How to Sing Low Growls: Death Metal Vocal Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- ***I am NOT a vocal coach. I'm only sharing my personal experience and techniques.
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Do you want to sing better ‘low growls’ in your death metal vocals? Try the techniques I’m giving you in this video.
These are singing techniques specific to death metal and melodic death metal style vocals. What I'm showing you will prevent you from damaging your voice singing death metal, as well.
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Singing death metal, specifically the low growls, has more to do with breathing and air than it does projecting your voice, or singing loud.
In fact, it's not about singing loud at all. It's more about how you move that air, and I show you exactly how to do that.
In the video, I relate death vocals to a tube amp. When you play guitar through that tube amp, you feel that air push from the speaker.
This is similar to how you'll treat singing death metal. You're using that your breath to push those notes out rather than belting out notes with open vocal cords.
Leave a comment if you have any questions about my death metal vocal techniques! And let me know if you'd like more vocal content on my channel (my channel is primarily for metal guitar players).
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i love how he very professionally sings "he tells me to kill".
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So as a woman with a naturally deep voice this is amazing. My growls last much longer and that control tip helped SO MUCH.
Amanda Keesler awesome, that’s so great to hear!! It’s also awesome to have another female death metal vocalist!!! You girls add such a cool element to this style of music!
@@jasonstallworth Aw, thank you! My comfort zone I found was similar to Dead ala Mayhem. The more airy, dry corpsey sound. Granted I have to be careful where I practice because I live in a small town that's scared of everything. Had to sound proof my restroom pretty much. Lol But yeah, now I can pull off those super long raspy growls and I'm stoked!
@@amandakeesler2344 I love that airy sound, and believe it or not, that's better on your voice, in my opinion anyway. I grew up in a smaller town as well so I get it...our type of metal isn't accepted by the masses! lol
@@jasonstallworth Right?? Even then I don't really care? It's all about having fun for me. I just dont want the police to show up because of a noise complaint. Lol
@@amandakeesler2344 yes!! I’m going for dead’s vocal sound
I want to learn this so I can say I love you to my girlfriend in a more interesting way.
Yes, death metal can be very romantic!
Very passionate
@Kehnai Bohnyu I think you just wrote some lyrics for your new song!
Sneak up behind people and just 'BREEEEEEE'
Kehnai Bohnyu I want to encourage you to write and don’t worry about how it may come out or what others thing. Watch this video I made where I share my failures and how to overcome them: ruclips.net/video/c3F-7UhjKVk/видео.html
These are actually great tips, thanks!
You can never stress this enough: as a beginner who has spent the last two years practicing all sorts of vocal experiments, probably the most precious piece of advice is to forget about sounding like somebody else. It's dangerous especially when you start, it will surely lead to frustration and it might expose you to serious injuries.
Dude, that's such a great point! And I say the same to my guitarists on here! Always focus on developing your own style! Because someone else's style has already been done!
Vocal Effect is key here. Don’t damage your chords fancy gents
mpekim You’re absolutely right, dude!!
….so I can’t sing like Dave mustaine
Wwwwwooooommmeeennnn tttttttoooooooo 👍😁
I've never been confident in my singing ability but my girlfriend wanted to hear me sing and insisted I would be good so I worked on It and she's given me confidence. I also listen to a lot of music so here I am, after learning how to sing, rap, and now “scream”. Thanks man
Yes keep pushing and out yourself out there! 🤘
Imma use this to scare away people who make fun of my height
Yes...do it!!
Small Pan Bean ...and don’t let anyone make fun of you!!!
@@jasonstallworth ur my dad
@Flixfilmes Dublado lmao 🤣
How tall are you anyway?
This is probably the best tutorial on growl vocals I have seen thus far, where you actually explain how it is not supposed to be a strain, while demonstrating the information. Great video, Jason!
Thank you! Yes, I learned the hard way when I first got into this style.
Even with 'regular' vocals, which is what I do mostly, I'm learning to not belt out those higher notes but to use that organic compression to smooth it all out. It really saves your voice and helps with sustainability.
I'm also adamant about warming up before shows (and daily exercises). If only I had done this years ago, I'd be a much better singer now!
I wish this video would have been around when I was a teenager. I've been doing metal vocals wrong for almost a decade now. Not wrong enough do do damage, but I've never had the sound quite right. This helped me understand what I've been doing wrong. Thank you so much!
Dude, you're welcome and glad this video helped!
Must practice.
Useful for voice acting as well.
I didn't think about that!
This actually really really helped. Soon as you said about taking deep breaths, noticed it immediately got better.
