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Robert John Arthur Halford (25 August 1951 - )
Years Active: (1969 - present)
Associated Acts: Judas Priest (1973 - 1992, 2003 - present), Halford (1999 - present, on hiatus since 2010), 2wo (1996 - 1998), Fight (1992 - 1995)
Vocal Range: C2 - C6 (4 Octaves)
{Vocal Summary}Throughout his career, Rob Halford has been best known for his piercing and acrobatic upper register. Despite his second passaggio coming relatively high (around about G♯4/A4), Halford's mixed voice has always been a heady one, to the extent that his signature high 'wailing' has been erroneously described as falsetto by a number of sources.
From the beginning of his Judas Priest career, Halford was able to sustain well-rounded belted notes around the top of the fourth octave, as well as to soar spontaneously into heady fifth-octave passages on tracks such as 'Victim of Changes' and 'Run of the Mill'. The end of the 1970s and early 1980s was probably the time when Halford's mix was at its most polished, with good fluid singing around the top of the fourth and early fifth octave on songs like 'Exciter' and 'Beyond the Realms of Death' alongside his signature high wailing; throughout this time he was consistent and confident in sustaining powerful, vibrato-laden notes as high as A5, and even managed a B5 in the backing vocals of 'Dissident Aggressor'. Having experimented with a few different styles in his mid-range on Priest's first couple of albums including a lower-larynx approach, Halford also settled at this time into his more familiar brassy tone in this area of his voice, as well as doing a little more to neutralise his accent while singing up to the mid-fourth octave.
From about the beginning of the 1990s onwards, Halford's second passaggio has become the least stable area of his voice, and he has largely done his best to steer clear of too much singing around this territory, particularly in a live setting. When he is forced to traverse this area of his voice live for an extended period, he's liable to end up with either a reedy 'Mickey Mouse' quality or a thin and raspy tone. Despite this development, Halford has retained an impressive amount of his upper range with the passage of time, with some of his best ever high singing around the turn of the millennium on tracks such as 'Sad Wings' and hitting a few live C6s post-2000, including one as recently as 2015. These days he's still capable of tackling melodies up to around E5 and can bust out some impressive notes up to F5-G5 (and the occasional disembodied scream as high as B♭5) both live and in studio. His belting up to around G♯4, meanwhile, has become a more prominent feature in his vocal performances, and now carries a more husky tone.
Halford's lower singing even in his youth was also an enjoyable facet of his voice, sounding pretty comfortable in the upper second octave right from the beginning of his career on tracks such as 'Here Come the Tears' and showing passable backing vocals down to F♯2 by 1978's Killing Machine. With his voice probably deepening at least a little with age, Halford's lower register has strengthened with the passage of time, and his career in the 1990s with his solo projects Fight and 2wo which veered more towards an industrial metal sound provided probably the best showcase for his lower register, even making it down as low as C2 on a few occasions. Although he has less call to use it these days with Judas Priest, Halford did manage an E♭2 as recently as 2014 on 'Halls of Valhalla', and his most recent release, 2019's Celestial, still displayed some pleasant enough moments of second octave singing.
Halford's live performances have peaked and troughed down the years. Usually a strong live performer in his prime, the end of the 1980s and early 1990s saw Halford's live performances decline in quality; he subsequently rebounded well towards the end of the decade and into the 2000s. The end of the 2000s saw a deeper decline with 2008 perhaps being his poorest year in concert, but the last decade has seen more of a renaissance, with the most recent Firepower tour seeing Halford in possibly his best form in years; overall he sounds great for a guy approaching seventy years of age.
To conclude, Halford is an extremely talented vocalist; undoubtedly one of the most influential and emulated singers in heavy metal and one of the most enduringly popular frontmen of his era.
