Zak Stevens (612 views)

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Zachary "Zak" Stevens (March 5, 1966 - )
Years active: 1989-present
Country of origin: United States of America
Recorded vocal range: C2-A5

Band history:

• 1989-1992 - Wicked Witch (lead vocals)
• 1992-2000 - Savatage (lead vocals)
• 2002-present - Circle II Circle (lead vocals, occasional keyboards)
• 2007-2008 - Wicked Witch (lead vocals)
• 2008-present - Machines of Grace (lead vocals)
• 2014-2015 - Savatage (lead vocals)
• 2014-2019 - Timo Tolkki's Avalon (lead vocals)
• 2015-present - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (lead vocals)
• 2019-present - Archon Angel (lead vocals)
• 2023-present - Savatage (lead vocals)

Recorded high notes:
A5: "Rainbow's End" demo
G♯5/A♭5: "Hall of the Mountain King" live 70,000 Tons of Metal 2020, "Love Lies" demo, "Power of the Night" live 70,000 Tons of Metal 2020, "Turns to Me" live at Wacken Open Air 2015
G5: crowd singalong live Dallas 1993, "Ghost in the Ruins" live Dallas 1993, "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "He Carves His Stone", "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "Power of the Night" live 70,000 Tons of Metal 2020, "Rainbow's End" demo, "Streets" live Dallas 1993, "24 Hours Ago" live Philadelphia 1993
F♯5/G♭5: "Anymore" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, call-and-response scream live São Paulo 1998, "He Carves His Stone", "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "Libertalia", "Lights Out" live Marseille 2013, "Live and Let Live" demo, "24 Hours Ago" live Dallas 1993
F5: "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "Fly Away" demo, "Gutter Ballet" live at Club Citta 1994, "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "Holocaust" live Philadelphia 1993, "Live and Let Live" demo, "Quicksand", "Sirens" live São Paulo 1998, "The Dungeons Are Calling" live Ponderano 1998, "The Moment" demo, "24 Hours Ago" live Dallas 1993
E5: "Castles Burning" live at Club Citta 1994, "Conversation Piece" live Siegburg 2011, "Danger Game" demo, "Follow Me", "Forever After", "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "He Carves His Stone", "Holocaust" live Dallas 1993, "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "Lights Out", "Lost in Confusion" demo, "Love Teacher" demo, "Mighty Roar", "Miles Away" Timo Tolkki's Avalon song, "Nothing's Going On", "Only the Ocean Knows", "Railroad of Faith", "Rainbow's End" demo, "She's in Love" live Chicago 1993, "Shotgun Innocence", "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Streets" live Philadelphia 1993, "Stay Alive", "The Dungeons Are Calling" live Chicago 1993, "The Moment" demo, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live at Wacken Open Air 2003
D♯5/E♭5: "Breakdown" demo, "Castles Burning", "Fly Away" demo, "Hall of the Mountain King" live Dallas 1993, "Holocaust" live Dallas 1993, "Midnight Rain" demo, "She's in Love" live Chicago 1993, "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Soul to Fire" demo, "Taunting Cobras", "24 Hours Ago" live Dallas 1993, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live 2003
D5: "All That I Bleed", "All That Remains", "Blackjack Guillotine" live at Jaxx Nightclub 1998, "Damien" live Dallas 1993, "Danger Game" demo, "Face to Face", "Follow Me", "He Carves His Stone", "Holocaust" live Dallas 1993, "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "Libertalia", "Live and Let Live" demo, "Lost in Confusion" demo, "Neon Sirens", "Only Yesterday", "Railroad of Faith", "Rainbow's End" demo, "Shotgun Innocence", "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Streets" live Dallas 1993, "Taunting Cobras", "The Dungeons Are Calling" live Chicago 1993, "The Moment" demo
