Get ready for an electrifying collaboration as professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff joins forces with the University of Utah Health and the VAST research lab for a groundbreaking study: "The Science Behind Vocal Distortion," featuring the powerhouse vocals of Will Ramos from Lorna Shore! ruclips.net/video/JkBV8GoPWXY/видео.html
You've gotta check out her latest one take performance, for the song Circle With Me. Its unbelievable, especially towards the end. The back and forth switching is next level.
Pitched screams are the holy grail for hardcore/metal vocalists, and Courtney LaPlante is one of the best I've ever seen. Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die (who she's said is one of her voice idols) is another master of pitched screams. It's not an easy thing to do to say the least.
ah yes this is a good shout out, the absolute energy, and just manic force behind these reminds me a lot of Keith Buckley, for sure (as well as the pitch etc as you say) just the tone overall
Courtney is hilarious, an amazing vocalist and one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of interviewing. Thanks for giving this artist and this band some attention, they so deserve it.
Does anyone know if there is a video of Judas Priest Victim of Changes or Green Menalishi from the Unleashed in the East tour? That would be awesome to hear analysis of!
The liquid metal (Sirius xm) live version of blessed be....😳 check out Tatiana of Jinjer, she's the Queen of this type of vocalization, being able to sing beautifully, growl like a demon, spit lyrics, in certain jazzy parts of some of their songs...was extremely excited to see the rescheduled north American tour of theirs, November 11th for me, original date of May 15, 2020, but, friggin covid 🙄
Who else yelled at the screen when Elizabeth paused it at the end, right before "I did it." ? Twice! Anyway. So glad you finally checked out Spiritbox. I've been waiting for this ever since I discovered you doing "Pisces." Courtney is really open to giving interviews. You should reach out.
The way she mixes her cleans and screams is so immeasurably difficult and impressive. She can hit MUCH lower notes and switch effortlessly to cleans mid-delivery and then back.
Just caught this -Courtney is one of my absolute favorite vocalists right now. So much power, yet so delicate when needed. Spiritbox as a whole is amazing. Her ability to have such a full, rounded tone no matter where she's placing her voice is phenomenal.
You give legit breakdowns of vocals as well I'm basically getting free lessons from watching you. I'm currently trying to master the breathiness of TLTOL. May post videos on it soon.
Being a drummer and guitar player myself usually in the studio and live playing this kind of music musicians, especially the drummer, are usually fed a click track into our ears while playing live or recording to give us the main pulse. This was probably why she was bobbing in time at the beginning as the click track usually has a two measure count-in before the first measure of music starts.
@@travisprugh6347 Yea, I'm not very good beacuse I like to get a count in before the track I'm recording to starts playing. Makes perfect sense that there is a correlation between skill and wanting a count in.
I like how open-minded you are. Metal isn't always supposed to be pretty (oftentimes it isn't). _Art_ isn't always supposed to be pretty. How can singing about intense pain and trauma be pretty? I feel there would be something seriously wrong if it were pretty. Not saying there aren't metal singers who are just mindless screamers. There are, but she clearly isn't one of them. Thanks for introducing me to her.
Not ALL metal is supposed to be pretty, but a lot of progressive metal bands seem to nail it. Intricate, beautiful, and heavy. As for the last part of your comment, check out Holy Roller and Belcarra.
Yay! You're finally doing it! Courtney is amazing and you will love her. "Constance" and "Blessed Be" would be their other songs most in your wheelhouse, if you need more Spiritbox. And you will.
@@shaman9 Constance is a beautiful song, but not good as a first listen for someone looking to analyze Courtney's vocal range. The subject matter is also a huge side topic that will detract from it. This is even more true for this channel as Elizabeth seems to do a lot of different artists and sometimes it takes a while to get back to a second reaction. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind seeing her do a Constance reaction. I just think it or Holy Roller are poor choices as a first song since they are so far to the extremes of what they do overall.
I am glad she didnt pick Constance, since it has a lot of layers and would lose a lot of punch that it has. But Blessed Be, Perennial and this song would be amazing picks
Trust Fall is soooo fucking good. I ran across it last summer during Quarantine and had it on repeat for weeks. It is an absolutely god tier song, that is so rarely mentioned!
Elizabeth, I have been a fan of your channel for a very long time and just recently seen some of your performances and was blown away by how powerful your voice is. I haven't read through all of the comments by I wanted to say I love how your hair looks in this video. I've watched this video countless times, it is priceless when Courtney goes into her harsh vocals you giggled and stopped yourself. "It's like this little angel disappeared..." You are easily my favorite RUclips personality for reactions.
