A sample of a cover song by Kal "Glassy Sky", composed by Yamada Yutaka |
Kal is a German YouTube singer. He is known for his deep and rich tone, strong vibrato and big range. He covers songs in English, German and Japanese. The songs he covered range from anime theme songs to J-rock and VOCALOID.
He can change his singing style to match the song he is singing: Ranging from a strong, powerful and piercing belting voice in rock songs like in "Plane Theory" to soft, light and emotional voice in ballads like in his English cover of "Supernova" .
He is trained in classical singing and sings classical songs like "Lilium" from Elfen Lied. He can also scream as shown in "Leia" .
He can do German translyrics such as in his German version of "Let Me Hear - dj-jo Remix" - from Parasyte.
He debuted in May 2013, with "Guren no Yumiya" . He hit first 15,000 views with the English cover of "THE HERO!! ~Ikareru Kobushi ni Hi wo Tsukero~" from One Punch Man, even though his cover with the most views is "Glassy Sky" from Tokyo Ghoul √A.
He was a participant in multiples chorus battle such as SCB, NCCB, TTB2014 and Hybrid DuBattle.
He depicts himself with red hair, purple eyes and earring on the left ear.
His inspirations are Hizumi from D'espairsRay and Gackt.[2]
Yuyoyuppe is his favorite VOCALOID producer.
Affiliations and Collaboration Projects[]
- Member of Closer To Ideal (Kal as vocalist, Vega as Guitarist and Programming, Ju as Bassist)
- Member of RE:CHORD (participant in the Serendipity Chorus Battle 2014)
- Member of NOOOOOOO (in the NCCB)
- Member of Ginger Ale (participant in the Teacup Trio Battle 2014)
- Member of P I N K S K H U G (PKS) (participant in the Hybrid DuBattle)
- Member of CollaboDaisakusen
- Member of Nya★Kids with Arianna, bin, excelsior, kumalegs, mong, roux♪, and Tyler Sampsonis (in the HRRCB)
- Member of UTAUNION (participant in the Lyrica System Online 2016)
- Around the World (released on October 30, 2017)
List of Covered Songs[]
- "Guren No Yumiya" (Shingeki No Kyojin OP) (2013.05.01)
- "Palette" (2013.06.07)
- "Princess Mononoke Theme" - Male Classical Version - (2013.06.19)
- "Too late for the sky" (2013.06.29)
- "Zutto Kono Mama" (Forever Like This) (2013.07.20)
- "JoJo ~Sono Chi No Sadame~" (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OP 1) – TV size ver. - (2013.08.02)
- "Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai" (Shingeki No Kyojin ED 1) (2013.09.19)
- "Leia" (2013.10.05)
- "Paranoid Doll" (2013.11.06)
- "Yobanashi Deceive" -short ver.- feat. yuyechka and cheeseman (2013.12.06)
- "Tsumibito" (2013.12.08)
- "The Beginning" (Entry of the SCB) feat. RE:CHORD (2014.02.09)
- "Tsuioku Merry Go Round" (Fairy Tail ED 2) (2014.02.24)
- "Aspirin" feat. Alfie, cheeseman, K-chan, Kura, Lollia, Raku, Un3h and yuyechka (2014.03.06)
- "The Beginning" -Acapella- feat. RE:CHORD (2014.03.07)
- "INCOMPLETE" (Entry of the SCB) feat. RE:CHORD (2014.03.22)
- "Somnus" (Final Fantasy XV Theme) - Male Classical Version – (2014.03.23)
- "Kagerou≒Variation" feat. NOOOOOOO (2014.04.01)
- "Fantastic Baby" (Big bang song) feat. Zessei Bijin!, RE:CHORD, Coda and Nova (2014.04.05)
