Same here. Also acknowledging that there's actual technique behind these kind of vocals. It ain't just noise or shouting, like many of my non-metalhead acquaintances do seem to think :)
Yes, Architects is metalcore band. Hell yeah for knowing that! Bonus points for pointing out that they have djent elements as well. Architects sort of popularized that sort of metalcore djent style that so many bands play today.
Also, here's a video from a metal focused vocal teacher that analyzes his voice. You were right with the fry scream part though. ruclips.net/video/y3oXdePYccE/видео.html
I have seen Architects live over 20 times over the last 9 years, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that he sounds EXACTLY like this live. There's definitely some minor editing for DVD purposes to polish things, but Sam is incredible live. And he has improved his technique SO much in recent years. They've been together for 16 years, if I remember correctly, Sam joined in 2007, although they definitely sound a lot different today than they did back then.
@@probg9779 u can always go to uk tbh :) and fck yea back in the days my fav sonng was early grave :)))))) but yea it sounds def different but back in the day in 2007 that was the shit underground , now they popular is different always
Sam is one of the vocalists that popularized "pitched screaming" which, like you pointed out, is essentially screaming with an actual pitch as opposed to just screaming. Very difficult and he is one of the best at it. Can you please do Sleep Token - The Offering?
Sam Carter is one of my favorite vocalists!! I'm primarily a metalhead, but I can appreciate good vocals from any genre. I'm glad that you occasionally do reactions to metal vocalists! Thank you for reacting to Architects! I'd love to see more metal/rock reactions. Your videos are always entertaining as well as educational!
love to see heavier music on this channel, so many people don't understand the intricacies of metal vocals and still think "it's just yelling". Love to see you shine some light on a misunderstood genre!
How about a little series of Sam learning new styles like a few variants of screaming/shouting and death metal grunts ? I think it would be interesting to see you figure out how to do those styles correctly.
Sam Carter really IS a wizard machine! He has a very strong vocal performance and is pretty consistent with his control of pitched screaming. I'm glad you reacted to this. Thank you for the great videos and knowledge you put out into the world!
Thanks for taking the time to do reactions to heavier music even though it's not in your own realm of singing styles. You should try Rule of Nines by Spiritbox!!
@@metalflower9543 infected rain would be a good band to do as the vocalist of that band is a student of Melissa Cross and uses fry screaming (which is the only type of distorted vocals Sam is familar with, so might be a good start)
The thing that many people seem to believe is that singing with no up to insane amounts of distortion is a linear function paralleled by the amount of airflow and push needed to create it. But THAT is not the case. I've found that adding grid to your chest voice is sustainable once you understand that you don't need to create more pressure and airflow to achieve it. Here's how I like to think about it: You have your base tone which is nice and relaxed for your larynx, well supported by the diaphragm and not or only slightly compressed (not "winy"). Now here's the trick: If you want to get gritty you start compressing the "clean sound" which requires less airflow allowing you to lean into the sound engaging the tissue responsible for creating the desired effect of distortion, but without pushing your clean tone. You could say you're changing the distribution of the power you have within your base tone to favor the gritty effect whilst compressing the clean tone underneath. You're blending between two tones. That's at least how it feels for me.
I’ve seen architects several times. Definitely no pitch correction since I could every once and a while hear tiny mess ups. Every show was at this level and one of the best live show experiences I’ve ever had. Sam is an absolute beast on vocals!!
Please please PLEASE react to the “TesseracT Of Matter (Live at Sphere Studios)” performance!! It’s one of my favorite live performances ever...btw love your channel!!
Did you do a reaction to Doomsday, too? There's both a heavy version and calmer, acoustic reprise type of version, which Sam totally rules. That's also, actually the first track they released after their guitarist's death.
his screams are something that no one can do in this music genre. i get goosebumps when he started screaming. it's something in between screaming and clean vocals, it sounds way more powerful than anything that any other artist can do. Sam Carter has been working hard on perfecting that over the years
You guys hit the nail on the head with just about everything you said! This dude is just plain amazing and I’m pretty sure he uses an extremely developed fry scream by being able to build a lot of compression with his diaphragm! You pretty much nailed the basic sound too (although it’s placed more in the nasal cavity and towards the soft pallet)
You have to check out Satellites by Periphery. I gurantee you will be blown away. It has mostly clean vocals but also some screaming and it's just a masterpiece
I attended this exact Concert last year, it was phenomenal.. the energy you get from his dedication while he´s singing is just unimaginable. and I can actually confirm that what you´re hearing in this video is pretty much what we heard at the Concert
I always love that you try and spread your analysis all through out genres, even with some limited knowledge in other techniques beyond your formation you have a pretty good sense of whats going on. That being said I still want some more boundries lifted and see some commentary on the likes of amazing singers like Nina Hagen, Klaus Noni, Siouxsie Sioux, etc. I think I miss having some death rock, post-punk, etc, here as well since most of them had really peculiar styles and personas. The two of you together are hilarious btw, keep on bringing friends.