@@andrewb2452 the song is about losing a loved one to dementia/Alzheimer's and it's hard to go through the song without a few tears for people that have dealt with that. It certainly is for me.
@@docknives3792 i never liked Holy Roller. it sounds like a crappy b-side from the last Iwrestledabearonce album...and Courtney is way more brutal on that album as a wholr than on Holy Roller
Courtney has started a really cool podcast called “Good for a Girl”. It’s pretty new but she is planning on talking with women titans in the metal genre! Maybe you could be a guest as someone with an outside perspective???
Elizabeth, I find you extremely fascinating. Watching you watch them satisfies a weird urge inside of me. THANK YOU WILL RAMOS FOR BRINGING ME TO HER. I CAN'T STOP NOW!!
The clean bits among the screams is the thing that makes Courtney stand out for me. It brings this "human" feel to the screams to have the harshness punctuated by clean notes at the beginning of some words. As a side note, Courtney performed previously in a band called "iwrestledabearonce", which is probably one of the best band names I've ever heard ;)
@Matthew Meredith Used to listen to them at like 13 with my jaw slack on the floor (immediately followed by the most violent one person mosh imaginable 😂) Not any different now!
If you're going to look at Spiritbox, Constance is a must see song! Beautiful vocals and a such a meaningful purpose behind it. Not afraid to say it made me bawl my eyes out after listening.
She actually does all 3 of the main types of distortion, she is using fry, false chord and "yell scream" or voice with distortion. She is incredibly talented 🙌
I am more excited for this than any other reaction on RUclips!!! Can’t wait! Some other songs of theirs to try are Constance, Blessed Be, and Holy Roller.
Perspective of an audio engineer (regarding sibilance) Some factors to consider, she is recording with a Shure SM7B, which is great for screaming, but definitely doesn't have a lot of top end compared to most studio vocal mics (large diaphragm condensers), and also it is possible her vocals have been "de-eSSed", so it is hard to tell how sibilant her voice is without knowing if it has been de-essed.. On a different note, I love that song and I enjoy your videos! I just wanted to give my .02
More on topic: Courtney has said in an interview that one inspiration for her music is exploring things she fears. Totally makes sense with the idea of a burn victim, I think that's a lot of people's fears. Less on topic: I found your channel and I love your reactions. I can tell that for you, music is like watching the ocean, not just something you hear. You feel the waves wash over you and watch the sea move and the sky wrap around it, in addition to listening to the crash of the waves and the call of the birds. It's so wonderful to see.
First time watching one of your videos, just because I enjoy watching people be blown away by metal vocalist, but your facial expressions and mix of emotions are you listen are just adorable. To see pure wonder/surprise/intrigue on someone's face as something happens is just enjoyable to my spirit.
They recently did a live performance for Sirius Xm radio that was posted on RUclips of several of their songs. I would recommend any of those performances, she's definitely on her A game in them.
The transition from those ethereal clean vocals into the screams gives me the feeling of a siren leading you into a trap. Alluring and then goes right in for the kill. I wish I had like 10% of this vocal talent lol.
You're are totally right about screams taking more air than singing. I've always said to people who ask how to do it "its like gargling without water."
What a nice in-depth analysis of her cleans when she added more body on the first chorus part and what nice attention to the details of her screaming technique. Courtney is one of the pioneers in her field and impressed and influenced a lot of people, incl. Tatiana from Jinjer, in her previous band iwrestledabearonce. The other band members are not less amazing, and Mike's way of songwriting is so perfectionist and intuitive, it was a blast to see him working out a song on a live stream... And for sure, my recommendation is "The Mara Effect live at Silverside Sound Studios". The band one-take that shows nearly the whole bandwidth of their work and Courtney's vocal abilities. And the principle "forget show-off, art comes first".
One female vocalist I've always really dug is Simone Pluijmers, of Cerebral Bore. They are no longer active, and haven't been for awhile BUT it was really cool to see a female vocalist embrace and commit to a purely brutal type of metal music and harsh vocals. She released an album with Your Chance To Die in 2017, which also has great harsh vocals from her. Both bands never really found traction to become mainstays, which is a shame because they were both stellar groups. Would be super rad to see you do a react video to Simone. Recommendations are the song "Maniacal Miscreation" (Cerebral Bore) or "Ignite The Sky" (YCTD). Thanks and I love your content!
It's amazing how your mimic reacts to human voices again and again. I've seen a lot of video reactions from you and you must be a very sensitive person. Thank you that you take the time to analyze vocalists. You're gifted.
I've been waiting for Spiritbox! They're amazing. I'm pleased you're doing Rule of Nines - it and Blessed Be are my favourites. Constance is a must watch too though, not because it's the best demonstration of Courtney's talents, but because it's the best integration of a song and its video I have ever seen.