- "Pokemon Theme" – English ver. - (2014.04.11)
- "Zoetrope" (Entry of the SCB) feat. RE:CHORD (2014.05.04)
- "Supernova" – English ver. - (2014.05.18)
- "Yuragi" --Dryante Arrange- feat. Abyss (2014.05.24)
- "SKILL" (Entry of the SCB) feat. RE:CHORD (2014.06.16)
- "Iriya Iriya" (Entry of the Teacup Trio Battle) feat. Lollia and Alfie (2014.07.13)
- "WARRIOR" -Japanese & Korean ver.- (Entry of the Hybrid DuBattle) feat. PINKSKHUG (2014.07.20)
- "Unravel" (Tokyo Ghoul OP) – Piano & English Ver. – (2014.07.26)
- "Astral Domination" (Entry of the Teacup Trio Battle) feat. Lollia and Alfie (2014.08.08)
- "Yasashii Kiss wo Shite" (Dreams Come True song) (Entry of the Hybrid Dubattle) -Piano ver.- feat. PINKSKHUG (2014.08.27)
- "Ichirin Hana" feat. Rey and Howl (2014.08.28)
- "Yonjuunana" (Forty Seven) feat. Aireenn, Azusa, Bunny, Grazel, Maaya, Kuma☆ and Raku (2014.08.30)
- "FREYJA.sys" (Entry of the Teacup Trio Battle) feat. Lollia and Alfie (2014.09.12)
- "FREYJA.sys" -Acapella ver.- feat. Lollia and Alfie (2014.09.13)
- "Big Bang R & B Medley" -Japanese & English ver.- (Entry of the Hybrid DuBattle) feat. PINKSKHUG (2014.09.30)
- "Spooky Scary Skeletons" (2014.10.31)
- "Unravel" (Tokyo Ghoul OP) (2014.11.06)
- "Down By The Salley Gardens" (Fractale ED) -Live ver.- (2014.11.28)
- "Bring Him Home" (Les Misérables song) -Live ver.- (2014.11.28)
- "Theory Of Happiness" (Entry of the Hybrid DuBattle) feat. PINKSKHUG (2014.12.05)
- "Okochama Sensou" (Childish War) feat. yuyechka (2014.12.20)
- "Let Me Hear" (Parasyte OP) - dj-jo Remix - German ver. - (2015.01.09)
- "Hikaru Nara" feat. CollaboDaisakusen(2015.01.09)
- "Aoi Shiroi" (Ano Hana OP) (2015.01.28)
- "Spinning World" (Naruto ED 32) (2015.02.06)
- "One Shot" (B.A.P song) feat. Zessei Bijin! (2015.02.06)
- "Tsumugi Uta" (2015.03.06)
- "Shiwa" (Wrinkle) (2015.03.20)
- "PULSE" (Original song with Closer to Ideal) (2015.05.17)
- "Light Lag" feat. Abyss (2015.05.22)
- "scaPEGoat" (Owari no Seraph ED) -English ver.- (2015.06.07)
- "Jiyuu no Tsubasa" (Shingeki No Kyojin song) feat. Kuraiinu (2015.06.25)
- "Chouzetsu☆Dynamic!" (Dragon Ball Super OP) (2015.07.20)
- "MAZE" (D'espairsRay song) (2015.08.07)
- "Ouka saki some ni keri" (D song) (2015.08.14)
- "Setsugekka -The end of silence-" (Gackt song) (2015.08.21)
- "Clattanoia" (Overlord OP) (2015.08.28)
- "FLYERS" (Death Parade OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2015.08.28)
- "Plane Theory" (2015.09.13)
- "JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~" (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OP 1) (Full song) (2015.09.19)
- "Ambiguous" (Kill La Kill OP2 ) - TV size ver. - (2015.10.27)
- "Raise your flag" (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans OP) – TV size ver. - (2015.11.01)
- "Divinity" (Original song with Closer to Ideal) (2015.11.06)
- "Tyrannophobia" (Keinoaza song) feat. Dysergy (2015.11.07)
- "Glassy Sky" (Tokyo Ghoul √A OST) - Male ver. - (2015.11.21)
- "Butter-Fly / Leb deinen Traum" (Digimon Adventure Tri. OP) – German ver. - (2015.11.28)
- "Daylight's End" (League of Legends OST) (2015.12.05)
