Russell Allen (11,221 views)

[Zedd Squared]

Oh geez, I really have no idea with that G#5. Zak hasn't sung anything above C5-ish for decades as far as I can remember, so it'd be very surprising if it's him but it's also not very reminiscent of Allen either. I guess it's a questionable note? I haven't watched the full video but if Jon Oliva's there he might be a slightly more likely candidate. I added the B4s and E5s though.

[Henny Macc]

I considered the possibility of it being Oliva too, but I don't hear his voice at any other points in the recording, so it seems like it would be really random for him to jump in just for that ONE scream alone. It sounds like a different microphone level than Russell's E5s before it (you can hear how it's a bit quieter in the mix), and JUST before the camera pans over to the right you can briefly see Zak starting to put his mic up to his mouth, though it cuts away JUST before you can see anything visibly enough to confirm it as any of them. So I'm currently leaning towards Zak...

[Zedd Squared]

Yeah wildly enough when you put it that way it does sound like Zak's the most probable option. Now that I think of it, I seem to recall him having some sustained F5 type of note around that same year in a guest appearance (which was odd since the rest of that song barely got above F4 iirc), so I suppose it's not SO improbable. Still, pretty wild to hit your highest note that far into your career!

[Henny Macc]

Very emotional performance here. Several E♭3s throughout (most notably at 5:09), A4s at 2:27, D♭5 at 2:52, and a fantastic A♭4s at 3:51!


Did this never get checked for the thread? There's a low spoken bit right at the beginning and short B4 at 0:20 I guess. Admittedly surprisingly un-rangey otherwise though.

[Zedd Squared]

The Not Dead Yet spoken E2 is in the spoiler box, but yeah I did miss that B4 admittedly (probably because it's more of an exclamation really). It's more than a bit sad I never added those For the Sake of Our Brother notes though since I used a performance of that in the clip off back in 2017 or 2018 lol. Definitely a great emotional (!) display in that performance, though I find his jaw wagging vibrato a little awkward looking at certain points lol. I realize what really matters is the sound and I know Ken Tamplin has said that the "gospel jaw" isn't inherently reflective of poor technique, but I do wonder how people develop a habit of doing it often. Anyhow, rambling aside I added the notes!

[Henny Macc]

Great D5 here, and an all around awesome performance by Russell! Wouldn't have expected him to be able to do such justice to Jon Oliva's vocals, but his tonal versatility continues to prove itself to have no bounds. Other than that, there are a few B4s in here and a short F5 at the very end at 4:22.