so stoked to see architects on here!! sam is one of the coolest dudes i've ever been able to meet. and yeah, tom, the guitarist who passed, is actually the twin of the drummer, dan. so they all lost their brother but one of them literally lost a brother. if you wanna hear more of sam's clean vocals check out the acoustic version of their song heartburn! (also: their first record with sam as a vocalist came out in 2007!)
You should try getting in contact with Kardavox Academy. He’s been covering a lot of the newer metal scene vocalists and how to achieve certain sounds and techniques much like you do in your videos. Would be awesome to hear you guys discuss other kinds of music too as he’s also trained in classical singing too I believe
Hey Sam, you should check out Courtney LaPlante from the band Spiritbox! She was in a mathcore(?) metal band called "iwrestledabearonce" before she and Michael, her bandmate in IWABO both left to start Spiritbox (and they got married). Since then, they've released some fantastic singles and Courtney's a very talented self-taught vocalist. Compared to her time in IWABO, Spiritbox has really let Courtney be more melodic, pop-oriented and drive the music with emotion and atmosphere, rather than pure chaos. If you want to check out their live stuff, they don't have much, as they're going on their first real tour soon, but they have done some live studio sessions. Check out The Mara Effect Pt.1 through Pt. 3 here: ruclips.net/video/JreCi4pQtII/видео.html
Sam Carter has an unreal ability to have distorted vox with melody on pitch. Its simply amazing and so many singers could never do this. He IS A WIZARD MACHINE!
Had the pleasure of seeing this band live and the most impressive part of Sam Carter's vocal repertoire is his ability to fully enunciate the lyrics while heavily distorting his voice. I've yet to listen to an Architects song where you can't follow the words nearly perfectly. Especially in the context of the genre they exist at the top of, Sam's a beast and their songs wouldn't hit nearly as hard without him.
it’s amazing to me how accurate sams pitch usually is while doing the heavy distorted singing style. the melodies are clear and catchy while still sounding like a scream
I've been following this channel for a while and it's so funny to suddenly see you reacting to a live video of a show I've actually been to :D Architects are my favourite band in the world and I stood in the second row when this video was filmed. The whole show was absolutely epic and since I've seen them so many times over the years I can just say that their performance simply never disappoints, they really are this good.
Sam Johnson + Architects?!? Yes please :D Been to see these guys a couple of times and I can confirm that they're awesome live. They'd be best labelled as metalcore or post-metalcore. Tom Searle passed away at 28, after a 3-year fight with skin cancer. He was the lead guitarist and twin brother of the drummer, Dan Searle. RIP Tom.
I’ve seen Architects so many times now and my god they’re one of the best bands out there. UK hardcore is banging. There’s obviously some tweaking but he is pitch perfect live. 10/10 would recommend looking up the Reading Festival footage
I saw Architects this past January, and they played Royal Beggars. From what I can tell, there's a slight smoothing if his pitch but other than That, He sounded pretty much like this video. It was amazing, and Sam has beautiful vocals
I've seen Architects live 3 times now and I agree with other people commenting here: they are as awesome as they sound in the video. Idk how Sam does it, but he deliveres every.god.damn.time.! I remember the first time hearing Doomsday live (it's the first song they released after Tom passed) and bursting into tears while singing along, because the emotions conveyed just hit me so hard.
You had it right the first time. There is a pitch underneath it. He's singing and fry screaming at the same time, which is what makes him pretty much the only dude I know of on the planet that can do that.
Haha I was on exactly that concert and it was crazy. There also played Beartooth and Polaris. All of those bands are really good. It would be cool, if you reacted to Beartooth as well. I do think their voice is also kind of special.
i was at that show. what youre hearing in the live vid is pretty much the exact same of what we heard live. architects are imo the best live band in terms of sound i have ever heard and ive been to a lot of architects shows...
Instant like! I’m so glad you took the time to step out of your comfort zone and analyzed some of the finest metalcore ever! Sam Carter is such a legend... I found your thoughts were very accurate, open-minded and you showed such a genuine interest to the song and the band, though it might not be smth you would have listened on your own... thank you 🙏
i understand this is the opposite end of your specialty but i really appreciate you doing it. its nice to hear a professional's perspective on screams(difficulty, talent, etc) and how good are a metal singers cleans. i hope you throw a metal song in every now and then for some of us
I´m blessed that i saw architects twice in last 2 years, and Sam is so fucking great at live that i couldnt believe its not prerecorded, none is even close to sound like that at live concerts from what i was able to see... maybe Lawrence from WSS?
