Paul's Growling style

[Flal]

Hey Paul,

Your name gets thrown around here and there in the bloodbath forum as a fucking crushing vocalist. So I bought the Novella Resevoir and I gotta say...AWESOME!!!!!

I just wanted to know: What kind of vocal style do you use? Do you do the quiet growl like Akerfeldt or just belt a growl out?

 

[Novembers Paul]

If it's recording, or a one off show, I belt it out. If we're on tour, and I need to preserve my voice for multiple days in a row, I will "attempt" to lay back and control it more, but once I get on stage, and the adrenaline gets pumping, it's hard to lay back. I'm sure I would benefit more from the quiet growl, but that's hard for me to get the tone I like.

 

[Flal]

Same....lol, it seems like a lot of the good growlers do the quiet growl. I was starting to get discouraged. But you and the singer from Rapture have pumped up my hopes! =) I had it good for a while back when my band was more active, but now whenever I try to get back into the groove of growling, it sounds like shit.
*more practice*

 

[BrandonS]

I wish it were easier to learn growling. I don't even know how to practice properly. I know there's a secret behind getting it, at least with my own voice, but I can't figure it out and the way I try to do it takes such a toll and sounds like crap.

 

[Flal]

Your prayers have been answered

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/bloodbath/215482-another-how-properly-growl-thread.html

On the first page, check out the Tony Bullard tutorial. It's really good.

 

[BrandonS]

I've listened to that thing before, and when I make that sound, I just sound like a woman on her period.

I also tried the "clearing your throat while pushing with stomach" method, and it just comes out as an uber distorted scream, probably because I scream with the area I use to clear my throat. :\ And it's worse than my normal scream...

 

[Flal]

You can't expect it to sound good right away! Ask Paul, I'm sure he had an adjustment period. For me it took about 2 months of consistent (1-2 times a week) jamming to get a good growl (back when my band was active). Already, since I started the thread, my voice has gotten considerable better. Take growling like you would learning an instrument: you'll sound like shit when you first try, but then you get gradually better if you practice (I know I know, cliche).

 

[Novembers Paul]

I didn't used to growl like I do now. Not at all. Here's proof...

www.myspace.com/lacerationchicago

A friend of mine heard a demo we recorded, and said it was good, but the vocals weren't heavy enough. At rehearsal one day, I tried a couple of things, and found it. There is a certain way to do it, where it's pretty easy to do, but I can't explain how to find it. It just happened.

The adjustment period for me was finding the clarity in the growl. When you guys here the 4 bonus tracks on the new Amid re-release, you'll hear my first growling style. Very heavy, and not nearly as easy to understand. The song "Scarification" is the FIRST song I actually growled on.

 

[Phoenix5]

The song "Scarification" is the FIRST song I actually growled on.

Was it a Racer X knock off?

 

[griev0r]

Haha is that you singing in the song? Man that is some heavy thrash shit!

 

[BrandonS]

I can't wait until I get home to check that out this evening, but Paul please, is there any way you could even try to explain the thing you mentioned? About how you have to "find" it? Even if you had to make an audio or video clip to explain, that would be awesome. Please, sir?

 

[Novembers Paul]

but Paul please, is there any way you could even try to explain the thing you mentioned? About how you have to "find" it?

but I can't explain how to find it. It just happened.

Sorry. I wish I could.

 

[beast from the east]

I doubt I'll ever be in a band, but I love growling! It's just GD fun! I have the tone down pretty well, but my problem is I have no force behind the lower pitched growls. It comes out very soft, and if I try to push to make it louder, my voice cracks and it fucks up my throat. I can do the raspy, higher pitched vocal thing, like Haughm, pretty well though.

 

[Jasonic]

Don't listen to Paul.
He is being hard on himself..
Laceration OWNS big time....

I would love a disc to be put out with all the Laceration demos and single on it.

 

[BrandonS]

I like your old vocals too. Man you should use those vocals too if you can still do them! They may not be as heavy but they sound so much more angry.

Well sucks for me I guess that you can't explain. Maybe I'll post a recording at some point and you can tell me how close I am.

 

[tchocky]

I find that breathing often whilst your growling effects the quality of the growl. If you don't really breathe and try and growl straight, (from the throat) then it all tends to be rather thin and will get thinner the more you growl. But if you take relatively deep breathes (I mean you can't do yoga-deep breathes, you often won't have the time), it will not only help preserve your vocal chords, but provide a deeper and higher quality growl.