Vocal Coach REACTS - Alex Terrible (Slaughter To Prevail) Guttural Demo 

"Rasputin's Ramrod" could be Slaughter to Prevails new track

"grizzly bear could you please calm down your human"

"Could you imagine being his neighbor next door?" Me: "Yes.. It's peaceful."

He’s Russian so honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he owned a grizzly bear

Ken, I think we all really need to see you learn this technique.

You should reach out to Kardavox Academy on here. He's a metal vocalist and a vocal coach that is VERY knowledgeable. It would be interesting just to watch you two talk and nerd out about vocals

Alex did a cover of Barbie Girl and it's hilarious.

Well... "False Cord Screaming" in a nutshell: -strong diaphragmatic support -vestibular fold engagement -playing with resonance (Tongue placement, ...)

"Could you calm down your Grizly bear?" Im dying hahahahaha

Just a demon honestly love this man

His resonance is absolutely incredible. He’s been doing these sorts of vocals for like 12 years

The pure raw power of his voice is awesome

Thank you!!!! Thank you for actually seeing the talent that these artists have. Even though most of the music scares people away from it. I’ve loved metal since my misled youth but have broadened my horizons as of late with age but I still have such a love and soft spot for this genre of music. Again. Thank you

“Grizzly bear” 🤣 you got a new subscriber with that one lol. Your reaction to Demolisher was amazing BTW 👏 👏

Absolutely love your takes on his vocal ability. You are a delight to watch!

Love your stuff Ken. Keep up the great work 🤘

There's another vocal coach reaction channel called Kardavox academy and he teaches this kind of metal singing.

Another good vocalist is Ben Duerr of Shadow of Intent / Hollow Prophet. I highly recommend checking out Infernal Cleansing by Hollow Prophet, great vocal demonstration. Also Phil Boseman is another great vocalist too. If you want more info about the techniques that metal vocalists use Kardavox Academy on RU-vid has some really good videos where he explains them.

You should check out either Shadow of Intent-The Heretic Prevails or Hollow Prophet-Infernal Cleansing Both have a best of a vocalist named Ben Duerr. Worth checking out.

I love your reactions

love your stuff sir.

So glad Alex is getting the recognition he deserves.

For some reason, the juxtaposition of the intensity of his vocal display and the clothes dryer rack in the background gave me the giggles.

You should check out some Infant Annihilator. They have 2 vocal diary videos. The vocalist Dickie Allen has an insane vocal rage (in terms of screaming)

His power is astonishing. It’a almost hard to believe it’s real

Great reaction wish it be a little longer.

Burglars break into Alex terrible's house. Hears him recording and growling!...... commits suicide.

You should do one for ARCHITECTS! I’m sure a lot of us would love to see that. 🙌🏽

I mastered his technique in just a month! I have been doing vocals for 5 months to the moment + this technique is good to clear the throat

It took alex 12 years to get his vocals the right way and to sound like that

You can clearly see he produces the sound back in his mouth, near his throat. The basic sound comes out deep and low sound from the beginning. Vocals are totally safe, they are doing nothing. No worries. Also, he closes his mouth like oooooo vowel not open like aaaa. This takes it even lower and gives a bit more distortion, strength and a compact sound. You can see how he is closing his mouth a bit more in every scream to take it again lower and more powerful. You DO NOT need more air to produce it that way. His mouth is quite close as i said and in every scream a bit closer. Very clear not much air is coming out. Thats how he keeps longer in his first growl and his last 4 growls in one breath If it works for you, you are welcome, if it doesnt, is fine. But always RESPECT

Shadow of Intent-The Heretic Prevails

Could you check out "methwitch - burn victim"? The screamer uses whistletone singing in Combination with false cord screaming and it is one of the most innovativ/interssting Sounds i heard in long time if i exclude some Beatboxing stuff

I am having a bit of rough time at the moment but that comment about the neighbour and the grizzly bear cracked me up lol. thanks mate 👍

I subscribed. Thank you for being amazing on videos. I love you explaining the ins and out of singing.. I've been watching ez and what he can do. You should check out his cover of "we will rock you" from queen. That one is impressive. Thanks again my friend

I SUBSCRIBED !

Could you react to Infant Annihilator - Blasphemian? Even though it has some silly animated video, it is a great song with some cool vocals.

I like your channel, you have to be opened mind if you are not a metalhead, and you are. Keep your reactions coming buddy

alex is my fave male vocalist tattiana off jinjer my all time female vocalist 🤘🏻

Vocalists to check out (similar to this genre): •Darius Tehrani (Spite) •Ben Deurr (Shadow of Intent/Hollow Prophet) •Cj McCreery (Signs of The Swarm/Lorna Shore) •Cj McMahon (Thy Art is Murder)

I can't be the only one who wants to pet Alex's hair. He looks so soft and fozzy like one of those gray Scottish Fold cats

Great Reaction Video, Huge Fan of Slaughter to Prevail & And Alex Terrible, Insane Vocals, that Man Has, He's Satan lol 🤘🏿👹🤘🏿

You should react to any Song of "spite" the vocalist of this Band is one of the Top tier screamers in this style Maybe the Suicide Silence- Unanswered Cover by spite?