C♯5/D♭5: "Conversation Piece", "Jesus Saves" live Philadelphia 1993, "Just a Game" demo, "Love Lies" demo, "Morning Sun" live at Jaxx Nightclub 1998, "Prognatus ut Obscurum", "Skraggy's Tomb", "Soul to Fire" demo, "Stay Alive", "The Black", "The Moment" demo, "This Time" demo
C5: "All That I Bleed", "Before the Law", "Between the Lines", "Breakdown" demo, "Chance" live São Paulo 1998, "Danger Game" demo, "Dreams That Never Die", "Edge of Thorns", "Fly Away" demo, "Follow Me", "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "Holding On", "Holocaust" live Dallas 1993, "In a Moment of Peace", "Into the Arc of Time (Haamiah's Fall)", "It's All Over", "Just a Game", "Lost in Confusion" demo, "Midnight Rain" demo, "Morning Sun", "Open Season", "Paragons of Innocence" live at ProgPower 2013, "Psycho Motor", "Rainbow's End" demo, "Rise", "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Skraggy's Tomb", "Solitaire", "Soul to Fire", "The Mark", "Victim of the Night", "Watching You Fall", "Who's in the Mirror"
B4: "A Better Legacy", "A Girl Called Marion", "Alone You Breathe", "Breakdown", "Chance" live at Club Citta 1994, "Communications Breakdown", "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)", "Conversation Piece", "Damien", "Dreams That Never Die", "Face to Face", "Forever After", "Forgiven", "F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)", "Ghost in the Ruins" live Ponderano 1998, "He Carves His Stone", "Holding On", "In the Grave You Go Alone", "In this Life", "Jesus Saves" live at Club 1994, "Just a Game" demo, "Hollow", "Lake of Fire", "Lights Out", "Live and Let Live", "Love Teacher" demo, "Midnight Rain", "Miles Away", "Not What You See", "One Child", "Out of Reach", "Play the Pawn", "Power of the Night" live 70,000 Tons of Metal 2020, "Rainbow's End" demo, "Return to Eden", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Sentenced", "Shadows", "Shell of Hate", "Shotgun Innocence", "Sin for a Sin", "Skraggy's Tomb", "Stay Alive", "Streets" live Dallas 1993, "Symmetry", "The Ocean", "The Wake of Magellan", "This Time" demo, "Twilight", "Who's in the Mirror"
A♯4/B♭4: "A Better Legacy", "All That Remains", "A Matter of Time", "Before the Law", "Bleed", "Bohemian Rhapsody" live Cologne 1999, "Burden of Truth", "Chance", "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Consequence of Power", "Crimson Tyranny", "Dead Winter Dead" live Siegburg 2011, "Deep Within", "Diamond Blade", "Dreams That Never Die", "Epiphany", "Evermore", "Every Last Thing", "Faces of Innocence", "Forces of the Light", "Forever", "Fortress", "F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)", "Ghost of the Devil", "Gutter Ballet" live at Club Citta 1994, "Darkness Rising", "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "Heal You", "It's All Over", "I Will Return", "Lake of Fire", "Lies", "Midnight Rain" demo, "Only Yesterday", "Out of Nowhere", "Promises", "Psychotic", "Railroad of Faith", "Remember", "Return of the Storm", "Rise", "Seasons Will Fall", "Seclusion", "Shattered", "Shell of Hate", "Sinister Love", "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Solitary Rain", "Somewhere", "Soul Breaker", "Taken Away", "Soul to Fire", "Strange Wings" live Ponderano 1998, "Take Back Yesterday", "The Keeper", "The Moment" demo, "This Is the Time (1990)", "This Time", "Untold Dreams", "Wasted Dreams", "Watching in Silence", "Whispers in Vain", "Without a Sound", "Your Reality"
