Brendan Maier (552 views)

[VocalDudeGuy]

Brendan Maier
Vocal Range: G♯2-F5
Years Active: 2014-now
Associated Acts: Skorned: 2015, Facelift: 2014-2018, Underclass: 2017, Chout: 2018-2020, Jar of Flies: 2019-now, Sapphire Sun: 2023-now



Significant High Notes

F5 ("Bleed The Freak" live)
E♭5 ("I can’t Remember" unplugged) "Rooster" Castle Theather, Bloomington IL, 2016, "Seasons" metalfest 2019)
D5 ("So Long Long Gone" Your moms place)
C♯5 ("Queen of the Country Fair", "Queen of The Rodeo" live, "Would" live,)
C5 ("A Tangling", "Anything Now", "Isla", "Rooster” live, “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” metalfest 2019 “Thin Ice” Nashville)
B4 ("A Tangling", "Chances Never Taken", "Don’t Follow" live, "I Hear Your Call", "JunkHead" live "Life As Usual", "Moongloom", "Nutshell" live, "Piper’s Song", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" metalfest 2019, "Sober", "Sympathy", "Treasure", "Velvetile", "Walls of Emptiness")
B♭4 ("Anything Now", "Bleed the Freak" tribute 2022, "Down in a Hole" live, "I Can’t Remember" unplugged, "Junkhead" live, "Love Hate Love" tribute 2022, "Mama Said", "Man in the Box" tribute 21 "Plight Club", "Right Turn" live, "Rooster" live, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" metalfest 2019 "Seasons", "Would" live)
A4 ("Moongloom"), "Queen of the Rodeo" live, "Rain When I Die" live, "School" Joliet ll "Thin Ice” nashville, "To Lose", "Treasure/Treasure", "Walls of Emptiness" "Worm")
G♯4 ("Another Reason", "Bleed the Freak" live, "Broken", "Chances Never Taken", "Dam That River" live, "Don’t Follow" live, "Down in a Hole/Down in a Hole" live, "Frogs" live, "Got Me Wrong" live, "I Can’t Remember" unplugged, "I Don’t Shine/I Don’t Shine", "Isla", "It Ain't Like That" live "Junkhead" live, "Lesions", "Love Hate Love" live, "Mama Said", "Man in the Box" live, "Psychosis", "Plight Club", "Restless Heart" live, "Road of the Shunned", "Rooster" live, "Sickman" live, "Sober", "Solar Sexual", "School" Joliet ll "Them Bones" live "To Lose", "Velvetine", "We Die Young" live, "Would" live)
G4 ("A Tangling", "All has been Done", "Angry Chair" live, "Anything Now", "Life As Usual", "Moongloom", "Out of Time", "Pick Me Up", "Put You Down" live, "Rain When I Die" live, "Restless Heart", "Road of the Shunned", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", metalfest 2019, "Seasons", "Side with the Rain", "Sludge Factory", "Stay In Place", "Thin Ice", "To lose", "What’s Inside", "Wrecks")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Chances Never Taken", "Lesions", "Life As Usual", "Piper’s Song", "Please Advise", "Queen of the Country Fair", "Seasons", "Stay in Place", "To Lose", "Treasure", "Velvetile")
E♭3 ("Another Reason", "Brother", live, "Can You See", "Frogs" live, "I Am Here", "Love Hate Love", live, "Mama Said", "Nutshell" live, "Out of Time", "Plight Club", "Psychosis", "Put You Down" live, "Right Turn", live, "River of Deceit" live, "Rooster" live, "Search for Peace", "Sickman" live, "Worm")
D3 ("A Tangling", "Am I Inside" live, "Can You See", "Life As Usual", "Pick Me Up", "Queen of the Country Fair", "Side with the Rain", "Stay in Piece", "Wrecks")
C♯3 ("Better Place", "Bleed The Freak" live, "Broken", "Chances Never Taken", "Dam That River" live, "I Don’t Shine", "It Ain't Like That" live, "Lesions", "Love Hate Love" live, "Man in the Box" live, "Psychosis", "Road of the Shunned", "Search for Peace", "Sludge Factory" live, "Velvetile")
C3 ("Better Place", "Out of Time")
B2 ("Search for Peace")
B♭2 ("Angry Chair" live, "Bleed the Freak" live, "I Don’t Shine", "Sludge Factory" live)
G♯2 ("Bleed the Freak" live)

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{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 ("Side With The Rain"^[2])
B4 ("Please Advise"^[2])
A4/A4 ("Please Advise"^[2])

E2 ("Please Advise"^[1])
C♯2 ("Man in the Box" the crocodile ^[3])

[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Album/EP Ranges}
Underclass:
Rubbish (EP) (2017): C♯3-B♭4

Chout:
DogWater (2018): C3-B♭4
Under Foreign Clouds (2019): D3-G♯4-C5

Solo:
Life As Usual (2021): C♯3-G4-C♯5

Sapphire Sun:
DreamBoat to Nowhere (2024): B2-G♯4-B4

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Blue marks falsetto notes.

Green marks extremely harsh/distorted notes.

Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Italics mark non-melodic notes.

Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities

[VocalDudeGuy]

1. Most of the links seem to be working thankfully but some of them appear faulty, currently trying to fix them.
2. I will add links to questionable notes soon enough as well as add in more live stuff but I've combed through all/99% of Maier's studio work.
3. I will add a vocal despriction whenever I feel like it. could be done in 15 min or 15 yrs. But TL'DR: Sounds a lot like Layne Staley, especially in earlier work, but sounds a bit more unique now while still retaining the bright vocal twang and strong belts Layne had. Will elaborate more whenever/ifever I do a vocal description.

Edit: I've linked the questionable notes if you're interested in those. All the links in the thread itself should also be working correctly now.

[rob]

Great thread! He certainly has a powerful voice, and quite a nice falsetto.