Spiritbox - Circle with me (pianist reacts to metalhead friend’s suggestion) 

The one take vocal performance of this is better imo. It’s more energetic, clearer vocals and get up close the see Courtney do her thang!

'My Ukrainian love, now my Canadian love' Welcome to the mindset of every metal fan for the past 2 years haha. Courtney and Tatiana are absolutely the top of the top.

courtney is unique in the fact that she does what they call melodic screaming. she in combining her singing voice with the harsh vocals to flow with the melody and hold a pitch. almost as if she’s doing her own layer work herself.

You guys remind me of hanging out with my friends in high school. Just chillin' and forgetting about life's worries. I'm going to reconnect with my friends again. Thank you for reminding me what's really important. I miss those times. Jaded is going to blow his mind. The absolutely most interesting part about her is that she screams on pitch. Blew my mind the first time I heard it and went back to listen to their music.

You need to have Judson do the live one-take version of Rule of Nines by Spiritbox. Unreal.

I freaking love Judson's energy ! We need more spiritbox reactions man :)

I don't think you can accidentally slip into harsh vocals. Falcetto and other types of cleans all still utilize the true vocal folds, just add different mechanisms and effects to it. But harsh vocals, not always, but often happen above them on false vocal folds and similar, so it's activation of completely different muscles and tissues.

A great example of someone that effortlessly slides between harsh and clean vocals, with every gradient in between, is Devin Townsend's Kingdom. The man is an absolute legend and there's a version where he sings and plays guitar live to a backing track that's had loads of reactions by vocal coaches. It's a real eye opener for the uninitiated.

Spiritbox - Rule of Nines - Courtney LaPlante live one take performance. Please react to this next if doing another SpiritBox track. Pretty sure it will BLOW judson away

That's why she is special. Her growling has implied melody. When she chooses. I think she's the first to be known for the technique. Great reaction guys!

really loving this channel and your reactions and dynamic, my dudes - keep it up :)

Ayyy, I love this song but the live performances are my faves. That closing "this will all be yours" while she points at me (not you) just gives me a heart on.

“…….alright then..” you guys are hilarious. I dig it.

After the song, when he asks if anyone does both screaming and singing the first band that comes to mind is Architects. Sam is a master of this and usually stays in this range actually. He can strangely scream in notes like he’s singing. Check out “doomsday” by Architects. It’s a popular song by them and displays this. Keep up the fun content!

You guys are my new favorite music reaction channel

That is quite a catchy chorus, I'll givem that! A song I think you both would actually love is Zenith by Novembre. No one ever checks out this band, they are highly underrated. The song is such a journey had has some super heavy parts as well as some great melodic and classical type parts. I think it's right up your alley.

More Spiritbox reactions please! Live Vocal Performances or SiriusXM Liquid Metal part 1-3. In SiriusXM Liquid Metal Spiritbox performance the entire band is playing.

Angela Gossow (previously Arch Enemy member) is one of the most technically gifted at what metalheads tend to just refer to as grunting/screaming (so harsh vocals). She teaches it and a bootleg of a clinic of hers is easy to find. It's about your false vocal chords. (A notable thing present also in classical singing, bc there's a difference between singing low with your vocal chords, and low with your false ones). In that sense I do think it is a switch (and Angela says she does go into a 'physical vocal mode' live where she sounds lower than normal), just like high pitched/head voice. Good question on his part!

This was great, love the reaction! I wonder, has he heard of Devin Townsend? A reaction would be ... interesting... try Kingdom live at EMG, for instance.

Love Spiritbox. Next time around, gotta to a one take live of Blessed Be

I'm really waiting for the Nightwish - Ghost Love Score at Live at Wacken reaction.

Hi guys. Hello form Brazil. I think you could do some reaction to symphonic metal bands, specially Nightwish and Epica, who did some great songs with orchestration and operatic vocals.

wOW guys , nice channel , and i LOVE you two !! Great points , nice taste !

Gotta do "Secret Garden" and/or the title track to this album next

Just stumbled across you guys today. There's so many different tracks I could ask you to look at, Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song, Skyclad - The Widdershins Dig, The HU - Wolf Totem for starters.

I think he's ready for arch enemy. Angela Gossow edition. 😊

Throw his way some Pink Floyd man! I'd love to watch his reaction to either Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts I to V) or Echoes (the full song) from Live at Pompeii!

Please check out some Ghost! What an amazing band

Add the band Infected Rain to the list, Lena Scissorhands is amazing!