- "THE HERO!! ~Ikareru Kobushi ni Hi wo Tsukero~ " (One Punch Man OP) – English ver. - (2015.12.12)
- "Enigmatic Feeling" (Psycho-Pass 2 OP) feat. Arianna (2015.12.23)
- "The Winter's Tale" (BTOB song) feat. Akane Sasu Sora, Luna K, NiNa, Reion, TBK and Mima (2015.12.30)
- "Blessing" -New World Edition- feat. JoyDreamer, reirei, Girinka, Rena, iLK, Arianna, yuyechka, Acca, EnaEna, datenkou, Yunyunsae, Xandu, iWiinter and Toma (2016.01.02)
- "Magia" (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ED) -English Orchestral ver.- feat. Lollia (2016.01.22)
- "Lilium" (Elfen Lied OP) - with Choir Arrangement – (2016.01.24)
- "August 31" feat. Memorial (2016.01.31)
- "Wild Stars" (Love Live! song) feat. cheeseman, Alfie and Howl (2016.02.01)
- "Strider's High" (Prince of Stride Alternative OP) -Acoustic Arrange : Grazel ver. – (2016.02.20)
- "On My Own" (Tokyo Ghoul √A OST) - Male ver. - (2016.02.27)
- "Berserk" (2016.03.18)
- "Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna" (Erased ED) -English dj-Jo Remix ver.- (2016.04.10)
- "Kimi ni Todoke" (Kimi ni Todoke OP) -Piano ver.- (2016.04.28)
- "Hey! Smith!!" (Monster Musume ED) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2016.05.02)
- "Ninelie" (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri ED) -TV Size ver.- (2016.05.05)
- "Lay Your Hands on Me" (Kiznaiver OP) (2016.05.13)
- "Ringo Mogire Beam!" (Zan Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2016.05.16)
- "Zankoku na Tenshi no These" (A Cruel Angel's Thesis) (Neon Genesis Evangelion OP) feat. Memorial and Kal (2016.05.23)
- "Yoru wa Nemureru kai?" (Ajin: Demi Human OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2016.05.23)
- "Love in the Ice" (TVXQ song) feat. Azusa, Bunny, Kai, Kal, Kerri, Kuma☆, Lala, Mantiev, Melo, and yuyechka (2016.06.22)
- "Hikari yo" (Entry of the LSO) feat. UTAUNION (2016.06.26)
- "Ren'ai Manual" -English ver.- (2016.06.26)
- "YurikagoxInfection" (Cradle×Infection) -English ver.- feat. Lollia and Kal (2016.07.15)
- "Gingaroku" (Galaxy Record) (Entry of the LSO) feat. UTAUNION (2016.08.08)
- "Grotesque" (Entry of the LSO) feat. UTAUNION (2016.09.24)
- "History Maker" (Yuri!!! On ICE OP) (2016.11.05)
- "Button" (ReLIFE OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2016.11.18)
- "THE HERO!!" (One Punch Man OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2017.05.11)
- "Oxygène" (Oxygen) -German ver.- (2017.12.23)
- "FEED THE FIRE" (Ousama Game OP) feat. CollaboDaisakusen (2017.11.30)
- "The Witch's Tower" (Trailer) (Entry of the HRRCB) feat. Nya★Kids (2018.01.28)
Songs on SoundCloud[]
- "A Fault Line, A Fault Of Mine" (Underoath song) (Vocal demo) (2012.11.30)
- "Hakuro" (Gackt song) (2013.02.01)
- "Song of Healing" (The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask song) – Acapella ver. - (2013.04.13)
- "Guren No Yumiya" (Shingeki No Kyojin OP) (2013.08.06)
- "Palette" (2013.08.06)
- "JoJo ~Sono Chi No Sadame~" (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OP 1) – TV Size ver. - (2013.08.06)
- "Leia" (2014.03.25)
- "Somnus" (Final Fantasy XV Theme) -Acapella ver.- (2014.03.25)