A4: "A Better Legacy", "Afterburn", "Against the World", "All That Remains", "A Matter of Time", "Anymore", "Avenging the Dragon", "Away from the Sun", "Better Days", "Between the Lines", "Black Rain", "Bleed", "Blue Mirror", "Breakdown", "Child of Love", "Claws", "Consequence of Power", "Conversation Piece", "Cynical Ride", "Damien", "Dead Winter Dead", "Devil's Lair", "Dreams That Never Die", "Eden, Finally"... "Edge of Thorns", "End of Emotion", "Epiphany", "Episodes of Mania", "Faces in the Dark", "Faces of Innocence", "Fallen", "Fatal Warning", "Fields of the Fallen", "Firechild", "Fly Away", "Follow Me", "Forever", "Forever After", "Forgiven", "Ghost in the Ruins" live Dallas 1993, "Gutter Ballet" live at Club Citta 1994, "Handful of Rain", "Hit the Wall", "Holding On", "Hollow", "If I Go Away" live 2012, "In a Moment of Peace", "Innocence", "In the Grave You Go Alone", "In This Life", "Into the Arc of Time (Haamiah's Fall)", "Into the Wind", "I Will Return", "Killing Death", "Landscapes", "Libertalia", "Lidless Eye", "Lights Out", "Lies", "Live and Let Live", "Live as One", "Lost in Confusion" demo, "Love Lies", "Madness of the Wise", "Mighty Roar", "Miles Away", "Morning Sun", "One Child", "One More Day", "Only the Ocean Knows", "Only Yesterday", "Out of Nowhere", "Power Within", "Prognatus ut Obscurum", "Promises", "Psycho Motor", "Psychotic", "Quicksand", "Return to Eden", "Rise", "Rise from the Ashes", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Seasons Will Fall", "Seclusion", "Sentenced", "Shadows", "Sin for a Sin", "Sirens" live at Club Citta 1994, "Skraggy's Tomb", "Solitaire", "Solitary Rain", "Soul to Fire", "Stare into the Sun", "Stay Alive", "Storyteller", "Strange Wings" live Ponderano 1998, "Strung Out", "Sweet Despair", "Symptoms of Fate", "Taken Away", "Taunting Cobras", "The Black", "The Circle", "The Dungeons Are Calling" live Ponderano 1998, "The Hourglass", "The Mark", "The Middle of Nowhere", "The Moment", "The Ocean", "The Requiem", "The Serpent", "This Isn't What We Meant" live Manchester 2023, "This Is the Time", "This Time", "Three Books from a Shelf", "Turns to Me", "Uncharted", "Under the Spell", "Victim of the Night", "Wake of Emptiness", "Walls", "Wasted Dreams", "Watching in Silence", "Welcome to the Shadow", "Whispers in Vain", "Who Am I to Be?", "Who's in the Mirror", "Without a Sound"
G♯4/A♭4: "Afterburn", "Against the World", "Anymore", "Between the Lines", "Black Rain", "Blood of an Angel", "Bohemian Rhapsody" live Cologne 1999, "Brought to the Edge", "Burden of Truth", "Castles Burning", "Chance", "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)", "Conversation Piece", "Crimson Tyranny", "Deep Within", "Diamond Blade", "Evermore", "Every Last Thing", "Forces of the Light", "Fortress", "Ghost in the Ruins" live Dallas 1993, "Ghost of the Devil", "Hit the Wall", "Just a Game", "Landscapes", "Lake of Fire", "Lidless Eye", "Love Lies" demo, "Love Teacher" demo, "Messiah", "Midnight Rain" demo, "Neon Sirens", "Never Gonna Stop", "One Last Reflection", "Open Season", "Paragons of Innocence" live at ProgPower 2013, "Play the Pawn", "Prognatus ut Obscurum", "Promises", "Remember", "Revelations", "Sea of White", "So Many Reasons", "Somewhere", "Taken Away", "Taunting Cobras", "The Hourglass", "The Keeper", "The Ocean", "The Silent Sun", "The Stages of Grief: Part V - Acceptance", "Victim of the Night", "Waiting", "Watching You Fall", "Welcome", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live at Wacken Open Air 2003, "Your Reality"