One of my favorite things about harsh and cleans is when you can do both and you hit the transition from clean to harsh or harsh to clean. Feels so good
It brings me great joy when people are able to listen to metal and find excitement and beauty in the genre. I've never seen your videos before but your analysis was interesting and insightful! Well done, I subbed
All of spiritbox’s catalog is great. Can’t go wrong with any of their stuff, but “the beauty of suffering”, “blessed be”, “belcara” are some of my favorites.
YES!!!!!! I've been waiting for this one for so long! Courtney does a very different scream from Tatiana and I can't wait to hear what you think of it. For more melodic songs from Spiritbox I recommend Blessed Be, Trust Fall and Perennial. And speaking of Perennial you should also check out Jinjer's ;)
Great analysis!!! I just learned about Spiritbox and am going to see them in Denver. This really gave me an appreciation for her style. Your comments are fantastic!!
constance is an emotional one. Belcarra has a very different sound to most of their stuff, and it's sick. Holy Roller is mental, and blessed be is a nice mix of cleans and harsh!
Would love to see you cover "Depths III" by Silent Planet. Garret Russell flows in and out of a more spoken word sound and full on screams. It's my favorite song by them, by far and I adore his vocal delivery in the song.
Her “live” performances have gotten better since then. You should check out the Spiritbox Liquid Metal streams. Any or all 3 parts of the stream(part 3 is my favorite). I think her voice is at peak performance in that stream, plus the rest of the band is actually performing with her.
I adore you for this, Elizabeth. Your knowledge, it added in just what I was desiring from a reaction to Sb, by you ! An Absolute appreciation station, I am, and s***. Excited for your eventual foray into gutturals/sscreams.
I think with the whole Rule of Nines its about her wanting to be burned to the absolute maximum to the point where she becomes less then ash. She literally would become 'light' nothing to strain, no body of pain. ETC ETC.
It sounds so good. Hope to see Spiritbox live. One of the other upcoming metal bands is Orbit Culture (both mentioned in a fan poll about 5 act that will breakthrough in 2021 by Revolver). Niklas writes the music & lyrics and mixes & masters himself. He also screams and has cleans. His lyrics are about mental health issues which he now identifies as "harm OCD."
Courtney LaPlante is a gem!! Absolutely beautiful melodic tones with a demonic scream that will shatter your bones. Truly underrated vocalist, this band is amazing live too. I would love to see you react to the one take of Circle With Me, ITS ALSO 🔥🔥
Excellent. The contrast between a female singing voice going into deep growls and screaming is really exciting. Courtney and Tati take it to another level because of the quality of their natural singing voices....they are of course different, but they both have pretty voices that have a lot of texture....breathy, vibrato, velvety and sultry and at times twangy. It's that rich voice switching into deep growls and pitched screams that is such a contrast and why women like these own the metal scene. Rock on.
Yo the legit giggle at 7:38 was hilarious though. Not in like a mean way it just felt really honest and then she trips out like "oh frick, I did that on camera"
Courtney is one of the best in the game right now. 16:29 the shoulders coming down are a part of contracting the abdomen as you increase pressure for the screams. The fry and false chord screams use the high pressure air passing over the vocal chords to create the distortion. So the more contraction the higher pressure the air and more distortion you get.
Another amazing female vocalist is Angela Gossow. She hits amazing lows for a woman. The absolute power in her voice made me fall in love with arch enemy
This was posted almost a year and eight months ago and it’s only now I’m watching it. What a fantastic voice this lady has! Very soothing but so powerful and strong. And her screams are really cool too. You’re right, she uses a lot of air.
Courtney has a beautiful singing voice, but at the same time one of the best female screams. I loved watching the coach lose her mind when she heard the screaming the first time. Oh yeah, you haven't heard Spiritbox yet! Lol!
LOL I literally just came across that video and was like "I need to send this to Charismatic voice"... then I see you checked it out already. So amazing.
She looks a lot like an elfin character that i created once in Skyrim. That character was also a bard and a warrior, and Courtney's voice changes would perfectly reflect those two apects of her.
Just saw Spiritbox at Knotfest in Brisbane on the weekend and was blown away, having not heard them before. Came onto RUclips to check out some videos..... I should have known that Elizabeth had already done an analysis video years before 😂
I feel like the contrast in songs, bands and singers such as this are so appealing, due to the contrast itself. There is an oxymoronic aesthetic that builds a beautiful flow.
Everyone is gonna say to do their more recent stuff,but the beauty of suffering is possibly my favorite of theirs,and she does a one take performance of it as well.
