In some magazine interview, a Linkin Park member (I think it was Mike Shinoda) talked about Chester Bennington, and claimed that he had "a unique ability to make his voice sound multiple".
And, indeed, if you listen to, e.g. the second verse of "Breaking the Habit", you can clearly hear the vocal line sung in octaves (al'unisono), although it sounds more complex than simply one falsetto recorded over one tenor. Is it some complex multiple recording, an electronic distorter, or indeed Chester himself singing this way?
It's a bit hard to believe for me, but then again, I don't think the band would lie at their fans.
If it's really a special singing technique, I could imagine that this effect is caused by highlighting specific harmonics (every "natural" sound consists of the ground tone [or root?], and multiple harmonics above it, including all octaves), however, I'd still like to know if it's really possible.
Apart from Chester, I've also heard the same thing from another singer, namely Daron Malakian from SOAD.
In the "Dreaming" bridge, "she lost her mind" and "she lost her head" - the rest of the bridge sung in Daron's standard nasal tenor.
Or, at the very end of "U-Fig" (02:46/47), he slightly lets shine through something sounding like an additional falsetto - and it's very hard to believe that it's an effect, or overlapping, because it really sounds very natural.
Other than that... maybe in "Radio/Video", somewhere around 02:00. Not sure though.
Does anyone know more?
Polyphonic singing and harmonics (Chester Bennington and Daron Malakian)
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