G4: "A Girl Called Marion", "All That I Bleed", "All That Remains", "Alone You Breathe", "A Matter of Time", "Anathema", "Away from the Sun", "Believe" acoustic version, "Better Days", "Between the Lines", "Blood of an Angel", "Blue Mirror", "Burden of Truth", "Chase the Lies", "Christmas Dreams" live Uncasville 2015, "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Claws", "Communications Breakdown", "Crimson Tyranny", "Danger Game" demo, "Darkness Rising", "Dead of Dawn", "Degrees of Sanity", "Devil's Lair", "Diamond Blade", "Downshot", "Dreams That Never Die", "Edge of Thorns", "Epiphany", "Episodes of Mania", "Eternal Eye", "Evermore", "Every Last Thing", "Faces of Innocence", "Face to Face", "Fallen", "Fatal Warning", "Fields of the Fallen", "Firechild", "Fly Away", "Follow Me", "Forever", "Forever After", "Forgiven", "Fortress", "F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)", "Ghost in the Ruins" live Dallas 1993, "Ghost of the Devil", "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994, "Heal You", "Holding On", "Hollow", "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "If I Go Away" live 2012, "In a Moment of Peace", "Innocence", "In the Grave You Go Alone", "Into the Arc of Time (Haamiah's Fall)", "Into the Wind", "Isolation", "It's All Over", "I Will Return",  "Jesus Saves" live at Club Citta 1994, "Landscapes", "Live as One", "Lost", "Messiah", "Miles Away", "Mighty Roar", "Mirage", "Never Gonna Stop", "Nothing's Going On", "Not What You See", "One More Day", "Only the Ocean Knows", "Only Women Bleed" live Ponderano 1998, "Open Season", "Out of Nowhere", "Paragons of Innocence" live at ProgPower 2013, "Promises", "Psychotic", "Quicksand", "Rainbow's End" demo, "Redemption", "Remember", "Return of the Storm", "Revelations", "Rise", "Rise from the Ashes", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Sea of White", "Seasons Will Fall", "Seclusion", "Sentenced", "Shadows", "Shattered", "Sleep" live Hamburg 2014, "Solitaire", "Solitary Rain", "So Many Reasons", "Soul Breaker", "Soul to Fire", "Stare into the Sun", "Stay", "Stay Alive", "Storyteller", "Strange Wings" live Ponderano 1998, "Streets" live Dallas 1993, "Strung Out", "Sweet Despair", "Symmetry", "Symptoms of Fate", "Take Back Yesterday", "The Black", "The Circle", "The Hourglass", "The Keeper", "The Man in the Hat", "The Middle of Nowhere", "The Requiem", "The Serpent", "The Stages of Grief: Part V - Acceptance", "The Wake of Magellan", "This Time", "Three Books from a Shelf", "Twilight", "Under the Spell", "Untold Dreams", "Victim of the Night", "Waiting", "Wake of Emptiness", "Walls", "Wasted Dreams", "Watching in Silence", "Who Am I to Be?", "Who's in the Mirror", "Without a Sound", "Your Reality"
F♯4/G♭4: "A Better Legacy", "Afterburn", "A Girl Named Marion", "Blackjack Guillotine" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "Black Rain", "Bleed", "Blue Mirror", "Bohemian Rhapsody" live Cologne 1999, "Castles Burning", "Chance", "Cynical Ride", "Damien", "Dead Winter Dead", "Deep Within", "Fallen", "Fortress", "Hit the Wall", "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "Hunted", "If I Go Away" acoustic version, "Isolation", "It's All Over", "Landscapes", "Lake of Fire", "Madness of the Wise", "Mighty Roar", "Miles Away", "One Child", "One Last Reflection", "Paragons of Innocence" live at ProgPower 2013, "Power of the Night" live 70,000 Tons of Metal 2020, "Power Within", "Quicksand", "Railroad of Faith", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Shell of Hate", "Sleep" live Recife 2013, "Sin for a Sin", "Stay Alive", "Storyteller", "The Black", "The Lost Christmas Eve" live Green Bay 2023, "The Mark", "The Moment", "The Silent Sun", "The Vision", "The Wake of Magellan", "Three Books from a Shelf", "Under the Spell", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live at Wacken Open Air 2003, "Whispers in Vain"