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Get ready for an electrifying collaboration as professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff joins forces with the University of Utah Health and the VAST research lab for a groundbreaking study: "The Science Behind Vocal Distortion," featuring the powerhouse vocals of Will Ramos from Lorna Shore! ruclips.net/video/JkBV8GoPWXY/видео.html
Her one take of circle with me demonstrates her extremely rare, and well polished ability to scream in tune. And the lyrics are... Chef's kiss
@osspaljeni I'm new to this channel. Can you elaborate?
@osspaljenithat's what's called reaching dude
@osspaljeniits either prejudice or economics? Those are the only two options apparently 😂
Agree, her one-take of Circle With Me is amazing, especially her ability to move between clean and harsh vocals, even in the same line.
Circle with me is my favorite Spiritbox song, amazing lyrics!
You've gotta check out her latest one take performance, for the song Circle With Me. Its unbelievable, especially towards the end. The back and forth switching is next level.
This! 100% this! Everyone needs to help upvote this because Elizabeth NEEDS to do this one. The versatility and shifting in Circle With Me is insane.
Definitely! I don't understand how she does that bit @ 205s
I have a friend who was on crew for the shooting of the music video for Circle With Me. Sounds like Spiritbox is quite the band both on and off stage!
Yes that one is fucking awesome
Yes, 100%
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Courtney does a Podcast called Good For A Girl where she talks with other female vocalists. Maybe you two could chat??
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Did courtney ever talk about noa gruman?
Oh that would be so rad
Yes this would be awesome
@@Thischarletfire +1
Vocal coach: "more screaming please."
Spiritbox: "Say no more." *Holy Roller
I like her harsh vocals here. ruclips.net/video/dKGOMv6ZVvc/видео.html
Elizabeth: pausing 2 times before "I did it."
Me: Noooo pls nooo
I was getting pissy that she kept pausing it!!!!
It's like an OCD. Like Nooooooooo keep it playing
I did it
I did it
I did it
I did it
DAMN IT
I just had a heart attack after pause #1 and scrolled down to make sure she gets there eventually.
The first two pauses almost killed me. Thankfully, third time was the charm.
The way Courtney seemingly changes her mouth shape to create different tones in her screams is super rad!
Nobody:
Elizabeth: "we gotta put a camera in that throat"
_>
@@rog2224 0_0
What's with the surprised reactions, it's not even a full gastroscopy, but the idea is the same :D
@@Kresegoth Not the first time she has mentioned it when it comes to this calibre of voice.
The singer from Trivium did this!
Pitched screams are the holy grail for hardcore/metal vocalists, and Courtney LaPlante is one of the best I've ever seen. Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die (who she's said is one of her voice idols) is another master of pitched screams. It's not an easy thing to do to say the least.
Angela Gossow
Sam carter should be in the conversation of course. Seems to have been a great influence on Courtney especially in Circle With Me
ah yes this is a good shout out, the absolute energy, and just manic force behind these reminds me a lot of Keith Buckley, for sure (as well as the pitch etc as you say) just the tone overall
When I first heard Spiritbox I thought the singing and screaming were done by separate people.
Fuck yeah, he brought up Keith Buckley!
Finally, now “Blessed Be”, “Holly Roller” and “Constance” are a MUST.
Holly Roller for sure
A million times yes to Blessed be
@@jasonwinslow2534 I don't think she would appreciate that. Blessed be is a bit more in her zone.
Facts
@@iurirosa3155 Constance even more so.
Courtney is hilarious, an amazing vocalist and one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of interviewing. Thanks for giving this artist and this band some attention, they so deserve it.
Just gonna say what many of us are gonna say here: It's about damn time!
Welcome to the ranks of Charismaniacs :D
yup, i requested it so many times hehe
Does anyone know if there is a video of Judas Priest Victim of Changes or Green Menalishi from the Unleashed in the East tour? That would be awesome to hear analysis of!
The liquid metal (Sirius xm) live version of blessed be....😳 check out Tatiana of Jinjer, she's the Queen of this type of vocalization, being able to sing beautifully, growl like a demon, spit lyrics, in certain jazzy parts of some of their songs...was extremely excited to see the rescheduled north American tour of theirs, November 11th for me, original date of May 15, 2020, but, friggin covid 🙄
@@RandR383 absofuckinglutely agree
It's strange to me heard an opera singer describe harsh vocal so precisely, I love it
well, she is a very well musically educated coach too
Who else yelled at the screen when Elizabeth paused it at the end, right before "I did it." ? Twice!
Anyway. So glad you finally checked out Spiritbox. I've been waiting for this ever since I discovered you doing "Pisces." Courtney is really open to giving interviews. You should reach out.
