The vocal range of Tony Kakko (outdated research)

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Tony Kakko is best known for his singing in Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings. He is a great high baritone with an incredible raspy timbre in his high register, a silky-smooth mid-range and booming lows. He has the ability to sing in many different styles; from aggressive, to soothing, to even yodelling.

Time for some notes! Starting with the mid-highs:

1. 0:00 - Great G#4 sliding up to B♭4. Song is Letter to Dana (live).
2. 0:30 - Melody from Wacken performance of Gravenimage, top note is B4.
3. 0:53 - A looooong G#4 from a sound check.
4. 1:09 - Powerful singing from Northern Kings song Killer. Top notes are B4.
5. 1:26 - Incredible C#5, then sustained B4 from a live performance of It Won't Fade.
6. 1:46 - High passage from Wildfire in which Tony hits a falsetto A5, some G#5s and a quick full F#5. A nice sustained B4 comes afterwards
7. 2:13 - Strong, sustained B4 from live performance of Draw Me.
8. 2:25 - Singing up to C#5 in Shamandalie.
9. 2:45 - E♭5, then C#5 in Ain`t Your Fairytale.
10. 3:00 - Great screamy F5 and E♭5s from live show of It Won't Fade.
11. 3:11 - Raspy E♭5s from outro of a live show. "Vodka's what we need!"
12. 3:22 - C#5s and E5s from live performance of 8th Commandment.
13. 3:32 - Short E5 from Wacken performance of Gravenimage, followed by a raspy non-modal scream reaching G#5.
14. 3:51 - Long E5 from My Land.
15. 4:02 - Great E5s from an acapella version of Fullmoon
16. 4:26 - Melody E5s in the chorus of Weballergy.
17. 4:49 - Raspy E♭5 followed by sustained A4 sliding up to B4. Then some great singing up to a full F#5 and ending on a full E5.
18. 5:20 - Chants with the crowd reaching F5.
19. 5:32 - Short D5, followed by a melody-line F5! Song is White Pearl, Black Oceans
20. 5:52 - Another crowd-chant, topping at E5.
21 .6:06 - Short, head-voiced F#5 from Blank File.
22. 6:11 - Singing up to a quick full F#5 in Destruction Preventer.
23. 6:20 - Smooth gliding up to a full F#5, and falsetto G#5 in Destruction Preventer (there's an old live clip where he goes sharp on the F#5s, hitting a full-voiced G5!).
24. 6:40 - Screaming up to a powerful raspy falsetto G5 in The Dead Skin, followed by a raspy F5.
25. 7:03 - Sung F#5s and a quick, head voice-sounding G#5 in Blank File
26. 7:22 - "Unfortunately for you... this makes me your God..." awesome raspy falsetto scream reaching A5 in a live version of Don't Say a Word!
27. 7:45 - Falsetto A5 while messing around in the intro of Fullmoon.

Now for some low notes!

28. 7:51 - Soft singing down to B2 in Tallulah.
29. 8:02 - More soft singing to B♭2 in The Misery.
30. 8:10 - Strong E2 in Replica 2006.
31. 8:13 - Strong lows down to E2 and B1 in live version of Juliet.
32. 8:21 - Growly E2s in studio version of Juliet.
33. 8:39 - Booming spoken lows in outro of live version of White Pearl Black Oceans. Lowest note is D2.
34. 8:57 - F#2 and C#2 in the background of Deathaura
35. 9:04 - The Word's Forgotten, the Words Forbidden, reaches C#2
36. 9:15 - Strong F#2 sliding down to C#2 in live sound check.
37. 9:26 - Tony sings an octave lower in Tallulah and achieves a strong C#2. Deep, bassy timbre here.
38. 9:40 - Strong D2 sliding down to an A1 after some yodelling in a live show!
39. 9:43 - Live version of Replica reaching C2
40. 9:49 - Listen closely to the background for the repeated phrase "behind it all...", with whispered B1s

New info: Tony hits a B♭5 in the intro of "Da Best Song Ever" (watch?v=kS3HYU3TOiw)
Also hits a (very random) C6 in "The Vice", 1m 42s in.
Also hits a G6 in a 'silly' cover of Hocus Pocus
Hits full-voiced G5s in some old live performances of Destruction Preventer