Mikael Åkerfeldt (13,301 views)

Member Of: Eruption (1987-1990), Opeth (1990-present), Steel (1996-1998), Bloodbath (1998-2003, 2005, 2008-2012), Storm Corrosion (2010-present), Sörskogen (?-?)
Voice Type: Baritone
Vocal Range: C2-E5

High Notes:

E5 ("Banemannen")
D5 ("De närmast sörjande", "Eternal Rains Will Come", "Remember Tomorrow")
C♯5 ("Banemannen", "Ljudet Innan")
C5 ("De närmast sörjande", "Moon Above, Sun Below", "Would?")
B4 ("Cirkelns riktning", "A Fleeting Glance", "Kontinuerlig drift", "Moon Above, Sun Below", "Remember Tomorrow", "River", "The Seventh Sojourn", "Svekets prins", "The Ward", Vocal Improvisation live Nebraska 2009)
B♭4 ("The Apostle in Triumph", "Cirkelns riktning", "Faith in Others", "Famine", "Harvest", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Minnets yta", "Supper's Ready")
A4 ("Allting tar slut", "Burden", "Catch the Rainbow" live Bloodstock 2010, "Charlatan", "Chrysalis", "Cirkelns riktning", "De närmast sörjande", "Era", "Famine", "Ghost of Perdition", "Häxprocess", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "Sorceress 2", "Spring MCMLXXIV", "Will O the Wisp")
G♯4 ("Charlatan", "Hex Omega", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Kontinuerlig drift", "The Lotus Eater", "Stockholm")
G4 ("Allting tar slut", "A Fleeting Glance", "Atonement", "Banemannen", "Charlatan", "Chrysalis", "Cirkelns riktning", "Cusp of Eternity", "De närmast sörjande", "Den ständiga resan", "Deliverance", "Era", "Faith in Others", "Famine", "Folklore", "Ghost of Perdition", "Harvest","Hex Omega", "Hjärtat vet vad handen gör", "I Feel the Dark", "Ingen sanning är allas", "The Lines in My Hand", "The Lotus Eater", "Minnets yta", "Moon Above, Sun Below", "The Moor", "Mordet i Grottan", "Porcelain Heart", "River", "Slither", "Sorceress", "Spring MCMLXXIV", "Still Day Beneath the Sun", "Strange Brew", "Svekets prins", "To Rid the Disease", "Var kommer barnen in" live Stockholm 2013, "Voice of Treason", "The Wilde Flowers", "Would?")
F♯4 ("Allting tar slut", "Bleak", "Chrysalis", "Deliverance", "Den ständiga resan", "The Devil's Orchard", "Harvest", "Häxprocess", "Hex Omega", "Hjärtat vet vad handen gör", "Hope Leaves", "I Feel the Dark", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Master's Apprentices", "Minnets yta", "Pyre", "River", "Slither", "Svekets prins", "Unhealer", "White Cluster", "Would?")
F4 ("Allting tar slut", "Banemannen", "Bleak", "Bridge of Sighs", "Burden", "Catch the Rainbow" live Bloodstock 2010, "Charlatan", "Day Five: Voices", "De närmast sörjande", "The Devil's Orchard", "The Drapery Falls", "Elysian Woes", "Era", "Faith in Others", "A Fleeting Glance", "Folklore", "Hessian Peel", "Isolation Years", "The Lines in My Hand", "The Moor", "Porcelain Heart', "Pyre", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "Soldier of Fortune", "Solitude" live Stockholm 2012, "Sorceress 2", "Strange Brew", "The Throat of Winter", "Will O the Wisp", "Would?")
E4 ("At the Gallows End" live Stockholm 2007, "Beneath the Mire", "Burden", "By the Pain I See in Others", "Coil", "Credence", "Day Five: Voices", "Death Whispered a Lullaby", "Den ständiga resan", "Derelict Herds", "Era", "Face of Melinda", "Famine", "A Fleeting Glance", "The Funeral Portrait", "Godhead's Lament", "Hessian Peel", "Hex Omega", "I Feel the Dark", "In My Time of Need", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Karma", "Kontinuerlig drift", "The Leper Affinity", "The Lotus Eater", "Master's Apprentices", "Moon Above, Sun Below", "The Moor", "Moonlapse Vertigo", "Nepenthe", "Pyre", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "Slither", "Sorceress", "Spring MCMLXXIV", "Stockholm", "Strange Brew", "The Throat of Winter", "To Bid You Farewell", "Unhealer", "Var kommer barnen in" live Stockholm 2013, "Voice of Treason", "The Ward", "When", "White Cluster")