I would not have been able to handle if she didn't finally listen to that bit. I was making me very uncomfortable. lol
YEP
Agreed! Idk why it was bothering me but maybe because I knew she would laugh at it.
Absolutely barbaric.
First time was a "gah!" second time was an f-bomb! Lol
The way she mixes her cleans and screams is so immeasurably difficult and impressive. She can hit MUCH lower notes and switch effortlessly to cleans mid-delivery and then back.
Just caught this -Courtney is one of my absolute favorite vocalists right now. So much power, yet so delicate when needed. Spiritbox as a whole is amazing. Her ability to have such a full, rounded tone no matter where she's placing her voice is phenomenal.
You give legit breakdowns of vocals as well I'm basically getting free lessons from watching you.
I'm currently trying to master the breathiness of TLTOL. May post videos on it soon.
Loooooove your reactions to spiritbox.
Shes also hot.
Love u bro no homo
N love ur channel n band
@@redeyedrednek oh yess
Being a drummer and guitar player myself usually in the studio and live playing this kind of music musicians, especially the drummer, are usually fed a click track into our ears while playing live or recording to give us the main pulse. This was probably why she was bobbing in time at the beginning as the click track usually has a two measure count-in before the first measure of music starts.
Must not be very good to need a metronome
@@travisprugh6347 Yea, I'm not very good beacuse I like to get a count in before the track I'm recording to starts playing. Makes perfect sense that there is a correlation between skill and wanting a count in.
@@travisprugh6347 yeah that’s definitely not a thing
I like how open-minded you are. Metal isn't always supposed to be pretty (oftentimes it isn't). _Art_ isn't always supposed to be pretty. How can singing about intense pain and trauma be pretty? I feel there would be something seriously wrong if it were pretty. Not saying there aren't metal singers who are just mindless screamers. There are, but she clearly isn't one of them. Thanks for introducing me to her.
singing about "intense trauma" and stuff is very pretty most of the times: evanescense and many others prove that mio.s of times.
Not ALL metal is supposed to be pretty, but a lot of progressive metal bands seem to nail it. Intricate, beautiful, and heavy.
As for the last part of your comment, check out Holy Roller and Belcarra.
You're right, art shouldn't always be pretty. Art is supposed to express all kinds of emotions
You can definitely still sound pretty wild expressing deep emotions.
Yeah the death metal vocalist screaming about butt f*cking corpses isn’t beautiful all but amazing at the same time
"Circle with Me" one take video needs to be reviewed! The last minute is phenomenal
As long as Elizabeth reviews the One Take version ! Album version is good, but the one-take's last verse is gold!
Yay! You're finally doing it! Courtney is amazing and you will love her. "Constance" and "Blessed Be" would be their other songs most in your wheelhouse, if you need more Spiritbox. And you will.
Yeah Constance is going to be interesting. Love that song.
@@thawolf5921 As many times as I've seen the video, I cried to it again today. Such a powerful piece of art.
Definitely surprised Constance wasn't the first Spiritbox listen
@@shaman9 Constance is a beautiful song, but not good as a first listen for someone looking to analyze Courtney's vocal range. The subject matter is also a huge side topic that will detract from it. This is even more true for this channel as Elizabeth seems to do a lot of different artists and sometimes it takes a while to get back to a second reaction.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind seeing her do a Constance reaction. I just think it or Holy Roller are poor choices as a first song since they are so far to the extremes of what they do overall.
I am glad she didnt pick Constance, since it has a lot of layers and would lose a lot of punch that it has. But Blessed Be, Perennial and this song would be amazing picks
Underrated Spiritbox song in my opinion is Trust Fall. Looking out for my homies in the comments
Trust Fall is soooo fucking good. I ran across it last summer during Quarantine and had it on repeat for weeks. It is an absolutely god tier song, that is so rarely mentioned!
Truth !! Great song - and great to see such a decent video made with just iphones at a local fireworks show :-)
My first SB song so I'm bias towards it it's an amazing song
I had a such a physical reaction of fist pumping excitement, when i saw that you were reacting to thing! omg i can't wait to see what you thought
Same, I jumped/gasped lol
Elizabeth, I have been a fan of your channel for a very long time and just recently seen some of your performances and was blown away by how powerful your voice is. I haven't read through all of the comments by I wanted to say I love how your hair looks in this video. I've watched this video countless times, it is priceless when Courtney goes into her harsh vocals you giggled and stopped yourself. "It's like this little angel disappeared..." You are easily my favorite RUclips personality for reactions.
Courtney is really versatile. For an example check out "constance" and contrast it to this song
You trying to make Elizabeth cry?
@@hellraserfleshlight i don't understand the crying reaction to constance tbh. I just think its a good song.
