Post by Electric Mami on Apr 17, 2024 21:00:20 GMT
Photo taken by Charlotte Mabille-Lamy at Élysée Montmartre on February 2, 2024
Full name: Spencer Sotelo
Birth date and place: February 22, 1987 in San Diego, CA, United States of America
Associated acts: Periphery (Since 2010), ENDUR (Solo project, since 2011), King Mothership (Since 2011), From First to Last (2014-2016), Nik Mystery (Since 2018)
Vocal range and voice type: D1 - E6 (5 octaves and 2 semitones) / ThoSe FucKing TeNors
Birth date and place: February 22, 1987 in San Diego, CA, United States of America
Associated acts: Periphery (Since 2010), ENDUR (Solo project, since 2011), King Mothership (Since 2011), From First to Last (2014-2016), Nik Mystery (Since 2018)
Vocal range and voice type: D1 - E6 (5 octaves and 2 semitones) / ThoSe FucKing TeNors
{Vocal Summary}
Our lead singer will be Spencer Sotelo, whose voice goes up like an angel and down like a wounded ox.
- “Ragtime Dandies” by Periphery
Known for being the lead vocalist and frontman of Washington D.C.-based progressive metal band Periphery, Spencer Sotelo is famous for having some of the most ferocious screams in the metal scene and showcasing vocal gymnastics in a large high register in clean vocals as well. He started singing around 15/16 years old, and later discovered his screamed vocals when he got his driving licence to drive to work; child of a very religious family, his car would be his only safe space to start developing his voice.
In his first released projects both in solo and with Periphery (2010-2011), his voice sounded noticeably thinner, quieter and strained, despite an already obvious comfort and agility in his high register in particular. In an interview with Chris Liepe back in 2022, he claimed that he was still subconsciously reproducing what his own idols Mike Patton (his biggest influence) and Corey Taylor were doing, and was looking up to Periphery’s previous singer Chris Barretto (who’s also known for being Monuments’ singer from 2013 to 2019). He explained this as not really being himself, and not recognising himself when coming back to his earlier works, and also analysed that physical tension was causing him to experience vocal struggles. It is of common agreement between Periphery fans and Spencer himself that with the band’s second album Periphery Ⅱ: This Time It’s Personal, he really started to come into his own and finding his identity as a singer. He started learning to be more relaxed in both studio and live settings and makes it a key point of his self-taught technique. His vocal endurance and diversity very noticeably skyrocketed from there, always challenging himself further and pushing the limits of his range.
Spencer has soulful vocal signatures up his sleeve. They are characterised by his recurrent use of pop-inspired vocal runs (“Scarlet”, “Remain Indoors”) in his naturally gritty cleans that contrast so well with Periphery’s heavy and technical music. Also, he demonstrates contrasted flavours of screams, going from outright violent and voice-cracky screams that he executes by adding distortion through his vocal break as shown in another video with Chris Liepe in 2021 (“Reptile”, “Dracul Gras”) to fat, dark and ferocious false cord screams (“MK Ultra”). To that, add his effortless ability to aim precise pitches and melodies while screaming (“Omega”, “Satellites”) and to switch back and forth with his clean vocals, and we have a really competent and singular singer right here. As he got more and more comfortable and refined his technique along the years, his screams went from mainly sitting in the mid and upper fourth octave with a handful of instances in the fifth octave, to usually being in the upper fourth and lower fifth octave, with much more ease to push them to the mid and upper fifth octave. As for his death growls, he mainly uses them to double his vocals (recording example here), which darkens the atmosphere of his band’s songs. Speaking of doubling his vocals, he loves to bury lots of harmonies when recording and producing his vocals (“Graveless”), mastered in a way some harmonies are hard to confirm, so I used the Periphery vocal stems floating around on the net to make things easier for me.
Being a high placed singer, Spencer has a blatant preference for the higher register he thrives in, belting notes with great ease, and tactically reserving the mid to upper fifth octave range for climactic passages and on the peak of small runs (“Racecar”, “Absolomb”). He has a natural twang that could be considered a bit of an acquired taste as observed in the metal community, but can also demonstrate a surprisingly clean and warm tone for a singer of his kind in his low register, mainly used for lower harmonies (“The Way the News Goes…”, “So…”). The extremity of his low register is where he uses fry for creepy, breathy and usually non-melodic notes (“The Scourge”, “Retrograde”). He has claimed that Mike Patton is the singer who inspired him to expand his range not only high, but low as well, which is more obvious on King Mothership’s album The Ritual. His falsetto is rather sparsely used but while not being his strong suit, it is still well controlled (“Feed the Ground”, “Stranger Things”). With the release of Periphery’s second EP Clear, he started giving it more love, especially in his other projects.
Now to dive deeper in these, he really shined with diversity in his electronic/industrial metal solo project ENDUR. Indeed, outside of Periphery, he is able to show different vocal approaches, especially with Nik Mystery and King Mothership. The former is synth pop-orientated and showcases the singer’s very pleasant laid back side, where his tone is a lot softer than what he got us used to with his pronounced grit in Periphery songs, even across the fourth and fifth octave in chest and mix registers (“The Internet”). He valorises his mid and low register as well as his falsetto more (“NOW”), and pushes the production of his vocals a little further to enhance their smoothness. Same could be said about his solo demos published on his current Soundcloud page. King Mothership is probably his most eclectic, eccentric and avant-garde project, ranging from expressive and comedic lines (“Babby”) to delicate parts that often put his falsetto more upfront (“Ego 101”), as well as frightening screams from the depths of hell (“Cosmic Meltdown”), not to mention the rather unpredictable melodies he came up with.
Coming back to Periphery shortly, Spencer explored more possibilities of his vocals with HAIL STAN, where he started playing around with tone darkening more, as observed in “It’s Only Smiles”. Still on the same record, he has demonstrated the very bottom of his dark and menacing death growls in “Follow Your Ghost” touching F3, and “Satellites” is arguably one of his best studio vocal performances ever. 4 years later with Djent Is Not a Genre, he came up with his hardest vocal performance ever written (as claimed by himself on the day Periphery performed the song for the first time), “Wax Wings” which reiterated, hell, even surpassed, the iconic sustained F♯5 in “Ragnarok” that he executed 11 years prior.
Lastly, moving on to his live vocals, despite being self-taught and not having the most comprehensive technical knowledge, he never experienced any vocal injury and always managed to pull off performances that command respect despite the sicknesses he often experienced right in the middle of tours, such as laryngitis. By the time he understood and learned how being relaxed hugely helps him vocally (circa 2011), he has always shown consistency through his demanding material, and an increasingly comfortable and engaging stage presence and vocal endurance. Additionally, he demonstrated quite a few instances of inhaled notes, which he started implementing in concerts in mid-2013, and are always pig squeal-like screams that he executes brilliantly and consistently, always getting a few surprised reactions from the crowd (“Ragnarok” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12). Ultimately, he often overshadows the studio version of older songs when performing them live, indicating he’s currently better than ever. From a notewatcher perspective, I had a blast diving deeper into the nuances of Spencer’s vocals (who’s been a huge influence for me since like 2016), and I’m fairly confident that the best is still yet to come.
- “Ragtime Dandies” by Periphery
Known for being the lead vocalist and frontman of Washington D.C.-based progressive metal band Periphery, Spencer Sotelo is famous for having some of the most ferocious screams in the metal scene and showcasing vocal gymnastics in a large high register in clean vocals as well. He started singing around 15/16 years old, and later discovered his screamed vocals when he got his driving licence to drive to work; child of a very religious family, his car would be his only safe space to start developing his voice.
