The Vocal Range of Michael Kiske
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The legendary former frontman of Helloween, Michael Kiske is renowned for his seamless powerful highs, crystal clean tone and wide vibrato. After leaving the band in the early 90s, he has released several solo records of light rock and pop, and has made guest appearance on many metal records. Most notably, he has appeared on every release of Tobias Sammett's Avantasia project, and has recorded with Revolution Renaissance and Place Vendome.
0:00 - Emotional crooning bottoming at G♯2 in his Elvis tribute "Mary in the Morning"
0:19 - G♯2 from "So Sick"
0:31 - Great singing down to a strong G2 from "Key to the Universe" by Timo Tolkki
1:02 - Short F♯2 in "Somebody Somewhere"
1:09 - Somewhat strange F♯2 from "I'd Die for You"
1:16 - Spoken F♯2s from "Halloween"
1:30 - A solid E2 from "Shadowfights"
1:39 - A short E2 from "Time's Passing By"
1:45 - Spoken E2s from "Keeper of the Seven Keys"
2:01 - A phrase ending in an E♭2 from "Absolution" by Tribuzy
2:21 - From a 1993 interview, Kiske first fits a full voice C♯2, then dips to B♭1 in fry
2:35 - Great singing up to B4 from "I Will Be Gone"
3:01 - More B4s with heavy vibrato in "Streets of Fire"
3:21 - A fantastic B4 from "Sign of the Times"
3:35 - Singing up to a chesty C5 in "Philistine City"
3:56 - Easy powerful C5 from "Stargazers" by Avantasia
4:11 - Very long C5 from "Eagle Fly Free"
4:46 - Energetic singing topping at C♯5 from "Place Vendome"
5:23 - An immense C♯5 from "The Tower"
5:38 - Super-clean D5 singing from "Easy"
6:03 - Singing up to D5 in "Cross the Line"
6:17 - A pair of passionate D5s from "Your Turn"
6:33 - Several C♯5s with two great E♭5s from the awesome chorus of "Absolution"
7:03 - Steals the show with fantastically phrased lines on E♭5, and one E5 at the end, from "Farewell" by Avantasia
7:57 - A great E5 from "March of Time"
8:10 - A breathless line sung at E5 from "The Tower"
8:28 - Spoken G2s, leading up to an incredible E5 from "Victim of Fate"
8:53 - Singing up to several E5s in one breath then sustaining a C5 in the climax of "Keeper of the Seven Keys" (cut off for time)
9:18 - The amazing chorus from "Key to the Universe", with a sustained E5 trilling to F5
9:36 - A quite long F5 from "The Tower"
9:48 - A reeeeeeeeeeeally long F5 in the background from "New Horizons"
10:11 - Singing seamlessly up to F5 in the famous chorus of "Eagle Fly Free"
10:23 - A strong though off-key F♯5 from "I'm Alive" off Hell on Wheels
10:32 - A surprising rise to a surprisingly full G5 during a 1989 performance of "Eagle Fly Free"
10:41 - An ethereal F♯5 from "The Chance", followed by smooth singing up to E5
11:06 - An entire line sung on F♯5 from "How Many Tears" live
11:20 - Piercing G5(s) from the re-recorded "Starlight"
11:34 - A falling G5 from "Keeper of the Seven Keys"
11:48 - An entire line sung on G5(!) during a live cover of "Victim of Changes" in 2010 with his band Unisonic
12:02 - Finally, working up to a very sustained F5, with an A5 in the harmony in "Someone's Crying"
Thanks as always to TheTarantinoManiac, Danerage, Stageholder, GoodGuitarSolos
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He is literally the best singer of all time. I hope to hear him live someday. His voice gives me chills everytime
@N1CKPROGAMER
Жыл бұрын
no
One thing I say, michael kiske is not of this planet, fantastic !!
He is so wonderful
The most clean vocal tune ever no matter low or high in the history of human being.
Vocal range: INSANE! :O
Thanks for putting this together, beautifully researched, separated and labelled accordingly. This is one of the best vocal range videos available - and a great tribute to an incredible singer.