Awesome to hear this helped!
This actually helps me a lot. My voice is naturally pretty high. Even though I'm a man. I do black metal vocals occasionally which are easier for me
Thank you. I love those higher black metal vocals!
Hey man i got high pitch vocal too, i want to be able to had that growl and scream. Would you help me?
Underground Nation well dude hopefully this video helped you some! But I’m going to be putting out more videos on vocals so this will give me some ideas
@@jasonstallworth make a video about vocal exercises that could make me achieve that growl and scream.
@@jasonstallworth sweet. This helped me a little. I like really like your channel
I was learnin to growl some time back but since I stopped, I kind of lost the ability to. I could still make the sound without my throat hurtin, but I could barely keep any breath and it didn't feel right. ONE video later and it sounds so much better, also easier to do! The "dont try to sing low" tip was the best
And Now I can growl words and sentences and not just vowels
This is really awesome to hear and glad this video helps!
@@annath_ii That's awesome! That was my goal, to make something simple.
I was singing along to cannibal Corpse and it just scared my cat.
I've got the song featured in this video on my Spotify playlist. Great stuff !
lol...cats like metal! And thank you for the support on Spotify! I really appreciate that!
I’m here because of them in Ace Ventura
What song is it?
Woah, nevermind, I see it in the description and I’m someone whose annoyed when people don’t read the description. What am I like? Lol.
I wanna learn this so i can sing All I Want For Christmas but metal.
How about a death metal version of 'Last Christmas' - ruclips.net/video/1rocKVb9y0M/видео.html
Alternate Title: How I taught Batman to speak
Lol, nice!
I'm an opera student but I love metal, and want to start a band one day! I'm starting my journey to (carefully!) learn how to growl!
Oh wow, mixing those two styles is going to give you an awesome and unique sound!
I'd love to hear how you go with those two!
This was posted on my birthday and I didn't see it till now?
Wow.
This helps a lot man. Thanks.
Happy freaking birthday!!
I'm trying to make covers of Amon Amarth, and this definitely helps me not rip my vocal cords after one or two songs!
Thanks for the tip, man!
Awesome to hear that...love Amon Amarth!
Duuuuude!!!! What you said about holding back was the ticket for me. Trying to belt it out gave me iffy results at best. But holding back gave me the tonal and volume control I was looking for. Such a simple concept but it’s pure gold! Thank you!
@@MetlDOME really glad to hear this helps!
love deep growls...If i had those vocal i would be singing happy music! it is so rich and has such beauty
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When i use this, my lows still sound a bit better than my false chord growls, tho I prefer using the false chrod because i can do it for longer. Still a great guide on what a classic death metal vocal is.
Thank you, and definitely use what sounds best for you! That's the only way to go!
I've been working on this for myself for a while. The key point that I heard from someone at some point, was that death growling is a lot closer to a whisper than it is a yell or a growl.
I view it that way as well, and I guess many called this 'fry' vocals (I didn't even know that term when I made this video). But to me, this way of singing is better on my voice than trying to yell or scream using my chest voice.
dude, you're so godamn wholesome and likeable. This vid popped up on my feed again.
Excellent advice. "Its a voice FX"
I appreciate that and thank you for the support on this video!
@@jasonstallworth yeah man! I'd love to hear your thoughts on diy mixing and/or mastering. These days i just throw an EQ8 on ableton or EQ on garageband, and Boss Metalzone the whole damn thing.
I just picked up some KRK Classic 5 speakers and the're great! Thanks for turning me on to them. When I was a dedicated vocalist in a Death Metal band I used the cupped hand low growl technique. Lately i've been using bellowing screams but I think ill try your approach the next time I hit record. \m/
Yeah, dude, I have had these same KRK's since like 2011 or something! It's crazy. I like them because they're very easy for your ears to get used to them. So your mixing because a lot less effortless if that makes sense.
Definitely try my vocal techniques and let me know what you think! I'd love to hear some feedback from other singers on this!
Thankyou! I have a naturally high and bubbly voice and I was always trying to compensate for that but your method really helps me haha!!! 🤘
Dude, that's great to hear!
Thank you, Jason.
Wayne Coville Dude, you’re welcome! I hope these tips help!!
sick music dude, good look on the tips, thank you
Thank you and glad this helped! 🤘
Man I've been having problems with doing this for so long until I tightened my core and immediately began doing it naturally, THANK YOU
Really glad to hear this helped!
I have to say this was not what I expected. You’ve definitely got some great vocals and they match the song perfect!
