Post by Zedd Squared on Sept 23, 2019 14:05:06 GMT
Simone Johanna Maria Simons
Member Of: Epica (2002-present)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: D3-B♭6
High Notes:
B♭6 ("Cosmic Fusion" Electric Castle Live 2019)
F♯6 ("The Phantom Agony" live Melbourne 2013)
E6 ("Monopoly on Truth" live Eindhoven 2013)
D6 ("Cry for the Moon" live Eindhoven 2013, "Decoded Poetry", "Wake the World")
C♯6 ("Ascension - Dream State Armageddon", "Fall of Byzanz", "The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality", "Reverence (Living in the Heart)", "Twin Flames")
C6 ("Beyond the Matrix", "Dancing in a Hurricane", "Fall of Byzanz", "Memento", "The Second Stone", "Sense Without Sanity")
B5 ("Ascension - Dream State Armageddon", "Chemical Insomnia", "In All Conscience", "Tear Down Your Walls", "Unleashed", "Wake the World")
B♭5 ("Banish Your Illusion", "Cosmic Fusion" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Decoded Poetry", "Fallen Family", Kamelot Backstage Clip, "The Quantum Enigma", "Semblance of Liberty")
A5 ("Banish Your Illusion", "Cosmic Fusion" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Death of a Dream", "Deathcry of a Race", "Design Your Universe", "Deter the Tyrant", "The Divine Conspiracy", "Drown the Demon", "The Essence of Silence", "Fallen Family", "Freedom - The Wolves Within", "In All Conscience", "Natural Corruption", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "Requiem for the Indifferent", "Reverence (Living in the Heart)", "Synergize - Manic Manifest", "Unchain Utopia", "Wheel of Destiny")
G♯5 ("Beyond Belief", "Consign to Oblivion", "The Cosmic Algorithm", "Drown the Demon", "The Essence of Silence", "Facade of Reality", "The Fallacy", "Force of the Shore", "The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality", "A Phantasmic Parade", "Quietus", "Sancta Terra", "Solitary Ground", "Tides of Time", "Twin Flames")
G5 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity", "Architect of Light", "Avalanche", "Beyond the Matrix", "Bite the Bullet", "Chasing the Dragon", "Code of Life", "Consign to Oblivion", "Crimson Bow and Arrow", "Death of a Dream", "The Essence of Silence", "Everytime It Rains", "Fight Your Demons", "Force of the Shore", "Higher High", "The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality", "House on a Hill", "Immortal Melancholy", "In All Conscience", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Menace of Vanity", "Monopoly on Truth", "Natural Corruption", "Never Enough", "Nostalgia", "Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "Poetry for the Poisoned", "Rivers", "Sancta Terra", "Seal of Solomon", "The Second Stone", "Sense Without Sanity", "The Skeleton Key", "The Solace System", "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" Retrospect 2013, "This Is Halloween", "Unchain Utopia", "Universal Death Squad", "Wheel of Destiny")
F♯5 ("Another Me 'in Lack'Ech'", "Beyond Belief", "Blank Infinity", "Chasing the Dragon", "Chemical Insomnia", "The Cosmic Algorithm", "The Creator and the Destroyer", "Crimson Bow and Arrow", "Death of a Dream", "Design Your Universe", "Divide and Conquer", "Dreamscape", "Edge of the Blade", "Facade of Reality", "Freedom - The Wolves Within", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Listen to My Story", "Living a Lie", "Memento", "Memory", "Menace of Vanity", "Monopoly on Truth", "My Song of Creation", "Natural Corruption", "Never Enough", "Nothing's Wrong", "Our Destiny", "A Phantasmic Parade", "Resign to Surrender", "Requiem for the Indifferent", "Reverence (Living in the Heart)', "Run for a Fall", "Safeguard to Paradise", "Seal of Solomon", "The Second Stone", "Seif Al Din", "Semblance of Liberty", "Storm the Sorrow", "Symphony of Aggression", "Synergize - Manic Manifest", "Tear Down Your Walls", "This Is the Time", "Twilight Reverie - The Hypnagogic State", "Twin Flames", "Unchain Utopia", "Universal Death Squad", "Unleashed", "White Waters", "Your Story Is Over!")
