May I recommend the album L'enfant Savage? It's some of the best aggressive vocals I've ever heard period. His phrasing and the way he "sings" is unparalleled in the genre in my opinion.
7:15 holy shit..... That was incredible he literally became Joe I'm immediately jealous and have to ask if I can do this??? What the f u c k dude Like I have to comment on how perfectly you did it I've been listening to Gojira for years and you nailed it like you could replace joe if he took a sick day
:) You can do it too :) !! It's just about learning how to feel out a FEW ways to engage your voice in certain ways... then nurturing those sensations! I can help!
Joe's an absolute beast. Not because of out-worldly tech, but because of feeling and intention. Lyrics, Drumming, harmonies, foundation...Gojira is just something else.
I think Troy Sanders from Mastodon also does a bit of this technique of pitched screams if you wanna call it that. Also, Devin Townsend, is God when it comes to this. He just uses a little more of the traditional fry sound on top of his note, while Joe from Gojira uses more of false cord. At a certain level the barriers between false cord and fry screams become very muddled anyway. My takeaway from this video - all sorts of aggressive distorted compressed vocals have false cord engagement. Thanks for the upload.
2:17 killed me. This video needed done for a very long time, so many times have I wanted to learn how to do this style of vocals, or at least understand how *he* does it. Your tutorials are always fantastic and I'm glad you've discovered one of the greatest heavy bands
I've been waiting on Gojira for a hot minute! I'd definitely recommend their latest studio album, Fortitude, for their more layered approach in the studio and their early The Link and Terra Incognita for the heavier vocals. Joe and Mario are some of the most fantastic musical writers I think we have out there right now and I love seeing them get more recognized!
Wow, great video! A month ago I was desperately typing in "how to sing like Joe Duplantier" all over RU-vid. I just love how Gojira manage to make simple riffs really (in)tense and interesting to listen over and over. Out of all metal bands I listen to, this is one of my toddler's favorites lol, especially the last album.
Since you like the groove of Gojira, I'd love an analysis of Bloodbath's Nightmares Made Flesh... Any track on there. As that album features Peter Tägtgren and his performance on this is amazing. Very full and expressive.
You are an amazing vocalist...Joe is one of my favorites and you totally nail his technique. I hope you'll react to some of the new stuff in the tour coming up in the US. I'm going to the Knoxville show on the second of November and then on to Chattanooga on the third. These guys are the Metallica of today in my opinion.
HOWDY FROM NEW ENGLAND.. YES YOU FINALLY DID IT...EVEN THEIR HEAVIEST SONGS JOE HAS A WAY OF PUTTING IN A KILLER MELODY WHERE ONE SHOULDN'T FIT BIT GOJIRA HAVE THAT BOUNCY VIBE...PEACE FROM THE NORTHEAST... BTW IVE COMMENTED THAT JOE HAS SUCH A MELODIC VOICE EVEN IN THEIR HEAVIER SONG SUCH AS THIS...THX AGAIN CHRIS FOR FINALLY DOING A VID ON JOE DUPLANTIER..GREAT STUFF!!!
Lacey Sturm, from Flyleaf. Great use of breaking into head voice after each line. Also great vocal placement. She has such a sweet voice, but very powerful at the same time, and great screams. Look, for example: "Im So Sick"
I really suggest you to listen to their song Born in Winter, that song is more vocally versatile and interesting to analyse in my opinion, there are beautiful low clean vocals mixed with his heavy distorted growl
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you made this! I would totally love more videos on pitched false chord screams/growls. There are isolated vocal tracks for their song "toxic garbage island" if you think that might help you crack it down even further
Dude these video's are really good, both regarding vocal techniques and on a production level .... Please check out the song Shaped by Fire, I really struggle to figure out the layering of Tim's vocals for pretty much the entire song lol
Nice! Love your content, Chris! Genuinely one of, if not the best and most informative voice teachers on RU-vid. I’m surprised that you’ve only just discovered Gojira. I do have a request though, it’s Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth. I’d love to see an analysis on how he combines a jazz foundation with hardcore heavy metal growling!