In his first released projects both in solo and with Periphery (2010-2011), his voice sounded noticeably thinner, quieter and strained, despite an already obvious comfort and agility in his high register in particular. In an interview with Chris Liepe back in 2022, he claimed that he was still subconsciously reproducing what his own idols Mike Patton (his biggest influence) and Corey Taylor were doing, and was looking up to Periphery’s previous singer Chris Barretto (who’s also known for being Monuments’ singer from 2013 to 2019). He explained this as not really being himself, and not recognising himself when coming back to his earlier works, and also analysed that physical tension was causing him to experience vocal struggles. It is of common agreement between Periphery fans and Spencer himself that with the band’s second album Periphery Ⅱ: This Time It’s Personal, he really started to come into his own and finding his identity as a singer. He started learning to be more relaxed in both studio and live settings and makes it a key point of his self-taught technique. His vocal endurance and diversity very noticeably skyrocketed from there, always challenging himself further and pushing the limits of his range.
Spencer has soulful vocal signatures up his sleeve. They are characterised by his recurrent use of pop-inspired vocal runs (“Scarlet”, “Remain Indoors”) in his naturally gritty cleans that contrast so well with Periphery’s heavy and technical music. Also, he demonstrates contrasted flavours of screams, going from outright violent and voice-cracky screams that he executes by adding distortion through his vocal break as shown in another video with Chris Liepe in 2021 (“Reptile”, “Dracul Gras”) to fat, dark and ferocious false cord screams (“MK Ultra”). To that, add his effortless ability to aim precise pitches and melodies while screaming (“Omega”, “Satellites”) and to switch back and forth with his clean vocals, and we have a really competent and singular singer right here. As he got more and more comfortable and refined his technique along the years, his screams went from mainly sitting in the mid and upper fourth octave with a handful of instances in the fifth octave, to usually being in the upper fourth and lower fifth octave, with much more ease to push them to the mid and upper fifth octave. As for his death growls, he mainly uses them to double his vocals (recording example here), which darkens the atmosphere of his band’s songs. Speaking of doubling his vocals, he loves to bury lots of harmonies when recording and producing his vocals (“Graveless”), mastered in a way some harmonies are hard to confirm, so I used the Periphery vocal stems floating around on the net to make things easier for me.
Being a high placed singer, Spencer has a blatant preference for the higher register he thrives in, belting notes with great ease, and tactically reserving the mid to upper fifth octave range for climactic passages and on the peak of small runs (“Racecar”, “Absolomb”). He has a natural twang that could be considered a bit of an acquired taste as observed in the metal community, but can also demonstrate a surprisingly clean and warm tone for a singer of his kind in his low register, mainly used for lower harmonies (“The Way the News Goes…”, “So…”). The extremity of his low register is where he uses fry for creepy, breathy and usually non-melodic notes (“The Scourge”, “Retrograde”). He has claimed that Mike Patton is the singer who inspired him to expand his range not only high, but low as well, which is more obvious on King Mothership’s album The Ritual. His falsetto is rather sparsely used but while not being his strong suit, it is still well controlled (“Feed the Ground”, “Stranger Things”). With the release of Periphery’s second EP Clear, he started giving it more love, especially in his other projects.
Now to dive deeper in these, he really shined with diversity in his electronic/industrial metal solo project ENDUR. Indeed, outside of Periphery, he is able to show different vocal approaches, especially with Nik Mystery and King Mothership. The former is synth pop-orientated and showcases the singer’s very pleasant laid back side, where his tone is a lot softer than what he got us used to with his pronounced grit in Periphery songs, even across the fourth and fifth octave in chest and mix registers (“The Internet”). He valorises his mid and low register as well as his falsetto more (“NOW”), and pushes the production of his vocals a little further to enhance their smoothness. Same could be said about his solo demos published on his current Soundcloud page. King Mothership is probably his most eclectic, eccentric and avant-garde project, ranging from expressive and comedic lines (“Babby”) to delicate parts that often put his falsetto more upfront (“Ego 101”), as well as frightening screams from the depths of hell (“Cosmic Meltdown”), not to mention the rather unpredictable melodies he came up with.
Coming back to Periphery shortly, Spencer explored more possibilities of his vocals with HAIL STAN, where he started playing around with tone darkening more, as observed in “It’s Only Smiles”. Still on the same record, he has demonstrated the very bottom of his dark and menacing death growls in “Follow Your Ghost” touching F3, and “Satellites” is arguably one of his best studio vocal performances ever. 4 years later with Djent Is Not a Genre, he came up with his hardest vocal performance ever written (as claimed by himself on the day Periphery performed the song for the first time), “Wax Wings” which reiterated, hell, even surpassed, the iconic sustained F♯5 in “Ragnarok” that he executed 11 years prior.
Lastly, moving on to his live vocals, despite being self-taught and not having the most comprehensive technical knowledge, he never experienced any vocal injury and always managed to pull off performances that command respect despite the sicknesses he often experienced right in the middle of tours, such as laryngitis. By the time he understood and learned how being relaxed hugely helps him vocally (circa 2011), he has always shown consistency through his demanding material, and an increasingly comfortable and engaging stage presence and vocal endurance. Additionally, he demonstrated quite a few instances of inhaled notes, which he started implementing in concerts in mid-2013, and are always pig squeal-like screams that he executes brilliantly and consistently, always getting a few surprised reactions from the crowd (“Ragnarok” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12). Ultimately, he often overshadows the studio version of older songs when performing them live, indicating he’s currently better than ever. From a notewatcher perspective, I had a blast diving deeper into the nuances of Spencer’s vocals (who’s been a huge influence for me since like 2016), and I’m fairly confident that the best is still yet to come.