F5 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity", "Amazing Flight" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Architect of Light", "Blank Infinity", "Blücher", "Burn to a Cinder", "Canvas of Life", "A Christmas 2020 Medley", "Code of Life", "Consign to Oblivion", "The Creator and the Destroyer", "Crimson Bow and Arrow", "Cry for the Moon", "Dance of Fate", "Dancing in a Gypsy Camp", "Decoded Poetry", "Dedicate Your Heart", "Destiny Unveiled", "Deter the Tyrant", "Dreamscape", "Fallen Family", "God of Symmetry", "The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality", "Illusive Consensus", "Internal Warfare", "Linger", "Nostalgia", "Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres", "Omen (the Ghoulish Malady)", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "The Phantom Agony", "Poetry for the Poisoned", "The Quantum Enigma", "Quietus", "Rivers", "Sancta Terra", "Sensorium", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "Sinner's Last Retreat", "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" Retrospect 2013, "Sweet Curse" live Belgium 2010, "Tear Down Your Walls", "Tides of Time", "Trois Vierges")
E5 ("Abyss O'Time", "Amazing Flight" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Another Me 'in Lack'Ech'", "Ascension - Dream State Armageddon", "Avalanche", "Beyond Belief", "Beyond the Matrix", "Bite the Bullet", "Chasing the Dragon", "Chemical Insomnia", "The Cosmic Algorithm", "The Creator and the Destroyer", "Cry for the Moon", "Decoded Poetry", "Deconstruct", "Dedicate Your Heart", "Deep Water Horizon", "Design Your Universe", "Divide and Conquer", "The Divine Conspiracy", "Drown the Demon", "El Código Vital", "The Essence of Silence", "Feint", "Fight Your Demons", "Fly Me to the Moon" live Instagram 2020, "Fools of Damnation", "Freedom - The Wolves Within", "The Haunting", "High Above of Me", "House on a Hill", "The Human Compulsion", "The Last Crusade", "Listen to My Story", "Living a Lie", "Memento", "Monopoly on Truth", "My Song of Creation", "Never Enough", "Natural Corruption", "Nostalgia", "The Obsessive Devotion", "Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres", "Omen (the Ghoulish Malady)", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "A Phantasmic Parade", "The Phantom Agony", "The Power of Love", "Replica", "Resign to Surrender", "Requiem for the Indifferent", "Reverence (Living in the Heart)", "Run for a Fall", "Secret Garden", "Seif Al Din", "Semblance of Liberty", "Sensorium", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "The Source Will Flow", "Stay the Course", "Storm the Sorrow", "Synergize - Manic Manifest", "Tear Down Your Walls", "This Human Equation", "Twilight Reverie - The Hypnagogic State", "Unchain Utopia", "Universal Death Squad", "Unleashed", "Veniality", "Wake the World", "Wheel of Destiny", "Wings of Freedom", "Wintersmith", "Your Story Is Over!")
E♭5 ("Aquatic Race", "Beyond Belief", "Blank Infinity", "Canvas of Life", "A Christmas 2020 Medley", "Code of Life", "Condemned to Live", "Dance of Fate", "Dancing in a Hurricane", "Decoded Poetry", "Dedicate Your Heart", "Deep Water Horizon", "The Divine Conspiracy", "Dreamscape", "Drown the Demon", "Facade of Reality", "The Fallacy", "Force of the Shore", "Forevermore", "Guilty Demeanor", "Higher High", "If Inside These Walls Was a House", "Illusive Consensus", "Internal Warfare", "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe", "Linger", "Monopoly on Truth", "Mother of Light", "Nothing's Wrong", "Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres", "Omen (the Ghoulish Malady)", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "Our Destiny", "Quietus", "Resign to Surrender", "Requiem for the Indifferent", "Safeguard to Paradise", "Sancta Terra", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "Sinner's Last Retreat", "The Skeleton Key", "The Solace System", "Solitary Ground", "This Is Halloween", "Tides of Time", "Triumph of Defeat", "Trois Vierges", "Twin Flames", "Wake the World")
D5 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity", "Amazing Flight" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Another Me 'in Lack'Ech'", "Aquatic Race", "Architect of Light", "Ascension - Dream State Armageddon", "Avalanche", "Burn to a Cinder", "Chasing the Dragon", "The Creator and the Destroyer", "Crimson Bow and Arrow", "Cry for the Moon", "Death of a Dream", "Deconstruct", "Dedicate Your Heart", Delirium", "Destiny Unveiled", "Deter the Tyrant", "Divide and Conquer", "Edge of the Blade", "El Código Vital", "Everytime It Rains", "Facade of Reality", "Fallen Family", "Fight Your Demons", "Fools of Damnation", "Force of the Shore", "Forevermore", "Freedom - The Wolves Within", "Gaia", "God of Symmetry", "Guilty Demeanor", "The Haunting", "High Above of Me", "The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reailty", "If Inside These Walls Was a House", "Illusive Consensus", "Immortal Melancholy", "Internal Warfare", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Linger", "Listen to My Story", "Martyr of the Free Word", "Memory", "Mother of Light", "My Song of Creation", "Never Enough", "The Obsessive Devotion", "Omen (the Ghoulish Malady)", "Once Upon a Nightmare", "A Phantasmic Parade", "The Quantum Enigma", "Resign to Surrender", "Reverence (Living in the Heart)", "Rivers", "Sanctuary", "Secret Garden", "Semblance of Liberty", "Sensorium", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "Sinner's Last Retreat", "Stay the Course", "Storm the Sorrow", "Synergize - Manic Manifest", "This Is Halloween", "This Is the Time", "Unchain Utopia", "Unleashed", "Veniality", "Victims of Contingency", "Wake the World", "Wintersmith", "Your Story Is Over!")
