Yannis Papadopoulos Vocal Range

EDIT: 21:17 is Bb5, it's the same clip as at 16:58, it just somehow stayed there
8:43 the second E5 and D5 are in the background
18:00 the top note is C6 not B5
Song list:
LOW NOTES
0:00 Beast In Black-Unlimited Sin
0:12 Until Rain-Breaking of the 7 Seals
0:19 Beast In Black-Beast In Black
0:25 Until Rain-Marionettes
0:42 Until Rain-Departure
0:55 Until Rain-Anthem To Creation
1:05 Monuments-I, The Creator Vocal Cover
1:10 Until Rain-Anthem To Creation
1:17 Beast In Black-Ghost In The Rain
1:42 Until Rain-Oh Jezebel
2:01 Until Rain-The Clang Of Shields Pt.2
2:18 Wardrum-On Skies Of Grey
2:31 Kamelot-Abandoned Vocal Cover
3:15 Until Rain-Departure
3:28 Backstreet Boys-Larger Than Life Cover
3:35 Until Rain-Brain Death
3:39 Until Rain-13-8
4:01 Until Rain-In A State of Great Depression
4:14 HIGH NOTES
interlude: Beast In Black-Unlimited Sin
4:23 Wardrum-Tide Lakes
4:35 Beast In Black-True Believer
4:42 Until Rain-Think Again
4:49 Periphery-Scarlet Vocal Cover
5:00 Beast In Black-Blood of a Lion
5:11 Until Rainn-Pictures of the Past
5:33 Beast In Black-Ghost in the Rain
5:42 Wardrum-Parental
5:58 Beast In Black-Cry Out For A Hero
6:25 Iron Maiden-Flight Of Icarus Vocal Cover
6:35 Until Rain-Breaking of the 7 Seals
6:43 Beast In Black-Eternal Fire
6:53 Until Rain-My Own Blood (sounds really like axl rose here)
7:08 Beast In Black-Ghost In The Rain
7:21 Beast In Black-Oceandeep
7:53 Beast In Black-Hell For All Eternity
8:02 Sam Smith-Writing's On The Wall Vocal Cover
8:17 Beast In Black-This Is War
8:32 Wardrum-After Forever
8:39 Beast In Black-Born Again
8:47 Beast In Black-Unlimited Sin
8:57 Wardrum-Broken
9:08 Taylor Swift, ZAYN-I Want To Live Forever Vocal Cover
9:28 Beast In Black-From Hell With Love
9:39 Within Temptation-Faster Vocal Cover
10:17 Beast In Black-Blood Of A Lion
10:35 Beast In Black-Cry Out For A Hero
10:53 Until Rain-Pictures Of The Past
11:04 Wardrum-Lady Jane Grey
11:16 Wardrum-Shade Of Hope
11:44 Beast In Black-Oceandeep
11:57 Beast In Black-Sweet True Lies
12:06 Wardrum-On Skies Of Grey
12:16 Beast In Black-True Believer
12:26 Beast In Black-Beast In Black
12:38 Beast In Black-Killed By Death (Mötorhead Cover)
12:51 Beast In Black-Beast In Black
13:04 Wardrum-No Retreat
13:11 Beast In Black-From Hell With Love
13:23 Beast In Black-Zodd The Immortal
13:31 Until Rain-My Own Blood
13:59 Beast In Black-Ghost In The Rain
14:12 Crimson Glory-Mask Of The Red Death Vocal Cover
14:24 Beast In Black-Repentless (2 clips)
14:41 Beast In Black-Die By The Blade
14:50 Beast In Black-Cry Out For A Hero
14:59 Beast In Black-End Of The World
15:11 Wardrum-Circle Of Hate
15:26 Beast In Black-Unlimited Sin
15:41 Riot-Thundersteel Vocal Cover
16:08 Beast In Black-Ghost In The Rain (Live in Tampere)
16:23 Until Rain-Empty Helmet
16:47 Crimson Glory-Eternal World Vocal Cover
16:58 Wardrum-F.A.I.T.H.
17:03 Wardrum-Four Seasons
17:17 Until Rain-13-8
17:29 Wardrum-Phoenix
17:52 Wardrum-Virtues Of Humanity
17:57 Beast In Black-Crazy, Mad, Insane
18:05 Beast In Black-Killed By Death (Mötorhead Cover)
18:22 Beast In Black-Zodd The Immortal
18:40 Wardrum-Baptised In Fire
18:50 Beast In Black-The Fifth Angel
19:01 Iron Maiden-Flight Of Icarus Vocal Cover
19:16 Beast In Black-Beast In Black
19:32 Until Rain-Pandemic
19:42 Beast In Black-No Surrender
20:02 Dio-We Rock Vocal Cover
20:21 Crimson Glory-Eternal World Vocal Cover
20:32 Wardrum-Deceiver
20:44 Wardrum-Baptised In Fire
21:06 Wardrum-Red Ruby Heart
21:16 Wardrum-F.A.I.T.H.
21:26 Wardrum-Baptised In Fire
21:40 Wardrum-Higher Sky
21:47 Until Rain-Pandemic
21:57 Outro: Periphery-Scarlet Vocal Cover (showcase of growls)