Recorded low notes:
D♯3/E♭3: "Anymore", "Before the Law", "Blackjack Guillotine", "Brought to the Edge", "Castles Burning", "Chance", "Christmas Dreams" live Uncasville 2017, "Conversation Piece" live at Club Citta 1994, "Dead Winter Dead" live Siegburg 2011, "Degrees of Sanity" live São Paulo 2013, "Diamond Blade", "Follow Me" live Rio de Janeiro 2013, "Forgiven" live at the Twilight Club 2003, "He Carves His Stone" live Marseille 2013, "If I Go Away" acoustic version, "Inside", "Libertalia", "Lies" live at the Twilight Club 2003, "Madness of the Wise", "Out of Reach" live at Wacken Open Air 2003, "Quicksand", "Sarajevo", "Secret Night", "Skraggy's Tomb" live Rio de Janeiro 2013, "The Circle" live at the Twilight Club 2003, "The Dark", "The Silent Sun", "The Vision", "Welcome" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" live at Wacken Open Air 2003
D3: "A Better Legacy", "A Girl Called Marion", "Alone You Breathe", "Anymore" live Campinas 2011, "Avenging the Dragon", "Blackjack Guillotine", "Blood of an Angel", "Bohemian Rhapsody" live Cologne 1999, "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Communications Breakdown", "Conversation Piece" live Siegburg 2011, "Desiree", "Devil's Lair", "Echoes", "Faces in the Dark", "Fallen", "Firechild", "Ghost in the Ruins" live Ponderano 1998, "Handful of Rain", "Holding On", "In This Life", "If I Go Away" acoustic version, "Lidless Eye", "Miles Away" Timo Tolkki's Avalon song, "Not What You See", "Old City Bar" live Toronto 2019, "Only the Ocean Knows", "Out of Reach", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Seasons Will Fall", "Shadows", "Sin for a Sin", "Sleep", "Stare into the Sun" live Ponderano 1998, "Starlight", "Streets" live Dallas 1993, "Sweet Despair", "Take Back Yesterday", "The Keeper", "The Middle of Nowhere", "The Star-Spangled Banner" live at Spirit Communications Park 2016, "The Wake of Magellan", "Three Books from a Shelf", "Turns to Me", "Under the Spell", "Untold Dreams", "Victim of the Night", "Wake of Emptiness", "Watching in Silence", "Watching You Fall", "Whispers in Vain"
C♯3/D♭3: "A Girl Called Marion", "Blackjack Guillotine" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "Castles Burning", "Chance", "Degrees of Sanity" live São Paulo 2013, "Hunted", "Landscapes", "Paragons of Innocence" live at Progpower 2013, "Return of the Storm", "The Ocean", "Watching in Silence" live 2003
C3: "All That I Bleed", "Alone You Breathe", "Away from the Sun", "Before the Law", "Believe" acoustic version, "Brought to the Edge", "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Desirée", "Every Last Thing", "Faces in the Dark", "Forces of the Light", "Hall of the Mountain King" live São Paulo 1998, "Handful of Rain", "He Carves His Stone" live at Club Citta 1994, "Landscapes", "Morning Sun", "Old City Bar" live Toronto 2019, "Only the Ocean Knows", "Only Yesterday", "Seasons Will Fall", "Solitary Rain", "Somewhere", "Starlight", "Streets" live Ponderano 1998, "The Dark", "The Dungeons Are Calling" live Minneapolis 1994, "The Hourglass", "The Mark", "The Requiem", "The Wake of Magellan", "This Is the Time (1990)", "This Time", "Under the Spell", "Untold Dreams", "Wake of Emptiness", "Walls"
B2: "All That I Bleed" live São Paulo 2013, "Alone You Breathe" live Siegburg 2011, "Chance", "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Desiree", "Firechild", "F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)", "Handful of Rain" live Siegburg 2011, "Hounds" live Dallas 1993, "In the Grave You Go Alone", "Miles Away", "Morning Sun" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "One Child", "Play the Pawn", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Stay", "The Lost Christmas Eve" live Green Bay 2023, "The Star-Spangled Banner" live at Spirit Communications Park 2016, "Twilight", "The Wake of Magellan" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "This Is the Time (1990)" live Santo André 2012, "Three Books from a Shelf"
A♯2/B♭2: "A Girl Called Marion", "Anymore", "Before the Law", "Christmas Dreams" live Uncasville 2017, "Christmas in the Air" live Albany 2022, "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)", "Echoes", "If I Go Away" acoustic version, "Miles Away" live Uden 2013, "Old City Bar" live Toronto 2019, "Secret Night", "The Dark", "This Isn't What We Meant"
A2: "Anymore" live Campinas 2011, "Blackjack Guillotine", "Chance", "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)", "Cynical Ride", "Devil's Lair", "Eternal Eye", "Fallen", "Firechild", "Handful of Rain" live at Club Citta 1994, "If I Go Away" acoustic version, "In a Moment of Peace", "Into the Wind", "Lake of Fire", "Mighty Roar", "Nothing's Going On", "One Child", "Scourge of the Seven Seas", "Skraggy's Tomb", "Sleep", "Stay", "The Hourglass", "The Lost Christmas Eve" live Green Bay 2023, "The Mark", "The Moment", "The Serpent", "The Stages of Grief: Part V - Acceptance", "Turns to Me", "Wake of Emptiness"
G♯2/A♭2: "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)" live at Wacken Open Air 2012, "Only the Ocean Knows", "This Isn't What We Meant" live Uden 2011
G2: "A Girl Called Marion", "Alone You Breathe", "Blackjack Guillotine", "Christmas Dreams" live Uncasville 2015, "Desirée", "Faces in the Dark", "In a Moment of Peace", "Into the Wind", "Not What You See", "Power Within", "Sleep", "The Dark", "The Hourglass", "The Mark", "Turns to Me", "Welcome to the Show"
F♯2/G♭2: "Eternal Eye", "He Carves His Stone" live Marseille 2013, "Psycho Motor", "The Middle of Nowhere", "The Star Spangled Banner" live at Spirit Communications Park 2016, "Turns to Me" live at Wacken Open Air 2012
F2: "Handful of Rain", "Live as One", "Starlight" live Ponderano 1998, "The Hourglass" live at Wacken Open Air 2015
E2: "Complaint in the System (Veronica Guerin)", "Hall of the Mountain King" live Ponderano 1998, "The Serpent"
D♯2/E♭2: "The Dark"
D2: "The Wake of Magellan"
C♯2/D♭2: "Starlight" live Ponderano 1998
C2: "Hall of the Mountain King" live at Club Citta 1994