Significant High Notes (641)
E6 (“Facepalm Mute” The Rock Pub 2014/02/04)
D6 (“Buttersnips” La Maroquinerie 2012/10/31, “Facepalm Mute” P60 2013/05/09, “Omega” London Music Hall 2017/11/05, “Reptile” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12, “The Walk” Manchester Academy 3 2011/02/02 + Bottom Lounge 2011/03/28)
C♯6 (“Four Lights” The Garage 2015/11/15 + House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!” DNA Lounge 2013/10/27)
C6 (“Blood Eagle” Revolution Live 2019/04/09, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute” Pop’s 2012/07/16, “Four Lights” The Regent Theatre 2016/08/13, “Garden in the Bones” The Complex 2019/09/30, “Lune” Post-song talk at O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” House of Blues Houston 2012/07/28 + Valarium 2012/08/02, “Marigold” Various Live Performances / O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “Ragnarok” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27, “Reptile” Monolith Festival Brisbane 2024/11/02, “The Walk” Pop’s 2012/07/16)
B5 (“Follow Your Ghost” House of Blues Dallas 2020/02/08, “Icarus Lives!” Valby-Hallen 2012/01/27, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Pop’s 2012/07/16, “Psychosphere” The Showbox 2019/09/27 / Various Live Performances, “Scarlet” The Intersection 2016/08/25, “Stranger Things” Waiting Room 2017/04/07)
B♭5 (“Facepalm Mute” La Maroquinerie 2012/10/31, “Frak the Gods” Ziggy’s by the Sea 2014/09/27, “Ragnarok” F.bolko 2013/06/01, “Scarlet” Cat’s Cradle 2015/01/10, “Stranger Things” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30, “The Walk” Download Festival 2012/06/10, “Wax Wings” MTELUS 2024/05/17, “Zyglrox” Trocadero Theatre 2012/04/22)
A5 (“Air Atlantic”, “Blood Eagle” / “Blood Eagle” Various Live Performances / Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07, “Lune” Pre-song intro talk at O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11, “Graveless”, “Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo Shows How: LEARN TO SCREAM (And Other Gritty Singing) Real Examples” Chris Liepe 2021/03/09 YouTube video, “Live VS Studio Vocals w/ Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo: Crucial Differences!” Chris Liepe 2021/05/16 YouTube video, “Ragnarok” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27 + KOKO 2015/11/19 + Palladium Times Square 2024/05/18, “STOOPID LOVE”)
G♯5 (“Death Machine”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Feed the Ground”, “Have a Blast” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” NV Nightclub 2013/04/01, “Jim Gillette Impression” Misha Mansoor 2015/11/23 Instagram video, “Lune” Brooklyn Steel 2020/02/16, “Prayer Position”, “Remain Indoors” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + Showbox 2017/11/29, “Reptile”, “Wildfire”)
G5 (“Abduction”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “American Parasite”, “A Black Minute”, “Dying Star”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Gold”, “Have a Blast” Revolution Bar & Music Hall 2014/10/10, “Light” Chris Liepe 2021/03/09 YouTube video, “Luck As a Constant”, “Marigold” / “Marigold” Various Live Performances, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Pinstripes”, “QING”, “Reptile”, “The Ritual” The Ritual version, “Satellites”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “So…”)
F♯5 (“22 Faces”, “All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Babby”, “Black & White”, “Catch Fire”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “Flatline”, “Garden in the Bones”, “H8 Meh”, “Icarus Lives!” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11 + La Tulipe 2013/11/14, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “Light” Rocketown 2010/07/17 + DNA Lounge 2010/11/28, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Me”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Racecar”, “Ragnarok”, “Reflection”, “Remain Indoors” Trabendo 2017/05/21, “The Ritual” The Ritual version, “The Scourge”, “Silhouette”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “Stranger Things” / “Stranger Things” The Underground 2017/04/20, “Wax Wings”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox” Pop’s 2012/07/16)
F5 (“Alpha”, “Atropos”, “American Parasite”, “The Bad Thing” Essigfabrik 2015/11/21, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cracks of Light”, “The Devil’s Train” The Ritual version, “Dracul Gras”, “Dream Eater”, “Drive”, “Dying Star”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Graveless”, “Letter Experiment” Roundhouse 2024/02/03, “Lune”, “Marigold”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “NOW”, “Only You”, “Pale Aura” / “Pale Aura”, “Pinstripes”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Psychosphere” Cat’s Cradle 2015/01/10 + Volta Club 2015/02/28, “Racecar”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Satellites”, “Sentient Glow”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “The Way The News Goes…” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04, “When”, “Zyglrox” Various Live Performances)
E5 (“22 Faces”, “Air Atlantic”, “Alpha”, “A Black Minute”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips” Annex Wreck Room 2011/10/02, “Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Coven”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Graveless”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Heavy Heart”, “Icarus Lives!”, “Insomnia” Gramercy Theatre 2013/11/20, “Letter Experiment” PULP Summer Slam 2012/04/28 + History 2024/05/16, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18, “Maniac”, “Masamune” Théâtre Corona 2015/02/07, “Mic Check” Periphery Ⅳ: HAIL STAN recording, “Mile Zero” Showbox 2017/11/29, “THE MOURNING”, “Muramasa”, “Motormouth”, “Omega” London Music Hall 2017/11/05, “Only If for a Night”, “Ow My Feelings”, “PMS”, “Prayer Position”, “QING”, “Ready for TOTAL DESTROY?!” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Remain Indoors”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet” Periphery Ⅱ - This Time It’s Personal version / Acoustic, “Sentient Glow”, “Silhouette”, “The Summer Jam”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad” The Underworld 2011/02/11 + Gramercy Theatre 2011/10/06, “The Walk” Manchester Academy 3 2011/02/02, “Wax Wings”, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”)
E♭5 (“Absolomb”, “American Parasite”, “Atropos” Various Live Performances, “Beyond the Flame”, “Black & White”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips”, “Captain On”, “Crush”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Digital”, “Don’t Stop Believing” Karaoke 2017, “Dream Eater”, “Ego 101”, “Erised”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute”, “Flatline”, “Garden in the Bones”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “H8 Meh”, “Have a Blast” House of Blues Sunset Strip 2013/07/20 + The Fillmore Silver Spring 2013/08/02, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “I Stand Alone”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” Periphery version / 2021 vocals rerecording, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Ji”, “Light”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Motormouth”, “THE MOURNING”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Pale Aura”, “Passenger”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere” Various Live Performances, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Reflection”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Satellites”, “The Scourge”, “Sentient Glow”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “Stranger Things”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad”, “The Walk” Magistick Theatre 2012/04/11 + Bamboozle 2012/05/19, “White Noise”, “Wildfire”)
D5 (“22 Faces”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials”, “All of Them Witches”, “Alpha”, “Arch Essence”, “Astral”, “Babby”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “Black & White”, “Blood Eagle”, “Catch Fire”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cloud”, “Control”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Devil’s Train” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Dracul Gras”, “Dying Star”, “Electrified”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Facepalm Mute”, “Feed the Ground”, “Four Lights” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + The Rock Pub 2017/02/12, “Frak the Gods”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Gold”, “Goodnight My Darling”, “Graveless”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Have a Blast”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Insomnia”, “Intrinsic Perception”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic - Various Live Performances, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “The Latest Plague”, “Light” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Light Angel”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Lune”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Masamune”, “Me”, “Mikasa” House of Blues 2019/09/17, “Mile Zero”, “MK Ultra”, “Motormouth”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “Only If for a Night”, “Only You”, “Pale Aura”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Prayer Position”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Remain Indoors”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Satellites”, “Scarlet”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “Skin Deep”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “Straight to the Face”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad”, “Treetops”, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…” / “The Way The News Goes…” Various Live Performances, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox”)
C♯5 (“22 Faces”, “Air Atlantic”, “Alpha”, “Beyond the Flame”, “A Black Minute”, “Black & White”, “Buttersnips”, “Captain On”, “Catch Fire”, “Cloud”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “Dead Trees”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dracul Gras”, “Ego 101”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Feed the Ground”, “Flatline”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Graveless”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Hell Below”, “Heresy…”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “Icarus Lives!” Icarus EP version, “The Internet”, “I Stand Alone”, “Ji”, “Killing in the Name” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01, “Letter Experiment”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Masamune”, “Motormouth”, “THE MOURNING”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “One”, “PMS”, “The Possessed”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Psychosphere”, “Racecar”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Ready for TOTAL DESTROY?!” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Remain Indoors”, “Reprise”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet” / “Scarlet” Acoustic, “Stranger Things”, “Wax Wings”, “Zyglrox”)
