Anyone in a death metal band?

[Smitty]

Just wondering... imma lead guitarist for my thrash band, Ripcord, but i kinda wanted to experiment a little so i tried out for a local band looking for a new vocalist/rythme guitarist....

well, i made the band (its name is Misinterpreted) but, ive never done any death metal vox before... and after our first practice my throat hurt like shit... itsa day later and im to the point where i cant even speak... i LITERALLY lost my voice...its begining to creep me out:

so my question for those of you in DM bands is:

is this a normal thing to happen to you when you first start on vox? if i tore my vocal chords will they repair themselves? if so, will my voice always be raspy?

Oh, and feel free to use this thread to tell us something about your band, promote, inform us, enlighten us, give us your MP3s

 

[elm lateral]

Yes, i vox and drum.

Some people say that growling/screaming is an art.

Dude, you dont use your throat, try using you gut.

But yeh, your throat WILL get used to hit, say like..callouses.

 

[Smitty]

Thanks... BTW, after last night, ide say hell ya itsan art!

 

[elm lateral]

Oh BTW, my band dont really have a name it hasn't clicked yet.

Menicle Anex (progressive, death vox)
Safe Sex Is Better Than Children (experimental instrumental)
and another band, basically Iron Maiden meets tool.

 

[Fallen]

i'm 2 death metal bands at the moment

Battlechrist (really heavy melodic death (i play guitar))
Gogmagog (were trying to make it as insane as possible (i do vocals))

and i'm in another band thats like black sabbath style rock and roll in which i play guitar and sing back up.

and it will get easier to sing as u start to develop a technique my throat still hurts a bit when i growl (i haven't been singing for that long) but it is getting easier, but i have never lost my voice from doing it, so u must be really punishing ur vocal chords.

 

[elm lateral]

Yeh, you shouldn't really punish it first go...like progressively build up.

Take hints from like drill sergeants. I think there was a topic not long ago on peoples techniques of growling. Like growl from your gut and expel through the throat using it to reverberate the sound.

Oi fallen, were bouts u live?

 

[Fallen]

i'm in melbourne

 

[elm lateral]

Ah k.

Your band have any demos?

 

[Fallen]

i have a few mp3s of gogmagog, battlechrist only has a shitty tape recording, and i have an mp3 of the old school death rock band.

but no proper demos or anything like that........yet.

 

[elm lateral]

Would you be willing to send me any?

 

[joker (Ravaged)]

I do the vocals in my band
never remember that my throat was tore up so i couldn't talk though, you have to do it the right way, else you will hurt your throat
The band I sing in is Ravaged.
we have done a demo
you can chekc out a couple of songs at:
http://www.mp3.com/ravaged

 

[elm lateral]

Nice logo bro.

\m/

 

[elm lateral]

Hah, i like "I will laff when you die". Nice solo .

Eheh, shit it's a pretty well recorded demo, i've heard worse, but then i've heard better.

I like it!

 

[Staffan]

Yes I am.... I'm guitarist... and sings the few clean vox

 

[AddeJ-Skinfected]

Yup... At first your throat i sore like ****. And you even can lose the voice like you did (don´t even try to sing untill the voice is back to normal). But after a while (a couple of rehearsals) the vocal chords (ehh? is that a correct word?) get strengthen and your voice get better/more endured...

 

[Skaldir]

i play in one too.
Aphelion
Here's a songlink http://home.nikocity.de/hel/Aphelion-Impetuous_Hate.mp3

I play the instruments and a friend of mine is doing the vocals.

 

[Staffan]

Originally posted by Unicorn
i play in one too.
Aphelion
Here's a songlink http://home.nikocity.de/hel/Aphelion-Impetuous_Hate.mp3

I play the instruments and a friend of mine is doing the vocals.

That's really cool stuff

 

[Fallen]

Originally posted by elm lateral
Would you be willing to send me any?

yea if ya want

 

[Skaldir]

Thanks Staffan!

 

[Ecto]

someone can give me a drum tip?

how can i perform that really ultra hiper fast beats using the snare?