Written by falsetokaiba
From the beginning of his Judas Priest career, Halford was able to sustain well-rounded belted notes around the top of the fourth octave, as well as to soar spontaneously into heady fifth-octave passages on tracks such as 'Victim of Changes' and 'Run of the Mill'. The end of the 1970s and early 1980s was probably the time when Halford's mix was at its most polished, with good fluid singing around the top of the fourth and early fifth octave on songs like 'Exciter' and 'Beyond the Realms of Death' alongside his signature high wailing; throughout this time he was consistent and confident in sustaining powerful, vibrato-laden notes as high as A5, and even managed a B5 in the backing vocals of 'Dissident Aggressor'. Having experimented with a few different styles in his mid-range on Priest's first couple of albums including a lower-larynx approach, Halford also settled at this time into his more familiar brassy tone in this area of his voice, as well as doing a little more to neutralise his accent while singing up to the mid-fourth octave.
From about the beginning of the 1990s onwards, Halford's second passaggio has become the least stable area of his voice, and he has largely done his best to steer clear of too much singing around this territory, particularly in a live setting. When he is forced to traverse this area of his voice live for an extended period, he's liable to end up with either a reedy 'Mickey Mouse' quality or a thin and raspy tone. Despite this development, Halford has retained an impressive amount of his upper range with the passage of time, with some of his best ever high singing around the turn of the millennium on tracks such as 'Sad Wings' and hitting a few live C6s post-2000, including one as recently as 2015. These days he's still capable of tackling melodies up to around E5 and can bust out some impressive notes up to F5-G5 (and the occasional disembodied scream as high as B♭5) both live and in studio. His belting up to around G♯4, meanwhile, has become a more prominent feature in his vocal performances, and now carries a more husky tone.
Halford's lower singing even in his youth was also an enjoyable facet of his voice, sounding pretty comfortable in the upper second octave right from the beginning of his career on tracks such as 'Here Come the Tears' and showing passable backing vocals down to F♯2 by 1978's Killing Machine. With his voice probably deepening at least a little with age, Halford's lower register has strengthened with the passage of time, and his career in the 1990s with his solo projects Fight and 2wo which veered more towards an industrial metal sound provided probably the best showcase for his lower register, even making it down as low as C2 on a few occasions. Although he has less call to use it these days with Judas Priest, Halford did manage an E♭2 as recently as 2014 on 'Halls of Valhalla', and his most recent release, 2019's Celestial, still displayed some pleasant enough moments of second octave singing.
Halford's live performances have peaked and troughed down the years. Usually a strong live performer in his prime, the end of the 1980s and early 1990s saw Halford's live performances decline in quality; he subsequently rebounded well towards the end of the decade and into the 2000s. The end of the 2000s saw a deeper decline with 2008 perhaps being his poorest year in concert, but the last decade has seen more of a renaissance, with the most recent Firepower tour seeing Halford in possibly his best form in years; overall he sounds great for a guy approaching seventy years of age.
To conclude, Halford is an extremely talented vocalist; undoubtedly one of the most influential and emulated singers in heavy metal and one of the most enduringly popular frontmen of his era.