C5 (“2 11”, “Air Atlantic”, “All New Materials”, “All of Them Witches”, “American Parasite”, “Arch Essence”, “Astral”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “The Bad Thing”, “Beyond the Flame”, “A Black Minute”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips”, “By a Thread”, “Captain On”, “Catch Fire”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cloud”, “Cracks of Light”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Devil’s Train” , “Digital”, “Dream Eater”, “Electrified”, “Emily” Whisky a Go Go 2014/12/10, “Erised”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version, “Facepalm Mute”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Four Lights” Various Live Performances, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Graveless”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Have a Blast”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “Heresy…”, “Infestation”, “Insomnia”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “I Stand Alone”, “I Want It That Way” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/15 + Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “The Latest Plague”, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Lune”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Man Down”, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Mile Zero”, “MK Ultra”, “Motormouth”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “One”, “Only If for a Night”, “Pale Aura”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “Passenger”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Prayer Position”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Priestess”, “QING”, “Racecar”, “Ragnarok”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Satellites”, “Scarlet”, “The Scourge”, “Sentient Glow”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “Skin Deep”, “Totla Mad”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Treetops”, “The Walk”, “Walk Hard”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When”, “White Noise”, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox”)
B4 (“2 11”, “Alpha”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “Black & White”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Control”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Don’t Stop Believing” Karaoke 2017, “Dracul Gras”, “Dying Star”, “Ego 101”, “Electrified”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute”, “Flatline”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Given Up” Spencer Sotelo 2024/03/27 Instagram post, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Gold”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “Hope”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Icarus Lives!”, “The Internet”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Want It That Way” Bristol Karaoke 2019/11/11, “Ji”, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Maniac”, “Me”, “Mikasa” House of Blues 2019/09/17, “Mile Zero”, “THE MOURNING”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “THE OUTSIDE” Spencer Sotelo 2023/09/16 Instagram post, “Only You”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Passenger”, “Passenger” Deftones feat. Spencer Sotelo - Bayou Music Center 2013/03/31, “PMS”, “Psychosphere”, “Racecar”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Reflection”, “Remain Indoors”, “Scarlet”, “Straight to the Face”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When We Are Together” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Yeah” Backstage screaming - HAIL STAN: Tour Documentary, “Zagreus”)
B♭4 (“Abduction”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials”, “Atropos”, “Beyond the Flame”, “Blood Eagle”, “Captain On”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Digital”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Ego 101”, “Eureka”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Melody Demo” Everything Is Fine: The Making of Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre, “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Frak the Gods”, “Feed the Ground”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Have a Blast”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “Icarus Lives!”, “Insomnia”, “Intrinsic Perception”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Ji”, “Killing in the Name” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01, “The Latest Plague”, “Letter Experiment”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Lune”, “March 2012 Tour / Studio Update” Periphery 2012/04/01 YouTube video, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Mile Zero”, “One”, “ON MY WAY HOME”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Pale Aura”, “Passenger”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere”, “Reptile”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “The Ritual”, “Satellites”, “Sentient Glow”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “Stay With Me” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “TIP TOE”, “Totla Mad”, “The Walk”, “Wildfire”, “Zyglrox”)
Significant Low Notes (240)
E3 (“22 Faces”, “Abduction”, “American Parasite”, “Astral”, “The Bad Thing”, “A Black Minute”, “Black & White”, “Catch Fire”, “Cloud”, “Coven”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dying Star”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version / Bulb demo version, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hope”, “Icarus Lives!”, “The Internet”, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Want It That Way” Bristol Karaoke 2019/11/11, “Luck As a Constant”, “Me”, “Only You”, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances, “Remain Indoors”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet”, “The Scourge”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When”, “White Noise”)
E♭3 (“Insomnia”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Digital”, “Drive”, “Ego 101”, “Erised”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Gold”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Greene Street Club 2013/03/14 + The Rock Pub 2014/02/04, “Man Down”, “THE MOURNING”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere”, “The Ritual”, “Satellites”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “TIP TOE”, “Wildfire”)
D3 (“Abduction”, “All of Them Witches”, “American Parasite”, “Astral”, “Atropos”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “By a Thread”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dying Star”, “Everlong” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Gold”, “Heavy Heart”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Masamune”, “Me”, “Mile Zero” Various Live Performances, “Never in Reverie”, “Only You”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Ragnarok” State Theatre 2013/10/15, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Scarlet” Acoustic, “Silhouette”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When We Are Together” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Zagreus”)
C♯3 (“Crush”, “Dracul Gras”, “Dream Eater”, “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Baltimore Soundstage 2023/11/16, “Feed the Ground”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Goodnight My Darling”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Hope”, “The Internet”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “Loosh Sucker”, “Marigold”, “Muramasa”, “NOW”, “One”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “PMS”, “Ragnarok” History 2024/05/16, “Remain Indoors”, “Scarlet” Acoustic - Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Wax Wings”, “When”)
C3 (“Babby”, “By a Thread”, “Digital”, “Drive”, “Facepalm Mute”, “Heavy Heart”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Light Angel”, “Lune”, “Man Down”, “Masamune”, “Pinstripes”, “QING”, “Racecar” Gramercy Theatre 2011/10/06, “The Ritual”, “Satellites” Technikum 2024/01/26, “The Scourge” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12, “Silhouette”, “White Noise”)
B2 (“2 11”, “Alpha” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07, “American Parasite”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “Cosmic Meltdown” The Ritual version, “Drive”, “Dying Star”, “Everlong” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Graveless”, “Hell Below”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Icarus Lives!” Periphery version, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “PMS”, “Priestess”, “Silhouette”, “Stay With Me” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
B♭2 (“Atropos”, “Captain On”, “Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Digital”, “Feed the Ground”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “Icarus Lives!” Icarus EP version / “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances, “Satellites”, “So…”, “White Noise”)
A2 (“A Black Minute”, “Coven”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Have a Blast”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “I Stand Alone”, “Me”, “Only If for a Night”, “Prayer Position”, “QING”, “Reptile”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…”)
G♯2 (“Atropos”, “Blood Eagle”, “Captain On”, “Digital”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Insomnia”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “NOW”, “So…”, “Wax Wings”)
G2 (“All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “The Bad Thing”, “Blood Eagle”, “Dream Eater”, “Erised”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Mile Zero” Various Live Performances, “Reptile”, “The Ritual”, “The Scourge”, “Thanks Nobuo”)
F♯2 (“Blood Eagle”, “Dracul Gras” That breakdown right after though, “Follow Your Ghost”)
F2 (“Cosmic Meltdown”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Omega”, “Jim Gillette Impression” Misha Mansoor 2015/11/23 Instagram video, “LIVE Meet & Greet w/ Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo (and Chris Liepe)” Chris Liepe 2021/02/26 YouTube video)
E2 (“Marigold” Normal pitch, “Only You”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
E♭2 (“The Crown”, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Retrograde”, “Satellites” Live Music Hall 2024/01/30)
D2 (“Habitual Line Stepper”, “The Latest Plague”, “The Price Is Wrong”)
C♯2 (“Everything Is Fine!”)
