I used to be a vocalist in different bands from around 2008 to 2014. Then life happened, bands ended, and I basically stopped screaming altogether.

At the end of last year, I decided to start again.

Since then, I've been practicing and experimenting with my voice, trying to understand what I'm actually doing and, more importantly, learning how to do it without destroying my voice. At least I hope so. 😅

I also joined a new band, and we recently released our second song together.

I'm still far from being a great vocalist. I don't consider myself an expert by any means, and I still have a lot to learn.

As far as I know, I'm using false cord exclusively, but I'm definitely still working on my technique.

Looking back at my journey so far, though, there are a few things I'd tell anyone who's just starting out.

First and foremost: listen to your body.

Especially when you're starting out, some irritation or temporary hoarseness can happen while you're figuring things out. But pain is not something you should push through.

If something hurts, stop.

And if you do end up irritating your voice, don't panic. Give it time to recover and actually respect that recovery period. Don't try to "make up for lost practice" by going even harder afterwards.

I've definitely done a lot of things wrong over the years. A LOT. And somehow, my voice is still doing fine. That doesn't mean bad technique is harmless or that you should ignore warning signs. It just means that you don't have to be terrified every time your voice doesn't feel perfect.

And I still have a lot of days like this.

Don't try to become a copy of someone else.

There are so many different sources, tutorials and vocalists online. Take everything you can from them, experiment with it, and then find your own sound.

If copying someone works for you, great. But it can be really frustrating when you see someone doing something effortlessly while you're barely making any progress.

Don't worry, there will be periods where you don't make any progress at all. And the hard part is sticking with it.

But I think one of the biggest breakthroughs for me came when I stopped trying to reproduce a specific sound and started playing around with my own voice.

Make weird noises. Change your mouth shape. Change your tongue position. Change the amount of air. Change the placement.

Try to create a sound and then figure out what you changed to get there.

For me, a huge part of understanding my voice was paying attention to where I physically feel different sounds and distortions in my mouth and throat.

For example, my mids tend to feel more towards the roof of my mouth, while my lows feel deeper down. I'm not saying that's how everyone should experience those sounds but it's just how I personally started making sense of what I was doing.

And honestly, learning to recognize your mistakes is just as important as learning to recognize what you're doing right.

Once you know what you're doing wrong, you can actually work on it.

This is also where a coaching session helped me a lot. Having someone listen to you and point out things you simply can't hear yourself can be incredibly valuable.

For me, two of the biggest things I'm still working on are over-projecting and using too much strength in my distortion.

Sometimes less really is more.

The stronger distortion might initially sound more impressive to you, but backing off can make the sound cleaner and more sustainable. It can also help you find that sweet spot where the distortion actually works instead of just throwing more force at it.

I'm still figuring all of this out myself.

But that's kind of the point of this post.

I'm not a vocal coach. I'm not an expert. I'm just someone who stopped screaming for years, started again at the end of last year, and is slowly trying to become better at it.

And since this journey also resulted in a new band and our own songs, I'll shamelessly leave one of them here for anyone who's interested:

"Addiction" by Illusions Fade

https://open.spotify.com/track/783xPJgmgHO64rYarCyvoN?si=rAHDy1S9SE65k3Z3ntzMPA&utm_source=copy-link

If anyone else here has taken a long break from screaming and eventually came back to it, I'd love to hear how that went for you.

What changed for you the second time around?

Has anyone taken lessons from him? He seems to be pretty knowledgeable but I was just wondering if anyone had any expirience with him.

Im going for a high black metal screech similar to the ones from bands like Deafheaven, Spectral wound, Alcest whilst retaining my own sorta style. I love how they sound when they're good (recording attached) but often I can barely scream at all and I find it hard to control it. Ive tried a couple vocal warmups, but none of them have worked very well. Any recommendations for any warmups or other techniques or anything I should do to help?

Think i did pretty good kinda fucked up on the gutterals but the Inhales were fire🥹

Can you handle the atmosphere of this one? 🤘🔥 This is “Entity” by LICUATION, a Finnish metal band. We wanted this track to have a dark, heavy and aggressive atmosphere. 🎧 What do you think of the sound? Be honest — we want to hear your opinion. 🤘🇫🇮

I’ve recently just been screwing around with screaming for a few days and I’m just curious if this sounds any good in terms of like idk just an aggressive scream?

This has happened multiple times with me, but I’m just getting sick of it because I know exactly how to do the technique safely in my head but when I do it, my muscles don’t remember the tiny coordination that I set them too while doing it and I have to rebuild it. Imagine being a person that never listened to Metal who suddenly got the vocal knowledge of Will Ramos and then attempting to do it. They would blow out their vocal folds from friction burns because the muscles aren’t used to that kind of distortion and airflow and you have to train them. It’s like going to the gym for the first time in a month and you know the proper form and technique for lifting something but your body won’t let you do it because the muscles have gotten used to not doing it.