Absolutely brilliant work :) Kiske is the best singer ever :D
that was amazing!!!!! love u Michael kiske!!!
Being able to hit G5 in full voice is extremely rare for a male singer.
@ragnarkisten
2 жыл бұрын
But I can still do it!
@somekindofdude1130
2 жыл бұрын
Its a mix not a full voice, none can hit a G5 on full 🤣🤣🤣
Os melhores, mais belos e poderosos E5/F5 da história do heavy metal.
@halyssonsousa8840
3 жыл бұрын
Concordo, essa voz do Kiske além de muito agradável soa com muita potência, tanto nos graves, médios e agudos, é perfeita, é de longe uma das melhores vozes que já ouvi em toda a minha vida.
@luiscarlosbmonteiro8619
3 жыл бұрын
@@halyssonsousa8840 essa análise precisa ser atualizada com o novo álbum do Helloween. Em Down in the Dumps ele busca um B5 E desconfio que em trechos de De Robot King também tem uns G#5 absurdos buscados em meio a fraseados que ele faz parecer a coisa mais fácil do mundo.
@halyssonsousa8840
3 жыл бұрын
@@luiscarlosbmonteiro8619 Exatamente, fui rever a extensão vocal do Michael Kiske no Google, e em um dos sites, está marcada esse nova nota do Kiske na Down in the Dumps, e eu me surpreendi, o cara se superou nesse disco, e no site está marcado com um Bb5, não sei se é realmente a nota exata, pois fiquei em dúvida se era um Bb5 ou um B5 mesmo, mas aqui está: therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/19/michael-kiske ! E realmente em algumas músicas do disco, ele fica atingindo várias notas altas, durante esses fraseados e também quando está cantando junto ao Andi Deris, como é o caso do Refrão da Fear Of The Fallen que bem no final o Kiske lança um agudo foda, e na mesma música logo após a parte do solo da música, nesse momento em que eles cantam: Listen (listen, listen) to your heart Listen (listen, listen) to your heart Listen (listen, listen) !!! Você o Andi deris na primeira voz cantando, e o Kiske logo em seguida cantando, e claro com as notas altas, não muito agudas, mas mesmo assim altas. Sem dúvidas, o Kiske é uma dos melhores e maiores cantores de Heavy metal de todos os tempos, e é um dos melhores, se não, o melhor cantor do estilo, nos tempos atuais, é muito difícil encontrar outro vocalista dos anos 80/90 que ainda hoje está com a voz saudável e top como o Kiske!! E isso também se deve ao fato do tempo que ele passou sem fazer shows.
Kiske the best of all. Love u kiske.
great video, huge range and he's really good through all of it. He can go from really low to extremely high in seconds, looking his voice really natural and effortless. I think this is why he has become so successful.
wonderful singer, no more words
Ariana Grande: *hits perfectly a F5* Michael Kiske: Hold my beer
@javierandres7189
3 жыл бұрын
You make my day 👍🏻😂❤️
@asiabuongiorno
3 жыл бұрын
@@javierandres7189 hahaha
@summerrose1545
2 жыл бұрын
Except Michi doesn't drink beer lol
@asiabuongiorno
2 жыл бұрын
@@summerrose1545 didn’t know!!!
@summerrose1545
2 жыл бұрын
@@asiabuongiorno Like the saying goes, everyone learns soemthing new every day! ;D
What a voice!
It's never "falsetto" for him, it's "head voice" tecnique, the same of many others heavy metal singers (Halford, Dickinson, Tate etc.). "Falsetto" is the one used in the higher register by King Diamond, for example, very different in tone, espression etc.
@francescopaterni3759
9 жыл бұрын
Ego Painted Grey He uses some mixed voice with a prevalent part of head voice...Also a lot of mask.