Written by falsetokaiba
{Album Ranges}with Judas Priest:
Rocka Rolla (1974): G♯2 - G5
Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976): F♯2 - A2 - G♯5 - A5
Sin After Sin (1977): B2 - G5 - B5
Stained Class (1978): A2 - E3 - A5
Killing Machine (released in the USA as 'Hell Bent for Leather') (1978): F♯2 - D3 - G5 - G♯5
British Steel (1980): A2 - E5
Point Of Entry (1981): B2 - F5
Screaming For Vengeance (1982): E3 - G5
Defenders of the Faith (1984): B2 - G♯5
Turbo (1986): C3 - G5
Ram It Down (1988): E2 - A5
Painkiller (1990): D2 - B2 - A5
Angel of Retribution (2005): E♭2 - G♯5
Nostradamus (2008): F2 - G5
Redeemer of Souls (2014): E♭2 - G5
Firepower (2018): A2 - G5
Invincible Shield (2024): D3 - G5
with Halford:
Resurrection (2000) C♯3 - G♯5
Crucible (2002) G2 - A5
Halford III: Winter Songs (2009) A2 - A5
Halford IV: Made of Metal (2010) F♯2 - G5
with Fight:
War of Words (1993): D2 - C3 - G♯5
A Small Deadly Space (1995): C2 - E♭5
with 2wo:
Voyeurs (1998): C2 - B4
with Rob Halford With Family and Friends:
Celestial (2019): F2 - D5
Allbums researched by falsetokaiba marked in green
Thanks for taking one for the team and doing the christmas album
Significant High Notes:Rocka Rolla (1974): G♯2 - G5
Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976): F♯2 - A2 - G♯5 - A5
Sin After Sin (1977): B2 - G5 - B5
Stained Class (1978): A2 - E3 - A5
Killing Machine (released in the USA as 'Hell Bent for Leather') (1978): F♯2 - D3 - G5 - G♯5
British Steel (1980): A2 - E5
Point Of Entry (1981): B2 - F5
Screaming For Vengeance (1982): E3 - G5
Defenders of the Faith (1984): B2 - G♯5
Turbo (1986): C3 - G5
Ram It Down (1988): E2 - A5
Painkiller (1990): D2 - B2 - A5
Angel of Retribution (2005): E♭2 - G♯5
Nostradamus (2008): F2 - G5
Redeemer of Souls (2014): E♭2 - G5
Firepower (2018): A2 - G5
Invincible Shield (2024): D3 - G5
with Halford:
Resurrection (2000) C♯3 - G♯5
Crucible (2002) G2 - A5
Halford III: Winter Songs (2009) A2 - A5
Halford IV: Made of Metal (2010) F♯2 - G5
with Fight:
War of Words (1993): D2 - C3 - G♯5
A Small Deadly Space (1995): C2 - E♭5
with 2wo:
Voyeurs (1998): C2 - B4
with Rob Halford With Family and Friends:
Celestial (2019): F2 - D5
Allbums researched by falsetokaiba marked in green
Thanks for taking one for the team and doing the christmas album
C6 ("Painkiller" Live Bucharest 2015/Several other performances, "Victim of Changes" live Greece 2004)
B5 ("Dissident Aggressor", "Sad Wings" Live Insurrection)
B♭5 ("Into The Pit" live LA 1993, "Love Bites" Live Montreal 1984, "Victim of Changes" Sleep Train Amphitheatre 2004)
A5 ("Beyond the Realms of Death" Several live performances, "Crucible" live Sapporo 2003, "Deceiver" live Reading 1975, "Desert Plains" Several live performances, "Devil's Child" live Vengeance 1982, "Exciter" live Starwood Club 1979, "Freewheel Burning" live at The Tube, "Get Into The Spirit", "Heavy Metal", "Island of Domination", "Nailed To The Gun" live Japan 2010, "Painkiller", "Ram It Down", "The Ripper" Studio/live Monsters of Rock 1980, "Savage", "Victim Of Changes" Studio/several live performances, "Wrath Of God")
G♯5 ("All Guns Blazing" Live New Jersey 1991, "Demonizer", "Dreamer Deceiver", "Freewheel Burning", "Genocide" live Wilkes-Barre 2022, "Handing Out Bullets", "Heading Out To The Highway" Live In Mansfield´91, "Hell's Last Survivor", "Into The Pit", "Locked and Loaded", "Locked In" Live Stuttgart 1986, "Love Bites" Live Stuttgart 1986, "Metal Gods" Live in San Francisco 1988 + Milan 1988, "Metal Meltdown", "Ram It Down", "Rock Forever", "Silent Screams", "Sinner", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
