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Mika Tauriainen
Associated Acts: Entwine (2001-currently), Shamrain (2002-2009), Frostlit (2013-unknown)
Vocal Range: B1-F5

High Notes

F5 (“Toys and Flavors” Live at Tampere 2010)
E5 (“Bitter Sweet”)
D5 (“Adrenalize”, “Caught by Desire”, “Hearts of Frozen Stone”, “Nothing to Say”, “Time of Despair”)
C♯5 (“Burden”, “Switch”, “Titteleittä¹)
C5 (“Chameleon Halo”, “Dead by Silence”, “Fatal Design”, “Hearts of Frozen Stone”, “My Serenity”, “Revolt for Redemption, “Say Goodbye”, “Twisted”, “Tonight”, “Toys and Flavors” Live at Tampere 2010)
B4 (“Bitter Sweet”, “Burden”, “Can't Change Me” Live at Tampere 2011, “Chained”, “Curtained Life”, “Drifter”, “End of Silence”, “Fail”, “Fortune Falls”, “Frozen by the Sun”, “Hearts of Frozen Stone”, “Kuoleman Suudelma”², “Learn to Let Go”, “Lost, but Still Alive”, “Nothing to Say”, “Rooster” Live at Tampere 2010, “Saint of Sorrow”, “Shadow of a Dream” Acoustic, “Stream of Life”, “Tears are Falling”, “Through Glass” Live at Tampere 2010, “To Leave”)
B♭4 (“Adrenalize”, “Beautifully Confined”, “Break Me”, “Carry On Dancing”, “Chameleon Halo”, “Curtained Life”, “Dying Moan”, “Fatal Design”, “Hatethings”³, “Insomniac”, “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” Live at Tampere 2010, “Lost in My Denial”, “New Dawn”, “Oblivion”, “Out of You”, “Plastic World”, “Say Goodbye”, “Save Your Sins”, “Scream”, “Shadow of a Dream”, “Small Winds”, “Someone to Blame”, “Soul Sacrifice”, “Still Remains”, “Strife”, “Toys and Flavors” Live at Tampere 2010, “Twisted”)
A4 (“Beautifully Confined”, “Burden”, “Can't Change Me” Live at Tampere 2011, “Caught by Desire”, “Closer (My Love)”, “Dead by Silence”, “End of Silence”, “Funeral", “Greed of Mankind”, “Hearts of Frozen Stone”, “Hollow”, “Into Nothingness”, “Kuoleman Suudelma”², “Lost Within”, “Only for the Stars in Your Eyes”⁴, “Refill My Soul”, “Rooster” Live at Tampere 2010, “Saint of Sorrow”, “Six Feet Down Below”, “Someone to Blame”, “Soul Sacrifice”, “Still Remains”, “Still Waiting”, “Surrender”, “Time of Despair”, “Tonight”)
G♯4 (“As We Arise”, “Blood of Your Soul”, “Bitter Sweet”, “Closer (My Love)”, “Dying Moan”, “Everything for You”, “Fatal Design”, “Hatethings” ³, “Holding the Earth”, “Lentoon”⁵, “New Dawn”, “Say Goodbye”, “Soul Sacrifice”, “Still Remains”, “Stream of Life”, “Strife”)
G4 (“A Woeful Song”, “Black November”, “Bleeding for the Cure”, “Caught by Desire”, “Charlotte Sometimes”, “Curtained Life”, “Dying Moan”, “Greed of Mankind”, “Herrasmiesliiga”⁶, “Hollow”, “In Delight”, “Insomniac”, “Lost in My Denial”, “Nothing to Say”, “Oblivion”, “Pieces”, “Raindrops”, “Revolt for Redemption”, “Scream”, “Silent Lullaby”, “Sound Asleep”, “Stars Will Fall”, “Still Waiting”, “Thru the Darkness”, “Tonight”, “Usvameri”, “Withdraw”)
F♯4 (“Falling Apart”, “Fortune Falls”, “Grace”, “Laren U Freht Ona”, “Snow White Suicide”, “The Evil Lives in the Shadows”, “The Pit”)

Low Notes:

