Death Metal Vocals Tutorial

[evantheprophet]

Very nice. I use a similar technique.

[troutmouth]

Okay, question. I have been able to scream mid range and have kick ass highs, but I can't seem to drop it low, and if I do, it's not for very long, and the sound isn't 'ripping' ... What can I do???

[Ollieaxman]

I wonder if the fact that I can do Sygyt and Khoomei styles of throat singing will at all help with this.

[MimikoUchiha18]

totally epic

[sik6dsix]

Brutal

[NevaXme]

Bro you should give corey taylor a few lessons, maybe he won't be a little pussy =)

[6BobVSBob9]

@NevaXme uhm, i m sorry, but this is fake. he s actually screaming.

i mean, i respect this guy who made this video.

but corey actually screams. you know, the kind of shit you do when you argue, not fancy low freq diaphragm controlled shit.

i mean, sure, it s controlled, even the way corey does it, but it s not the same thing. trust me.

first two albums in slipknot were monumental in screams. third, well corey almost couldn t take it, yet the 4th one had him recouped and his voice thickened.

[HeartsRequiem]

you're the best dude! i'll keep trying

[JJO117]

did eby1 think this was a chick when they click this tutorial

[patrikarte]

You need to practice dude, you using to much throat

[MarianOctavarium]

@patrikarte What the fuck ? the guy knows what hes doing,

[patrikarte]

@MarianOctavarium realy?? I had sing in a few metal bands for years i know what i say. Hes not bad, he have only to refine hes technique a bit by using less throat and more diafragm, he have to relax his throat a bit continuing the growl

[crappydeath]

nathan explosion having an orgasm 1:43-1:49

[sk8rt33]

its a concidence that your 3 influences are mine. mikael akerfeldt is a fucking god. and thank you a lot for this. my friend at school is trying to teach me but he listens to shit like attack attack. not for me... but i've watched a few of these tutorial videos, and yours seemed to influence me the most. thanks for really emphasising on practicing daily. I appreaciate you making this video

[Spanishflea1]

Hey man I appreciate the help. Looking to improve my vocals, all the other video's are garbage. Thanks for taking the time to explain it in a way that sounds lame, but gets results.

[fuelgrxqhic]

I dont understand :S

[Indojackal]

you are sideways :3

[filthygirl25]

cute xP

[battlecrusader]

holy shit dylan, you are a good teacher. I feel the pain but i love it! I hope I can get good in a few months. and by the way Opeth is my fave.

[MrDerrickrose97]

hey dylan,im not sure how to make the growling sound. could u make another video teaching me how? please

[H2Zman]

with all that pushing, how do you conserve your breath? I actually have trouble finishing out lines because I push out all my air really fast. lol

[A7XCodYfoREVer]

Good tutorial

Haha

His face looks like ashton kutcher with longer hair

[TheWeirdcrap]

THUMBS UP IF YOURE WATCHING THIS IN 2011

[Ryandomvideos]

How Long should I practice for?

[thepwningeggnog]

i have asthma and some timmes when im growling i will break out it fits of coughing is there anything i can do to stop myself choking/coughing

[dIablonIghtmare1]

i love you ..

xD

[ZbKiT]

O.O

[Amcinnis843]

hit 6 a lot it sounds like sex

[REIREI29]

I thought you were supposed to sing from your diaphragm, even with growling.....

[REIREI29]

What the...This guy has the same first name as me....except, I'm a girl.

[Toulis91]

dude how about uploading a new video cause imo you vocals sucked here... so after 3 years give us something new :)

[MrMusicENT]

big ass mouth

[CadaverKevin]

Pretty Good! Check out my Metal Instrumentals on my page for all your vocal practicing needs!

[103580marnix]

can you o pig squeals or grunts or like vocals of the dude of dying fetus without hair???

[103580marnix]

i also made a video but that was wrong haha

[103580marnix]

hey i cant make that oehh sound im practicing 4 months now

[Psebita]

Usefully!