G5 ("All Guns Blazing" Several Live Performances, "Battle Cry", "Beneath the Violence" 2008 version, "Between The Hammer And The Anvil", "Come And Get It", "Deceiver", "Delivering The Goods", "Desert Plains" Several live performances, "Dreamer Deceiver", "Escape From Reality", "Exciter", "Fetish", "Firepower", "Flame Thrower", "For All Eternity", "Goddamn Devil", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" Original studio/Unleashed in the East, "Handing Out Bullets", "Heavy Duty", "Heavy Metal", "Heretic", "I Don't Need No Doctor" live with Paul Gilbert, "Judas Rising", "Lightning Strike", "Metal Meltdown", "The Mower", "Necromancer", "Night Comes Down", "Night Crawler" live Detroit 1991, "Out In The Cold" Live Osaka 1986, "Painkiller", "Persecution", "Private Property", "Raw Deal", "Resurrection", "Rock Hard Ride Free", "Run of the Mill", "Sad Wings" Live Insurrection, "Screaming for Vengeance", "The Sentinel" Several live performances, "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", "Spectre", "Sun", "A Touch Of Evil", "Trail of Tears", "Twist", "Victim of Changes")
F♯5 ("Alone", "Beyond the Realms of Death", "Breaking The Law" Live London 2003, "Crossfire", "Evil Never Dies", "Get Into The Spirit", "Goddamn Devil", "Halls of Valhalla", "Heading Out To The Highway" Several Live Performances 1986, "Hell Bent For Leather" Live in Seattle 1979, "Hellrider", "Hell Patrol", "I Don't Need No Doctor", "Johnny B. Goode", "Lochness", "Love Bites", "Love You To Death", "Metalizer", "Night Crawler", "On The Run", "One Shot at Glory", "Panic Attack", "Riding on the Wind" Live Insurrection, "Saints In Hell", "The Sentinel", "The Serpent and the King", "Sinner", "Sons of Thunder", "Stained Class", "Starbreaker", "Trial By Fire", "Tyrant", "Victim of Changes", "Weaving Sorrow", "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days")
F5 ("All The Way", "Beneath the Violence" 2008 version, "Betrayal", "Blood Red Skies", "Cold Blooded", "Demonizer", "Escape From Reality", "Exciter", "Fetish", "Firepower", "For All Eternity", "Fugitive", "Golgotha", "Hearts of Darkness", "Hot Rockin'", "Jawbreaker", "Life in Black", "Light Comes Out of Black", "Locked In", "The Mower", "Nostradamus", "One Will", "The One You Love To Hate", "Pain And Pleasure", "Panic Attack", "Resurrection", "Rock Forever", "War of Words", "Wrath Of God", "You Say Yes")
E5 ("Alone", "Between The Hammer And The Anvil", "Blood Red Skies", "Come And Get It", "Crucible", "Deal With The Devil", "Deceiver", "Delivering the Goods", "Devils Child", "Diamonds & Rust", "Dissident Aggressor", "Dreamer Deceiver", "Dying to Meet You/Hero, Hero", "Evil Fantasies", "Fever", "Fight for Your Life", "Flame Thrower", "Freewheel Burning", "Genocide", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" Original studio/Unleashed in the East, "Hard As Iron", "Heavy Duty", "Hell's Last Survivor", "Heretic", "Hero, Hero", "Heroes End", "Hex 'n' Sex", "Hot Rockin'", "I'm A Rocker", "Invincible Shield", "Island of Domination", "Judas Rising", "Last Rose of Summer", "Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest", "Lightning Strike", "Living Bad Dreams", "Locked In", "Love Bites", "Love Zone", "Made In Hell", "Metal Meltdown", "Night Comes Down", "Night Crawler", "Nostradamus", "One for the Road", "Panic Attack", "Private Property", "Raw Deal", "Revolution", "The Ripper", "Rock Hard Ride Free", "Rock You All Around The World", "Run of the Mill", "Running Wild", "Sad Wings", "Saints in Hell", "Savage", "Screaming for Vengeance", "The Sentinel", "Silent Screams", "Sinner", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", "Stained Class", "Temptation", "Thunder Road", "Troubleshooter", "Twist", "Victim of Changes", "White Heat, Red Hot", "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise")