Dude, thank you, I appreciate that. This style is somewhat new to be performing and just kinda happened on a whim!
You're incredible teacher, I was looking for a class like that has been a long time. Thank you a lot s2
Thank you and really glad to hear this helped!
I used to hurt my throat before i have seen your video. Thank you so much Jason!
Glad this video helped!
Dang dude, gotta respect that you reply to EVERY. SINGLE. COMMENT. You don't really see that with any other youtubers
I do my best but as the channel grows, that's getting very difficult to do! I at least try to acknowledge with a like/love
I always been trying to sing the growls and screams of metal but it's so hard to learn the technique. This was so helpful ❤😊
Really glad this helped 🙏🏻🤘
Thanks for this tutorial, Love it! Also if nobody else said it-- perfect Nolan Verse Batman impression
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0:47 first time I understood death metal lyrics!
That's awesome to hear!
Thanks man, this video has definitely helped me more than anything! 🤘
Really glad to hear that, dude!
Good video fella. I moved back in with my parents temporarily so I can't really practice my growls but this gave me some new ideas to try out when I can
Thank you. Try practicing outside or in your car or wherever you can!
This was amazingly helpful. Thank you, sir
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I'm using this to sing you're welcome in school... To my 6 y/o students.
Lol...nice!!
thank you so much i just figured this out because of your great video! i’ve listened to slam and a little death core and metalcore on the side, for many years. i’ve just started to listen to more death and brutal death metal bands and ended up singing along in a low guttural kind of style that you would do in deathcore, instead of the actual death growl. this happend to me because after years i’ve gotten really good at low gutturals, high gutturals or pig squeals, high fry screams and the black metal highs. almost all the bands i’ve been listening to in previous years don’t do death growls and only do a low guttural and some without the tongue pressed to i kind of assumed that’s what death growls were but i was very wrong. i was listening to the album trading pieces by deeds of flesh and was like they are definitely not doing guttural for the most part. that’s when i was like wait, it’s death growl. i figured it out and its just like a black metal scream but low! it’s literally the missing piece to my metal vocals, i have every style you can do absolutely down and many of them mastered, i just need to work on the death growls now. all that’s left is to convince my drum and guitar playing friends to form a brutal death band w me :)
That's awesome to hear and glad this video heled! 🤘
Me and my Cousin want to start a death metal band and this video helps a lot, thanks man!!!
Awesome to hear that 🤘
I've apparently known how to metal growl for a while now, I've just never applied it to music. Thank you for the video anyways though, I would've never thought to sing using that technique.
I'm glad this helped!
The tip to "use your normal voice" range instead of trying too hard to sing deeper was a game changer for me. Just that one tip really helped me in getting a solid metal tone instead of a crackly one that hurts my voice. Thanks!
Dude that’s awesome to hear! Yeah, our voice is such a delicate instrument!
Honestly, I've always wondered! Thanks for this!
Awesome and I’m really glad this helped!!
Ive been trying to learn how to do death metal vocals for a while mainly because i want to sing meshuggah and opeth songs this was a pretty helpful video
Glad to hear this helped! Here's the latest song I've done with death metal vocals: ruclips.net/video/EDeA4vndqhM/видео.html
Seems like a chill guy, cool video!
Dude, thank you for that comment!
Definitely using this, thanks a bunch. You might see my first album pretty soon once I can master this 😊😉❤
You're welcome, and yes, get to work and put it out there!
This actually really helped a lot! Thanks Jason!
Great to hear that! 🤘
Thanks so much !! Now I can sing most of Langsuyr songs with ease
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Not that I am a death metal singer, I am a pop, rock, blues, genres, vocal coach. I was looking for reference material to see how different my method is and what I was expecting to see if I was on point with this. There is a lot of overlap but with compression and a lot less range.
Never expected this video to get so much attention but glad it helps. I sing ‘regular’ most of the time.
I'm a metalhead. I've been a metalhead for 12 years. I'm already experienced ar doing high pitched black metal screams, and deep guttural death metal screams, and falsetto singing, but I'm watching this video because I love visiting other metal channels on RUclips.
You should check out Archspire- Human Mumuration
And Bloodsoaked- No God
Thanks for watching...yeah, it's always cool to see different perspective of this style.
good morning mi amigo it's cool the effects to practice the growls muchas gracias por el video death metal manda
luis hernandez Luis, my brother, thank you! Glad you like this!!