Thanks!!!

[usercraz]

your tutorial helped me alot thank you

[odysseasX]

Your vocals are awesome. I make the technique of Blixish (The Guide to metal vocals) video response, he said that if you can make the ridiculous ararararaa kinda sound and add a little ooooo in it, you end up with a badass death growl. It didn't sound completely well with the first time, but then I could play with my tongue, just like you said, and be really awesome. But he also said that you can do the same with high ranged screams. How? When I do black metal vocals, they become weak.

[popongng]

you are the good teacher!!!!

[Orgolaktuvoy]

now i need to tilt my head leftwards!! YEZZZ I BE TROLLINGZZ

[jokerfacehro]

i dont know why people r doing this. it sounds so ridiculous

[411guitarhero]

Is it a bad thing if I sound quiet at first

[wollfary]

hey dude you are a really good teacher!

[BlackWinterHeart]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW helped me a lot. :D

I always had problems with pain while growling and I always got that more like wolves in the throne room or maybe coldworld sound of vocals... but than I saw this, I watched it, and figured out, I can do same thing without pain, using my chest or something: and get the vocals I really wanted.

thank you a lot! :D

[MetalHeadTeen94]

Thanks man this is actual the only good tutorial for death metal vocals on youtube :D

[MegaKakashi7]

damn it you are a good teacher loot of thanks

¿what bands of metal do you hear?

[Alekss62]

Bro hu not easy to learn...is a fucking heavy,but you are good

[MetalHeadGirl98]

woaa..

[SebaChannel]

man, youve got the power

[n3utROn14]

I feel pain in my throat as soon as I start growling, though I can growl pretty good.What am I doing wrong? btw, nice video man! cheers!

[KennyFlameOfFire]

@n3utROn14 Scream with your gut. Not your throat

[Suomiheke]

@n3utROn14 youre doing it wrong, you should fully open your vocal folds so theyre not touching each other. the touching causes the pain and eventually youre going to fuck up your voice...

[llamascanplaynitendo]

@cochi256 not a stupid question but if ur feeling a little soar after growling just drink water and youll be fine, ppl say the soar throught goes away just lots and lots of water

[ResistanceExist]

Great video bro!

[darrellrobertsangel]

Hay Boy U have an awesome voice Im a Death metal growler :) I love this video and im looking forward to get more tips from U thax :) By the way i flip your video cus its upside down LOL fix it

cheers

H

[CobraBassInc]

Just asking I am very new at this.Is it normal when you first start out for your throat to hurt only after just a few seconds or am I doing something wrong?

sorrry for the user name it's my cousin's.

[neokpd]

Wow. One of the best Death vocal videos I've seen. Pretty awesome voice to match.

[NikolinaUnknown]

I wasn't listening what you were saying, I was paying too much attention to your lips. Haha.

[thepasserby20]

3:47 troll face. :D

[00100101001010101]

i, read the news at the beginning

[beforeiforget1994]

OPETH!!!



[cochi256]

this question may seem kinda stupid but, what kind of pain do I have to feel when growling?

[A7XFiction777]

This is a great help and thank you for making this video! By the way your screams are legit!:)

[MetalWillDestroyYou]

What a cutiepie. XDD

[JadedRoy]

stretching your throat.

[Clefdust]

How can I perform Chuck Sculdiner growls? Is there any specific technique

[Megadedly]

@Clefdust Become Chuck Schuldiner.

[flukevocalcovers]

Fans of the death growls should check my channel out, my latest cover is up.

[metahypnose]

What a big mouth! If I have such a big mouth I would eat a big mac in one mouthful! =)

[11sandmath1]

i get dizzy while i do this...

[VegetableBasket]

Is it possible you just can't fuckin' make a death metal sound? I follow these directions and my voice sounds like it's put through a high pass filter.

