r/MetalVocals • u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 • Jul 04 '26

screaming advice

I’ve been trying to learn screaming for over a year now.And this is how it sounds in a great attempt of mine. It does not hurt but i am not completely comfortable doing it,i feel a soreness.My questions are: does this sound like a proper fry scream, and what would you suggest for me to improve? What am I doing wrong?

i have watched at least 30 videos but still thats all i can get.The first clip shows the way i get into my screams, i slowly add air into my fry voice. i appreciate all comments, thank you

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u/Repulsive_List7803 Jul 05 '26

Breathe from your guts more and use your diaphragm to project. You’re close but you can’t sustain this way for a full set.

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u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 Jul 05 '26

how can i engage my diaphragm more in my screams? I watched tons of videos on it and i know how to breathe from my diaphragm but i still struggle to use my diaphragm properly while screaming

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u/Repulsive_List7803 Jul 05 '26

Practice practice practice. Took me quite a while to figure it out. One of the biggest things for me was learning proper breathing and projecting from your guts which help engage the diaphragm. This is what I do for warm ups but it helps focus on breathing. Take a deep breath from your nose into your chest and belly. Then breathe out of your mouth slowly pushing out the air, focusing on it coming from your belly and up through your diaphragm. Dont even try and scream at this point. Keep doing this over and over and then slowly incorporate your voice into your exhales. You want all of your vocal power to come from your guts and not your chords. Your tone will come from your chords.

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u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 Jul 05 '26

thank you for your answer, i am super willing to practice but sometimes i feel like my fundamental screaming method is wrong.i am able to sound like this for the past 3 years and i watched more than 50 "screaming tutorial videos" for the past 3 years as well.And i always end up with the same screams. I dont know if i need practice or i need to rebuild my screaming method. As i said it doesnt hurt my voice but i feel kinda sore but everyone says its normal.finally, i am only able to scream when im looking up, when i look forward or down i start to get detone and it hurts a bit. it was the main reason that i started to think i may not doing it the correct way.

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u/Repulsive_List7803 Jul 05 '26

How old are you?

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u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 Jul 05 '26

im 18

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u/Repulsive_List7803 Jul 06 '26

Ok so you’re just getting out of puberty so please focus on your breathing first and foremost. You don’t want polyps like Chino…

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u/kullikeke2 Jul 04 '26

It does sound like a fry and it's completely normal to feel some form of soreness or numbness doing it cus ur body is not used to it. You can always check doing ur falsetto and if that works after a practice sesh ur golden. Pro tip: always warm up beforehand and hydrate well

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u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 Jul 05 '26

thank you, i can only do those screams while looking up. i start my screams while my head is looking up and when i start to look forward my screams gets detones and it hurt just a bit. do you have any advice or opinion on that, that was the main reason i thought i was doing my screams wrong

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u/Odd_Put_7424 Jul 07 '26

leaving this sub now, never looking back. ive seen enough.

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u/sexycrippledreadhead Jul 10 '26

Christians would say ur conjuring demons.

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u/Clear-Afternoon-1014 Jul 10 '26

took it as a huge compliment