Why did Jonas stop growling?

[hornblow555]

Whatever was the deal with Jonas not growling anymore. I know they eventually changed their direction and didn't need them anymore, but why did they have Mike Akerfeldt growl on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay? I heard a rumor that he had problems with his voice and couldn't growl anymore, but now I've heard from several sources that he still growls live. Was his "injury" just a temporary thing or was there another reason. I definitely think the clean singing is an improvement, but I'd like to get the facts straight.

 

[yourdeadgroom]

He did hurt himself with growling. There was the rumour flying around that he couldn't speak for a while, but I'm pretty sure I remember Anders saying that wasn't true. I think he just lost the ability to growl for a while, or was ordered by his doctor not to . His throat is all better now, Katatonia just don't think growling is satisfactory for their music anymore (doesn't convey enough emotion, which I disagree with, but oh well, that's why they are great and noone's heard of me... ).

 

[hornblow555]

Ok thanks, that's what I thought happened.

 

[_Transparent_]

as far as i can remember Anders and Jonas growl live, but its only like one song ('Murder' usually although they have played 'Endtime' too) anyway i've never been so happy to see that he quit growling, i love the old albums, but i love the new ones too, im just happy how everything turned out.

 

[requiem]

Apparently Jonas didn't have the correct technique for growling. It was ruining his throat, bit by bit.

Guys like Akerfeldt and AG Jensen from Saturnus have it down pat and could probably do it all day!

Personally I think Katatonia are best without the growls... although many disagree.

 

[Battle Angel]

Do they actually have growling teachers? I'd love to learn how to growl properly, cause it fuckin' drills my throat when I attempt to.

Imagine taking lessons from Corpsegrinder!

Angel

 

[HarmonyDies....]

I try but sounds stupid

 

[LoboUivante]

Its funny when people come up to me and say "You listen to dead metal?! I know how to sing that... RAURRRRR".

WHy dont they try doing that for 40 minutes to see if it's so much easy.

 

[_Transparent_]

good point, and damn you say practice makes perfect but i must be doing it wrong as after a song or two i get a sore throat, not bad, i mean it goes away after a minute but still, oh well.

 

[Parabola]

Has anyone of you ever listened to a femal growling?

 

[Don Corleone]

yes, opera ix.

 

[my dying groom]

Or Sinister, for example...

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Or Arch Enemy

But you mean females that can't growl, right? Yeah. At university, me and one of the other guitarists (I studied music) used to growl all the time, in conversations, and as greetings, y'know- walk into a room, see a couple of friends and let rip with a "Owen" and a "Gareth" in growls. Anyway, one of the flute players, Julie, used to find this pretty funny (which it was) and she'd try and do it back when we did it to her- it was kinda half-choked and didn't sound at all good

 

[Parabola]

yeah, cool. But kinda sad, she didn´t do it professional (could have become better)...

 

[without]

my mother does scream vocals when she gets anry!

 

[ben4g]

A sore throat and an old fashioned style. Just that I guess.

 

[LoboUivante]

I heard a female singer doing some growls on TV, but they were way too poppy and the riffs were way to easy... but hey! they have to start from somewhere.

 

[Opethfan1980]

What IS the proper way to growl? Aren't you supposed to do it more from your stomach than your throat?

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Depends on weather you want to hurt your throat or not

It's just like normal singing, it's less stressful on your throat if you breath properly and project from the diaphragm (bottom of the lungs), rather than taking shallow breaths and forcing it out....

 

[norghash]

jonas´ singing (or growling...) on "for funerals to come..." is one of the best i ever listened to and fits perfectly to the music! i think they made a big fault in letting the opeth guy sing on "brave murder day" and "sounds of decay". i guess with jonas´voice i´d have loved the album...but actually i don´t like it. anyway the nu stuff with clean vocals sucks!