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Re: The Vocal Range of Bruce Dickinson: B1-F5(-B5) {Iron Maiden}
Bruce Dickinson is the vocalist mostly known as the frontman of legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He started out as standard tenor but eventually his voice lowered into lower tenor during his career with Iron Maiden. Dickinson has fantastic low notes for tenor voice and his high notes are widely respected as some of the best in heavy metal. Dickinson's operatic style and wide vibrato have also proved to be really imitated among modern metal singers.
1. 0:00 - Solid B2s and few A2s from "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg".
2. 0:38 - Lots of solid low notes bottoming around A2, Bruce should have tried going even lower!
3. 1:30 - Short G♯2s from "Afraid to Shoot Strangers".
4. 1:49 - Live version of "Fear of the Dark" with solid A2s and one short F2.
5. 2:13 - Lots of solid A2s and F2s from "The Talisman", Dickinson's low singing has improved a lot from his earlier days! (He gets D5s in the song too!)
6. 2:52 - Low passage from the live performance of "Sign of the Cross" bottoming around strong E2, good notes.
7. 3:03 - Acoustic passage of "Dance of Death" with subtle but solid E2.
8. 3:13 - Live performance of "Dance of Death" with two good E2s, much stronger than the one in studio version.
9. 3:28 - Lots of really great low notes bottoming around solid D2s, the song is called "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out", really impressive from a tenor!
10. 4:09 - Eerie low passage from "From Here to Eternity" bottoming around D2.
11. 4:36 - Creepy low passage from "Believil" with Bruce going down to strange C♯2s.
12. 5:17 - Dickinson's lowest note, fry F1 and great full B1 from the intro of "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out".
13. 5:23 - Time for high notes: lots of clean C5s from "Déjà vu". (Somewhere in Time is the best Iron Maiden-album for me.)
14. 5:33 - Short but good C5 from "The Assassin".
15. 5:36 - Fantastic B4 with a trill up to C♯5, the song is "The Thin Love Between Love and Hate".
16. 5:50 - Amazing C♯5 from "Flight of Icarus".
17. 5:57 - Quick C♯5 from "Believil", Bruce spans 3 octaves in this song!
18. 6:03 - Excellent C♯5 from "Communion".
19. 6:19 - Glide up to clean D5 in "Twilight Zone" from Dickinson's audition tapes.
20. 6:29 - Great clean D5s from "Total Eclipse".
21. 6:58 - Impressive climb up to really clean and great D5s, the song is "To Tame a Land".
22. 7:15 - Really powerful D5s from the live performance of "Walking Out on You" during his Sampson-years.
23. 7:45 - Crowd scream from the live version of "The Mercenary" where Dickinson goes up to E♭5.
24. 7:51 - Cover of Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown" with Bruce soaring up to E♭5 and sustaining the note while gliding up and down.
25. 8:10 - Legendary chorus of "Run to the Hills" with impressive high notes up to E5s.
26. 8:33 - Incredible sustained E5 from "Where Eagles Dare", Bruce often had problems with this when performing live.
27. 8:51 - Fantastic sustained E5 from "Children of the Damned" with quick falsetto F♯5 after that.
28. 9:02 - Another clean and good E5, this time from "The Trooper".
29. 9:08 - Quick and clean F5 (Bruce's highest full voice note!) from the live version of "Bring Your Daughter... To the Slaughter", the performance was in 2003!
30. 9:18 - Another F5, this time during the crowd shout-out of the live version of "Hallowed Be Thy Name".
31. 9:25 - Finally falsetto notes: insane falsetto climb up to G5 and slide down to F♯5 in the live performance of "Where Eagles Dare".
32. 9:37 - Powerful falsetto F♯5 from "Gangland".
33. 9:42 - Amazing G5 descending lower, the song is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
34. 9:58 - Insane falsetto descending from G♯5 to F♯5 in the live performance of "Flight of Icarus".
35. 10:14 - Great and raw G5 from "Be Quick or Be Dead".
36. 10:22 - Legendary A5 from "Number of the Beast", fantastic note!
37. 10:36 - Intense A5 from "Take It Like a Man".
38. 10:40 - Fantastic ending of "Run to the Hills" with climb up to G5 and finally B5 (the highest note Bruce has showcased).
39. 10:56 - Powerful B5 from "Gangland".