I think Doomsday does more to show his control of distortion, but the amount of clean vocals in this probably makes it more suitable for this channel, judging by what I remember Oh, and in a completely unrelated style, Aimer's performances of 'Us' and 'Anata ni Deawanakereba' at Budokan are phenomenal
The best explanaition I've seen about how to vocal fry is to find your vocal break/bridge between the head and chest voice. You wanna sit on the note RIGHT ABOVE your vocal bridge, slow the note down, make it sound nasally if need be and quiet the volume and release smaller bits of air until you have that gritty "fry" sound. Once you can easily access your own head voice fry, it's all about relaxing the throat and voice and letting the diaphragm do all the work as anyone normally would in singing. Especially singing with air compression like rock singers do.
Sam, you should really do a Video on Nina Hagen in the 80s 90s. There are countless genious songs of her, such as Naturträne being one of the most impressive ones. She was so incredible versatile and insane in her singing! That would be really genious if you could analyze it in your way!
Architects are basically their own genre at this point. They play a very specific F# tuning in most of their hits going from Lost Forever Lost Together album to even this very last album. The thing about his screaming is that he is able to sing and scream at the same time. That's the most incredible aspect of his singing/screaming. First time I heard it when LF/LT came out I actually thought they had two singers singing in very close unison. Very few people I can say can do anything remote to this. Close second would be the singer of the band "Imminence." And another good example would be the singer of Silverstein as far as transitioning between screaming and clean singing flawlessly. I also saw Sam sing live during LF/LT in Denver when Tom was still alive and his vocals are basically the same live. It's kind of unbelievable to be honest.
I swear, the two of you together are so funny!! Can you please please please also react to NCTs Taeil Baby Baby (4MEN) Cover? I would love to hear your thoughts on his voice/technique. He is one of my most favourite Kpop vocalists and he has a unique style that i don't think you have reacted to yet (at least in Kpop :) ). Or you could react to his King of Masked Singer Reveal performance, he went a bit crazier there in case you prefer having more to analyse (or both yknow :))
I was there live and this show was the fucking shit. The whole band is just spot on, love it. Ps. Great video. Liked that you tried to think of how you‘d do it, even if you‘re not experienced in that style!
For anyone looking through the comments to find a place to learn how to do screams I would recommend definitely Melissa Cross and RiffShop for fry vocals and and I would recommend Vokill Covers and absolutely 100% Kardavox Academy for false chord screaming. Mark from Kardavox Academy does private online lessons in which he can teach both singing and false chord screams!
I'm so glad you brought Melissa Cross to the conversation, 'cause I didn't see the previous video with Hiram and I was from the beginning thinking about the Zen of Screaming!
Honestly these guys sounded exactly like that when I saw them live, they were essentially flawless. Legends.
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Hello Sam, since you've gotten into the Architects you should absolutely try out the piano reprise of Doomsday where the other Sam is doing just cleans. I really love Architects and their music either recorded and live because Sam's vocals are just from another dimension. There's no replication for his voice.
Would love to see more metal stuff on this channel, some really good metal vocalists out there. Some of my favourite vocalists are from Ghost Atlas, Erra (same singer in GA and Erra) and Hands Like Houses.
Sam, please react to Dirty Loops’ “Next to You.” Exceptional musicians who do pop-jazz-funk. Their music is such high quality but I’d like to see what you think particularly about Jonah Nilsen’s vocals (he’s the keyboardist/lead).
When you talk about the scream @2:25 you are mostly correct. I believe it’s a combination of a fry scream and a mid scream which does use head voice as well, great analysis there!
Yeah, I was a little late to the Architects party as well, the new guitar player is a friend of the band and has his own band that just released a new album. His name is Josh Middleton. He's an amazing person.
With his style he uses a kind of pushed falsetto as you said but the scream part is not called fry. Fry uses the vocal folds which are already used for pitch production in this case. He is using the false cord technique where you use the cartiladges (Is that the right word? The parts above the vocal folds). With this you can ad distortion on top easily.
I've seen a couple comments about it but the vocals are usually referred to as "pitched screams" and it's kinda a fad right now in metalcore but it's not always just a fry scream. While sometimes it is just that, the way I do it and people like sam from architects do it, there's melody underneath the scream and its just more full that way. It's super dope and if you get the air, distortion, and melody distribution it's not so hard on your voice
Thank the lord you covered Architects finally i was wondering when you would review and react to Sam Carters Voice. personally in the Metal world he is my favorite vocalist.