[tihomirriso]

this is not a singing its more like ewnn you murder a pig

[zacman76]

"Once it hurts, stop." nuff said

[FairyNoj]

Tea coffee alchol smoking will all dry out body and the tiny hairs inside the lungs are burnt by smoking of anykind and don't recover so try it for true vocal dedication and great resonance and sound, dedication to the art thats metal and quite sexy ahahahha

[FairyNoj]

Sometimes people say abit of drink or smoking can help this is a big and unhealthy myth bad for your health lungs and breathing correctly, you may think it helps because alcohol is a relaxant but also a depressant that dries out the body, and cigarettes the same, you may feel more relaxed or able to reach notes better but its not true its just your brain thinking its easier with the chemicals you put in.

[FairyNoj]

dry mouth might be an issue with some excercises best thing to do is avoid caffine 4 hrs before warming up, luke warm liquid, and chew your tonuge (gently) this helps lubricate the mouth keeping it the right amount of moist try it before you warm up and between if need. relax shoulders, dont put head up or down but raise eyebrows when vocusing on higher growls/notes and relax muscles in your chest and diophram. Hope this helps.

[MooseTheLegend]

Step one. Tilt your head slightly to the left.

[downfallbandofficial]

You were throat singing at 0:46 and 1:07 ish. I think tibeten, but im not sure. I learned how to tibeten throat sing, and now my screams are more difficult.

[Saniguy9000]

I can only do it pretty quietly and only low and ive been practicing for 4 months

[NickM95vids]

@Saniguy9000 i been doin it about tht same time too im guessing putting a year or two under my belt will show more improvement

[JustToWatchvids1]

Death Metal?... dude, they gotta be lower then that to be Death Metal

[MetfreakronoldJHJHJH]

@JustToWatchvids1 It doesnt have to be low, death metal varies......

[mujuma]

@JustToWatchvids1 it doesn't has to be Demilich to be Death Metal, have you ever heard Cynic?

[Finntroll17]

I do throat singing, and it seems that I can't go into death metal vocals because my brain automatically thinks I'm going to throat sing, since the death metal vocals use the same area.

[williamhcarlton]

I listened to some of your acoustic stuff and although I think the death metal growl is fucking stupid and the whole sub-genre is garbage, you are a fine musician otherwise. Good luck and please grow out of death metal.

[cochi256]

@williamhcarlton what a loser. You're not even funny

[williamhcarlton]

lmao, "vocals"

Yeah, I've got this method that I swallow a bunch of dog shit and coat my throat with canine fecal matter so that it gives this really unique effect. Of course it takes a great deal of sophistication to truly appreciate, but the TRUE fans who attend my LIVE shows love it 'cause they can smell the shit wafting out of my throat.

Of course it sounds like shit, too.

[DEEMONBELIAL]

cool



[hellfire6663]

how!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kringeren]

so continue it it hurts too really?

[cosmicweaver6669]

STILL LIFE!!!

[NyanNyanNyan1000]

I would hate to be in the bus stop next to him...

[bnlisbest]

He is the master of growling, anti-gravity, and having an epic big mouth.

[bartol1414]

dylan you are on wrong side of the screan

[AlmostFuckinEasy]

Sexy! :D

[64meov3r]

so ordinary and flat

[fatmanpez]

probably shouldnt do this after you eat



[LeCapitaineBaker]

Awesome growl :)

[JanosSkorzeny]

I fell on my head

[cryan5280]

Lol I wanna see this kid just screaming at a bus stop one day haha. But seriously dude good video.

[WthyrPendraeg]

monks... the first to sing death metal!

[VitaliyZ5]

reminds me of Bullet For My Valentine.

[eraser175]

@VitaliyZ5 Die you fag

[VitaliyZ5]

@eraser175 Shut up troll

[eraser175]

@VitaliyZ5 Die you fag

[VitaliyZ5]

@eraser175 Bullet For My Valentine is a good band. Its a compliment what I said before. And If you didnt understand it from the beggining then your the fag.

[eraser175]

@VitaliyZ5 Bullet for my valentine sucks, die you fag.

