how to sing metal?????

[mshbiker31390]

how the **** do you sing metal without blowing your vocals

[ZachS]

you dont sing metal.. you scream it

[burbsrider]

i thought you welded metal. :?

[mshbiker31390]

no shit, but how, if you do it wrong like regular yelling you blow out your vocals, ther is a way but how?

[turndown]

you either can do in naturally (like my friend can)
or you take screaming classes (like speech classes cept from metal players?)
i dont know figure it out dont ask us you could be different than us

[lowcar100]

Like this






Got it?

You can't ask for that kind of thing over the internet, sorry.

[Beanie]

heres th metal vocals

WOoooooahhAHHHHHHHHHH

[Antagonist]

youd be better off on a musicians forum, they have tutorials on almost everything

[undeniable]

not singing,just shouting,ha

[erki]

if you cant do it, youre not supposed to sing in a band.

[Zero Cool]

you dont sing metal.. you scream itlol

[Logan]

well, there isnt a realy specific style of metal singing... ok, moast of it out there is just plain screaming till your throte bleeds.

but when you look at people like the singer of killswitch engage, that dude is a good screamer, though he manages to save his voice the more "normal" parts of the song. same with the singer of mudvayne.

also when you start looking in to meldic metal more you'll find that there are a lot of metal singers that dont scream at all, as with: iced earth, hammerfall, blind guardian, edguy etc.


annyway, about the singing part, if you wanna sing in a metal band, just do what you like, dont take shit from annyone and do what you think sounds nice, oh and listen to what the other bandmembers got the say though, thei are kinda important as well, especialy the drummer!!! drummers rule!!!!



(note: im a drummer :D)

[Diluted_Acid]

When i use to play drums virtually all the time with some people, i had this mate who could to the vocals. He only really got good after quitting smoking and drinking and drugs, so if their in your way get them out of your system. Im a drummer and like Logan i couldn't help you. But im sure their are many vocal exercises you can read about on the net.

[ashbmx]

i thought you welded metal. :?

o yes made my day!!!

[Antagonist]

well, there isnt a realy specific style of metal singing... ok, moast of it out there is just plain screaming till your throte bleeds.

no its not,
screaming involves complete controll of your voice and comes from 'half closing your throat. sort of like you would if you were holding your breath with your mouth open.
try blowing down a straw really hard, itl make a kind of scraping sound. and thats how screaming works.
you have to be able to sing a note to be able to scream it, so if you want to scream high, you actually have to be able to scream high.
anyway. basically it comes down to practice and technique.
once you can half close your throat, which comes witrh practice. use your diaprham to push air past it. the more air poassing your throat will give more of a distorted sound. so the more pressure and power will equal a very distorted sound. try singing the note at the same time, thats where the tone will come from. with all those three things put together youl get it with practice.
1:half closed throat
2:pressure from diaphram
3:singing the note

it shouldnt hurt at all, if it does then your doing it wrong. it may feel a bit worn after but youl get used to that.

EDIT
i did a little bit of reseaarch, (not really) and heres some bands with examples of diferenttechnigues

firstly this is a very VERY BAD technique. so bad i luaghed, hard.
www.purevolume.com/thepledge

this is an example of using your throat to control the scream, thats control the scream and not make it
http://www.myspace.com/onemustfallnz

this is an example of a VERY controlled technique, he uses his diaphram to push out hard yet has 100% controll of his throat
http://www.myspace.com/alwaystheantagonist

this is an axample of someone screaming how has a very limited singing range
http://www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive

thios is an example of a cvery loose and uncontrolled scream, its still decent technique, but its easy to slip out and loose it which could hurt you
http://www.myspace.com/feverlake

[DeathReceiver]

headbang its easier.

[erki]

growling is where its at.

http://www.myspace.com/therapeoflucrece

[reyesjr02]

Erki, that actually wasn't bad, even with the very noticealbe hardcore influences. And I'm really picky about my music

[Logan]

your the drummer? pritty decent drumworks mate.

pritty good music as well

[TireTap]

i play guitar for a Metal/grindcore band.. and its not singing shouting yelling.. its more using you deepest vocal cords to "growl" after you try to do it/ listen to that type of music you get to understand it and it dont sound like garbage...

[FERMONDACHEESE]

Most medal sounds forced/fake kinda like pro wrestling. Check out "Raised Fist" They sound pretty damn good as far as the "growl" goes.....good band as well :twisted:

[prerunnerXJ]

just be sure not to scream from your throat, that'll tear up your vocal cords like none other. i actually asked this question to ray harken (singer of Taken) and he said to just pretend to be really mad at something, and yell with your chest / stomach.

[erki]

your the drummer? pritty decent drumworks mate.

pritty good music as well

nope, my friend is.

[Antagonist]

just be sure not to scream from your throat, that'll tear up your vocal cords like none other. i actually asked this question to ray harken (singer of Taken) and he said to just pretend to be really mad at something, and yell with your chest / stomach.

thats not a good idea, its an easy way to lose it, you have to lock it in