E♭5 ("As God is my Witness", "Beneath the Violence", "Children of the Sun", "Crossfire", "Evil Never Dies", "Gates of Hell", "Halls of Valhalla", "Heaven And Hell" live with Black Sabbath, "Helter Skelter" live at Guitar Center 1992, "Hellrider", "Into The Pit", "Johnny B. Goode", "Lochness", "Never Again", "Reality – A New Beginning", "The Serpent and the King", "Slow Down", "Trial By Fire", "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days")
D5 ("All Guns Blazing", "Betrayal", "Beyond the Realms of Death", "Defenders Of The Faith", "Devils Child", "Donner and Blitzen", "Epitaph", "Evening Star", "Exciter", "Flame Thrower", "Freewheel Burning", "Get Into The Spirit", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Good King Wenceslas", "Heavy Metal", "Here Come the Tears", "Heroes End", "I'm A Rocker", "Island of Domination", "Jawbreaker", "Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest", "Life in Black", "Light Comes Out of Black", "Locked In", "Love Zone", "The Mower", "Nailed to the Gun", "Never Satisfied", "Night Crawler", "No Surrender", "On The Run", "One Shot At Glory", "Painkiller", "Parental Guidance", "The Rage", "Rapid Fire", "Redeemer of Souls", "Respecting The Law" from The Simpsons, "Resurrection", "Riding On The Wind", "Rock the World Forever", "Saints in Hell", "Savage", "Sea of Red", "The Sentinel", "Thunder Road", "Till the Day I Die", "A Touch Of Evil", "Traitors Gate", "Turning Circles", "We Own the Night", "White Heat, Red Hot", "Winter Retreat")
C♯5 ("All Fired Up", "All The Way", "Between The Hammer And The Anvil", "Beyond the Realms of Death", "Black Wedding", "Bloodstone", "Fetish", "Giants in the Sky", "God Bringer of Death", "Hard As Iron", "Heaven And Hell" live with Black Sabbath, "Hell Patrol", "Invincible Shield", "Never Satisfied", "Panic Attack", "Reckless", "Rock You All Around The World", "Silent Screams", "Spectre", "Stained Class", "Starbreaker", "Trial By Fire", "Tyrant", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
C5 ("Blood Red Skies", "Children of the Sun", "Come And Get It", "Crucible", "Death", "Delivering the Goods", "Desert Plains", "Devil in Disguise", "Devils Child", "Dying to Meet You/Hero, Hero", "Electric Eye", "Epitaph", "Evening Star", "Evil Fantasies", "Fever", "Fight for Your Life", "Fight of Your Life", "Gates of Hell", "Genocide", "Gretna Greene", "Heavy Metal", "Hell Bent for Leather", "Hell's Last Survivor", "Heroes End", "Hot Rockin'", "Invader", "Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest", "Light Comes Out of Black", "Like There's No Tomorrow", "Living Bad Dreams", "The Lodger", "Metal Meltdown", "Never Again", "Night Comes Down", "One Will", "Out In The Cold", "Private Property", "The Rage", "Raw Deal", "Revelations", "The Ripper", "Rising From Ruins", "Rock Forever", "Rock Hard Ride Free", "Rocka Rolla", "Running Wild", "Sad Wings", "Screaming for Vengeance", "Silent Night", "Sinner", "Smooth And Fast", "Speed Of Sound", "Stars", "Take On the World", "(Take These) Chains", "Temptation", "Traitors Gate", "Visions", "White Heat, Red Hot", "Winter", "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise", "You Say Yes")
B4 ("All The Way", "Alone", "As God is my Witness", "Battle Cry", "Beyond the Realms of Death", "Black Wedding", "Bloodstone", "Burnin' Up", "Cheater", "Conquest", "Cyberworld", "Deceiver", "Delivering the Goods", "Diamonds & Rust", "Dissident Aggressor", "Donner and Blitzen", "Don't Go", "Exiled", "Firepower", "The Four Horsemen", "Future of Mankind", "Giants in the Sky", "Good King Wenceslas", "Grinder", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Heading Out To The Highway", "Hell's Last Survivor", "Here Come the Tears", "Hey, Sha La La", "Hot For Love", "I'm A