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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.

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{Album ranges}Wicked Witch:

• Wicked Witch (1991) - F♯3-D♯5
• Wicked Witch of Boston (recorded in the early '90s, released 2018) - F3-A5

Savatage:

• Edge of Thorns (1993) - G2-G5
• Handful of Rain (1994) - F2-E5
• Live Japan '94 (1994) - F2-G5
• Dead Winter Dead (1995) - G2-B4
• The Wake of Magellan (1997) - D2-G2-C5

Trans-Siberian Orchestra:

• Beethoven's Last Night (2000) - E♭2-C4

Circle II Circle:

• Watching in Silence (2003) - E2-B4-D5
  
• The Middle of Nowhere (2005) - F♯2-B4-D5
• Burden of Truth (2006) - F2-B♭4-D♭5
  
• Delusions of Grandeur (2008) - A2-B♭2-B♭4
• Consequence of Power (2010) - D3-B♭4
• Live at Wacken 2012 (recorded 2012; released 2014) - F♯2-F♯5
• Seasons Will Fall (2013) - C3-B4-D5
• Reign of Darkness (2015) - C3-B♭4-C5

Machines of Grace:

• Machines of Grace (2009) - A2-C5
  

Earthcry:

• Where the Road Leads (2012) - C3-C♯3-A4
  

Timo Tolkki's Avalon:

• Angels of the Apocalypse (2014) - F3-G♯4-D5
  
• Return to Eden (2019) - D3-E5

Art X:

• The Redemption of Cain (2016) - D3-B♭4
  

Archon Angel:

• Archon Angel (2020) - E2-A2-C5
  
• II (2023) - A2-F5

Dispyria:

• The Story of Marion Dust (2023) - F♯2-C5

Avaland:

