Oli Sykes
Tenor · Metal · Rock · Electronic · UK · prominent since 2006
How Oli Sykes uses that range
Texture outranks polish: the harsh vocabulary spans false-fold screams, pitched fry, and mid-range shouts, all riding real pitch centers rather than noise, while the cleans stay deliberately plain; thin, slightly flat-footed, and confessional, topping out around Bb4. Onsets in clean passages are breathy; in harsh passages the distortion starts above the folds before the vowel opens. Phrasing favors blunt, spoken rhythm over melisma. The student error is scraping the true cords to copy the screams and shouting the cleans; both modes depend on low air pressure and a relaxed, open throat.
What is Oli Sykes’s vocal range?
Oli Sykes's vocal range is commonly cited as D#2 (Eb2) to G#5 (Ab5) — about 3.4 octaves, or 41 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around A#4 (Bb4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Torn-paper screams beside fragile, confessional cleans — an emo-metal voice built on texture over polish.
- Signature song
- Can You Feel My Heart
Reading the numbers
- D#2 is a deep floor for a tenor — lower than all but 18 of the 223 tenors here.
- 10 semitones — 24% of the whole span — sit above the cited full-voice ceiling, so much of this range is head voice, falsetto or whistle rather than chest.
- That floor is a full 9 semitones beneath where a tenor's range conventionally starts (C3).
- The span runs 8.5 semitones past the median voice in this library (32.5 semitones).
- The closest range in the library belongs to Joe Elliott (D2–G#5), within 1 semitone at both ends.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Oli Sykes’s voice
How high can Oli Sykes sing?
Oli Sykes is commonly cited singing up to around A#4 (Bb4) in full voice, and as high as G#5 (Ab5) overall — the stretch above A#4 comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Oli Sykes’s highest note?
Oli Sykes’s highest note is commonly cited as G#5 (Ab5), heard in Wonderful Life. Full voice is cited up to around A#4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Oli Sykes’s lowest note?
Oli Sykes’s lowest note is commonly cited as D#2 (Eb2), heard in Parasite Eve.
How many octaves can Oli Sykes sing?
Oli Sykes’s commonly cited range spans about 3.4 octaves (41 semitones), from D#2 up to G#5. That span is wider than 79% of the 636 voices in this library.
Take the free 2-minute range test — your mic finds your lowest and highest notes, then this page shows exactly how your voice lines up with Oli Sykes’s.
Also bottoming out on D#2
13 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on G#5
11 other voices here reach the same ceiling.