Subbed! And hit the bell.

I subscribed! And I commented on another vid that I really recommend "Periphery - Reptile"! Best wishes.

Check out shadow of intent, there is also a short video of him recording his vocals raw

so glad someone is looking at his own stuff instead of the music with layers

I subscribed! Alex is for sure one of the greats in death metal 🤘🏻

Never seen him just going at it till now and all I can say is wow. To have practiced this to become that good is incredible. I dont think anyone else in metal has anything close to that. As far as growling wow.

For someone who allegedly doesn't know metal vox, you sure did hit the nail on the head RE the physiology of this technique

The crazy thing Ken is Alex can sing clean too. He just doesn't most of the time, but has shown in his hip/hop covers on here that he is capable. Its not big yet, but I feel the next wave of Heavy Metal singers will be a combination of insane gutturals and clean singing. Of course, this is what a lot of modern metal bands are trying to do, but I am not talking about Pop Vocals or Screamo. There is a difference in Heavy Metal of sounding like whiney pop and singing Heavy Metal Clean along with gutturals. And I subscribed... Its a solid opinion for someone that doesn't have Heavy Metal as their preferred style. Good stuff man...

Jared's vocals are super flexible

I subscribed

It only took him 12 years 👍

I subbed to you after watching you react to Alex's band lol.

I have no idea if Ken ever checks comments on old videos for suggestions, but I would love to see what he thinks about the extended techniques used by Greg Puciato from Dillinger Escape Plan in his harsh vocals! Greg also sings very well and has collaborated with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains.

I just love to watch how reactor's souls are being ripped away of their chest when they experience Alex vocals. Alex vocals are totally legit indeed, a God among kings, a voice which could take down a mountain. I love his vocals, and I really like your metal journey and the amount of respect and interest you put into your analysis, kudos to you. Keep on with your journey and analysis, stay safe and stay metal! \m/

I'm hoping you react to Opeth - Harlequin Forest Live at the Royal Albert Hall!

It is currently day 6 of my personal quest to get Ken to check out the band Eisbrecher, and songs like Stossgebet (Eisbrecher version) or Was Ist Hier Los. Im shopping right now.

Just a few thoughts I had listening to that short clip

Check All that remains six , so awesome 🙂

Holy Shit, that Was SIC 🔥😈🔥

You should really see Infant Annihilator vocal diaries.

Amazing I know 👍🤘🔥

I would love to his Neightbour, every day good music

❤

There is a very good reaction Channel called Kardavox Academy which breaks down different growling techniques and makes them approachable to all of us “commoners”😁I’m sure you can find some of your inspiration there (variety of bands and guttural styles)...keep up the good work💪

I'd like to see you react to a Daughters performance. Honestly I prefer the studio vocals but the live performances are so spitefully raw that I think you could use it as a fantastic example of a powerful performance.

Speaking of Cookie Monster vocals... Randy Blythe of Lamb of God is well known for his “cookie monster vocals”. He's such a great metal vocalist, which is funny, because he is known for not actually liking metal (he's a punk guy - even though he's the vocalist in one of the biggest current metal bands), and he became the front man of a metal band after jokingly mimicking the style, only to find out he was actually really good at it. Randy is also known for going to prison after pushing a fan off the stage in Prague out of self defense. The kid later died from related injuries, and Randy spent time in prison before he was finally found innocent. He really has an amazing journey and story, and the dude is pushing 50 now and still kills it on stage. His vocal style is very crispy, and most of the time you can understand all of what he is singing/screaming. The song Vigil is an old one, but it really showcases both Randy's high screams and low gutturals. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--9EMpbsKEw4.html ← this is also from a performance in Canada ;) and it shows one of their famous big circle pits from the fans. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3JB3IqGDnB8.html ← This is Lamb of God performing their song 512, probably one of their most recent live shows available online. The song is about the time Randy spent in a Cach Republic, and his cell number was 512. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P5hImIVSIKM.html ← And this one he joins Suicide Silence on stage and does the vocals for one of their songs. He has great energy, and one of the best things about Randy is he does a great job of involving he crowd, which you can see at the end when he jumps in!