[dragonheart6crush]

please teach me dude!!!!!!!

[13Segruts]

This the best video I've seen on how to get to started. Thank you so much for the explanation! It was literally perfect.

[DaInsano]

Perfect for scaring the fuck of youre neighbours...

[DavinaFaerie]

I love the accent, I thought you were American but I'm thinking Canada now-that's rad! :0)

[TheGoldenwrath]

this helped mee out sick like thanks

[ZePwner350]

Thx, this actually helped!

[TheBlackbak]

watchin dis video hurts in many ways!

[MrUbercool12345]

You, my friend, have a MASSIVE mouth

[MimiGontier777]

goddamn, you're HOT! :D

[firehorse32597]

thanks for the vid i found it very useful. i waswondering how you learned to scream

[wickedsensations16]

once it hurts, stop

[gamerzz099]

Hey great vid. I hope it can help me get a death voice, my band decided to change from rock to metal, and being the vocalist it's hard to switch from just normal st8 singing to death singing. Any tips on how o can perfect it asap?? I ask in fear cause I might soon loose my position in my band to someone whom already knows how to sing metal. Nice vid by the way!

[SeptemberAlexandra]

At 2:30 you talked like Marilyn Manson o.O

Nice vid btw :) it helped!

[Zardikar94]

i have a question for you. how long i need to practice this ? how long will it hurts ? for how much time i can get real un-black metal voice ?

[ne0romantic]

Nice. You're Tuvan Throat Singing 47 seconds in. You do say 'almost like a monk' later although you sound less like a monk in that section. :p A lot of people can't figure out how to do that sound at all; it's your false cords you're closing in your throat. It's perfectly safe when done right and shouldn't hurt. I believe Death Metal vocals can also be done in a safe way. I can't get from there to your next step without discomfort though. I'm not sure what you mean by just push harder.

[MrUbercool12345]

@ne0romantic One video used an intresting example. He said "Like you're taking a crap", which I'm sure you've done that.  If you haven't, then you are dead

[ne0romantic]

@MrUbercool12345 That doesn't do it for me. I think you mean compress the vocal cords more. When I do that the sound just gets louder, it doesn't change from the throat singing to the distorted sound. It maybe hurts that I've practiced throat singing and can do it really loud. If I push more air through( if that's what you mean) it gets softer and maybe gets a little closer to the distorted metal sound, but then my throat gets scratchy, I start coughing, and I don't think it's healthy.

[solidiquis1]

He didn't mention the number one rule to get the best tone: CLENCH YOUR FISTS towards your face

[trivimrox]

the way you said water didnt make me take you seriously, NICE!!

[joaquinb333]

holy fuck nice growls o.O

[30STMEvenFlow]

like if you failed the first time trying this

[Crnicelad]

good video but it actually should never hurt ... if it hurts you are already doing it wrong, try it differently ... I learned growling with youtube but I wont give links just to say some1 else has a better lesson video, you know what you are doing and it sounds good but still as I said, it shouldn`t hurt - singing never should

[RandiB010]

OMG, when you talk you sound like Napoleon Dynamite O:



[m134maggot]

fuck the growls..teach me how to stand on the wall like you

[TheKillerJok]

@m134maggot

LMFAO

[metahypnose]

@m134maggot hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa­argh!! (Roll on floor laughing and then die of laughter)

[Razmig24]

@m134maggot LMAO

[trimags]

new it was legit once i saw the opeth shirt

[princesskaraboo]

If i heard this guy growling at me at the bus stop i would throw a cross at him, and hide inside my backpack.

[88telephone]

Reminds me of Amon Amarth!

[TheLeeClement]

OMG I love you so much you're one of the male singer with the best vocal range!!!

THUMBS UP!

[nightcrawler55]

ooh!... yay i did it :{D

GEEZUS UR SIDEWAYS! xD

[xbendiistraw]

your vocal range is ridiculous! that's pretty impressive and hard to do!!