Yea, Courtney combines the clean and harsh like no one else Ive ever heard. The One Take version of Circle With Me is the best example of what she can do aa far as that goes. Love that version even more than the original. You should also check out Constance, Secret Garden, Jaded, and Blessed Be

Highly suggest watching reactions from @thecharismaticvoice to learn about harsh vocals. She's an opera singer but has become an expert in explaining/breaking down harsh vocal techniques. She even has a video where they send a camera down the throat of Will Ramos from Lorna Shore to see how he makes the sounds he does. It was pretty groundbreaking for the metal scene, no one had ever done research like that before. It's cool to see the doctors/nurses nerding out over something totally new.

Possibly introducing him to some puscifer, would be pleasant to watch.

Hey guys, love your channel! Have to have Jutson, listen to some more Opeth, Harlequin Forest would be good...

Yes great channel. Besides the volume difference mentioned earlier you guys should use 10 seconds rewind coming from a pause 😊

Make him listen Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (Wacken 2013 live) I'd love to hear his take on symphonic metal.

There are different techniques to screaming/harsh vocals. Vocal Fry uses the vocal chords while False Chord vocals use the flaps/area above the vocal chords and back of the throat/mouth. Then there are other techniques, such as Tunnel Throat vocals that utilize the shape of the tongue and position of it along with mostly False Chord vocals. Also, all types of harsh vocals require certain positions of the tongue, jaw, and shape of the mouth to register different sounds. In this song, Courtney uses mostly Vocal Fry, and then for the lows she uses False Chords. I've never heard Courtney use the Tunnel Throat technique, but a lot of heavier bands like Slaughter to Prevail use it all. I would definitely like to see more Spiritbox from you guys. Fair warning, they do have a lot of heavier songs. But I do love Courtney's vocals over Jinjer's due to the versatility and just overall theme that they have with their music. A lot of what they do has to do with breaking barriers and experimentation. I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing more!

should watch will ramos do his 1 takes including his version of sleep token :)

U guys should check out Evanescence -lacrymosa and full metal Jessie - vermin.

He should hear Ulcerate’s version of this song using only egg beaters and potato smashers☝️

About “poli-stringist guitarists” did you ever heard about Animals as Leaders? Or Tony Levin? (I would still call that a guitar)…

It's a pitched scream, somewhat similar to what Joe of Gojira does

Love the reactions! One minor thing is that the levels are a bit off - the music is a lot louder than you guys

Why don’t we have Richard react to something that Judson has picked for him to listen to, maybe as a ‘Great Measures monthly special request’. That would be good fun, Richard in the hot seat 💺 🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️ Raine

As far as guitar tunings go, I'm not sure if Spiritbox is playing 7 or 8-strings, but I'm just a random dude and I have an 8-string tuned to DADADGAD... so I have a full octave lower than your average drop D guitar to work with 😂

There are two versions of the one takes of The beauty of suffering, probably my favorite song. An older version and newer version, the older version is deeper, but the newer version has better harse vocals. old version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pR9YdkesspQ.html The Beauty Of Suffering - Spiritbox (Courtney LaPlante Live Performance) new version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tA0-WXsm-T0.html Spiritbox - SiriusXM Liquid Metal "Metal Detector" Live Show (Pt.3)

Impossible to choose between Courtney and Tatiana, their clean and harsh tones are both so unique I don't think you can accidentally use harsh vocal techniques. I mean, there's technique to it. You need to do it in a way that works for your body.

You guys need tor eact to Crypta - The other side of anger, Crypta is a all female deathmetal band from Brazil and they are absurd

Top string is tuned to F#

These reactions are so interesting! Would love to see a reaction/analysis of Outliers by Aviations. It’s perfection imo

Unfortunately for Judson, Courtney is not single, her boyfriend is the guitarist of the band. haha better luck next time !

I think you should have him listen to "Higher Place" by Malevolence. You'd definitely like this.

You guys need to start using laptop instead of a phone ;) great job btw

You should check out Behold the Bearer of Light - instrumental by Infiri. It really shows the line between classical and metal is very thin indeed.

Spriritbox uses drop F# on a seven string. Jinjer uses drop A on a six.

Great channel, I highly recomend you the band "Bent Knee"

Gaped 🤟

I recommend Nightwish. They have the best female singer of all time

SOLD on your channel

Bands have had female voices for a long time, the thing is that they were not popular because they were not in bands of this new style of new nü metal nowadays, they were more in bands of Brutal Death Metal, Doom, and other genres like that.

8 string guitars… were you thinking Meshuggah? He might not be ready for that. Which means it’s the perfect time.

Polyphia please! 🙂

Some Tool would be great! :)

what are you guys background?

Most Spiritbox songs are tuned to drop F#.

Now that you have stumbled into the rabbit hole of female metal vocalists, aside from digging deeper into both Courtney and Tatiana's exploits, it would be a horrible oversight not to introduce yourselves to Alissa's (arch enemy) gorgeous growls and indeed, on occasion beautiful clean vocals.

nooo never betray Tati🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

No homo but Judson is really attractive in a weird way

time for infant annihilator