C♯5 ("Ashes" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Blank Infinity", "Burn to a Cinder", "The Cosmic Algorithm", "Crimson Bow and Arrow", "Dance of Fate", "Deep Water Horizon", "Dedicate Your Heart", "Deter the Tyrant", "The Essence of Silence", "Forevermore", "The Human Compulsion", "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe", "Living a Lie", "Mainstay of Society", "The Obsessive Devotion", "Our Destiny", "Replica", "Sea of Machines", "The Solace System", "Solitary Ground", "Sweet Curse" live Belgium 2010, "The Haunting", "Trois Vierges", "Tunnel of Light" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Victims of Contingency", "White Waters", "Wings of Freedom")
C5 ("Aquatic Race", "Ashes" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Banish Your Illusion", "Canvas of Life", "A Christmas 2020 Medley", "The Day That the World Breaks Down", "Delirium", "Fly Me to the Moon" live Instagram 2020, "The Garden of Emotions" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Guilty Demeanor", "House on a Hill", "Immortal Melancholy", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe", "Memory", "Mirage of Verity", "The Phantom Agony", "Poetry for the Poisoned", "The Power of Love", "The Quantum Enigma", "The Second Stone", "Secret Garden", "Sense Without Sanity", "Seven Days, Seven Nights", "The Skeleton Key", "The Source Will Flow", "This Human Equation", "This Is the Time", "Victims of Contingency", "Web of Lies", "Wintersmith")
Low Notes:
B3 ("All That Was", "Architect of Light", "Banish Your Illusion", "Beyond the Matrix", "Chasing the Dragon", "Cosmic Fusion" Electric Castle Live 2019, "The Creator and the Destroyer", "The Day That the World Breaks Down", "Deep Water Horizon", "Design Your Universe", "Destiny Unveiled", "Deter the Tyrant", "Edge of the Blade", "El Código Vital", "Feint", "Gaia", "The Garden of Emotions" Electric Castle Live 2019, "High Above of Me", "In All Conscience", "Martyr of the Free Word", "Mirage of Verity", "My Song of Creation", "Never Enough", "Non, je ne regrette rien" live Paris 2009, "Replica", "The Second Stone", "Sense Without Sanity", "Sinner's Last Retreat", "Storm the Sorrow", "Unleashed" live Instagram 2020, "Wheel of Destiny", "Wings of Freedom", "Wintersmith")
B♭3 ("Blank Infinity", "Canvas of Life", "Dancing in a Hurricane", "Delirium", "Force of the Shore", "If Inside These Walls Was a House", "Linger", "Memory", "My Song of Creation", "Rivers", "Symphony of Aggression", "This Is Halloween", "Wings of Freedom")
A3 ("Abyss O'Time", "Ashes" Electric Castle Live 2019, "Avalanche", "Cry for the Moon", "Deep Water Horizon", "The Dream Dissolves", "Edge of the Blade", "The Funky Algorithm", "House on a Hill", "Immortal Melancholy", "Non, je ne regrette rien" live Paris 2009, "Reverence (Living in the Heart)", "Safeguard to Paradise", "The Second Stone", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "Seven Days, Seven Nights", "This Is the Time", "Universal Love Squad", "Wings of Freedom")
G♯3 ("Beyond Belief", "Beyond the Matrix", "Dreamscape", "God of Symmetry", "Secret Garden", "Serenade of Self-Destruction", "Solitary Ground")
G3 ("Avalanche", "Cry for the Moon", "Happy Birthday" live Fan Q&A Interview 2014, "If Inside These Walls Was a House", "ln All Conscience", "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe", "Memory", "Non, je ne regrette rien" live Paris 2009, "Poetry for the Poisoned", "Safeguard to Paradise", "Strange Machines" live Tilburg 2009, "Synergize - Manic Manifest", "This Is Halloween")
F♯3 ("Banish Your Illusion", "Heaven's a Lie" live 70000 Tons of Metal 2016, "Listen to My Story", "Secret Garden", "This Is Halloween", "Your Story Is Over!")