Low Notes:

D3 ("Beneath the Mire", "Bridge of Sighs", "Burden", "Closure", "De närmast sörjande", "Demon of the Fall" live Massachusetts 2013, "Face in the Snow", "A Fair Judgement", "Faith in Others", "Famine", "Forest of October", "Ghost of Perdition", "The Grand Conjuration", "Hope Leaves", "Hours of Wealth", "I Feel the Dark", "Isolation Years", "Kontinuerlig drift", "The Moor", "Nepenthe", "Porcelain Heart", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "Solitude" live Stockholm 2012, "Weakness", "Would?")
C♯3 ("At the Gallows End" live Stockholm 2007, "Atonement", "The Baying of the Hounds", "Den ständiga resan", "A Fleeting Glance", "Hessian Peel", "The Lotus Eater", "Stockholm", "Windowpane")
C3 ("Atonement", "Banemannen", "Burden", "Catch the Rainbow" live Bloodstock 2010, "Closure", "Famine", "Folklore", "Ghost of Perdition", "Harvest", "Moon Above, Sun Below", "To Bid You Farewell", "Will O the Wisp")
B2 ("April Ethereal", "Beneath the Mire", "Benighted", "By the Pain I See in Others", "Chrysalis", "Day Twelve: Trauma", "Den ständiga resan", "A Fleeting Glance", "Godhead's Lament", "Ingen sanning är allas", "Nectar", "The Night and the Silent Water", "A Predator's Portrait", "Roads", "Serenity Painted Death")
B♭2 ("Day Twelve: Trauma", "Elysian Woes", "Famine", "Soldier of Fortune", "The Baying of the Hounds")
A2 ("Advent", "Banemannen", "Benighted", "Black Rose Immortal", "By the Pain I See in Others", "Drag Ropes", "Faith in Others", "Ingen sanning är allas", "The Lotus Eater", "Mordet i grottan", "Sorceress", "The Twilight Is My Robe")
G♯2 ("At the Gallows End" live Stockholm 2007, "Day Two: Isolation", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "Roads")
G2 ("Drag Ropes", "Häxprocess", "Reverie/Harlequin Forest", "The Twilight Is My Robe", "The Wilde Flowers")
F♯2 ("Day Two: Isolation", "Ghost of Perdition")
E2 ("Day Eleven: Love", "Day Twenty: Confrontation", "Murder" live Melloboat 2008)
E♭2 ("Svekets prins")
D2 ("De närmast sörjande")
C♯2 (Sung in FaceCulture 2005 Interview)
C2 ("Ghost of Perdition" live Roundhouse Tapes 2006, "Repentance" live New York 2008)

Known as the frontman and guitarist of Opeth, Mikael Åkerfeldt is an iconic figure for both the Swedish metal scene and the modern prog scene in general. As a vocalist he is well known for his tendency to switch between some of the best guttural growls in the business and a clean, often soothing baritone mid range. While the decision to drop all harsh vocals from new Opeth music in 2011 was controversial, it did give way to Mikael's clean singing undergoing considerable improvements in confidence and power. As great as his singing was tonally in the band's earlier years, it was not until around Watershed and especially Heritage that Mikael really began pushing his voice to it's true capabilities. Given this fact I suspect he will continue to surprise us with his singing in years to come.

NOTE: After much discussion, it has been determined that the octave of Åkerfeldt's screams is debatable enough that all his harsh vocals have been placed under the "Questionable Notes" spoiler box below. Many thanks to mrchonghead for notewatching the vast majority of these screams (all except the Opeth albums from 2001-2008).
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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals.
*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Green marks harsh/distorted/screamed notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.