- "Unravel" (Tokyo Ghoul OP) – Piano & English Ver. –(2014.07.26)
- "Freyja.sys" feat. Ginger Ale (TTB2014 entry) (2014.09.27)
- "Freyja.sys" -Acapella ver.- feat. Ginger Ale (2014.09.27)
- "Iriya Iriya" -Acapella ver.- feat. Ginger Ale (2014.09.27)
- "Iriya Iriya" feat. Ginger Ale (TTB2014 entry) (2014.09.27)
- "Astral Domination" -Acapella ver.- feat. Ginger Ale (2014.09.27)
- "Astral Domination" feat. Ginger Ale (TTB2014 entry) (2014.09.27)
- "Unravel" (Tokyo Ghoul OP (2014.11.07)
- "Let Me Hear" (Parasyte OP) - dj-jo Remix - German ver. - (2015.01.12)
- "Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold" (The Hobbit song) – Short Acapella ver. - (2013.01.13)
- "Spinning World" (Naruto ED 32) (2015.03.07)
- "Tsumugi Uta" (2015.03.07)
- "PULSE" (Original song with Closer to Ideal) (2015.05.15)
- "Magia" (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ED) -English Orchestral ver.- feat. Lollia (2016.01.22)
- "Strider's High" (Prince of Stride Alternative OP) -Acoustic Arrange : Grazel ver. – (2016.02.20)
- "Divinity" (Original song with Closer to Ideal) – Xandu mix - (2016.03.27)
- "On My Own" (Tokyo Ghoul √A OST) - Male ver. - (2016.02.27)
Discography[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His username is short for a song from D'espairsRay called "Kaleidoscope".[3]
- Some of his persona characteristics are inspired by Hizumi from D'espairsRay.[4]
- His favorite band is D'espairsRay.[5]
- His favorite youtaites are Vulkain, Kuraiinu, Kiro, Yuyechka and Lollia.[6]
- His favorite utaites are Glutamine, Shoohey and Nodoame.[7]
- He doesn't really have a favorite song but if he had to choose one, it would probably be "Forbidden" by D'espairsRay.[8]
- His favorite types of music are J-rock and Visual Kei.[9]
- He got into music after listening to Linkin Park and Green Day.[10]
- His favorite animes are Ergo Proxy, Casshern Sins, Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, Attack on Titan and some more.
- His hobbies concern music mostly but he also likes to read and play videogames.
- His favorite videogames are The Legend of Zelda (especially Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) and Bloodborne.[11]
- He is playing League of Legends [12] and his favorite champion is Azir.[13]
- He is about 189 cm tall.[14]
- He is currently in English philology master. His other master is German philology.[15]
- His favorite food is pizza [16] but he dislikes almost all vegetables.[17]
- His favorite animal is a penguin.[18]
- His favorite color is purple.[19]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Kal's Twitter information
- ↑ Kal's vocal inspirations
- ↑ Kal's username origins
- ↑ Kal's persona characteristics origins
- ↑ Kal's favorite band
- ↑ Kal's favorite youtaites
- ↑ Kal's favorite utaites
- ↑ Kal's favorite song
- ↑ Kal's favorite type of song
- ↑ What got Kal into music
- ↑ Kal's favorite videogames
- ↑ Kal's favorite videogames
- ↑ Kal's favorite League of Legends champion
- ↑ Kal's height
- ↑ Kal's studies
- ↑ Kal's favorite food
- ↑ Kal's least favorite food
- ↑ Kal's favorite animal
- ↑ Kal's favorite color