F3 (Ayreon Studio Outtake, "Delirium", "Polly" live Fan Q&A Interview 2014, "Sweet Curse" live Belgium 2010, "Universal Love Squad")
E3 ("Heaven's a Lie" live 70000 Tons of Metal 2016)
D3 ("Delirium")
The iconic lead singer for the great symphonic metal band Epica. Much like her band in general, Simons' singing has continually gotten better and better over the years. She's got a gorgeous clean tone that shines best in ballads, but she can nail a heavy track with the best of them too. In the early Epica days her tone and delivery were more classically informed and head voice oriented until around the Design Your Universe era she began to sing in a more natural sounding tone with a bit of pop influence in her belted notes. Along with this expansion of quality in her belting and lower registers she has also developed her old school head voice approach further, leading to some tremendous 6th octave notes from time to time.
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*Blue marks disconnected and/or soft sounding falsetto/head voice and whistle voice notes.
*Underlines mark notes found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.
{Questionable Notes}C♯6 ("Seal of Solomon" [2])
C6 ("This Is Halloween" [3])
B5 ("Freedom - The Wolves Within" [2], "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
A5 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity" [2])
G5 ("Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
E5 ("Seven Days, Seven Nights" [2])
E♭5 ("Songs of the Ocean" Electric Castle Live 2019 [2])
A3 ("This Human Equation" [2])
G♯3 ("Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
G3 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity" [2])
F♯3 ("Freedom - The Wolves Within" [2])
E3 ("Gaia" [2])
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[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.
C6 ("This Is Halloween" [3])
B5 ("Freedom - The Wolves Within" [2], "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
A5 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity" [2])
G5 ("Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
E5 ("Seven Days, Seven Nights" [2])
E♭5 ("Songs of the Ocean" Electric Castle Live 2019 [2])
A3 ("This Human Equation" [2])
G♯3 ("Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe" [2])
G3 ("Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity" [2])
F♯3 ("Freedom - The Wolves Within" [2])
E3 ("Gaia" [2])
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[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.
{Album Ranges}Epica
The Phantom Agony (2003): G3-G♯5
Consign to Oblivion (2005): G♯3-G♯5
The Divine Conspiracy (2007): G3-A5
Design Your Universe (2009): B3-G♯5-B5
Requiem for the Indifferent (2012): D3-A5-C♯6
The Quantum Enigma (2014): A3-C♯6
The Holographic Principle (2016): G♯3-A5-C♯6
The Solace System (2017): A3-B♭5-D6
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs (2017): G3-G5
Omega (2021): G3-A5
Omegacoustic (2021): A3-G5
Ayreon
The Source (2017): A3-A5
Electric Castle Live and Other Tales (2020): A3-B♭5-B♭6
Transitus (2020): F♯3-F♯5
The Phantom Agony (2003): G3-G♯5
Consign to Oblivion (2005): G♯3-G♯5
The Divine Conspiracy (2007): G3-A5
Design Your Universe (2009): B3-G♯5-B5
Requiem for the Indifferent (2012): D3-A5-C♯6
The Quantum Enigma (2014): A3-C♯6
The Holographic Principle (2016): G♯3-A5-C♯6
The Solace System (2017): A3-B♭5-D6
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs (2017): G3-G5
Omega (2021): G3-A5
Omegacoustic (2021): A3-G5
Ayreon
The Source (2017): A3-A5
Electric Castle Live and Other Tales (2020): A3-B♭5-B♭6
Transitus (2020): F♯3-F♯5