[@barnibombosz1448]

I'm glad we live in a reality where a 22 minute youtube video titled "Yannis Papadopoulos' Vocal Range" is a totally legit thing to exist.

[@shannonstilwell1826]

What a disgustingly awesome range, not to mention variation in tone.

[@alexign]

Thank you for yours analytics. Very impressed!

[@randomninja83]

I had no idea he was in Until Rain. I heard about them years ago and now I find out he was in it.

[@Tathareium]

There are also a couple of ridiculously high notes in the songs The Fifth Angel and Blood of a Lion that I didn't see in the video that I believe are worth mentioning. I think that in the Fifth Angel the last two background notes you hear are D6 and C#6. In Blood of a Lion during the last line (your crown and throne) there's a very high backing vocal piece where I believe Yannis hits Eb6 on crown and then Bb5 on throne. Also the highest of the notes Yannis hits during Blind and Frozen (which wasn't featured at all) is A5. Still and awesome video. Just thought I'd add this to it.

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

The fifth angel notes top at B5 and are credited in the vocal range thread. The blood of a lion note also isn't as high, you're hearing overtones from the mix. The background notes are Bb5->G5 Blind and frozen yes....after uploading I realized I didn't put in a single example from it but eh... Like I said, his range thread (here: therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/501/yannis-papadopoulos?page=1 ) contains a more detailed profile

[@Tathareium]

@@TheMusicalPotatoes I wasn't pulling you up for not making an exact video. I simply wanted to add a couple of notes that I'd heard from listening to the Beast In Black songs that sounded quite high. The main thing that impressed me about those particular notes was how clean they were in comparison to other notes that sound a bit rougher (such as the F#5 in Oceandeep). I definitely think that the end notes in The Fifth Angel are higher than the B5 or at least the first note is. The second note could even be a B5, the first might be C#6. Not too sure but it sounds higher than B5. Either way, the video is still awesome. I use the video for my own singing fairly often.

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

@@Tathareium yea, I know, I know. I'm just saying where they'd be in the video. And yea, his voice has changed over time. His highs have particularly drastically changed since the until rain days, probably due to smoking he has to compensate with headier distortion... anyway thanks for the comment man, I'm glad you liked the video :) Good luck with your singing

[@Tathareium]

Not only smoking but I would assume that his vocal techniques would be incredibly taxing on the voice, particularly for extended live performances. Still he maintains one of the highest male vocal ranges I know of without even utilising whistle tone which is pretty commendable. At this point, I'm just glad Beast in Black became a thing so that I could find out about him. Cheers man. Also, if you're thinking of doing more videos along this wavelength, I'd recommend doing Ralf Scheepers, the lead singer for Primal fear. He's got a pretty decent range as well.

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

@@Tathareium They're not taxing if you do them properly, as far as I can tell he uses more head voice live and more chesty notes on the album, which is common. He still sounds great and all but considering his bad habits like smoking, I'd say he has maybe 2 more albums of great vocals before his quality is gonna go down a lot. Maybe. I was thinking of doing one for Tommy Johansson and one for Brittney Slayes in the near future, but at least the former has a massive discography of high notes to go through

[@adrianpedrenoolmos8185]

The way he sings Faster and Sahara is incredible, he has one of the best voices I have ever heard!!!!