D3 ("Aura”, “Beautifully Confined”, “Burden”, “Closer (My Love)”, “Dead by Silence”, “Falling Apart”, “Ghosts I See”, “Into Nothingness”, “Lost, but Still Alive”, “Lost in My Denial”, “Out of You”, “Refill My Soul”, “Saint of Sorrow”, “Safe in a Dream”, “Silence is Killing Me”, “Slow Motion”, “Someone to Blame”, “Surrender”, “The Evil Lives in the Shadows”, “Time of Despair”)
C♯3 (“As We Arise”, “Blood of Your Soul”, “Bitter Sweet”, “Bleeding for the Cure”, “Can't Change Me” Live at Tampere 2011, “Closer (My Love)”, “Everything for You”, “Falling Apart”, “Fatal Design”, “Hatethings”³, “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” Live at Tampere 2010, “New Dawn”, “Plastic World”, “Still Remains”, “Stream of Life”, “Thru the Darkness”)
C3 (“Aura”, “Black November”, “Break Me”, “Chameleon Halo”, “Dispensable”, “Evangeline”, “Hearts of Frozen Stone”, “Insomniac”, “Into Distance”, “Losing the Ground”, “Passing Shadows”, “Pieces”, “Say Goodbye”, “Shallow Delusion”, “Silent Lullaby”, “Someone to Blame”, “Sound of Snow”, “The Lost Love Song”, “The Missing Pieces”, “Tonight”, “Withdraw”)
B2 (“Aphelion”, “As We Arise”, “Closer (My Love)”, “Drifter”, “Everything for You”, “Fail”, “Frozen by the Sun”, “Learn to Let Go”, “No One Remembers your Name”, “Nothing”, “Nothing to Say”, “Raindrops”, “Safe in a Dream”, “Six Feet Down Below”, “Snow White Suicide”, “Stars Will Fall”, “Still Remains”, “Still Waiting”, “Stream of Life”, “Tears are Falling”, “Through Glass” Live at Tampere 2010, “To Leave”, “Until the End”)
B♭2 (“In Delight”, “Lost Within”, “New Dawn”, “Oblivion”, “Revolt for Redemption”, “Sound Asleep”)
A2 (“A Woeful Song”, “Drifter”, “Funeral”, “Grace”, “Into Nothingness”, “Raindrops”, “The Missing Pieces”, “The Pit”, “Tonight”, “Usvameri”)
G♯2 (“Blood of Your Soul”, “Emotional Man”⁴, “Everything for You”, “Stream of Life”)
G2 (“Losing the Ground”, “Nothing to Say”, “Oblivion”, “Only for the Stars for Your Eyes”¹, “Scream”)
D2 (“Saint of Sorrow”, “Someone to Blame”)
B1 (“Falling Apart”)

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Underlines mark notes found on backing vocals or otherwise obscured/muffled on the mix.

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{FOOTNOTES}1 – “Titteleittä” is a collaboration between Mika and Markat Takas released on the 2011 album 2011.
2 – “Kuoleman Suudelma” is a collaboration between Mika and Villieläin released on the 2009 album of the same name.
3 – “Hatethings” is a collaboration between Mika and Michelle Darkness released as a bonus track on the 2007 album Brand New Drug.
4 - “Emotional Man” and “Only for the Stars in your Eyes” are colaborations between Mika and Xandria released on the 2007 album Salomé – The Seventh Veil.
5 – “Lentoon” is a collaboration between Mika and Brädi released on the 2010 album Repullinen Hiittiä.
6 – “Herrasmiesliiga” is a collaboration between Mika and Cheek released on the 2009 album Jare Henrik Tiihonen.

Mika Tauriainen is the lead vocalist for the finnish gothic band Entwine and ex-vocalist of the flatmospheric rock band Shamrain. Somewhat a cross between a post-grunge yarler and an early-Valo-influenced “sexy goth crooner”, Mika's voice can come out as whiny and his diction can lead to some funny moments here and there, but he has some very powerful and well projected high notes with a very agile, slightly raspy tone, which he seems to be getting better and better at with every release, despite the age.