@Celatra
7 жыл бұрын
Pedro Reinaldo you can belt in headvoice
@alexanderninethson8801
5 жыл бұрын
mmmm yep you got the point, but also there are two types of head-voice; the falsetto is actually head voice,and the other "head voice" you were pointing at its the transition between chest and head voice which is harder to do than falsetto. for example Run to the hills, or i want out chorus.
@felipperodrigues8448
5 жыл бұрын
No dude,let's be honest to ourself ,he uses falsetto and he uses a looooooot!!!!
@felipperodrigues8448
5 жыл бұрын
@prefer noto No dude, he uses a lot of falsetto.
nice compilation!!
Wow.. the lowest of lows to the highest of highs. He’s no doubt the best there is.
You should listen to Kiske's new album with Unisonic! He truly sings amazingly there (especially on the bonus track Over The Rainbow).
wonderful work.
Never realized before that high note in the background of New Horizons!
amazing
his range is 1337 - over 9000
Thanks a lot for this amazing collection of Michael Kiske's divine vocal performances! One other example you could have added as well is from Helloween's "Save Us": "Far from down below one comes prepared to take us all..." That excerpt is as equally impressive imo.
Indeed, when it came to the E5 area I had a lot to choose from. Save Us is a favorite performance from him.
UPDATE!!! Hes back and Helloween and now his high note is no longer an A5 is now a B5 at Down In The Dumps
Kiske God!!
Several singers have a wider range (both on the bottom and the heights), but one of Kiske's main accomplishments and virtues is the ability to easily go from head to full voice (and vice-versa); they are connected like hell and his voice always keeps its spectacular shape. You can hardly tell the exact moment where he switches, and thus sounds so natural... As an example, pick Deris... he's good but come on, that head voice is so inconnected that tends to always sound like raspy falsettos
From 7:01 and on just take my money, i don't want them anymore...
I put Michael Kiske, Geoff Tate, Rob Halford, and Bruce Dickinson in one class of their own.
11:48, like he's STATING: "Yes, I'm MR. MICHAEL KISKE. Any problems with it?" :)
OMG!
Yup
Hope this helps, but actually his highest note with full voice ends up in D5, like in Your Turn... all the notes above seem clearly head voice (included the ones labeled as "falsetto"). There are even some lower than D5 that still sound very head-voiced (it depends on how much he has to sustain, the vowel he carries on, the former and the next phrase, etc). I.E: the C♯5 from Place Vendome.
I match the tones with my own voice and pitch them using a tuner I have on my phone. Sometimes I can do it by ear, but I always check it on a tuner anyway. Sometimes I use a keyboard if it's particularly tricky in the low registers, or is too high for me to accurately replicate.
Can anyone tell pls what the are notes for background vocals during "Kids of the Century" chorus? Sounds amazing and very high to me.
this man have a capella voice in my opinion
wow, only second to Daniel Heiman, the vocal god! :)
@blazejecar
8 жыл бұрын
+Martin Winter true, daniel is god :D
how do you know what tones he's taking? i've always wondered
kiske is the best and now... in unisonic with Hansen!!!
@Stophocles Read the description.
please tell me about a tuner i only find online things of autotune :( i want to know my register with the tuner
sorry for the ignorant question but ... what does TRP stand for?. Thanks.
I keep hearing that kiske is a tenor, but he sounds similar to Geoff Tate who is clearly a baritone in that they both use a lot of twang and cry in their voices and use very open vowels to negotiate their bridges. Kiske’s voice does seem to have a bit of a fuller quality like in Sign of the Times though, but he struggles in his mid voice sometimes so idk.
@apati80 That's precisely what I mean
@claudioa1978 Dickinson actually has the same amount of range as Kiske, at least on paper. Freddie's is a little bit less, C#2-F5, but still very very good.
2 sustained G5's in over the rainbow
so i can use a tuner to look it up myself?
hey ! I have a challenge for you... Tell us what Rik emmett's vocal range is.. it's extremely high !
What an impressive falsetto this man had.
@Elquetelopu Actually I've heard Bruce sound off quite a bit. More than Kiske definitely, but of course Kiske doesn't have nearly as much live output.