[@gayhomelesswithpinknails4424]

21:10 21:19

[@gayhomelesswithpinknails4424]

18:56

[@AcidRainAgain]

Excellent video my friend! So how many octaves does his vocal range have?

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

counting the vocal fry clips and the last scream, 5 octaves

[@jesusjimenez6755]

@@TheMusicalPotatoes i wouldn't consider vocal fry part of a range bc anyone can do that

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

@@jesusjimenez6755 by that logic nothing counts. Anyone can learn how to sing anything. There are women singing bass and males who sing in whistle register. Singing isn't a magical thing you have to be born with a gift to do, it's hard work and practice. If you can control pitch and keep consistent tone, it counts. Vocal fry just seems like anyone can do it, because it's among the easiest techniques

[@jesusjimenez6755]

@@TheMusicalPotatoes i see ur right my bad makes sense :3

[@very-boring-username]

@@TheMusicalPotatoes I'm going to interject here just because I find this super interesting and wanted to share something related that I recently heard. so yes, by that logic, I agree with you. In terms of vocal fry being part of range, I don't consider it to be a part of true vocal range, even though it should be included in discussions of vocal ability. The way this way explained to me was this: vocal fry doesn't use the vocal cords. It uses vocal folds above the vocal cords called "false cords". Now I get that this seems like splitting hairs, but here what convinced me this was the right way to see this: vocal range doesn't consider sounds that aren't made vocally. "Vocally" doesn't mean "sounds that come out of the mouth". it means sounds that are produced by the vocal cords. If this still sounds purely semantic, consider another technique: whistling. I mean literally whistling. Putting your lips together and pushing out air. It produces sound that can regulate pitch, add vibrato, and ultimately create the same nuanced melody that vocals can. And it comes from the air being pushed out from the lungs ultimately leaving the body through the mouth! But it clearly isn't vocals. Does that now make sense to you that vocal fry isn't actually vocals? Now trying to argue, just found this information super interesting.

[@themotie]

Have you listened to the intro scream Yannis does on the Orion's Reign song Elder Blood? From about 00:30 to 1:00. Would be worth to include here, IMHO.

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

Yea, this video is quite old so things are missing. But i agree, that intro note is pretty great

[@gayhomelesswithpinknails4424]

19:05

[@gayhomelesswithpinknails4424]

21:34

[@Definitelycreated]

Those powerful metallic Covered chest f#5s though 15:24 12:17 12:41

[@Definitelycreated]

And full b5 in the iron maiden

[@wannaberabbi9302]

Amazing! He almost outdoes Heiman for me.

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

he sounds great yea, but the gap in vocal technique between them is still pretty massive, plus yannis is a smoker which has already deteriorated his voice. Not to rag on him, Yannis' singing is _EPIC_ but Heiman is just another level x)

[@wannaberabbi9302]

MusicalPotato heh, true. Who’s the closest person to heiman you can think of?

[@TheMusicalPotatoes]

@@wannaberabbi9302 Well Sean Peck is usually talked about besides Heiman...and he's REALLY good, especially on super high notes, but the technique and versatility are still below Heiman... then people also bring up Tommy Johansson, but he has nothing in his lower register and can't growl. In terms of vocal technique alone it's more or less agreed that Mike Patton can be the only one comparable, his voice is a baffling anomaly in the singing world...He has 6 octaves of full voice range and it takes decades to learn how to do his stuff safely. What he does is inhumanely difficult, buuut it's quite unpleasant to listen to and he's practically never sung clean 5th octave notes or done any demanding high vocal runs that Heiman does. He's all about the most extreme limits of the human voice and if vocal technique is all that matters, Mike is better than Heiman, but they're both good at vastly different things, so in the end it's all opinion x) can't think of anyone else besides these

[@wannaberabbi9302]

MusicalPotato mike is definitely amazing, but you’re right in the sense that he and heiman are so different that it’s hard to compare.

[@KimboRamboFin]

@@TheMusicalPotatoes Where did you hear Yannis is a smoker?