Wow,from owning UFC to teaching Death Metal vocals. Dana White is truly an inspiration 👏🏻
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@@jasonstallworth 😂😂😂🤝🏻🤝🏻
I personally am not a natural singer not even close but I’ve always wanted to make a metal band which is why I force a work around. I don’t know any singers who care about or even tolerate metal so this helps a lot.
I'm glad this helped and the fact that you have that desire means that you have something to work with and you can develop your voice...so don't give up on it! Keep pressing forward and work on developing your own style!
Man, that song is freakin brilliant and held-back.
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I learned this. It's great. Nobody else knows how to do it really so it's kinda obscure
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Thanky ou a lot for exposing you work, Jason. These tips are very helpful.
Awesome to hear that! 🤘
Thanks a lot🤘🏻 I needed these points...
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OMG! I love it! Thank you :D
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I love the DELAIN T-shirt! ^^
They're one of my favorites bands and I really hate to hear that they've split
LOVE the Delain shirt!!!
I became a huge fan after see my them live many years ago!
That core tightening trick wish I’d known that before good lord also Thanks! 🙏
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Thank you so much for this video! I've been trying to figure out how to do the low roar, as I call it.. I had come to think of it as a falsetto, except under the voice, if that makes any sense. 🤷🏻♂️
But that didn't sound right when I did it, and was rough on the throat. This is so helpful! 🤘🏼❤️
Really glad this helped! 🙏🏻🤘
Earlier this year, after bad practice of a vocalist by the way, I stopped by Del taco not the greatest choices, but it was 11 o’clock at night. Didn’t really have any other options. My point being is that I had a conversation through the drive-through window with the Del taco guy who works there in Deathmetal growls! it was fun unfortunately it was not captured on video but the memory will always be there. My boy being it’s fun to talk in Deathmetal voice especially if you know what you’re doing and even more fun to bring it to the bases and mainstream society, because they are not expecting it.!
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I found this helpful to sing in lower register as well
So awesome to hear that 🤘
Thank you, this helped me a lot!
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One step forward. I'll get there someday
tinycrumb._. Yes you will and you’re probably a lot closer than you think!
@@jasonstallworth thanks!! Don't really have anyone around me for support in this, so reading your comment kinda helps me think that this is a skill/hobby I shouldn't drop!
tinycrumb._. You’re right...do not drop it, and never give up!!! You will always find a way and your path, but you have to be willing to keep pushing, no matter what!
I sounds like a tween, but would like to put in the time and effort to see what I can do to get a super fun deathcore sound. One day starts today! Yay! Good vibes coming at ya! Thank you for your instruction. Gonna see what I can do. 😹
Thank you and yes, practice getting your own style down and you’ll be amazed at what comes out!
Dude you are awesome, you remind me of a metal Joe Gilder (the mixing and recording youtuber). Not in appearance but just mannerisms and the way you talk
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"It comes over me"... That's it am running out of air...
Take another big breath!
Ok sir...I'll try my best...
Yours sounds cool. I like it when it’s like clean voice mostly with the flapping.
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Less than a minute in and NOW I get it.
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Very informative video, great vibe from you too! Greetings ✌🏻👽✌🏻
Thank you and glad this helps!
“Let whatever comes out, just be what that is.” My takeaway
The best way is your own way!
This is great advice, as a female who’s just started to learn to do growls and get the rattle happening, holding back is good advice. I must be doing something right by the way my dog is looking at me when I practice.
Awesome and really glad to hear this helped!
Thee best vocal lesson
Thank you so much for that...really appreciate it and glad this helped!
Thank you for the lesson sir
You’re welcome and glad this helped!
Totally great Jason!!!! 💪😉
Dude, thank you
@@jasonstallworth You welcome 💪😉
Definitively trying to use this. Who needs band members anyway
Lol...yeah a band can be really tough with all the different personalities and creative differences. There are some benefits to being solo! But I do miss playing on stage with a band!
@@jasonstallworth i know, i play solo cause i can but having a band would be epic. I said that cause i play guitar bass and drums so that would be the only thing remaining
@@jasonstallworth Please do some Six Feet Under with understandable (no puns) Vocals to overcome the cliche that Death Metal Vocals are for Sesame Street’s Cookie Monsters.
Nice tutorial, I still can't make the sound right, probably need a lot more practice. Just checked out your song "Final Reign" and it is one of the best death metal songs I've heard in a while, fuckin sick dude.
Oh dude, thank you for checking out that song! It's probably the most extreme vocally on the album!
It's surprisingly easy!