I would love to see a Tesseract video. They're not even my fave band, but I love the dude's voice. The newest album...They've had a few singers, but he's better. Clean singing mostly. ORRR Ayreon - Druids Turn to Stone ft. Damian Wilson. His voice is...chef's kiss. idk if he studied classical but wouldn't be surprised
I can assure you this has little to no editing, he sounds amazing live. You should check out Spencer Sotelo from Periphery, he does an amazing job in every song of their latest album Hail Stan, I think you'd enjoy Garden in the Bones or Satelites.
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As a metal head and a big fan of this channel, it is so cool to see you covering this side of music. Would love to see more.
Same here. Also acknowledging that there's actual technique behind these kind of vocals. It ain't just noise or shouting, like many of my non-metalhead acquaintances do seem to think :)
We. Want. Opeth. Deliverance.
How about some ArchSpire??? Lol he might freak out.
Metalcore isn't metal
dude RIGHT?!
that's what I said.
honestly sam's vocals are some of the best i've ever heard live as far as metal is concerned
Have you seen A Day to Remember live?
@@davidlightfoot3217 unfortunately i didn't get the chance
@@davidlightfoot3217 Seen both live, Sam Carter is still better
Saw them headline in the US with while she sleeps and thy art is murder....amazing amazing live band, everything sounds so clear
My favorite vocalist that I've seen is either Tom Barber (Chelsea Grin, ex Lorna Shore) or Sean Harmanis from Make Them Suffer
Sam Carter, one of the best to ever do it. Dude is inhuman. BLEGHHHHHHHHHHH.
Yes, Architects is metalcore band. Hell yeah for knowing that! Bonus points for pointing out that they have djent elements as well. Architects sort of popularized that sort of metalcore djent style that so many bands play today.
Also, here's a video from a metal focused vocal teacher that analyzes his voice. You were right with the fry scream part though. ruclips.net/video/y3oXdePYccE/видео.html
I really can't stand metalcore usually, but I kinda like Architect, I think it's the Djent vibe element that gets me a little bit
@@Abyzdecannes Have you checked out TesseracT or PeRIFFery?
@@BionicleSaurus Not really, I'm more into Black metal so I don't really search for metalcore bands ^^
@@Abyzdecannes Gotcha.
I have seen Architects live over 20 times over the last 9 years, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that he sounds EXACTLY like this live. There's definitely some minor editing for DVD purposes to polish things, but Sam is incredible live. And he has improved his technique SO much in recent years.
They've been together for 16 years, if I remember correctly, Sam joined in 2007, although they definitely sound a lot different today than they did back then.
god dammit! You are from the UK right? They mostly tour there and a poor lad from Eastern Europe can't get his rock's off to his fav band :'(
@@probg9779 bro... Tell that to asians. They never come here ;_;
@@probg9779 u can always go to uk tbh :) and fck yea back in the days my fav sonng was early grave :)))))) but yea it sounds def different but back in the day in 2007 that was the shit underground , now they popular is different always
I love the respect towards something that isn’t your preffered style
Sam is one of the vocalists that popularized "pitched screaming" which, like you pointed out, is essentially screaming with an actual pitch as opposed to just screaming. Very difficult and he is one of the best at it.
Can you please do Sleep Token - The Offering?
Sam Carter is one of my favorite vocalists!! I'm primarily a metalhead, but I can appreciate good vocals from any genre. I'm glad that you occasionally do reactions to metal vocalists! Thank you for reacting to Architects! I'd love to see more metal/rock reactions. Your videos are always entertaining as well as educational!
Saw them live and Sam Carter is REALLY true to his studio performance in live
One of the few vocalist that is so good and consistent live
a lot of metal vocalists tend to be very consistent live. Spencer Sotelo of Periphery is incredible live. same with both of Erra’s vocalists.
love to see heavier music on this channel, so many people don't understand the intricacies of metal vocals and still think "it's just yelling". Love to see you shine some light on a misunderstood genre!
Metalcore isn't heavy
Ping Pong Cup Shots Of course there had to be that one guy
@@koenigseggagera8255 if you wanna droptune a guitar, play bass
@@Untoldanimations Spam reported.. ;D
@@LoveScreamTrue what do you think spam is
more metal vocalists, you looked like you well enjoyed it !
Id love to see you're reaction to Phil Bozeman Unanswered haha
haha, would be funny.
i'd like to see that too, the guy is a monster
YES YES YES THIS HAS TO HAPPEN!