C2 (“Dream Eater”, “The Scourge”)
B1 (“Only You”)
B♭1 (“A Black Minute”)
A1 (“Crush”, “Reptile”)
G♯1 (“American Parasite”)
F1 (“Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
D1 (“The Ritual” The Ritual version)
E6 (“Facepalm Mute” The Rock Pub 2014/02/04)
D6 (“Buttersnips” La Maroquinerie 2012/10/31, “Facepalm Mute” P60 2013/05/09, “Omega” London Music Hall 2017/11/05, “Reptile” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12, “The Walk” Manchester Academy 3 2011/02/02 + Bottom Lounge 2011/03/28)
C♯6 (“Four Lights” The Garage 2015/11/15 + House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!” DNA Lounge 2013/10/27)
C6 (“Blood Eagle” Revolution Live 2019/04/09, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute” Pop’s 2012/07/16, “Four Lights” The Regent Theatre 2016/08/13, “Garden in the Bones” The Complex 2019/09/30, “Lune” Post-song talk at O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” House of Blues Houston 2012/07/28 + Valarium 2012/08/02, “Marigold” Various Live Performances / O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “Ragnarok” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27, “Reptile” Monolith Festival Brisbane 2024/11/02, “The Walk” Pop’s 2012/07/16)
B5 (“Follow Your Ghost” House of Blues Dallas 2020/02/08, “Icarus Lives!” Valby-Hallen 2012/01/27, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Pop’s 2012/07/16, “Psychosphere” The Showbox 2019/09/27 / Various Live Performances, “Scarlet” The Intersection 2016/08/25, “Stranger Things” Waiting Room 2017/04/07)
B♭5 (“Facepalm Mute” La Maroquinerie 2012/10/31, “Frak the Gods” Ziggy’s by the Sea 2014/09/27, “Ragnarok” F.bolko 2013/06/01, “Scarlet” Cat’s Cradle 2015/01/10, “Stranger Things” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30, “The Walk” Download Festival 2012/06/10, “Wax Wings” MTELUS 2024/05/17, “Zyglrox” Trocadero Theatre 2012/04/22)
A5 (“Air Atlantic”, “Blood Eagle” / “Blood Eagle” Various Live Performances / Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07, “Lune” Pre-song intro talk at O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11, “Graveless”, “Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo Shows How: LEARN TO SCREAM (And Other Gritty Singing) Real Examples” Chris Liepe 2021/03/09 YouTube video, “Live VS Studio Vocals w/ Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo: Crucial Differences!” Chris Liepe 2021/05/16 YouTube video, “Ragnarok” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27 + KOKO 2015/11/19 + Palladium Times Square 2024/05/18, “STOOPID LOVE”)
G♯5 (“Death Machine”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Feed the Ground”, “Have a Blast” Rams Head Live! 2012/12/27, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” NV Nightclub 2013/04/01, “Jim Gillette Impression” Misha Mansoor 2015/11/23 Instagram video, “Lune” Brooklyn Steel 2020/02/16, “Prayer Position”, “Remain Indoors” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + Showbox 2017/11/29, “Reptile”, “Wildfire”)
G5 (“Abduction”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “American Parasite”, “A Black Minute”, “Dying Star”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Gold”, “Have a Blast” Revolution Bar & Music Hall 2014/10/10, “Light” Chris Liepe 2021/03/09 YouTube video, “Luck As a Constant”, “Marigold” / “Marigold” Various Live Performances, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Pinstripes”, “QING”, “Reptile”, “The Ritual” The Ritual version, “Satellites”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “So…”)
F♯5 (“22 Faces”, “All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Babby”, “Black & White”, “Catch Fire”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “Flatline”, “Garden in the Bones”, “H8 Meh”, “Icarus Lives!” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11 + La Tulipe 2013/11/14, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “Light” Rocketown 2010/07/17 + DNA Lounge 2010/11/28, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Me”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Racecar”, “Ragnarok”, “Reflection”, “Remain Indoors” Trabendo 2017/05/21, “The Ritual” The Ritual version, “The Scourge”, “Silhouette”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “Stranger Things” / “Stranger Things” The Underground 2017/04/20, “Wax Wings”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox” Pop’s 2012/07/16)
F5 (“Alpha”, “Atropos”, “American Parasite”, “The Bad Thing” Essigfabrik 2015/11/21, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cracks of Light”, “The Devil’s Train” The Ritual version, “Dracul Gras”, “Dream Eater”, “Drive”, “Dying Star”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Graveless”, “Letter Experiment” Roundhouse 2024/02/03, “Lune”, “Marigold”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “NOW”, “Only You”, “Pale Aura” / “Pale Aura”, “Pinstripes”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Psychosphere” Cat’s Cradle 2015/01/10 + Volta Club 2015/02/28, “Racecar”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Satellites”, “Sentient Glow”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “The Way The News Goes…” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04, “When”, “Zyglrox” Various Live Performances)
E5 (“22 Faces”, “Air Atlantic”, “Alpha”, “A Black Minute”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips” Annex Wreck Room 2011/10/02, “Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Coven”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Graveless”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Heavy Heart”, “Icarus Lives!”, “Insomnia” Gramercy Theatre 2013/11/20, “Letter Experiment” PULP Summer Slam 2012/04/28 + History 2024/05/16, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18, “Maniac”, “Masamune” Théâtre Corona 2015/02/07, “Mic Check” Periphery Ⅳ: HAIL STAN recording, “Mile Zero” Showbox 2017/11/29, “THE MOURNING”, “Muramasa”, “Motormouth”, “Omega” London Music Hall 2017/11/05, “Only If for a Night”, “Ow My Feelings”, “PMS”, “Prayer Position”, “QING”, “Ready for TOTAL DESTROY?!” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Remain Indoors”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet” Periphery Ⅱ - This Time It’s Personal version / Acoustic, “Sentient Glow”, “Silhouette”, “The Summer Jam”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad” The Underworld 2011/02/11 + Gramercy Theatre 2011/10/06, “The Walk” Manchester Academy 3 2011/02/02, “Wax Wings”, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”)
E♭5 (“Absolomb”, “American Parasite”, “Atropos” Various Live Performances, “Beyond the Flame”, “Black & White”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips”, “Captain On”, “Crush”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Digital”, “Don’t Stop Believing” Karaoke 2017, “Dream Eater”, “Ego 101”, “Erised”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute”, “Flatline”, “Garden in the Bones”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “H8 Meh”, “Have a Blast” House of Blues Sunset Strip 2013/07/20 + The Fillmore Silver Spring 2013/08/02, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “I Stand Alone”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” Periphery version / 2021 vocals rerecording, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Ji”, “Light”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Motormouth”, “THE MOURNING”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Pale Aura”, “Passenger”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere” Various Live Performances, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Reflection”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Satellites”, “The Scourge”, “Sentient Glow”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “Stranger Things”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad”, “The Walk” Magistick Theatre 2012/04/11 + Bamboozle 2012/05/19, “White Noise”, “Wildfire”)
D5 (“22 Faces”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials”, “All of Them Witches”, “Alpha”, “Arch Essence”, “Astral”, “Babby”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “Black & White”, “Blood Eagle”, “Catch Fire”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cloud”, “Control”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Devil’s Train” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Dracul Gras”, “Dying Star”, “Electrified”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Facepalm Mute”, “Feed the Ground”, “Four Lights” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 + The Rock Pub 2017/02/12, “Frak the Gods”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Gold”, “Goodnight My Darling”, “Graveless”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Have a Blast”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Insomnia”, “Intrinsic Perception”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic - Various Live Performances, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “The Latest Plague”, “Light” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Light Angel”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Lune”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Masamune”, “Me”, “Mikasa” House of Blues 2019/09/17, “Mile Zero”, “MK Ultra”, “Motormouth”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “Only If for a Night”, “Only You”, “Pale Aura”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Prayer Position”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Remain Indoors”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Satellites”, “Scarlet”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “Skin Deep”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “Straight to the Face”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Totla Mad”, “Treetops”, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…” / “The Way The News Goes…” Various Live Performances, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox”)
C♯5 (“22 Faces”, “Air Atlantic”, “Alpha”, “Beyond the Flame”, “A Black Minute”, “Black & White”, “Buttersnips”, “Captain On”, “Catch Fire”, “Cloud”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “Dead Trees”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dracul Gras”, “Ego 101”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Feed the Ground”, “Flatline”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Graveless”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Hell Below”, “Heresy…”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “Icarus Lives!” Icarus EP version, “The Internet”, “I Stand Alone”, “Ji”, “Killing in the Name” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01, “Letter Experiment”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Masamune”, “Motormouth”, “THE MOURNING”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “One”, “PMS”, “The Possessed”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Psychosphere”, “Racecar”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Ready for TOTAL DESTROY?!” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Remain Indoors”, “Reprise”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet” / “Scarlet” Acoustic, “Stranger Things”, “Wax Wings”, “Zyglrox”)