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I’ve listened to metal for years as kinda a secret and just by proxy I’ve developed a growl but I always thought it was lame because it was really breathy and I couldn’t really yell it. This really showed me that I actually have the vocal chops to be in this band
Awesome to hear that and I'm glad this encouraged you!
Great, thanks Sir.
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So basically relax the throat and push with your stomach? I think this video was what I needed.
Yeah, I keep my throat relaxed and let it come from deep within!
Lo haces muy bien quiero aprender esto asi agradezco a youtube por recomendarme tu canal ,saludos desde Argentina
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As a person who does metal vocals I'm not 100% this is the way I'm doing it. It seems like you're in evil speaking voice, but if you get serious vocal or false folds action going it is both pretty loud and much more forward and aggressive. I'd love to see you chat about this with someone like Marc from Karadavox or Sibila extreme vocal or David Benites from Extreme Vocal Institute, I think they'd give a lot of insight to what you're doing here.
@@Akerfeldtfan thanks for your input. What I’ve learned is there’s more than one way to do things. And this video is just one element.
I believe above all, the most important thing is to focus on your own style and not try to sound like someone else
Thanks for the lesson bro. My wife is a bit confuse now as i kept on repeating “must kill all” she’s definitely have no idea at all what i’m trying to learn.
Lol...yeah that can throw folks off!
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Great video man this helped out a lot
Awesome to hear that, brother!
@@jasonstallworth Thank you
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Jason thanks for the helpful very helpful
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Thank you so much sir! 🤘
You're welcome!
@@jasonstallworth i subscribed to your channel sir! Thank you so much! 🙂
Thanks for the video, now I can call my nephew in a way that he will respect me
Heck yeah!!!🤘
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My biggest challenge while doing death metal vocals or black metal vocals is breath control. It's gotten better over the years, but I could still use some improvement.
Yeah dude, that's the culprit of it all, and I still have to remind myself at times!
Thank you so much your such an inspirational death metal impression teacher I will be singing Songs by bloodbath decapitated suffocation asphyx and Dying fetus
Thank you for the kind words...all those bands are awesome and brutal!!
My death metal album should be ready for vocals late this year, so I'll download this video and see what I can do.
Maybe someone with a early Barnes vocal ability will hear it and reach out to me to rerecord with his/her vocals, haha
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So let me think of how to explain this. I think I started to get it. You make your false chords into a tiny pinhole and maintain looseness or openness with your primary.
What I did and I know this is bad if I actually used it, I basically flexed false chords thinking of it as a tunnel w a flap at the end as small as I could like a bicep. Then I checked primary chords and they were tense with the false and didn’t like that. So from there I opened them up like doing that airy widdddeeee opeeennnn singing while flexing false chords.
I think what’s helping me find it is to put the tip of my tongue roof of mouth lips narrow fishbowl shape. That let’s you go GRR GRR like the really bad imo toilet bowl DM vocals. The ridiculous dumb sounding lows.
Then if you back off a lot of pressure from that cause it may be tight at first if you do too hard, then you’re left with the flapping like a normal vocal fry type sound but only it’s with the growl flapping.
From there you can go BREEEE BREEEE BREEEE. I hate pig vox as much as anyone, but this allows you to have the false flap feel. Before that all my lows would just be low fry no flap.
No you just figure out how to keep the tongue down or normal positions to find a similar working false chord position.
How’s that sound? Seems to be helping me. I’ve been doing it really wrong for years my Opeth, Bloodbath, Hypocrisy, Amon Amarth voice. Those are growls to me.
Is this method similar to unlocking yours? Yours is a lot cleaner and sounds extremely light extremely flexible and very tension free.
Thank you for the in depth info here! For me, it all revolves around not straining and being more relaxed when singing this style. I also believe it's important to spend the majority of your vocal practicing to using your regular singing voice and make death metal secondary to that. This will help with proper breathing and such.
Good stuff man, personally don't have singing aspirations.....there's guitar players and singers, my voice isn't cool enough to sing so i'll get someone else to do that for me
The Faceless There’s absolutely no shame in that, dude! In fact, sometimes it’s best to just put 100% focus on that 2 thing!!
I haven’t been singing for almost as long as I’ve been playing, but have primarily been a guitar player and I was only creating instrumental music for a while (which I will still continue to do!). But it’s only recently I discovered a hidden passion for this particular vocal style.
This was the first time I was actually able to do anything resembling it so thank you.
My throat dries up after like 1 sentence though XD.
There’s an art to that too (throat not drying up). I’ll have to find a way to explain that and make another video. It’s also crucial to stay hydrated so I’m constantly chugging water, no matter what style I’m singing.