Fuck yeah! Bozeman on that track is better than the original imo
God yes🙏 I've been waiting for something on Architects/Sam Carter
And yea, Metalcore
How about a little series of Sam learning new styles like a few variants of screaming/shouting and death metal grunts ?
I think it would be interesting to see you figure out how to do those styles correctly.
Mark from Kardavox Academy would be a perfect feature guest for this
Sam carter has an incredibly high natrual singing voice, so whwn he distorts his voice he still maintains the scream element and still have a pitch.
Ye, getting that kinda pitch in a scream is just more to do with a person's natural voice, also helps that he does a mixed scream
This is the thing that drew me to Architects more than anything else when I first heard them
@@Blottski yea man Sam has such a unique voice.
Yeah he’s naturally a tenor, so his highs sound so effortless
@@Darksage5555 lol no , you need yo listen to :
Headcave
Glass tides
Diligent
Sam Carter really IS a wizard machine! He has a very strong vocal performance and is pretty consistent with his control of pitched screaming. I'm glad you reacted to this. Thank you for the great videos and knowledge you put out into the world!
Thanks for taking the time to do reactions to heavier music even though it's not in your own realm of singing styles. You should try Rule of Nines by Spiritbox!!
Spiritbox, Spoil Engine and Infected Rain 👌🏻
Yes! This is something he could work with because of how well she switches styles.
@@Draculthered also her cleans are great to
Also Courtney's live recording of The Beauty of Suffering is very impressive and covers her range.
@@metalflower9543 infected rain would be a good band to do as the vocalist of that band is a student of Melissa Cross and uses fry screaming (which is the only type of distorted vocals Sam is familar with, so might be a good start)
The thing that many people seem to believe is that singing with no up to insane amounts of distortion is a linear function paralleled by the amount of airflow and push needed to create it.
But THAT is not the case.
I've found that adding grid to your chest voice is sustainable once you understand that you don't need to create more pressure and airflow to achieve it.
Here's how I like to think about it:
You have your base tone which is nice and relaxed for your larynx, well supported by the diaphragm and not or only slightly compressed (not "winy").
Now here's the trick:
If you want to get gritty you start compressing the "clean sound" which requires less airflow allowing you to lean into the sound engaging the tissue responsible for creating the desired effect of distortion, but without pushing your clean tone.
You could say you're changing the distribution of the power you have within your base tone to favor the gritty effect whilst compressing the clean tone underneath. You're blending between two tones.
That's at least how it feels for me.
@@StopItNowww jup
I’ve seen architects several times. Definitely no pitch correction since I could every once and a while hear tiny mess ups. Every show was at this level and one of the best live show experiences I’ve ever had. Sam is an absolute beast on vocals!!
Yes Architects! He did it! I absolutely love this, seen Architects a couple of times now and the singer is fantastic.
Please please PLEASE react to the “TesseracT Of Matter (Live at Sphere Studios)” performance!! It’s one of my favorite live performances ever...btw love your channel!!
Yess to that ☝️
The vocals in this performance are phenomenal!!! Please do a reaction to what @CelinaByHand said
Another vote for this plx!
8:41 hahah no sh*t, of course there is a ton of pitch correction in Sam Carter's singing man XD The way you are revealing this made me laugh.
Did you do a reaction to Doomsday, too? There's both a heavy version and calmer, acoustic reprise type of version, which Sam totally rules. That's also, actually the first track they released after their guitarist's death.
Not a fan of this genre of music but mightily impressed with how you two broke down the techniques and described a lot of the sound they achieved.
his screams are something that no one can do in this music genre. i get goosebumps when he started screaming. it's something in between screaming and clean vocals, it sounds way more powerful than anything that any other artist can do. Sam Carter has been working hard on perfecting that over the years
You guys hit the nail on the head with just about everything you said! This dude is just plain amazing and I’m pretty sure he uses an extremely developed fry scream by being able to build a lot of compression with his diaphragm! You pretty much nailed the basic sound too (although it’s placed more in the nasal cavity and towards the soft pallet)
You have to check out Satellites by Periphery. I gurantee you will be blown away. It has mostly clean vocals but also some screaming and it's just a masterpiece
I love this type of “pitched” screaming sound. It sounds interesting and you can actually hear the lyrics.
They sound almost exactly the same live as they do on record. It's amazing how talented they all are.
