Thread (2010) D3-F5-B♭5
Rebuild (2013) D3-F3-E♭5-F5
Pain (2017) B2-C♯3-F♯3-E5-F♯5
The Letter Black (2021) C3-A3-F5
Breaking The Silence
Genre: Alternative metal-rock/nu metal/post-grunge
Studio albums
Stand (2007) G3-D5-G5
The Letter Black
Genre: Alternative metal-rock/nu metal/post-grunge
Studio albums
Hanging On By A Thread (2010) D3-F5-B♭5
Rebuild (2013) D3-F3-E♭5-F5
Pain (2017) B2-C♯3-F♯3-E5-F♯5
The Letter Black (2021) C3-A3-F5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("Perfect")
G♯5 ("Believe")
G5 ("Until Death")
F♯5 ("Rise From The Dead")
F5 ("Branded", "Break Out", "Care Too Much", "Devil On Your Back", "Kill The Devil", "Kiss Of Death", "Lost Remembered", "Moving On", "Perfect", "Rise", "Wounded")
E5 ("Alive", "All I Want", "Best Of Me", "Born For This", "Branded", "Breathe", "Drowning", "Holding On", "I'm Just Fine", "Let You Go", "One More Time", "Rise", "There'll Come A Day""Tomorrow's", "Unbreakable")
E♭5 ("Believe", "Fear", "I Am", "Lost Remembered", "More To This", "Rebuild", "Sick Charade", "Useless Alibis", "While You're Away")
D5 ("All I Want", "Away From Me", "Best Of Me", "Better Luck Next Time", "Branded", "Break Out", "Care Too Much", "Collapse", "Fire With Fire", "I Fade Away" by Pillar, "Invisible", "Kill The Devil", "Kiss Of Death", "Last Day That I Cared", "Let You Go", "Meant For You", "Outside Looking In", "Pain", "Pain Killer", "Rise", "Rock's Not Dead", "Smothering Walls", "Stand", "Tear You Apart", "Useless Alibis", "Unbreakable", "Under God", "Wounded")
C♯5 ("Believe", "Born For This", "Blind" (Korn cover live with Brian “Head” Welch, 2011), "Found", "I'm Just Fine", "My Disease", "Hanging On By A Thread", "Holding On", "Rise", "Shattered", "There'll Come A Day", "Throwing Darts", "Up From The Ashes" [Burn Halo cover], "While You're Away")
C5 ("Away From Me", "Better Luck Next Time", "Break Out", "Care Too Much", "Collapse", "Devil On Your Back", "Drowning", "Fire With Fire", "Invisible", "Moving On", "Out Of Reach", "One More Time", "Overdose", "Pain", "Pain Killer", "Rock's Not Dead", "Smothering Walls", "The Only One", "Useless Alibis", "While You're Away")
B4 ("Alive", "Found", "I'm Just Fine", "Outside Looking In", "Stand", "Tomorrow's", "While You're Away")
B♭4 ("Invisible", "More To This", "Must Die", "My Disease", "Overdose", "Useless Alibis", "Unbreakable", "Until Death")
A4 ("Different Face", "I Fade Away" by Pillar, "One More Time", "Stand", "Sick Charade")
Significant Low Notes:
B3 ("Found", "Must Die", "Outside Looking In", "Throwing Darts", "Tomorrow's")
B♭3 ("All I Want", "Away From Me", "Best Of Me", "Devil On Your Back", "Until Death")
A3 ("Better Luck Next Time", "Born For This", "Collapse", "I'm Just Fine", "Kill The Devil", "Last Day That I Cared", "Lost Remembered", "Meant For You", "My Disease", "One More Time", "Pain Killer", "While You're Away")
G♯3 ("Alive", "Believe", "Found", "Hanging On By A Thread", "Stand", "There'll Come A Day")
G3 ("Branded", "Breathe", "Fear", "More To This", "Overdose", "Pain", "Sick Charade", "Useless Alibis")
F♯3 ("Holding On", "Rock's Not Dead")
F3 ("Up From The Ashes" [Burn Halo cover])
E3 ("Breathe", "Holding On", "Pain", "Rock's Not Dead", "The Only One")
E♭3 ("Rise From The Dead")
D3 ("Devil On Your Back", "Fire With Fire", "Pain Killer")
C♯3 ("Tear You Apart")
C3 ("Rise")
B2 ("Tear You Apart")
{Questionable Notes}
A2 ("Rise"[3])
G♯2 ("I Am"[3])
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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.
A2 ("Rise"[3])
G♯2 ("I Am"[3])
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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.