• Legend of the Storyteller (2023) - B♭2-B♭4

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{Detailed bio}Zak Stevens is easily recognized for his dramatic and theatrical voice that has distinctly been heard as a driving musical element of bands like Circle II Circle, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and perhaps most prominently, Savatage. In Savatage in particular, his voice has made for an interesting foil to the band's other vocalist, Jon Oliva (whom he was originally hired to replace, but eventually ended up serving co-vocal duties alongside) - as Oliva's signature sound in the band can be best described as a "evil madman" style delivery with lots of grit and aggression, Zak by contrast often sings with a very "heroic protagonist" type of sound, with a very handsome vocal tone and a strong sense of melody and control. Early on into his career, he was very prone a high belting style that ascended well into the fifth octave and sometimes featured powerful, piercing screams in the E5 range and higher. As time went by, he gradually moved away from this style and adapted to a more dramatic baritone style, for which he began to more frequently sing in the second octave, but usually limited his high range to the upper fourth octave or so. This especially became the case during his years in Circle II Circle, though he has on occasion in recent years revealed that he does still have some of his fifth octave range still intact - albeit with less power than it used to have. Additionally, a major trademark of Zak's vocals over the years has been his of vocal counterpoint sections in songs - where he records an entire choir of vocal tracks singing different lines over one another in harmony. This was first heard on the Savatage track "Chance", and is something that has been heard on at least track for just about every album Zak has recorded since then.

Zak's first band of any prominence was called Wicked Witch, which was formed in the late '80s and only lasted a few years before breaking up. The band never made it as far as releasing any properly produced studio songs or albums (at least not under that name), but recorded a demo album that showcased some very impressive vocals by Zak. At this stage in his career, he was singing almost exclusively in his high and mid range, and tonally bore a considerable resemblance to Geoff Tate with some aspects of his delivery. Many of the songs on the band's demo feature strong fifth octave notes and melody singing by him, sometimes carrying melodies as high as G5, as heard in "Rainbow's End", and hitting strong notes up to G♯5 and A5, also heard in that track and in "Love Lies". Though Wicked Witch broke up when Zak joined Savatage in 1992, they later reformed in 2007 and shortly afterwards changed their name to Machines of Grace. This version of the band released a self-titled album in 2009, which featured studio versions of several of the songs from Wicked Witch's '90s demos. However, it was very audible on this release just how much Zak's voice had changed in the years between, as the songs were tuned a half step lower, and the vocals omitted many of the high notes that had been present in the previous versions - featuring nothing higher than C5 on the entire album.

In 1992, Zak was hired to be the new vocalist of Savatage, after being hand-picked by Jon Oliva to serve as his own replacement, and made his debut on their 1993 album Edge of Thorns. This album was well-received by fans and contained a number of tracks that were featured in the band's set list in subsequent tours;  most particularly the title track, which went on to become one of their best-known songs. It also featured what were arguably Zak's strongest vocals in the band, with entire lines sung on F♯5 at the end of "He Carves His Stone" and powerful E5s in "Follow Me" and "Lights Out". The time after its release, however, was a rather unusual point in their history that saw almost a complete turnover in their lineup in barely the span of a year. Aside from Jon departing the band after the album's completion (as he had still stuck around to record keyboards on the album in addition to co-writing and co-producing it), founding drummer Steve "Doc" Wacholz also sat out of the album's tour, which instead featured touring musicians filling for both of them. Following the tour, however, tragedy struck the band when founding guitarist (and de facto band leader after the departure of his brother Jon) Criss Oliva was killed in a car accident in October 1993, which almost brought the band to a complete halt in the grief and uncertainty that clouded its aftermath. Wacholz chose to leave the band permanently, and bassist Johnny Lee Middleton chose to take a hiatus. However, Jon Oliva was inspired to keep the band going in his brother's absence, and wasted no time in writing and recording a new Savatage album with Zak on vocals, himself on rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, and new guitarist Alex Skolnick on lead guitar. This album was released in 1994 and was titled Handful of Rain, and was followed by a tour that featured Zak and Skolnick in the same respective roles they played on the album, Jon on keyboards, rhythm guitar, and some additional vocals, Middleton returning on bass, and the new addition of Zak's drummer from Wicked Witch, Jeff Plate, on drums.