And holy roller
@@andrewb2452 the song is about losing a loved one to dementia/Alzheimer's and it's hard to go through the song without a few tears for people that have dealt with that. It certainly is for me.
@@docknives3792 i never liked Holy Roller. it sounds like a crappy b-side from the last Iwrestledabearonce album...and Courtney is way more brutal on that album as a wholr than on Holy Roller
One of the greatest female vocals I have ever heard. The transitions were spine chilling.
Courtney has started a really cool podcast called “Good for a Girl”. It’s pretty new but she is planning on talking with women titans in the metal genre! Maybe you could be a guest as someone with an outside perspective???
I doubt thatll happen xD
Yes!!!
you listened the whole growl part, and then you decided to listen to it again.
I love you.
I'M ALREADY SO EXCITED FOR THIS. The glee on your face in this thumbnail is all of us.
Elizabeth, I find you extremely fascinating. Watching you watch them satisfies a weird urge inside of me. THANK YOU WILL RAMOS FOR BRINGING ME TO HER. I CAN'T STOP NOW!!
Was hoping Spiritbox would land on your radar. Definitely looking forward to this one.
Seriously her reaction when the screaming starts is the cutest thing ever 😂 same with the Lorna Shore video
The clean bits among the screams is the thing that makes Courtney stand out for me. It brings this "human" feel to the screams to have the harshness punctuated by clean notes at the beginning of some words.
As a side note, Courtney performed previously in a band called "iwrestledabearonce", which is probably one of the best band names I've ever heard ;)
In BC iwrestledabearonce counts as an admission of attempted bestiality, after a few craft beers.
@@crhu319 underrated comment
And Unicron before Iwrestledabearonce....
@Matthew Meredith Used to listen to them at like 13 with my jaw slack on the floor (immediately followed by the most violent one person mosh imaginable 😂) Not any different now!
As much as I love her work with IWABO, the guitarist she joined the with had.. not great things to say about it, this was their last album btw
You kept pausing too soon at the end!! hahaha THANK YOU!!! I'm in love with this band.I'm so happy you FINALLY got to Spiritbox!
If you're going to look at Spiritbox, Constance is a must see song! Beautiful vocals and a such a meaningful purpose behind it. Not afraid to say it made me bawl my eyes out after listening.
She actually does all 3 of the main types of distortion, she is using fry, false chord and "yell scream" or voice with distortion.
She is incredibly talented 🙌
I am more excited for this than any other reaction on RUclips!!! Can’t wait! Some other songs of theirs to try are Constance, Blessed Be, and Holy Roller.
Perspective of an audio engineer (regarding sibilance) Some factors to consider, she is recording with a Shure SM7B, which is great for screaming, but definitely doesn't have a lot of top end compared to most studio vocal mics (large diaphragm condensers), and also it is possible her vocals have been "de-eSSed", so it is hard to tell how sibilant her voice is without knowing if it has been de-essed.. On a different note, I love that song and I enjoy your videos! I just wanted to give my .02
Next stop "The Mara Effect live at Silverside Sound" from them. It's absolutely amazing...
I'm definitely on board with this. It would have been a better choice than Rule of Nines, but I kind of figured she wouldn't start with one that long.
Oh. Yes. Often overlooked, unbelievably rewarding to watch or react to.
+1
The Best of the Best.
Agreed!
More on topic: Courtney has said in an interview that one inspiration for her music is exploring things she fears. Totally makes sense with the idea of a burn victim, I think that's a lot of people's fears.
Less on topic: I found your channel and I love your reactions. I can tell that for you, music is like watching the ocean, not just something you hear. You feel the waves wash over you and watch the sea move and the sky wrap around it, in addition to listening to the crash of the waves and the call of the birds. It's so wonderful to see.
"I did it" !! OMG the pausing at the end was killing me!
First time watching one of your videos, just because I enjoy watching people be blown away by metal vocalist, but your facial expressions and mix of emotions are you listen are just adorable. To see pure wonder/surprise/intrigue on someone's face as something happens is just enjoyable to my spirit.
They recently did a live performance for Sirius Xm radio that was posted on RUclips of several of their songs. I would recommend any of those performances, she's definitely on her A game in them.
Yeah as good as this version is, that Liquid Metal performance (all 6 songs) is something else.
Happy 300k Subs.
Thank you!
Ahh. Glad to see one of our JBP clan. :D
The transition from those ethereal clean vocals into the screams gives me the feeling of a siren leading you into a trap. Alluring and then goes right in for the kill. I wish I had like 10% of this vocal talent lol.