Nice reaction! As a suggestion for an other heavy banger that just came out: Distant - The Eternal Lament

Asking vocal coach to react alex terribles voice is just so evil

Severe torture feasting on blood dennis's gutterals are too good

You gotta recat to Johan from Amon Amarth he goes that deep but is even "thicker" And hell yeah he does use his larynx cuz they have to be low

Kinda spot on about the technique he uses. False cord screaming is the base of it. On top of that, you shape your mouth in ways that create different overtones to get it to be higher or lower in register. Plus maybe some additional techniques (like tunnel throat). Alex does (or at least did) online courses on this btw. No live courses, though, just video lessons. Still very helpful. Btw, since you asked elsewhere about the masks: I guess it's in the same vein as the tattoos, muscle and all that. He said (in his course) that when he decided to be a Deathcore vocalist, he went all in and tried to fully personify, I guess, the stereotype of it. So they do play into that idea of being brutal, with gory music videos and all that. Though one should remember that that's just a persona as part of the art. Not unlike horror films.

*alex says 🤫* *yesss do the thing*

Idk why but this dude reminds me so much of Paul Rudd. Makes these videos even better.

Alex is a beast.

Hey sir, would love to see you react to Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope Live in Colorado. Cheers

Imagine walking up to this guy thinking you were gunna rob him and them he puts the devils curse on you with his voice

Roooooooooaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - “thanks so much guys i hope you loved the song” 😂😂 thats what gets me how quick and can switch

Cheerz from Brazil here! Seriously you have to, I mean have to react to Jihan Hegg from Amon Amarth, when he wants he goes deeper than anyone, all exhale, no inhale/pigsqueal... And their songs are dope af

Please do a video for the band called “Periphery” I would love to see a video for this band. Specially for some of my favorite songs like “Reptile” or “Garden in the Bones”! Great metal band!!

If Alex Terrible has you particularly interested, peruse his Instagram for a considerably more recent video he created in light of his breakdown in Demolisher, specifically 😉

I would recommend Opeth - Harlequin Forest to check out next

You should check out some of Dickie Allen's vocals, from the band Infant Annihilator. Super talented and super nice. He's also very in tune (pun intended?) with the intricacies of how vocals work and how to manipulate them. Also also, he'd probably be down for an interview/breakdown, given he did one with Kardavox Academy, which was very interesting.

Ever since I learned how to do a guttural I just do it when I’m alone for fun

Check out Hollow Prophet- Disembodied Phenomena or Shadow of Intent - Malediction. Ben Duerr is a hell of a good vocalist, easily my favorite of all time

Please do Mike Patton doing I Started a Joke, or Ashes to Ashes. He has one of the most extensive vocal ranges ever!

There is a way to reach low gutural vocals. It took me a while to learn. Part of the sound comes from the vowels your using like a mix of U, E and the consonant R, mouth with a very closed U vowel and with the tip of your tongue at the palate like a R (like the R at the and of the word Door). Try to restrict the air flow the most as you can with this weird vowel shape. The other part comes from using the actual voice, could be a fry, a false chord technique, inhale or any drive that reach low notes and feels comfortable. Then you play with that and find different sounds. But Alex is a monster, he was born with this gift, only a few people with the right type of larynx can reach those low growls like him, it needs a lot of space in your voice box to reach this low with exhale technique

I do guttural vocals similar to this and black metal style. all I can say from experience is that you'll sound pathetic unless you practise, warm up lots or just are performing regularly. I can't explain how I do it beyond that i found a way to start with something that sounded like throat singing, wherever that originated idk. I feel like most people could actually do it and the process of learning breaks down the magic of it all really. it's not that hard, it just sounds so foreign. The singer of Thy art is murder is an absolute boss with vocals as well i highly recommend son of misery by them.

You should check out Phil Bozeman from White Chapel, he did a couple of vocal lessons on youtube or instagram, but he actually tells you how he does his growls

Another similar vocalist I think you'd have fun taking a look at is Austin Dickey of the band For The Likes Of You, their most recent songs are Forlorn and Rot With Me.

I can recommend you looking up Cattle Decapitation. Travis Ryan is the vocalist and he has similar expertise in vocal proficiency to Alex, but he does something that very very few ever have. He "goblin sings". It's as weird and cool as it sounds. I do hope you do a reaction to Manufactured Extinct. There are live videos available, but no music video.

Can you do it though? Would genuinely be interested to know if a vocal coach could dissect this technique and do it or are they gifted gods of metal 🤘

Alex is king of lows. Check out Shrine of Malice the song Kiss the Wind for the vocalist Greg. His highs are pure fucking insanity

Nice one do more metal reaction plz

Love from Australia. You should listen to Matt Corby - Brother (live) Triple J Radio version Seriously amazing and something you can really break down for us! P.S The Triple J Version is a must.

I didn’t read all the comments so someone has probably already said this but he is using the false chord technique I believe it’s called he’s essentially holding his vocal chords still and letting air vibrate them to get that sound

If you want something to watch in your own time, check out Kardavox Academy youtube channel. Mark is a metal vocal coach, who also sings in a great band called Kardashev. He breaks down all of these songs and demonstrates how the screams and growls are made.

Check out vocals by Lord Worm of Cryptopsy and the vocalist of a band called Circle of Dead Children. I unfortunately dont know the vocalists name on that last one