How difficult is it to sing Death Metal

ExtremeMusic · 12-22-2014, 06:19 PM

How difficult is it to really sing death metal, and are there other music genres that is more difficult?

DeadChannel · 12-22-2014, 07:36 PM

I can't speak to the difficulty, but I think there's a specific way to do it without risking damaging vocal cords.

Wpnfire · 12-22-2014, 10:55 PM

I'd say brutal death metal vocals à la Suffocation are the hardest of the extreme metal genres to sing, particularly live.

Zer0 · 12-23-2014, 01:36 AM

I'd imagine it would be easier to growl death metal.

**Frownland** · 12-23-2014, 01:37 AM

About as easy as it is to rap. To bad it's knot music tho.

ladyislingering · 12-23-2014, 03:35 AM

Well, first you have to be dead.

Necromancer · 12-23-2014, 04:43 AM

A lot of vocal effects involved these days.

Bodhidharma · 12-23-2014, 06:45 AM

Oddly enough you still have to be able to carry pitch and project on key (even if you can't sing well). Growls, squeals, and screams that are off pitch/key sound unprofessional. You can work on that by growling with a piano. Other than that it just takes practice pushing air from the gut and not the throat. I know a lot of vocalists who lose their voice more on high screams than low growls.

ThePhronetic · 12-30-2014, 03:35 AM

welp, I imagine it hurts from time to time.

Ssoyd · 12-31-2014, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ExtremeMusic

How difficult is it to really sing death metal, and are there other music genres that is more difficult?

Must be easy because I can't sing worth **** but I can do a decent Death Metal imitation. Gives me a sore throat though!

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DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	I can't speak to the difficulty, but I think there's a specific way to do it without risking damaging vocal cords.

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Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	A lot of vocal effects involved these days.

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Bodhidharma Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 10	Oddly enough you still have to be able to carry pitch and project on key (even if you can't sing well). Growls, squeals, and screams that are off pitch/key sound unprofessional. You can work on that by growling with a piano. Other than that it just takes practice pushing air from the gut and not the throat. I know a lot of vocalists who lose their voice more on high screams than low growls.

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ThePhronetic Groupie Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 16	welp, I imagine it hurts from time to time.