Rocker", "Invader", "Island of Domination", "Judas Rising", "Leather Rebel", "Lightning Strike", "Living After Midnight", "Made In Hell", "Metalizer", "Night Comes Down", "Night Fall", "One Shot At Glory", "Pain And Pleasure", "Parental Guidance", "Persecution", "Prophecy", "Ram It Down", "Revolution", "Riding On The Wind", "Saints in Hell", "Saviour", "Savage", "Solar Angels", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", "Sons of Thunder", "Stained Class", "Take On the World", "Tears Of Blood", "Trial By Fire", "Troubleshooter", "Turbo Lover", "Turning Circles", "Tyrant", "Vicious Circle", "Victim of Changes", "Wheels Of Fire", "Winter Retreat", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
B♭4 ("All Guns Blazing", "As God is my Witness", "Better by You, Better Than Me", "Children of the Sun", "Come And Get It", "Crown of Horns", "Crucible", "Deal With The Devil", "Dragonaut", "Evil Never Dies", "For All Eternity", "Gates of Hell", "God Bringer of Death", "Halls of Valhalla", "Helter Skelter" live at Guitar Center 1992, "I Don't Need No Doctor", "Invincible Shield", "Legacy of Hate", "Life in Black", "Lochness", "Necromancer", "Never The Heroes", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Oh Holy Night", "Panic Attack", "Rapid Fire", "The Serpent and the King", "Spectre", "Sword Of Damocles", "Trial By Fire", "Weaving Sorrow")
A4 ("All Fired Up", "All The Way", "Angel", "Bed Of Rust", "Breaking The Law", "Burnin' Up", "Cheater", "Come All Ye Faithful", "Conquest", "Crossfire", "Crystal", "Death", "Deck the Halls", "Deep Freeze", "Demonizer", "Desert Plains", "Diamonds & Rust", "Donner and Blitzen", "Eat Me Alive", "Electric Eye", "Epitaph", "Evening Star", "Evil Fantasies", "Fight for Your Life", "Fire Burns Below", "Flame Thrower", "The Four Horsemen", "Future of Mankind", "Genocide", "Get Into The Spirit", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Golgotha", "Good King Wenceslas", "Grinder", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Heading Out To The Highway", "Heartless", "Heavy Duty", "Hell & Back", "Hell Bent for Leather", "Hell Razor", "Heroes End", "Hot For Love", "Hot Rockin'", "If", "Invader", "Invincible Shield", "Jawbreaker", "Killing Machine", "Last Rose of Summer", "Legacy of Hate", "Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest", "Like There's No Tomorrow", "Locked and Loaded", "Locked In", "Lone Wolf", "Love You To Death", "Matador", "Metal Gods", "Nailed to the Gun", "Never Satisfied", "New Beginnings", "No Surrender", "Nostradamus", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Oh Come O Come Emanuel", "On The Run", "One for the Road", "The One You Love To Hate", "Out In The Cold", "Pain And Pleasure", "Peace", "Pestilence and Plague", "Private Property", "Prophecy", "Race with the Devil", "The Rage", "Redeemer of Souls", "The Ripper", "Rock Forever", "Rock the World Forever", "Rocka Rolla", "Running Wild", "The Sentinel", "Shout", "Smooth And Fast", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", "Speed Of Sound", "Starbreaker", "Start", "Steeler", "Sun", "Take On the World", "Thunder and Lightning", "A Touch Of Evil", "Traitors Gate", "Troubleshooter", "Twenty-Five Years", "Twist", "Undisputed", "United", "Vicious", "Visions", "We Own the Night", "Wheels Of Fire", "Winter", "Winter Song", "Wrath Of God", "You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
Significant Low Notes