C5 (“2 11”, “Air Atlantic”, “All New Materials”, “All of Them Witches”, “American Parasite”, “Arch Essence”, “Astral”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “The Bad Thing”, “Beyond the Flame”, “A Black Minute”, “Blood Eagle”, “Buttersnips”, “By a Thread”, “Captain On”, “Catch Fire”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Cloud”, “Cracks of Light”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Devil’s Train” , “Digital”, “Dream Eater”, “Electrified”, “Emily” Whisky a Go Go 2014/12/10, “Erised”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version, “Facepalm Mute”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Frak the Gods”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Four Lights” Various Live Performances, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Graveless”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Have a Blast”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “Heresy…”, “Infestation”, “Insomnia”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “I Stand Alone”, “I Want It That Way” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/15 + Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “The Latest Plague”, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Lune”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Man Down”, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Mile Zero”, “MK Ultra”, “Motormouth”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “One”, “Only If for a Night”, “Pale Aura”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “Passenger”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Prayer Position”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Priestess”, “QING”, “Racecar”, “Ragnarok”, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Satellites”, “Scarlet”, “The Scourge”, “Sentient Glow”, “Since U Been Gone” Drunk Karaoke, “Skin Deep”, “Totla Mad”, “Thanks Nobuo”, “Treetops”, “The Walk”, “Walk Hard”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When”, “White Noise”, “Wildfire”, “Zagreus”, “Zyglrox”)
B4 (“2 11”, “Alpha”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “Black & White”, “CHVRCH BVRNER”, “Control”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Don’t Stop Believing” Karaoke 2017, “Dracul Gras”, “Dying Star”, “Ego 101”, “Electrified”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Experience Freedom & Unleash Total Destruction” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Facepalm Mute”, “Flatline”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Froggin’ Bullfish”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Given Up” Spencer Sotelo 2024/03/27 Instagram post, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Gold”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hell Below”, “Hope”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Icarus Lives!”, “The Internet”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Want It That Way” Bristol Karaoke 2019/11/11, “Ji”, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY”, “Maniac”, “Me”, “Mikasa” House of Blues 2019/09/17, “Mile Zero”, “THE MOURNING”, “Muramasa”, “Never in Reverie”, “Note to Self”, “Omega”, “THE OUTSIDE” Spencer Sotelo 2023/09/16 Instagram post, “Only You”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Passenger”, “Passenger” Deftones feat. Spencer Sotelo - Bayou Music Center 2013/03/31, “PMS”, “Psychosphere”, “Racecar”, “Rainbow Gravity”, “Reflection”, “Remain Indoors”, “Scarlet”, “Straight to the Face”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When We Are Together” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Yeah” Backstage screaming - HAIL STAN: Tour Documentary, “Zagreus”)
B♭4 (“Abduction”, “Absolomb”, “All New Materials”, “Atropos”, “Beyond the Flame”, “Blood Eagle”, “Captain On”, “Cosmic Meltdown”, “Dead Trees”, “Death Angel”, “Digital”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Ego 101”, “Eureka”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Everything Is Fine!”, “Melody Demo” Everything Is Fine: The Making of Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre, “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Frak the Gods”, “Feed the Ground”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “The Gods Must Be Crazy!”, “Have a Blast”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “Icarus Lives!”, “Insomnia”, “Intrinsic Perception”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Ji”, “Killing in the Name” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01, “The Latest Plague”, “Letter Experiment”, “Luck As a Constant”, “Lune”, “March 2012 Tour / Studio Update” Periphery 2012/04/01 YouTube video, “Marigold”, “Masamune”, “Mile Zero”, “One”, “ON MY WAY HOME”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Pale Aura”, “Passenger”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “The Price Is Wrong”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere”, “Reptile”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “The Ritual”, “Satellites”, “Sentient Glow”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “Stay With Me” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “TIP TOE”, “Totla Mad”, “The Walk”, “Wildfire”, “Zyglrox”)
Significant Low Notes (240)
E3 (“22 Faces”, “Abduction”, “American Parasite”, “Astral”, “The Bad Thing”, “A Black Minute”, “Black & White”, “Catch Fire”, “Cloud”, “Coven”, “The Crown”, “Crush”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dying Star”, “Eureka” Icarus EP version / Bulb demo version, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Heavy Heart”, “Hope”, “Icarus Lives!”, “The Internet”, “I Don’t Wanna Live in the Real World”, “I Want It That Way” Bristol Karaoke 2019/11/11, “Luck As a Constant”, “Me”, “Only You”, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances, “Remain Indoors”, “The Ritual”, “Scarlet”, “The Scourge”, “Stranger Things”, “The Summer Jam”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When”, “White Noise”)
E♭3 (“Insomnia”, “Death Angel”, “Death Machine”, “Digital”, “Drive”, “Ego 101”, “Erised”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Gold”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Light”, “Loosh Sucker”, “Luck As a Constant”, “MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Greene Street Club 2013/03/14 + The Rock Pub 2014/02/04, “Man Down”, “THE MOURNING”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Ow My Feelings”, “Priestess”, “Psychosphere”, “The Ritual”, “Satellites”, “Skin Deep”, “So…”, “TIP TOE”, “Wildfire”)
D3 (“Abduction”, “All of Them Witches”, “American Parasite”, “Astral”, “Atropos”, “Back to Hannalei”, “The Bad Thing”, “By a Thread”, “The Devil’s Train”, “Dying Star”, “Everlong” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Gold”, “Heavy Heart”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Masamune”, “Me”, “Mile Zero” Various Live Performances, “Never in Reverie”, “Only You”, “On the Top of Diamonds”, “Pinstripes”, “The Possessed”, “Ragnarok” State Theatre 2013/10/15, “Reptile”, “Retrograde”, “Ride the Wings of Pestilence”, “Scarlet” Acoustic, “Silhouette”, “STOOPID LOVE”, “The Way The News Goes…”, “When We Are Together” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Zagreus”)
C♯3 (“Crush”, “Dracul Gras”, “Dream Eater”, “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Baltimore Soundstage 2023/11/16, “Feed the Ground”, “Garden in the Bones”, “Goodnight My Darling”, “H8 Meh”, “Habitual Line Stepper”, “Hope”, “The Internet”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “Loosh Sucker”, “Marigold”, “Muramasa”, “NOW”, “One”, “The Parade of Ashes”, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “PMS”, “Ragnarok” History 2024/05/16, “Remain Indoors”, “Scarlet” Acoustic - Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/06, “Wax Wings”, “When”)
C3 (“Babby”, “By a Thread”, “Digital”, “Drive”, “Facepalm Mute”, “Heavy Heart”, “It’s Only Smiles”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!”, “Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)”, “Light Angel”, “Lune”, “Man Down”, “Masamune”, “Pinstripes”, “QING”, “Racecar” Gramercy Theatre 2011/10/06, “The Ritual”, “Satellites” Technikum 2024/01/26, “The Scourge” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12, “Silhouette”, “White Noise”)
B2 (“2 11”, “Alpha” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07, “American Parasite”, “Atropos”, “Babby”, “Cosmic Meltdown” The Ritual version, “Drive”, “Dying Star”, “Everlong” Bottom Lounge 2023/11/13, “Graveless”, “Hell Below”, “How Is Babby Killed?”, “Icarus Lives!” Periphery version, “PILL TO SWALLOW”, “PMS”, “Priestess”, “Silhouette”, “Stay With Me” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
B♭2 (“Atropos”, “Captain On”, “Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version, “Digital”, “Feed the Ground”, “The Heretic Anthem”, “Icarus Lives!” Icarus EP version / “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances, “Satellites”, “So…”, “White Noise”)
A2 (“A Black Minute”, “Coven”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Have a Blast”, “How Is Babby Formed?”, “It’s Only Smiles” Acoustic, “I Stand Alone”, “Me”, “Only If for a Night”, “Prayer Position”, “QING”, “Reptile”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Wax Wings”, “The Way The News Goes…”)
G♯2 (“Atropos”, “Blood Eagle”, “Captain On”, “Digital”, “Follow Your Ghost”, “Fucking Fuck”, “Insomnia”, “Movie Life Fantasy”, “NOW”, “So…”, “Wax Wings”)
G2 (“All New Materials” 2021 vocals rerecording, “The Bad Thing”, “Blood Eagle”, “Dream Eater”, “Erised”, “Jetpacks Was Yes!” 2021 vocals rerecording, “Mile Zero” Various Live Performances, “Reptile”, “The Ritual”, “The Scourge”, “Thanks Nobuo”)
F♯2 (“Blood Eagle”, “Dracul Gras” That breakdown right after though, “Follow Your Ghost”)
F2 (“Cosmic Meltdown”, “Dracul Gras”, “Drive”, “Omega”, “Jim Gillette Impression” Misha Mansoor 2015/11/23 Instagram video, “LIVE Meet & Greet w/ Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo (and Chris Liepe)” Chris Liepe 2021/02/26 YouTube video)
E2 (“Marigold” Normal pitch, “Only You”, “Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
E♭2 (“The Crown”, “Look Your Human Weapon in the Eyes” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction, “Retrograde”, “Satellites” Live Music Hall 2024/01/30)
D2 (“Habitual Line Stepper”, “The Latest Plague”, “The Price Is Wrong”)
C♯2 (“Everything Is Fine!”)