YES! Finally the style of music I listen to! I would love Periphery or ERRA next, but any reacts make me happy :)
Periphery would be great since they recently made those live videos
@@alisthesia I wasn't super impressed by Spencer in those videos and I'm saying that as a HUGE periphery fanboy. I've heard better from him live
@@SlackWi same my guy, in those videos he made my singing voice sound good lol
I attended this exact Concert last year, it was phenomenal.. the energy you get from his dedication while he´s singing is just unimaginable.
and I can actually confirm that what you´re hearing in this video is pretty much what we heard at the Concert
I've seen them live quite a lot and I'm pretty confident to say that Sam has definitely this mad voice and he's still doing this like a boss
Actually I was there (german here). It sounded exactly as you hear it in this video. Sam's vocals are just fucking amazing 😍
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I always love that you try and spread your analysis all through out genres, even with some limited knowledge in other techniques beyond your formation you have a pretty good sense of whats going on. That being said I still want some more boundries lifted and see some commentary on the likes of amazing singers like Nina Hagen, Klaus Noni, Siouxsie Sioux, etc. I think I miss having some death rock, post-punk, etc, here as well since most of them had really peculiar styles and personas. The two of you together are hilarious btw, keep on bringing friends.
so stoked to see architects on here!! sam is one of the coolest dudes i've ever been able to meet. and yeah, tom, the guitarist who passed, is actually the twin of the drummer, dan. so they all lost their brother but one of them literally lost a brother. if you wanna hear more of sam's clean vocals check out the acoustic version of their song heartburn! (also: their first record with sam as a vocalist came out in 2007!)
You should try getting in contact with Kardavox Academy. He’s been covering a lot of the newer metal scene vocalists and how to achieve certain sounds and techniques much like you do in your videos. Would be awesome to hear you guys discuss other kinds of music too as he’s also trained in classical singing too I believe
Hey, thanks a lot for pointing me to that channel! DIdn't know, looks awesome. Just subscribed.
Venâncio Filho No problem, have fun singing some metal!
Totally second this! I was thinking the same thing
his channel is awesome. alot of very interesting info. and i think he explains everything really well
His band Kardashev is amazing too and definitely worth checking out
Been watching your videos for a while. Never thought you'd be reacting to Architects. Pleasantly surprised!
Hey Sam, you should check out Courtney LaPlante from the band Spiritbox! She was in a mathcore(?) metal band called "iwrestledabearonce" before she and Michael, her bandmate in IWABO both left to start Spiritbox (and they got married).
Since then, they've released some fantastic singles and Courtney's a very talented self-taught vocalist. Compared to her time in IWABO, Spiritbox has really let Courtney be more melodic, pop-oriented and drive the music with emotion and atmosphere, rather than pure chaos.
If you want to check out their live stuff, they don't have much, as they're going on their first real tour soon, but they have done some live studio sessions. Check out The Mara Effect Pt.1 through Pt. 3 here: ruclips.net/video/JreCi4pQtII/видео.html
Dylan Chau iwrestledabearonce is fucking amazing
He is just a wizard machine!
Sam sounds exactly like the recording, if not better. Every time I see architects, they blow my mind.
Sam Carter has an unreal ability to have distorted vox with melody on pitch. Its simply amazing and so many singers could never do this.
He IS A WIZARD MACHINE!
Best band live. Their energy is out of this world and I wish I could master Sams vocals
I was at that show! It was absolutely mindblowing. Just pure energy
Had the pleasure of seeing this band live and the most impressive part of Sam Carter's vocal repertoire is his ability to fully enunciate the lyrics while heavily distorting his voice. I've yet to listen to an Architects song where you can't follow the words nearly perfectly. Especially in the context of the genre they exist at the top of, Sam's a beast and their songs wouldn't hit nearly as hard without him.
Really love the whole sounding board aspect of these videos with the two of you.
it’s amazing to me how accurate sams pitch usually is while doing the heavy distorted singing style. the melodies are clear and catchy while still sounding like a scream
I've been following this channel for a while and it's so funny to suddenly see you reacting to a live video of a show I've actually been to :D Architects are my favourite band in the world and I stood in the second row when this video was filmed. The whole show was absolutely epic and since I've seen them so many times over the years I can just say that their performance simply never disappoints, they really are this good.
I'm am sooooo fxcking happy a vocal coach is reacting to metal. Thank you for being open to all genres of music :)
Sam Johnson + Architects?!? Yes please :D
Been to see these guys a couple of times and I can confirm that they're awesome live. They'd be best labelled as metalcore or post-metalcore.
Tom Searle passed away at 28, after a 3-year fight with skin cancer. He was the lead guitarist and twin brother of the drummer, Dan Searle. RIP Tom.
