Stu Block
Encyclopedia
Stuart Block is a Canadian
musician from Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada
. Commonly known as Stuie.B, or simply, Stu, he is the vocalist for heavy metal
bands Iced Earth
and Into Eternity. He has a large vocal range, utilizing styles from death growl
s to higher raspier shriek
s which are common in black metal
, and melodic power metal
-like vocals. He replaced Chris Krall as the lead vocalist for Into Eternity.
After the release of The Scattering of Ashes
, he posted a video of himself, entitled "Nothing Vocal Lesson", singing to clips of the song Pain Through Breathing. Despite its title, he says the video was never intended to be an actual vocal lesson. The video, in his words, was intended to "show [people] I can do [these vocals] live with no effects". He stated, in the same interview, that he would like to make a real vocal lesson on video.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
musician from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Commonly known as Stuie.B, or simply, Stu, he is the vocalist for heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands Iced Earth
Iced Earth
Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Originally formed under the name "Purgatory" in 1984, Iced Earth has released a total of ten studio albums, one live album, three EP's, two compilations and boxsets...
and Into Eternity. He has a large vocal range, utilizing styles from death growl
Death growl
A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
s to higher raspier shriek
Shriek
Shriek may refer to:* A kind of vociferation* a slang term for the exclamation mark, used in some computing and mathematical contexts, such as f_! and f^! being called shriek maps....
s which are common in black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
, and melodic power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
-like vocals. He replaced Chris Krall as the lead vocalist for Into Eternity.
After the release of The Scattering of Ashes
The Scattering of Ashes
The Scattering of Ashes is the fourth full-length studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Into Eternity. It was released on 3 October 2006 by Century Media Records.It is the first album to feature vocalist Stu Block, and bassist Troy Bleich...
, he posted a video of himself, entitled "Nothing Vocal Lesson", singing to clips of the song Pain Through Breathing. Despite its title, he says the video was never intended to be an actual vocal lesson. The video, in his words, was intended to "show [people] I can do [these vocals] live with no effects". He stated, in the same interview, that he would like to make a real vocal lesson on video.
Into Eternity
- 2006: The Scattering of AshesThe Scattering of AshesThe Scattering of Ashes is the fourth full-length studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Into Eternity. It was released on 3 October 2006 by Century Media Records.It is the first album to feature vocalist Stu Block, and bassist Troy Bleich...
- 2008: The Incurable TragedyThe Incurable TragedyThe Incurable Tragedy is the fifth full-length studio album by the Canadian progressive death metal band Into Eternity. The album was released on August 25, 2008 in Europe through Century Media Records...
- 2011: TBA
Iced Earth
- 2011: Dante's Inferno (Single)
- 2011: DystopiaDystopia (Iced Earth album)Dystopia is the tenth studio album from American heavy metal band Iced Earth. Released on October 17, 2011, it's the band's first album with vocalist Stu Block, who joined after former vocalist Matt Barlow left the band for a second time on August 6, 2011....