Peter Steele
Bass-baritone · Metal · Rock · USA · prominent since 1991
How Peter Steele uses that range
Depth here is architecture, not effect: a true low voice resonating in an unusually long vocal tract, sung with lazy, legato onsets and a crooner's micro-vibrato. He parks the larynx low and lets subglottal space do the amplifying, down to F1 at the extreme. Full voice tops out around G#4 before deliberate distortion takes over for dramatic peaks. Phrasing drags languidly behind the beat, vowels stretched wide. Students chase the lows by pressing down; the notes only speak when the throat stays open, the volume modest, and the air slow.
What is Peter Steele’s vocal range?
Peter Steele's vocal range is commonly cited as F1 to G5 — about 4.2 octaves, or 50 semitones, and is usually classified as bass-baritone. Full voice is cited up to around G#4 (Ab4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Cavernous bass-baritone rumble — a gothic crooner's drawl that sinks to subterranean lows.
- Signature song
- Black No. 1
Reading the numbers
- It is the 2nd widest cited span of the 13 bass-baritones here.
- F1 is a deep floor for a bass-baritone — lower than all but 1 of the 13 bass-baritones here.
- Only 5 singers here are cited below F1.
- 11 semitones — 22% 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 13 semitones beneath where a bass-baritone's range conventionally starts (F#2).
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Peter Steele’s voice
How high can Peter Steele sing?
Peter Steele is commonly cited singing up to around G#4 (Ab4) in full voice, and as high as G5 overall — the stretch above G#4 comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Peter Steele’s highest note?
Peter Steele’s highest note is commonly cited as G5, heard in Xero Tolerance. Full voice is cited up to around G#4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Peter Steele’s lowest note?
Peter Steele’s lowest note is commonly cited as F1, heard in Cinnamon Girl.
How many octaves can Peter Steele sing?
Peter Steele’s commonly cited range spans about 4.2 octaves (50 semitones), from F1 up to G5. That span is wider than 97% 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 Peter Steele’s.
Also bottoming out on F1
2 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on G5
25 other voices here reach the same ceiling.