I’ve seen Architects so many times now and my god they’re one of the best bands out there. UK hardcore is banging. There’s obviously some tweaking but he is pitch perfect live. 10/10 would recommend looking up the Reading Festival footage
I saw Architects this past January, and they played Royal Beggars. From what I can tell, there's a slight smoothing if his pitch but other than That, He sounded pretty much like this video. It was amazing, and Sam has beautiful vocals
I've seen Architects live 3 times now and I agree with other people commenting here: they are as awesome as they sound in the video. Idk how Sam does it, but he deliveres every.god.damn.time.! I remember the first time hearing Doomsday live (it's the first song they released after Tom passed) and bursting into tears while singing along, because the emotions conveyed just hit me so hard.
My favorite thing about architects is the ability to hear the lyrics clearly when he screams, its really freaking good!
You had it right the first time. There is a pitch underneath it. He's singing and fry screaming at the same time, which is what makes him pretty much the only dude I know of on the planet that can do that.
Haha I was on exactly that concert and it was crazy. There also played Beartooth and Polaris. All of those bands are really good.
It would be cool, if you reacted to Beartooth as well. I do think their voice is also kind of special.
Bad listener at rock am ring
i was at that show. what youre hearing in the live vid is pretty much the exact same of what we heard live. architects are imo the best live band in terms of sound i have ever heard and ive been to a lot of architects shows...
Instant like! I’m so glad you took the time to step out of your comfort zone and analyzed some of the finest metalcore ever! Sam Carter is such a legend... I found your thoughts were very accurate, open-minded and you showed such a genuine interest to the song and the band, though it might not be smth you would have listened on your own... thank you 🙏
Yes, Architects! 🔥
Also I’ve seen Architects live a few times, and they’re absolutely amazing. Sam’s voice is so on point. Definitely my favourite live band! Bleghh!
You gained a lot of my respect from this video. Metal music has so much talent and it’s amazing to see live
Yes, more stuff like this. Metal and rock vocals are a very underappreciated style in today's culture. It's cool to see you do this
i understand this is the opposite end of your specialty but i really appreciate you doing it. its nice to hear a professional's perspective on screams(difficulty, talent, etc) and how good are a metal singers cleans. i hope you throw a metal song in every now and then for some of us
Been waiting for this, thanks you! Also kinda can't believe my comment was on the request list of comments on screen! Keep up the awesome videos!
Can we just keep Hiram always pls?
Hey thanks!
their chemistry is so great Hiram is always welcome here loool
@@HiramSeason2 Love watching you listen to the recording and picking out production details. You interactions with Sam are also so fun
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I´m blessed that i saw architects twice in last 2 years, and Sam is so fucking great at live that i couldnt believe its not prerecorded, none is even close to sound like that at live concerts from what i was able to see... maybe Lawrence from WSS?
Guys, there's no pitch correction here. I've seen Architects 6 times. Sam is the most talented vocalist in metal. Easily.
I think Doomsday does more to show his control of distortion, but the amount of clean vocals in this probably makes it more suitable for this channel, judging by what I remember
Oh, and in a completely unrelated style, Aimer's performances of 'Us' and 'Anata ni Deawanakereba' at Budokan are phenomenal
I've had the privilege of seeing them live in a small venue and they are amazing, he sounds as good as the album's live. Sam Carter is the man.
Its awesome seeing guys like you react to Sam's vocals. He is a different breed.
The best explanaition I've seen about how to vocal fry is to find your vocal break/bridge between the head and chest voice.
You wanna sit on the note RIGHT ABOVE your vocal bridge, slow the note down, make it sound nasally if need be and quiet the volume and release smaller bits of air until you have that gritty "fry" sound.
Once you can easily access your own head voice fry, it's all about relaxing the throat and voice and letting the diaphragm do all the work as anyone normally would in singing. Especially singing with air compression like rock singers do.
Sam, you should really do a Video on Nina Hagen in the 80s 90s. There
are countless genious songs of her, such as Naturträne being one of the
most impressive ones. She was so incredible versatile and insane in her
singing! That would be really genious if you could analyze it in your
way!
Architects are basically their own genre at this point. They play a very specific F# tuning in most of their hits going from Lost Forever Lost Together album to even this very last album. The thing about his screaming is that he is able to sing and scream at the same time. That's the most incredible aspect of his singing/screaming. First time I heard it when LF/LT came out I actually thought they had two singers singing in very close unison. Very few people I can say can do anything remote to this. Close second would be the singer of the band "Imminence." And another good example would be the singer of Silverstein as far as transitioning between screaming and clean singing flawlessly. I also saw Sam sing live during LF/LT in Denver when Tom was still alive and his vocals are basically the same live. It's kind of unbelievable to be honest.
I was on their concert here in Australia last year and I have to say is a mad experience! So cool!
React to
Whitechapel- when a demon defiles a witch, growls so deep then the most ambient cleans youd enjoy.
