The Vocal Range of Trent Reznor (C♯2-E♭6)

READ THE DESCRIPTION Trent Reznor is the lead singer and factotum of the industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. In the 90s Trent Reznor had a quite light but still baritonishly dark voice. He could frequently belt 4th octave notes, though with limited access to the 5th octave. Though used frequently by him, his lows were rather quiet, weak and whispery, lacking strength and/or deepness. Entering the 00s, Trent's voice changed a lot, as it became darker and acquired a beefier, heavier timbre, losing some of his agility and distortion capabilities in the high range, but gaining some extension and strenght in the lower one. 0:00 HIGH NOTES: A4 from "The Great Destroyer" (2007). 0:12 A4s from "Non-Entity" (2005). 0:47 Intense sustained A4s from "The Way Out is Through" (1999). 1:13 A4s from "Last" (1992). 1:34 A4s from "We're in This Together" (1999). 2:17 The vocal climax of "The Great Below", featuring some A4s, topping with a short B♭4 and sustaining an A4 right after (1999). 2:40 Melodies topping at B♭4 from "Where is Everybody?", amidst numerous shouted G♯4s (1999). 3:07 B♭4s from "You Know What You Are?" (2005). 3:32 "Sunspots", featuring numerous G♯4s and a couple of short B4s (2005). 4:16 G♯4s from "No, You Don't", with some short B4s being thrown around repeatedly (1999). 4:44 G4s followed by B4s from "Down in It" (1989). 4:55 F♯4s followed by two lines ending on B4 from "Only" (2005). 5:13 Falsetto C5 from the classic hit "Closer" (1994). 5:20 Screaming topping at C5 from "Heresy" (1994). 5:39 B♭4s and a C5 from the cover of Joy Division’s "Dead Souls" (1994). 6:01 C5s from "The Becoming" (1994). 6:20 C♯5s from the ending of "Gave Up". Trent always avoids these notes live (1992). 6:43 EXCEPT HERE. This rehearsal not only replicates the notes from the studio version, it also features them clearer in the mix (1992). 7:04 Trent sustains B4s in the background of "The Downward Spiral", with trills up to D5, which sound either like small cracks or the result of pitch shifting (1994). 7:28 The remix "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" features said B4 in the forefront (1994). 7:38 Screaming galore on "Big Man with a Gun". Belted B4s and a streak of false cord D5s in the backing vocals (1994). 7:49 A showcase of Trent's false cord shrieking abilities: E5 from "Starfuckers Inc." (1999). 7:56 Falsetto harmonies from "Underneath it All" topping at E5 (1999). 8:07 Piercing falsetto G5 from "Happiness in Slavery" live at the famous Woodstock ‘94 gig (1994). 8:24 Explosive live finale from "March of the Pigs" featuring a falsetto A5. Great sounding note! (2008). 8:40 Melody exclusively on G5 and B♭5 with short trills to C6 from "The Becoming". This one could be pitch shifted because of the distorted timbre, but mostly due to how INSANELY HIGH the whole melody is (1994). 9:03 C6s from the theme of the videogame Quake. Another one that might be pitch shifted or maybe just a sample from somewhere else and not Trent. The C5s following after are definitely Trent (1996). 9:31 A lunatic glissando to a falsetto D6 from "Burn" (1994). 9:44 Some strange improv singing from a live version of "Complication" featuring THREE (!) falsetto D6s (2000). 10:03 MANIC false cord screaming from the studio version of "Happiness in Slavery" topping at E♭6 then descending with impressive control to F5 (1992). 10:31 LOW NOTES: Weak A2 from the legendary “Hurt”. These quiet whispery lows are the standard for Trent’s low singing (1994). 10:39 A2s from "Down in It" (1989). 10:56 A couple of solid G♯2s from the cover of Gary Numan’s "Metal" (2000). 11:18 A2s and G2s from "Ruiner" (1994). 11:36 Many quiet G2s from "The Fragile" (1999). 12:24 The same song performed live in 2009. This showcases Trent's voice change pretty well. Notice how much stronger and better projected the lows are (2009). 13:11 A little weak F♯2s from "Mr. Self Destruct" (1994). 13:31 Sustained breathy F2s from "The Perfect Drug". Just audible enough in the mix (1996). 13:48 F2 from "Burn" live (2006). 13:55 F2s from a live performance of the cover of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” (2009). 14:00 A couple of backing vocal E2s from “Demon Seed”. You can hear them on the right channel (2009). 14:14 Quiet E2 from the cover of U2’s “Zoo Station” (2011). 14:22 Short but strong E2 amidst G2s and A2s from “In This Twilight” (2007). 14:31 Ominous D2s and F2s from the chorus of "She's Gone Away". In his latest releases with NIN, Trent has made greater use of his lower range (especially for spoken bits) adopting a stronger sounding tone (2016). 14:53 A couple of solid sustained D2s from a live performance of "March of the Pigs" (2013). 15:14 Short but pretty strong D2 from "Somewhat Damaged" live (2009). 15:22 Unexpected C♯2 from "Mr. Self Destruct" live. Apparently, he went for a C2 and fell kind of sharp. Pretty strong and good sounding nonetheless! (2009). Special thanks to the guys over at The Range Place http://therangeplace.boards.net/threa...