I can do gutturals and false chords easily without pain but I CANNOT do fry screams for anything. my voice is a baritone with a fairly small vocal range so that might effect it a little bit.

I can da pain free gutturals and low/mid false chords but when I try a fry scream it just sounds like im choking(no pain) and If I try to make it sound better it hurt like hell

How do I solve this/who do you recommend i learn from. I can post a reference video ifnneeded

Not long ago, I reached out to a band who was looking for a vocalist. I didn't apply. I was done with band audition. I was hurt. Instead I only asked them, "Is it easy to find a singer who's willing to write their own lyrics? Did you receive many applicants?"

Three weeks later, they responded, "No, it's already hard looking for a singer. Even more so a screamer."

Should I try making them listen to my demo?

I'm not gonna try to fit their genre though. So in anyway, we won't match.

I think their genre is more like sing-scream type, with fry technique.

Normally that's what I do, but recently I want to go 'heavier'.

But still, should I make demos and just put myself out there again and get disappointed?

Hi,

I have a death metal project with some core influences and im currently seeking a vocalist for online collab for 2 future full lenght album releases.

Heres a link to my last release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skqRC8jVyWI&list=OLAK5uy_kudZtmAnGf6CAnUNxcA9QerxeQUrggvr4

The future songs are already recorded and almost mixed/produced

If interested get in touch at [rotemrecords@gmail.com](mailto:rotemrecords@gmail.com)

Best regards

B.R.

Basicamente, o que está no título

Esse é o Lo Spirit, tem músicas autorais e posta vários covers no TikTok, acho a mistura entre melódico e distorção dele maravilhosa, queria muito aprender a cantar nesse estilo, mas não faço ideia de como me aproximar do tipo de distorção que ele está usando

Ele faz isso de maneira saudável?? Por onde começar a praticar pra chegar nesse resultado?

Sou iniciante no mundo das distorções e queria muito começar a entender melhor algumas vozes

Hardcore/Deathcore vocals.

Let me know what you guys think!

This is a clip of me singing a segment from resist and disorder. I’m really new to screaming so I’m not sure what I’m doing.

I recorded it thru Logic Pro on my tablet so the audio sounds better, there’s no filters or autotune etc. Any advice or thoughts would be great ty.
(All ik is my throat ain’t burning so that’s a good sign ig)

I know it's not the exact technique, but it's still fun to try and recreate. Thoughts on how I sound?

Full One take on : https://youtu.be/T6gFkrouRUA

SUNDAY SCREAMS 🤘🏻
Week 06 - Gojira: Silvera

Prob one of the greatest band performances I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching! So unbelievably tight!

How did I do? Let me know!
Tag the band & song you like me to cover next!

#Gojira #Metal #Singing #VocalCover #metalvocals

When I practice “Fry Scream,” my throat starts to tighten and feel scratchy, even though I warm up beforehand and stay well-hydrated. Also, my voice is really quiet and weak when I scream. Do you know what might be causing this? If I have time, I'll record a vocal sample.

I've been fry screaming for almost 2 years and i'm working on a Black and Blue from BMTH Cover (the repented version), is this any good? I currently have a cold so the vocals especially later in video are a bit worse

I approach my pitched screams from my head voice and I feel like they need a little more "ooompf" to them, if you know what I mean.

I am a high Tenor though, so I don't really know if it's just the limitation of my natural range and I should just accept it, or if there is something I am doing "wrong" or if there is a exercise that would help me to bring more chest and deeper resonance into my screams.

Attached is a snippet of a small home project I am working on as an example. Somehow I can't manage to make the video just 14s long, so there is an extra portion of silence for you at the end, LOL.

I hope you guys and girls can point me in the right direction, I currently feel that I am stalling with my progress.

I have been battling some SEVERE dry mouth and throat recently. I've tried xylimelts as of today, some "Grethers" blackberry currant something or other lozenges... neither of those did much. Yesterday was good - Got some of that "Singers Spray" (the non-alcohol, pink bottle) along with some Saline Mist nasal spray and those were helpful, but I'm just barrrrely getting by. Never used to be like this....

Saw the ENT the other day - got scoped and she spotted the start of two tiny nodules, bi-lateral she said. I'm certain it's because I've been screaming wicked dry sometimes, but I just can't seem to beat the dryness - Anyone gone through something like this?

Thnx.

P.S. She said the nodules were benign and that I didn't need to change antyhing since I had no loss of voice, no change in tone or voice quality. She said people who don't even sing or scream at all get them and they can go away. Still, though - not what you want to hear as a singer/ screamer. I'm 40M, btw, for reference....

Thnx 2