D3 ("Alone", "Angel", "Away in a Manger", "Beginning Of The End", "Burnin' Up", "Demonizer", "Escape From Reality", "Evening Star", "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer", "For All Eternity", "Hot Rockin'", "In The Morning", "Joy to the World", "Legacy of Hate", "Like There's No Tomorrow", "Metal Gods", "Mouthpiece", "Necromancer", "Never Forget", "New Beginnings", "One for the Road", "Peace", "Red, White & Blue", "Revelations", "Rising From Ruins", "Secrets Of The Dead", "She", "Silent Night", "Sun", "Temptation", "Turbo Lover", "We Three Kings", "What Child Is This?", "Wheels Of Fire", "Winter")
C♯3 ("The Four Horsemen", "Future of Mankind", "Last Rose of Summer", "Never The Heroes", "Silent Screams", "Slow Down", "Twenty-Five Years", "Water's Leaking", "Winter")
C3 ("All The Way", "Beneath the Violence" 2008 version, "Desert Plains", "Hope", "Hot For Love", "Immortal Sin", "In The Morning", "Leave Me Alone", "Little Crazy", "The Lodger", "Prophecy", "Reality – A New Beginning", "Silent Night", "Sinner", "Stutter Kiss", "You Say Yes")
B2 ("Bed Of Rust", "Beginning Of The End", "Blowout in the Radio Room", "Dreamer Deceiver", "Epitaph", "Hellrider", "Here Come the Tears", "Hey, Sha La La", "In a World of My Own Making", "Last Rose of Summer", "Light of the World", "Living Bad Dreams", "Lost Love", "Monsters of Rock", "Never Forget", "One for the Road", "Peace", "Protected By the Light", "Redeemer of Souls", "Revelations", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", "Till the Day I Die", "Troubleshooter", "Wake Up", "War", "We Own the Night", "What Child Is This?", "Winter Retreat")
B♭2 ("Exiled", "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer", "Laid to Rest", "Lochness", "She", "Sword Of Damocles", "Victim Of Changes" Live Sweden 2004)
A2 ("Bed Of Rust", "Beginning Of The End", "Blowout in the Radio Room", "Conquest", "Creatures", "Death", "Delivering the Goods", "Epitaph", "Evening Star", "Good King Wenceslas", "Hell & Back", "Hope", "Human Crate", "If", "Killing Machine", "Lost Love", "Psycho Suicide", "Red, White & Blue", "The Ripper", "Savage, "Sea of Red", "Stutter Kiss", "Till the Day I Die", "War", "Winter Song", "The Wizard")
G♯2 ("The Four Horsemen", "Winter Retreat")
G2 ("Creatures", "Genocide", "Hell & Back", "In The Morning", "Prophecy", "Never Forget", "Protected By the Light", "The Star-Spangled Banner)
F♯2 ("Burnin' Up", "Crossfire", "Halls of Valhalla", "Genocide", "Killing Machine", "Life In Black", "Till the Day I Die", "The Wizard")
F2 ("Away in a Manger", “Death", "Hellrider", "I Am A Pig")
E2 ("Hey, Sha La La", "Monsters of Rock", "Shout")
E♭2 ("Crossfire", "Deal With The Devil", "Halls Of Valhalla")
D2 ("Immortal Sin", "Night Crawler", "Shout")
C2 ("Beneath the Violence", "I Am A Pig", "Shout")
{Questionable Notes}C♯6 ("Love Bites" Live Montreal 1984 [4])
A5 ("Deceiver" Studio version [1])
G♯5 ("Evil Fantasies" [1a])
B4 ("The First Noel" [2])
G2 ("Epitaph" [1], "Evening Star" [4])
C2 ("Calm Before The Storm" [3])
B1 ("Death" [3], "The Sentinel" [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
(a) This song is full of odd inflections in Halford's higher range; this is the highest one, although they're all pretty random in pitch.
[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.
.......................................................A5 ("Deceiver" Studio version [1])
G♯5 ("Evil Fantasies" [1a])
B4 ("The First Noel" [2])
G2 ("Epitaph" [1], "Evening Star" [4])
C2 ("Calm Before The Storm" [3])
B1 ("Death" [3], "The Sentinel" [4])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
(a) This song is full of odd inflections in Halford's higher range; this is the highest one, although they're all pretty random in pitch.
[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.
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Green marks extremely 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.
Thread on TRP 2.0 by kewis , thread on TRP 3 by Platypus with additional work by 1999 and falsetokaiba .
