Helium Vocals

Do you like Helium Vocals? (V.V. Invasion,The Darnkess,King Diammond(Sometime) and a lot of other) I love some of these vocals but sometime I just hate it. Sometime I dig some of them like Vinnie Vincent Invasion and The Darknesss.

And you. Do you like it?

Yes, my favorite type of vocals, especially if they're screechy like 3 inches of blood, king diamond is awsome too. Does Flotsam and Jetsam count?

Humm...Flotsam and Jetsam ...I don't think. I know 3 or 4 songs...But I don't think it's Hellium Vocals.

Check out "Nitro" Ult has them on the NLTM website.

Kai Hansen (Helloween) is doin' some too.

AceFrehley655 wrote:

Humm...Flotsam and Jetsam ...I don't think. I know 3 or 4 songs...But I don't think it's Hellium Vocals.

Only really on their 1st two releases. After that, Eric AK changed his vocals. Still good stuff though. Check them out if you have the time/cash.

I have the time...But not th cash...

Warrel Dane had some serious helium goin' on during his two CDs with Sanctuary... he still pulls that out once in awhile in Nevermore but it's nothin' like it used to be... on the two Sanctuary discs he used his upper register constantly!!

Hey...King Diammond's voice sound (a little bit) like Halford.

Jim Gillette from NITRO is one of the best at it.Some more I can think of:
3 inches of Blood
SANCTUARY
TOURNIQUET(w/Guy Ritter)
HELLOWEEN

Michael Kiske isn't doin' like Kai and I don't really know Andi Deris's stuff so...

AceFrehley655 wrote:

Hey...King Diammond's voice sound (a little bit) like Halford.

Never thought they sounded much alike. The main difference is that King Diamond uses "falsetto" to hit those high notes. Halford doesn't.

Am I alone to think that? (A little bit not a lot)

Fat Freddy wrote:

Warrel Dane had some serious helium goin' on during his two CDs with Sanctuary... he still pulls that out once in awhile in Nevermore but it's nothin' like it used to be... on the two Sanctuary discs he used his upper register constantly!!

yea whats with that, i finally checked sanctuary out and I was like wtf!!! wierd but still great!

KissinMaiden wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Warrel Dane had some serious helium goin' on during his two CDs with Sanctuary... he still pulls that out once in awhile in Nevermore but it's nothin' like it used to be... on the two Sanctuary discs he used his upper register constantly!!

yea whats with that, i finally checked sanctuary out and I was like wtf!!! wierd but still great!

I dunno but I like Warrel's Sanctuary stuff a lot better than Nevermore. Except for DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD, which is amazing, I sometimes feel like I just don't "get" Nevermore if that makes any sense. But you put on Sanctuary's REFUGE DENIED and BAM, I'm right there. That album rules.

uggh time to listen Refuge Denied tonight

As for Nevermore, THE GODLESS ENDEAVOR and DREAMING NEON BLACK are smokin but so is DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD. Nevermore is amazing period.

KissinMaiden wrote:

uggh time to listen Refuge Denied tonight

As for Nevermore, THE GODLESS ENDEAVOR and DREAMING NEON BLACK are smokin but so is DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD. Nevermore is amazing period.

Oh yea, don't get me wrong, I have all of the Nevermore stuff, and there are songs I like on each one, but DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD is the only one that I can honestly say I love. The rest are just "OK." I still prefer Sanctuary. (Now I wanna pull out REFUGE DENIED and INTO THE MIRROR BLACK!)

Fat Freddy wrote:

KissinMaiden wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Warrel Dane had some serious helium goin' on during his two CDs with Sanctuary... he still pulls that out once in awhile in Nevermore but it's nothin' like it used to be... on the two Sanctuary discs he used his upper register constantly!!

yea whats with that, i finally checked sanctuary out and I was like wtf!!! wierd but still great!

I dunno but I like Warrel's Sanctuary stuff a lot better than Nevermore. Except for DEAD HEART IN A DEAD WORLD, which is amazing, I sometimes feel like I just don't "get" Nevermore if that makes any sense. But you put on Sanctuary's REFUGE DENIED and BAM, I'm right there. That album rules.

I'm just the opposite. While I like Sanctuary, the vocals are too over the top and sometimes it seems like overkill (not the band). I can listen to Nevermore anytime, anywhere. Warrel seems to have more command of his vocals. And I love the overall darkness/bleakness of the lyrics and music.

I don't "get" Nevermore either, but I love Sanctuary. It's strange how people feel this way.

I was just listening to some Hades CDs earlier this week and realized that Alan Tecchio has got some serious helium goin' on in his vocals as well.

What about the one...the only...the original...Geddy Lee!?

I've thought about this, and I think that I don't really like high voices generally. I was trying to rationalize why I almost never am a fan of female vocalists (except in "ethereal" music like Dead Can Dance, etc.). I really don't think I'm a big sexist or anything. I figured I liked Heart in principal, but got sick of them on the radio. Then I realized that I've never been a huge Rush fan (just 2112); or a King Diamond freak (he's ok, but not a fave); and my enjoyment of Priest is all about Tipton/Downing, not so much Halford. Ditto other helium bands like Zebra, Pavlov's Dog, etc. The only really high singer that I like is Burke Shelley of Budgie. So if anyone needs a rationalization for not following girl groups, there you have it.
Or maybe a less complex rationalization would be better....high voices scare my cats?

Flotsam were never a helium band. AK used the high pitched screams sparingly even on the first album.

Lary Dean of Trytan also had Helium vocals. Similar to Geddy Lee.