In 1995, Savatage's lineup shifted again - Zak, Middleton, and Plate all remained in their previous roles, but they were now joined by two guitarists replacing Skolnick - Chris Caffery (who had previously been in the band in the late '80s serving as a second guitarist alongside Criss Oliva) and Al Pitrelli. In addition to this, Jon Oliva began to reprise more of his role as a vocalist during this time, creating a two vocalist dynamic that was prominently featured in both the band's live shows and on their studio albums. They released two albums with this lineup - 1995's Dead Winter Dead and 1997's The Wake of Magellan, both of which primarily featured Zak on lead vocals, but each featured two tracks sung by Jon. Zak's tessitura also began to noticeably shift a bit around this time - while all of his previous releases had featured fifth octave melody singing and head voice screams up to at least E5, both of these albums were sung much more in his belting range, with the highest notes on either being C5. However, it was also around this time that Savatage's music fully transitioned into a more theatrical type of sound, which Zak's voice lent itself to very well, especially in the range he was utilizing for it. In addition to this transition in Savatage's music and Zak's vocal style, this period saw the launch of a new project founded by Jon and Savatage producer Paul O'Neill that would quickly surpass that band in terms of commercial success - Trans-Siberian Orchestra. That band was born from the success of Savatage's one radio hit single "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", and quickly achieved widespread popularity for its brand of "Christmas-themed metal". Zak recorded backing vocals on all of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's albums up through 2009, and also sang the role of The Muses on their 2000 album Beethoven's Last Night, as heard on the track "The Dark". Since 2015, he has also served as a regular part of their touring lineup, and has regularly performed with them every November and December as part of their annual Christmas season tour.

Though Zak was involved in the writing process for Savatage's 2001 album Poets and Madmen, he quit the band on amicable terms in 2000 due to his wishes to spend more time with his young family. In light of this, he took a short hiatus from music for a few years, but reemerged in 2002 with a new band called Circle II Circle, whom he began writing and recording original music with. This went on to become his primary musical outlet for the next 14 years, during which he released seven studio albums with them - Watching in Silence in 2003, The Middle of Nowhere in 2005, Burden of Truth in 2006, Delusions of Grandeur in 2008, Consequence of Power in 2010, Seasons Will Fall in 2013, and Reign in Darkness in 2015. During this period of his career, Zak became much more conservative with his range - now usually avoiding the fifth octave altogether, and sometimes not even singing higher than B♭4 for an entire album. Though he did still sound very strong and consistent across the range that he did use, it was clear that he did not seem to be as confident in writing vocal parts above B4 as he previously had, and was much more focused on keeping his singing reserved to his mid range and lower high range in the studio. However, he did continue to cover quite a lot of Savatage songs with Circle II Circle - even going as far as performing the entirety of Edge of Thorns and The Wake of Magellan on certain tours. For these performances, he always sung the songs tuned down a half, but usually still hit most of the fifth octave notes from the originals, albeit often with a noticeably weaker vocal tone than previously.

Circle II Circle never officially announced a breakup, but after 2016 they stopped performing live or recording altogether, which seems to imply at least a lengthy hiatus. In the meantime, Zak formed a new band in 2019 called Archon Angel, who released their first album Fallen in early 2020. The band did not get much chance to tour for this album, however, as the Covid-19 pandemic hit shortly after its release. Nonetheless, they went on to release their second album II in 2023, which saw Zak beginning to be more daring vocally than he had in a while, even hitting a sustained harmonized D5 and F5 in "Quicksand". Other guest appearances that Zak recorded around this time also saw him starting to explore his fifth octave a bit more again, showcasing other occasional notes in the C5-E5 range. Though these notes now sounded weaker and less resonant than they previously had back in the '90s, it proved that this part of his range was in fact still intact, even if he had lost some of his tonal blending between registers over the years. Aside from that, Zak participated in a one-off reunion with Savatage in 2015 to perform in a joint Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert at that year's Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, this time featuring himself and Jon Oliva on joint lead vocal duties. This sparked talks of a possible full-scale band reunion, and eventually in 2023 it was confirmed that this was officially in the plans. Though the exact timeline of plans seems to currently still be a bit in limbo, the band has announced that they have reformed the full Dead Winter Dead/The Wake of Magellan era lineup to record one final album, with the working title Curtain Call. I for one look forward to seeing what this album could entail, and hope it makes a strong use of Zak and Jon's interesting duality and strong dynamics as co-lead vocalists!

Previous version of this thread by Zedd Squared on TRP3.

[Zedd Squared]

Damn dude you really banged these Savatage threads out, props! The OP pic is doing an odd centered thing though. Also, as a curiosity question: what would you say is his most impressive non-Savatage album from a vocal standpoint? I've generally been under the impression that he went more all-out with them than any other band but this might be largely informed by my fandom of Circle II Circle lol.