C2 (“Dream Eater”, “The Scourge”)
B1 (“Only You”)
B♭1 (“A Black Minute”)
A1 (“Crush”, “Reptile”)
G♯1 (“American Parasite”)
F1 (“Wake Up. Drink The Blood.” Spencer Sotelo’s Warmups for Total Destruction)
D1 (“The Ritual” The Ritual version)
{Questionable Notes (74)}
C7 (“Graveless” Klub Fabryka 2015/12/04 [6], “Ragnarok” Echo Lounge & Music Hall 2023/11/09 + Bottom Lounge 2023/11/12 [6])
B6 (“Facepalm Mute” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Masamune” Centre Culturel Œcuménique 2015/12/14 [6], “The Price Is Wrong” House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [6], “Psychosphere” Centre Culturel Œcuménique 2015/12/14 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Scarlet” Eßigfabrik 2019/11/01 [6], “The Way the News Goes…” Saint Andrew’s Hall 2016/08/26 [6], “Wildfire” House of Blues Sunset Strip 2013/07/20 + Baltimore Soundstage 2023/11/16 [6])
B♭6 (“Dracul Gras” Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18 [6], “Four Lights” KOKO 2015/11/19 + House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [6], “Fucking Fuck” [6], “Graveless” Rock on the Range 2015/05/17 + KOKO 2015/11/19 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Insomnia” Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18 [6], “Masamune” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11 + The Observatory 2013/10/26 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Wildfire” Various 2024 Live Performances [6], “Zagreus” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30 + Rockhal Club 2024/01/29 [6])
A6 (“Alpha” Nova Rock 2016/06/11 [6], “The Bad Thing” SwanFast 2019/03/30 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “The Price Is Wrong” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Scarlet” Brooklyn Bowl 2020/02/01 [6], “The Way the News Goes…” Paradise Rock Club 2016/08/30 + El Plaza Condesa 2019/06/02 [6], “Wildfire” Technikum 2024/01/26 + Poppodium 013 2024/01/31 [6], “Zyglrox” Ziggy’s by the Sea 2014/09/27 [6])
G♯6 (“Four Lights” The Garage 2015/11/15 + Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 [6], “Graveless” Saint Andrew’s Hall 2015/02/04 + Sticky Fingers 2015/11/25 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Letter Experiment” SM Skydome 2014/02/06 + Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall 2023/11/10 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6])
G6 (“Icarus Lives!” Welcome to Rockville 2015/04/25 [6], “Pinstripes” [4 - Uncertain pitch] [6], “Prayer Position” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07 [6], “Ragnarok” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30 [6])
F6 (“Facepalm Mute” P60 2013/05/09 [1])
E6 (“Four Lights” House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [1])
D6 (“MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01 [3])
C6 (“Icarus Lives!” Wellmont Theatre 2013/03/10 [1])
B5 (“Ego 101” [1], “The Gods Must Be Crazy!” SM Skydome 2014/02/06 [1], “Motormouth” London Music Hall 2017/11/05 [1], “Zyglrox” Slim’s 2012/04/02 [1])
B♭5 (“All New Materials” Trees 2011/09/08 [1], “The Bad Thing” House of Blues Chicago 2019/04/18 [1], “Masamune” Brooklyn Bowl 2019/04/02 [1])
A5 (“Garden in the Bones” Phoenix Concert Theatre 2019/09/14 + The Truman 2019/10/02 [1], “Letter Experiment” Trees 2011/03/04 [1], “Remain Indoors” Saint James Power Station 2017/02/11 + Express Live 2019/04/20 + El Plaza Condesa 2019/06/02 + Union Hall 2019/09/23 + O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15 [1], “Totla Mad” PULP Summer Slam 2012/04/28 [1], “The Way the News Goes…” The Pressroom 2016/08/11 [1])
G♯5 (“Garden in the Bones” The Theatre of Living Arts 2019/09/10 [1], “Have a Blast” Greene Street Club 2013/03/14 [1], “Masamune” Starland Ballroom 2017/04/01 + Théâtre Corona 2015/02/07 [1])
G5 (“Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version [1], “Letter Experiment” Face Bar 2011/02/09 [1], “Masamune” Revolution Bar & Music Hall 2014/10/10 [1])
F♯5 (“Frak the Gods” Mod Club Theatre 2010/11/17 [1], “Letter Experiment” Annex Wreck Room 2011/10/02 [1], “PILL TO SWALLOW” [4 - Pitch-shifted])
B♭2 (“It’s Only Smiles” [1], “Pinstripes” [1])
F♯2 (“I Stand Alone” [1])
C2 (“Retrograde” [3] [4 - VERY uncertain pitch])
B♭1 (“Death Machine” [3])
G♯1 (“Infestation” [3 - The passage is pretty much whispered so any tone is rather incidental here])
A1 (“Reprise” [3])
G1 (“Follow Your Ghost” [5])
F1 (“The Scourge” [5])
B0 (“The Ritual” The Ritual version [1 - Also of note that he’s clearly following the chords melodically and hitting C1’s and C♯1’s, but inconsistently, however he’s doing the D1’s consistently in my opinion])
[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.
[6] marks notes that are most likely produced via reverse phonation (inhaling).