“Were almost 30 seconds into this, and....that’s how fair use works.”
I swear, the two of you together are so funny!! Can you please please please also react to NCTs Taeil Baby Baby (4MEN) Cover? I would love to hear your thoughts on his voice/technique. He is one of my most favourite Kpop vocalists and he has a unique style that i don't think you have reacted to yet (at least in Kpop :) ). Or you could react to his King of Masked Singer Reveal performance, he went a bit crazier there in case you prefer having more to analyse (or both yknow :))
I was there live and this show was the fucking shit. The whole band is just spot on, love it.
Ps. Great video. Liked that you tried to think of how you‘d do it, even if you‘re not experienced in that style!
Sam is the best, bro!! Saw a lot of fancams along the years a know the band (12 years, i think?) and he sounds great, always!
One of my favourite bands! Thank you for covering Architects ❤️ And Sam is the best
They've been active since 2004, and were such an influence through my teenage years. One of the tightest and hard working bands in the industry.
For anyone looking through the comments to find a place to learn how to do screams I would recommend definitely Melissa Cross and RiffShop for fry vocals and and I would recommend Vokill Covers and absolutely 100% Kardavox Academy for false chord screaming. Mark from Kardavox Academy does private online lessons in which he can teach both singing and false chord screams!
I'm so glad you brought Melissa Cross to the conversation, 'cause I didn't see the previous video with Hiram and I was from the beginning thinking about the Zen of Screaming!
Honestly these guys sounded exactly like that when I saw them live, they were essentially flawless. Legends.
Hello Sam, since you've gotten into the Architects you should absolutely try out the piano reprise of Doomsday where the other Sam is doing just cleans. I really love Architects and their music either recorded and live because Sam's vocals are just from another dimension. There's no replication for his voice.
Thank you for covering this. Amazing live band.
Would love to see you do an reaction/analysis of Pheonix - Tesseract live. Dan's vocals is one of my favourite vocalists of all time 😁
I was clicking off the video as you were saying about non fans already tuning out. 🤣 I'll be back for the next one!
Would love to see more metal stuff on this channel, some really good metal vocalists out there. Some of my favourite vocalists are from Ghost Atlas, Erra (same singer in GA and Erra) and Hands Like Houses.
Sam, please react to Dirty Loops’ “Next to You.” Exceptional musicians who do pop-jazz-funk. Their music is such high quality but I’d like to see what you think particularly about Jonah Nilsen’s vocals (he’s the keyboardist/lead).
I love the metal reactions, everything you did on Jinjer (Perennial, Pisces) was awesome. Also I loved the Devin Townsend one.
When you talk about the scream @2:25 you are mostly correct. I believe it’s a combination of a fry scream and a mid scream which does use head voice as well, great analysis there!
Yeah, I was a little late to the Architects party as well, the new guitar player is a friend of the band and has his own band that just released a new album. His name is Josh Middleton. He's an amazing person.
I was at that very gig and yes the guy is a damn wizard machine. The whole thing was so amazing and emotional.
With his style he uses a kind of pushed falsetto as you said but the scream part is not called fry. Fry uses the vocal folds which are already used for pitch production in this case. He is using the false cord technique where you use the cartiladges (Is that the right word? The parts above the vocal folds).
With this you can ad distortion on top easily.
I've seen a couple comments about it but the vocals are usually referred to as "pitched screams" and it's kinda a fad right now in metalcore but it's not always just a fry scream. While sometimes it is just that, the way I do it and people like sam from architects do it, there's melody underneath the scream and its just more full that way. It's super dope and if you get the air, distortion, and melody distribution it's not so hard on your voice
Thank you so much, we needed this
Thank the lord you covered Architects finally i was wondering when you would review and react to Sam Carters Voice. personally in the Metal world he is my favorite vocalist.
I would love to see a Tesseract video. They're not even my fave band, but I love the dude's voice. The newest album...They've had a few singers, but he's better. Clean singing mostly.
ORRR Ayreon - Druids Turn to Stone ft. Damian Wilson. His voice is...chef's kiss. idk if he studied classical but wouldn't be surprised
FUCK YEAH! Waited so long for this! Great video guys!
It's cool that u r reacting to this type of singing and there r some bands that has singers will blow ur mind. Explore new worlds dude
I can assure you this has little to no editing, he sounds amazing live.
You should check out Spencer Sotelo from Periphery, he does an amazing job in every song of their latest album Hail Stan, I think you'd enjoy Garden in the Bones or Satelites.
I really really enjoyed this 🤘🏽 Already a big fan of the band - really enjoyed this take on it all.