I came.
Way better in every way than Elvis.So real, emotional, it makes you actually feel ! And meet Mary yourself.My respect for both KINGS !
@brownholecharles
6 жыл бұрын
okay let's not get carried away !
Didn't know that Kiske can get close to Midnight from Crimson Glory.
He's tenor dramatic or baritone? Because Tony Kakko it's high baritone and have the SAME register.
Estoy seguro que en su prime pudo alcanzar notas mucho mas altas, en ese tiempo no se le escuchaba forzada la garganta, sacaba las notas sin esfuerzo.
that A5 cant be real, oh my freaking god D:
@7dayspking
9 жыл бұрын
He's hit a few A5's....(only one in a studio recording...on 'Someone's crying'
@Celatra
6 жыл бұрын
Look up Tommorrows Outlook - The Ehtereal Dream (kiske version) he does an A5 there.
@Celatra
6 жыл бұрын
yea but halford whistled the G#6.
@artvandelay4485
6 жыл бұрын
maybe not but Kiske is way cleaner. Halford always cheats with his screamy voice. Many can do that. But blow full with complete control in a clear voice now thats a different story. Halford is a very overrated singer. Halford havn't sung decent live since 1990 anyway. While Kiske has kept his voice intact.
@Celatra
6 жыл бұрын
Art Vandelay agree, halford strains all the time
he hits a B5 at 11:28! not just a G5!
@epictemptation7350
9 жыл бұрын
That's the guitar, not his voice, the first harmonized G5 ends then the other one keeps going while the guitar gets up to that high note.
@Tico4president
9 жыл бұрын
Epictemptation7 we meet again
@epictemptation7350
9 жыл бұрын
Tico4president shush
I wonder how different Kiske's career would've been had he been taken in by the New York or Nashville music industry scene instead of secluding himself in Germany after leaving Helloween.
@zorland876
6 жыл бұрын
You think a German metal singer should have joined the country music industry?
@brownholecharles
6 жыл бұрын
That would've been quite the spectacle ! But no, just thinking out loud - Kiske was tired of metal and felt limited by the genre (as he has said many times during interviews). Many great albums outside the country genre were recorded and mixed on Music Row, and still are.
@brownholecharles
6 жыл бұрын
The Kiske-era Helloween was an incredible match of gifted musicians and composers. I'm not aware of any metal band before them that wrote vocal lines to harmonize with guitar melodies quite like they did. They had raw talent in spades and drew inspiration from diversity to innovate. Chameleon demonstrated they were evolving beyond the genre. I'd love to pick their brains about the formation and arrangement of the first five albums ! Liked and subbed :) - I love technical analysis of virtuoso musicians, great idea thank you
Where is the Bb1?? Or even the C#2.
@zorland876 By higher notes I presume you refer to Dickinson's falsetto notes, otherwise I strongly disagree!
12:02 alessandro conti are you? ;)
@luiscarlosbmonteiro8619
5 жыл бұрын
Conti não chega nesse tom com a mesma clareza no timbre nunca.
Why can't I hear the B♭5 all I hear is the G
That's true, this is rather outdated.
Is he a dramatic tenor??
@javierandres7189
3 жыл бұрын
Yeap
Análise Vocal Andi Deris - Helloween: whiplash.net/materias/curiosidades/222230-helloween.html
wiki says he is a baritone, but... that sounds weird. Id rather find him a tenor
@TheHelloween1993 They both have 3 1/2 exactly. Dickinson has more higher and lower notes though.
@claudioa1978 3 1/2
Kiske never had the eprsonality of a frontman... how could you say that he' was one?
@brownholecharles
6 жыл бұрын
well he was only 18 when he was signed with Helloween and was out of the band before he turned 25. If you watch his helloween concerts in the 80's and early 90's its clear he had little experience (only was in one band for several months before landing his label contract) but he grew into the role.
But bruce have more low notes , and never turn out of tone like kiske.
@TheHelloween1993 no he can't, bruce is much better vocalist