B6 (“Facepalm Mute” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Masamune” Centre Culturel Œcuménique 2015/12/14 [6], “The Price Is Wrong” House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [6], “Psychosphere” Centre Culturel Œcuménique 2015/12/14 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Scarlet” Eßigfabrik 2019/11/01 [6], “The Way the News Goes…” Saint Andrew’s Hall 2016/08/26 [6], “Wildfire” House of Blues Sunset Strip 2013/07/20 + Baltimore Soundstage 2023/11/16 [6])
B♭6 (“Dracul Gras” Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18 [6], “Four Lights” KOKO 2015/11/19 + House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [6], “Fucking Fuck” [6], “Graveless” Rock on the Range 2015/05/17 + KOKO 2015/11/19 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Insomnia” Worcester Palladium 2023/11/18 [6], “Masamune” Rams Head Live! 2013/10/11 + The Observatory 2013/10/26 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Wildfire” Various 2024 Live Performances [6], “Zagreus” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30 + Rockhal Club 2024/01/29 [6])
A6 (“Alpha” Nova Rock 2016/06/11 [6], “The Bad Thing” SwanFast 2019/03/30 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “The Price Is Wrong” Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6], “Scarlet” Brooklyn Bowl 2020/02/01 [6], “The Way the News Goes…” Paradise Rock Club 2016/08/30 + El Plaza Condesa 2019/06/02 [6], “Wildfire” Technikum 2024/01/26 + Poppodium 013 2024/01/31 [6], “Zyglrox” Ziggy’s by the Sea 2014/09/27 [6])
G♯6 (“Four Lights” The Garage 2015/11/15 + Lincoln Theatre 2016/08/04 [6], “Graveless” Saint Andrew’s Hall 2015/02/04 + Sticky Fingers 2015/11/25 [6], “Icarus Lives!” Various Live Performances [6], “Letter Experiment” SM Skydome 2014/02/06 + Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall 2023/11/10 [6], “Ragnarok” Various Live Performances [6])
G6 (“Icarus Lives!” Welcome to Rockville 2015/04/25 [6], “Pinstripes” [4 - Uncertain pitch] [6], “Prayer Position” Bluebird Theatre 2023/11/07 [6], “Ragnarok” RADAR Festival 2023/07/30 [6])
F6 (“Facepalm Mute” P60 2013/05/09 [1])
E6 (“Four Lights” House of Blues Houston 2016/08/09 [1])
D6 (“MAKE TOTAL DESTROY” Nouveau Casino 2013/05/01 [3])
C6 (“Icarus Lives!” Wellmont Theatre 2013/03/10 [1])
B5 (“Ego 101” [1], “The Gods Must Be Crazy!” SM Skydome 2014/02/06 [1], “Motormouth” London Music Hall 2017/11/05 [1], “Zyglrox” Slim’s 2012/04/02 [1])
B♭5 (“All New Materials” Trees 2011/09/08 [1], “The Bad Thing” House of Blues Chicago 2019/04/18 [1], “Masamune” Brooklyn Bowl 2019/04/02 [1])
A5 (“Garden in the Bones” Phoenix Concert Theatre 2019/09/14 + The Truman 2019/10/02 [1], “Letter Experiment” Trees 2011/03/04 [1], “Remain Indoors” Saint James Power Station 2017/02/11 + Express Live 2019/04/20 + El Plaza Condesa 2019/06/02 + Union Hall 2019/09/23 + O₂ Forum Kentish Town 2019/11/15 [1], “Totla Mad” PULP Summer Slam 2012/04/28 [1], “The Way the News Goes…” The Pressroom 2016/08/11 [1])
G♯5 (“Garden in the Bones” The Theatre of Living Arts 2019/09/10 [1], “Have a Blast” Greene Street Club 2013/03/14 [1], “Masamune” Starland Ballroom 2017/04/01 + Théâtre Corona 2015/02/07 [1])
G5 (“Cosmic Meltdown” Drink ReSPONCEbly version [1], “Letter Experiment” Face Bar 2011/02/09 [1], “Masamune” Revolution Bar & Music Hall 2014/10/10 [1])
F♯5 (“Frak the Gods” Mod Club Theatre 2010/11/17 [1], “Letter Experiment” Annex Wreck Room 2011/10/02 [1], “PILL TO SWALLOW” [4 - Pitch-shifted])
B♭2 (“It’s Only Smiles” [1], “Pinstripes” [1])
F♯2 (“I Stand Alone” [1])
C2 (“Retrograde” [3] [4 - VERY uncertain pitch])
B♭1 (“Death Machine” [3])
G♯1 (“Infestation” [3 - The passage is pretty much whispered so any tone is rather incidental here])
A1 (“Reprise” [3])
G1 (“Follow Your Ghost” [5])
F1 (“The Scourge” [5])
B0 (“The Ritual” The Ritual version [1 - Also of note that he’s clearly following the chords melodically and hitting C1’s and C♯1’s, but inconsistently, however he’s doing the D1’s consistently in my opinion])
[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.
[6] marks notes that are most likely produced via reverse phonation (inhaling).
956 notes
{Albums Ranges}
Periphery
Albums
2010/04/20 - Periphery: G♯2 - C3 - F5 - F♯5
2012/07/03 - Periphery Ⅱ: This Time It’s Personal: G2 - A2 - B♭2 - C♯3 - F♯5 - G5
2015/01/27 - Juggernaut: Alpha: B♭1 - C2 - A2 - E3 - F♯5 - G5
2015/01/27 - Juggernaut: Omega: F2 - B2 - E5 - F♯5 - A5
2016/07/22 - Periphery Ⅲ: Select Difficulty: D2 - A2 - G5 - G♯5
2019/04/05 - Periphery Ⅳ: HAIL STAN: A1 - F♯2 - C♯3 - G5 - A5
2023/03/10 - Periphery Ⅴ: Djent Is Not a Genre: C♯2 - F2 - F♯5 - G5 - G♯5
EPs
2011/04/19 - Icarus EP: G♯2 - C3 - F5
2014/01/28 - Clear: B♭2 - C♯3 - E5 - G♯5
ENDUR
2017/10/27 - American Parasite: G♯1 - C2 - G2 - B2 - F5
King Mothership
2012/??/?? - Drink ReSPONCEbly: F2 - B♭2 - D5 - F♯5 - G5
2020/10/02 - The Ritual: D1 - E2 - B2 - F♯5 - G♯5
From First to Last
2015/04/28 - Dead Trees: D2 - C♯3 - D3 - D5 - F♯5 - F♯5
Nik Mystery
2018/12/14 - When: F2 - G♯2 - G♯5
Albums
2010/04/20 - Periphery: G♯2 - C3 - F5 - F♯5
2012/07/03 - Periphery Ⅱ: This Time It’s Personal: G2 - A2 - B♭2 - C♯3 - F♯5 - G5
2015/01/27 - Juggernaut: Alpha: B♭1 - C2 - A2 - E3 - F♯5 - G5
2015/01/27 - Juggernaut: Omega: F2 - B2 - E5 - F♯5 - A5
2016/07/22 - Periphery Ⅲ: Select Difficulty: D2 - A2 - G5 - G♯5
2019/04/05 - Periphery Ⅳ: HAIL STAN: A1 - F♯2 - C♯3 - G5 - A5
2023/03/10 - Periphery Ⅴ: Djent Is Not a Genre: C♯2 - F2 - F♯5 - G5 - G♯5
EPs
2011/04/19 - Icarus EP: G♯2 - C3 - F5
2014/01/28 - Clear: B♭2 - C♯3 - E5 - G♯5
ENDUR
2017/10/27 - American Parasite: G♯1 - C2 - G2 - B2 - F5
King Mothership
2012/??/?? - Drink ReSPONCEbly: F2 - B♭2 - D5 - F♯5 - G5
2020/10/02 - The Ritual: D1 - E2 - B2 - F♯5 - G♯5
From First to Last
2015/04/28 - Dead Trees: D2 - C♯3 - D3 - D5 - F♯5 - F♯5
Nik Mystery
2018/12/14 - When: F2 - G♯2 - G♯5
Black marks chest, head voice, and mix notes.
Blue marks falsetto and whistled notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted vocals.
Grey marks fry notes.
Underlines mark backing vocal notes and notes obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and intentional spoken notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person’s vocal capabilities.
You can check the live pro/semi-pro footage and fancams I notewatched via this YouTube playlist of over 1800 videos. I’ll keep going through fancams if I happen to come across some more, but by April 29, 2024, I have explored YouTube at great length: each channel that has posted Periphery live videos when searching for videos from 2010 to 2024 has been explored, and I also made sure to check other live videos featuring Spencer.
Blue marks falsetto and whistled notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted vocals.
Grey marks fry notes.
Underlines mark backing vocal notes and notes obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and intentional spoken notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person’s vocal capabilities.
You can check the live pro/semi-pro footage and fancams I notewatched via this YouTube playlist of over 1800 videos. I’ll keep going through fancams if I happen to come across some more, but by April 29, 2024, I have explored YouTube at great length: each channel that has posted Periphery live videos when searching for videos from 2010 to 2024 has been explored, and I also made sure to check other live videos featuring Spencer.
I do agree with Henny Macc though that the alleged D1 clip is quite a stretch.