Admit it, everyone is subscribed just to hopefully hear Elizabeth screaming/grunting one time 😂
You're are totally right about screams taking more air than singing. I've always said to people who ask how to do it "its like gargling without water."
What a nice in-depth analysis of her cleans when she added more body on the first chorus part and what nice attention to the details of her screaming technique. Courtney is one of the pioneers in her field and impressed and influenced a lot of people, incl. Tatiana from Jinjer, in her previous band iwrestledabearonce. The other band members are not less amazing, and Mike's way of songwriting is so perfectionist and intuitive, it was a blast to see him working out a song on a live stream...
And for sure, my recommendation is "The Mara Effect live at Silverside Sound Studios". The band one-take that shows nearly the whole bandwidth of their work and Courtney's vocal abilities. And the principle "forget show-off, art comes first".
I think it's kinda funny how your channel has become my go to for finding new metal bands to follow, and I love it!
I'd love to see a reaction to "Constance". If only because of the feels.
Why not have a cry with Elizabeth?
Definitely a cryer of a track. Especially with the video.
constance is insta-cry. every. damn. time.
One female vocalist I've always really dug is Simone Pluijmers, of Cerebral Bore. They are no longer active, and haven't been for awhile BUT it was really cool to see a female vocalist embrace and commit to a purely brutal type of metal music and harsh vocals. She released an album with Your Chance To Die in 2017, which also has great harsh vocals from her. Both bands never really found traction to become mainstays, which is a shame because they were both stellar groups. Would be super rad to see you do a react video to Simone. Recommendations are the song "Maniacal Miscreation" (Cerebral Bore) or "Ignite The Sky" (YCTD). Thanks and I love your content!
Please listen to Spiritbox - Constance. Its very emotional and she sings only in clear voice, no screaming.
out of all the musical breakdown reactions I see on youtube I always come back to your channel.
One of the best bands out right now, can’t wait to see your reaction and thoughts 😋
It's amazing how your mimic reacts to human voices again and again. I've seen a lot of video reactions from you and you must be a very sensitive person. Thank you that you take the time to analyze vocalists. You're gifted.
I've been waiting for Spiritbox! They're amazing. I'm pleased you're doing Rule of Nines - it and Blessed Be are my favourites. Constance is a must watch too though, not because it's the best demonstration of Courtney's talents, but because it's the best integration of a song and its video I have ever seen.
One of my favorite things about harsh and cleans is when you can do both and you hit the transition from clean to harsh or harsh to clean. Feels so good
Oathbreaker - 10:56 / Second Son Of R (on Audiotree live)
Something kind of similar to Spiritbox that I haven't seen any reaction channels do yet
Would be awesome if she reacts to that song, hope some day she does.
YES! I need this to happen!
Now we need one from when Courtney was in “I wrestled a bear once”
YES!!!! Agreed
Lol
what a throwback. Saw them on their first tour with Krysta. I was so much cooler 10 years ago lol
@@metalchips I imagine all of us were. :p
Who’s that? A cover band of iwrestledabearonce?
I love this song so much ❤️
I can't wait to hear this reaction!
100% need some dayseeker on this channel. Rory has an insane clean and harsh vocal. The band as a whole are insanely underrated.
For sure. Rory has the most melodic screams I have ever heard. They fit so perfectly.
This was my introduction to Spiritbox. And I LOVED it.
They just gained a new fan .
LOVE your analysis 😍 even commenting on lyrics, badass! Subscribed!
When are we getting Demolisher by Slaughter to prevail? 😁
Today
It brings me great joy when people are able to listen to metal and find excitement and beauty in the genre. I've never seen your videos before but your analysis was interesting and insightful! Well done, I subbed
All of spiritbox’s catalog is great. Can’t go wrong with any of their stuff, but “the beauty of suffering”, “blessed be”, “belcara” are some of my favorites.
Please please do more Spiritbox!!!
I've watched this a few times and they are just my favorite!! ❤️
YES!!!!!! I've been waiting for this one for so long! Courtney does a very different scream from Tatiana and I can't wait to hear what you think of it. For more melodic songs from Spiritbox I recommend Blessed Be, Trust Fall and Perennial. And speaking of Perennial you should also check out Jinjer's ;)
Great analysis!!! I just learned about Spiritbox and am going to see them in Denver. This really gave me an appreciation for her style. Your comments are fantastic!!
constance is an emotional one. Belcarra has a very different sound to most of their stuff, and it's sick. Holy Roller is mental, and blessed be is a nice mix of cleans and harsh!
I am curious on her thoughts on this one.
Constance straight made me bawl 😂
CIRCLE WITH ME IS A MUST REACT!!! She’s amazing there too
Finally! It's time for singing, and then some screaming, and then some singing and more screaming.