[ragekage209]

i was more impressed by how large your mouth got when you screamed than the actual scream lol.

good job though :p

[JohnDiabol]

I do black metal vocals. High pitch shrieks. However this video was helpful for progressing my style as well. Thanks for the tips!

[Luchoemanero]

very good



[pyramidhead138]

you should play w/ cannibal corpse, your, amazing dude

[420cannabiscorpse]

This is so much easier if you have a large diaphram and chest. I push with my stomach and chest and the sound is epic.

[mason01021]

Dude, your amazing.

[TimmehTRP]

Thumbs up if your neck hurts after watching this video.

[yhmah123]

shit so good ! :D

[darkserpica]

Marry me *___* Thanks for the tutorial, you're so good ;)

[thejbskater]

thanks man helped alot

[Sadiki1234]

My neck hurts...

[bikon48]

It sounds like Tuvan Throat singing

[luizo094]

3:46 Aerosmith?

[stoffthegreat]

am i the only one who have noticed that its on the side?

[Kyrzak12]

@stoffthegreat Its in your head... Nothing is on a side or something like that... I dont know what you mean... ?

[Noviiay]

My friend looks like you.

[TheDarkHumour]

How can you squawk like Dani Filth? I have growling and frying down, but squawking is proving to be more of a challenge.

[missionduorose]

Im so gonna sing in front of ppl like that. Hooray social deviance

[missionduorose]

Ty, ur cute:)

[sonicardostudios]

Thanks! I just started and I already sound amazing! Oh and I love the shirt! I'm a big opeth fan

[Vikuguitardevil1]

dude...your listens are just awesome dude...really really awesome...

there are doubts for me dude bt..

see wen am growling [just started]...am nt able to change the pitch of my growl..if i practice for few week/months will i able to change my pitch????

[Ambulanceo]

Nice video! This, along with another I've seen, really helped me out. I think I've made more progress in the last 2 days than I have for the last year trying to learn them, and I think I got the technique down about right.

[ArnoldVeeman]

great stuff Dylan.

[gothicitachi]

-worships you- you are god. you are god. you are god. lol but serioulsy. your really good bro

[MeesMoron]

you sound like edward scissorhand

[sparkables]

seen plenty of tutorials, yours being one of the first i ever saw. still one of the best, glad I finally found it again after almost a year.

[mandatorysuicyd]

If there were an infomercial on metal vocals... You would undoubtedly be in, sir.

[salgueddie]

is this also false chord screamin

[TheMysticWombat]

@PunkGangsterMetlhead

Dude.

Listen to Massacre.

They basically started death metal growls.

[deraposo]

opeth t-shirt ;)

[dianaJordison]

You're so fucking hot, thank for the tutorial!

[44vikki]

BRAVO!

[crmdv2c]

I understand more than others

[DramaticStudent]

Hey guys, have you ever seen the movie "The Fourth Kind"... okey , remember the guys that fly with their mouth all messed up XD okey.. 1:33 to 1:37 remind me of those guys XD :p JAJAJAJAJJA

[Creepermoding]

You have a lot of guts to practice in public. At the bus stop. I admire you.

[setselsetsel]

Yea..you didn't specify what kind of water people should drink before practicin...cold water tenses up the muscles in your throat (bad..trust me)...but warm water, tea or coffee helps those muscles relax (good)...i was just sayin please don't get mad u_u...

[sissylf]

U're so cute!And you have a great voice..dude,you rock !

[666RAC69]

wow thanx that was seriously the best and most helpful video on how to scream like REAL METAL, (AND NOT THAT STUPID EMO SHIT SCREAMING )

[alphamaydus]

hey guys i need help with my guttural vocals am i doing it right??

watch this...

v=n4QTH7gGl1Q

[BoCGoD]

i wish ur parents were down stairs rocking back and forth on the couch with u locked in ur room hahaha... bad ass vocals though man, no stupid ass melodic death metal shit XD