Bang on analysis. Joe has pitch and tone in his "scream". He can fade in the scream rather than fade it out which is unique. I love love love love Joe's voice.
Great video. When you explain, it seems so much easier to do. Since you're digging deeper into these lower growls, it would be nice to see something about Slaughter to Prevail, preferably the song Demolisher.
Men, hundreds thanks for paying attention at gojira. But i think the best of them to work with in terms of vocal is the live at red rocks (2017) or at hellfest (2019) because joe changes the way of using his voice. Cheers from france !
It's mostly because he was tired. His vocal performances were better before. It's still amazing but you can tell that he's struggling a lot more now. A year or so after the start of a tour, it gets difficult.
@@massivecunt8263 Yes it's a fact, but i found that there is a lot more of clarity and emotion in his voice these days, i think that it is a good thing to let pass more emotions threw his voice (for exemple flying wales at hellfest). And when i spoke about the changment of his voice that is between the live at les vieilles charrues and the live of red rocks or hellfest ^^
The first time I watched the performance you reacted to I had to look away from the screen because it hurt my head too. I don't know how bands with light shows like that can do that night after night lol. Also thank you for making me realize to be able to build proper technique I have to embrace sounding absolutely silly sometimes. I guess I've always thought of it as a journey down a road instead of building a house starting with the foundation.
Please please, Chris, do Jens Kidman from Meshuggah next! I abslutely adore his tone. His growl has some amazing overtones to it. I feel he's actually not that far from what Joe does. 🤔
I would really love for you to check out Jari Mäenpää from Ensiferum and Wintesun. He's one of my favorite vocalists, and it would be awesome to see a breakdown of his vocals.
I’ve heard this type singing/growling referred to as the ‘Cookie Monster voice.’ I just can’t seem to get into it or at least I only like small chunks at a time in a song. When I was in middle school, all the ‘scene’ kids started mimicking that style by jokingly doing random low, guttural Oinks and pig noises. A couple of them got pretty good at it and probably didn’t even realize that they had basically taught themselves a technique of singing and growling. None of them ever got into music or singing so they never grew more into it but it’s interesting how some preteens taught themselves death metal singing basically as a joke during classes
Could you react to Alex terrible's vocals in slaughter to prevail's song Baba Yaga? Those are the sounds I'm interested in making and would love your explanations and insight to it. 🤘🏼
To go along with this one (really great breakdown and I dig the enthusiasm, looking forward to more gojira!) I don't know if anyone's suggested any Dillinger escape plan yet. Greg Puciato (their vocalist) has a really nice melodic scream I think you might be interested in. Super intense band, maybe something like "gold teeth on a bum" is a good start. Also shows a fair amount of his tonal range.
Lmao it’s a “vocal teacher reacts” and vocal lesson in one video I think I remember reading an interview with Joe saying he screams basically by just yelling as loud as he can
I'd love for you to cover Black Peaks, ever since I first listened to the singer Will Gardner I've been trying to place his technic in my own voice but I haven't felt like I've come close, hearing your thoughts on his technic would be amazing!
I'd love it if you did some analysis of Lamb of God. Randy's voice in Ashes of the Wake is so unique and I want to hear your opinion and insight into it
It's until this video that I realized what the "crack" does. Allowing more air for tissue vibration while not engaging the chords right? Shouldn't we be careful though as more air dries the vocal chords or is the extra amount is safe? Thanks for this video!
Great Video and Lesson again Chris! So many thanks for these videos. I have a question, I understand the concept of Going Clean first and than add compression on top of it, butttttt,... I feel like my notes change in pitch, when i put the compression on them, but that is not what I want, I still want to sing the low E2 note, but than more powerful and gritty. Any tips on this? (I am working on your Discover Your Voice and also already bought the "Spencer" and "Aggressive" courses, they are great, but I am still going through them)
Benjamin Burnley is going to be a great vocalist for you to study to work on those gritty lows! Check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7ALdBqhTYYw.html
@@chrisliepe Thanks Chris, I will check it out and let you know! Will You do a video on Killswitch Engage soon? Really the Best Clean and Screaming vox. Would be really great to see and hear your lessons on them