It's always time for that.
Enjoyed the time with you sun shine...always make me smile...I’m really trying to learn..and your such an amazing teacher...
Yesss. She's got one of my absolute favorite screams in modern metal. Always such shockingly brutal goodness.
Whoa just found your channel today. Amazing work! Thank you! ❤
Would love to see you cover "Depths III" by Silent Planet. Garret Russell flows in and out of a more spoken word sound and full on screams. It's my favorite song by them, by far and I adore his vocal delivery in the song.
Loved seeing this! She's from my home city of Victoria on Vancouver Island. Very proud of her talent.
Her “live” performances have gotten better since then. You should check out the Spiritbox Liquid Metal streams. Any or all 3 parts of the stream(part 3 is my favorite). I think her voice is at peak performance in that stream, plus the rest of the band is actually performing with her.
I adore you for this, Elizabeth. Your knowledge, it added in just what I was desiring from a reaction to Sb, by you ! An Absolute appreciation station, I am, and s***.
Excited for your eventual foray into gutturals/sscreams.
"I did it." has me in chuckles since then :D
I was going crazy the first two times Elizabeth paused right as she was about to say that.
I have learned so much about my own vocals by watching these videos and hearing the analysis. Very grateful for these videos.
That honk when courtney transitioned into harsh vocals literally made me spit water all over my carpet 😂😂😂
This is the best review and analysis I've seen
I think with the whole Rule of Nines its about her wanting to be burned to the absolute maximum to the point where she becomes less then ash. She literally would become 'light' nothing to strain, no body of pain. ETC ETC.
It sounds so good. Hope to see Spiritbox live. One of the other upcoming metal bands is Orbit Culture (both mentioned in a fan poll about 5 act that will breakthrough in 2021 by Revolver). Niklas writes the music & lyrics and mixes & masters himself. He also screams and has cleans. His lyrics are about mental health issues which he now identifies as "harm OCD."
Courtney LaPlante is a gem!!
Absolutely beautiful melodic tones with a demonic scream that will shatter your bones. Truly underrated vocalist, this band is amazing live too. I would love to see you react to the one take of Circle With Me, ITS ALSO 🔥🔥
Excellent. The contrast between a female singing voice going into deep growls and screaming is really exciting. Courtney and Tati take it to another level because of the quality of their natural singing voices....they are of course different, but they both have pretty voices that have a lot of texture....breathy, vibrato, velvety and sultry and at times twangy. It's that rich voice switching into deep growls and pitched screams that is such a contrast and why women like these own the metal scene. Rock on.
Yo the legit giggle at 7:38 was hilarious though. Not in like a mean way it just felt really honest and then she trips out like "oh frick, I did that on camera"
Courtney is one of the best in the game right now. 16:29 the shoulders coming down are a part of contracting the abdomen as you increase pressure for the screams. The fry and false chord screams use the high pressure air passing over the vocal chords to create the distortion. So the more contraction the higher pressure the air and more distortion you get.
Another amazing female vocalist is Angela Gossow. She hits amazing lows for a woman. The absolute power in her voice made me fall in love with arch enemy
This was posted almost a year and eight months ago and it’s only now I’m watching it. What a fantastic voice this lady has! Very soothing but so powerful and strong. And her screams are really cool too. You’re right, she uses a lot of air.
Courtney has a beautiful singing voice, but at the same time one of the best female screams. I loved watching the coach lose her mind when she heard the screaming the first time. Oh yeah, you haven't heard Spiritbox yet! Lol!
LOL I literally just came across that video and was like "I need to send this to Charismatic voice"... then I see you checked it out already. So amazing.
She looks a lot like an elfin character that i created once in Skyrim.
That character was also a bard and a warrior, and Courtney's voice changes would perfectly reflect those two apects of her.
Just saw Spiritbox at Knotfest in Brisbane on the weekend and was blown away, having not heard them before. Came onto RUclips to check out some videos..... I should have known that Elizabeth had already done an analysis video years before 😂
You deed it!
Yeah she "DEED IT" LOL
I feel like the contrast in songs, bands and singers such as this are so appealing, due to the contrast itself. There is an oxymoronic aesthetic that builds a beautiful flow.
The recent live version they did in their jam space for liquid metal IS SOOOOOOO GOOOD
Women have been absolutely killing it in this genre lately and I'm proud of you guys
That map in the background is dope btw
Everyone is gonna say to do their more recent stuff,but the beauty of suffering is possibly my favorite of theirs,and she does a one take performance of it as well.
Absolutely agreed dude. That whole album was amazing.
Arizona never changes time. One of many reasons i love living in Az.
Gotta go down the Spiritbox rabbit hole soon.