Warm Up Exercises for Metal Vocals! 

"Screaming is just a heightened form of communication" ... I'll remember this for future conversions when ordinary communication fails.

this was the most effective 30 mins of screaming instruction I've ever had... thank you, your THAT Guy

I'm only through 10 mins and the intro is incredibly helpful for someone who was hurting their throat trying to scream, it feels so effortless now

Is something amazing see you relaxed and do this sound, I love it

I can relate to the distraction part when you are talking about the jumping jacks to make your body relax. I can access way more tones/sounds when I am just mindlessly walking around making screaming noises than I can when I try and purposefully practice to recreate them.

i accidently found only 2 amazing channels on extreme vocals out there. it's this one and Chris Liepe. God bless both of you for the work you put into the topic

As it turns out, David's natural speaking voice and mine make a perfect fifth.

I love how he can switch from Mr. Rogers to The Hulk in literally an instant.

I don’t even listen to metal but it was super informative to catch a glimpse of the work behind it.

I watch this video everytime I’m going to warm up😂 I literally remember how to do everything he says but I still put the video on anyway and do it along with him😂

Your lessons are so important for me, thank you very much, you're the only one on internet who explain very well and in a simple way. In two weeks watching your videos, I unlock my scream, I was not able to do it correctly in the past ten years. Thanks a lot you're the best teacher.

Your false chord screams remind me of Alex Terrible from Slaughter to Prevail! Super informative and helpful by the way :)

seriously wish this channel & these videos exsisted a long time ago. so much in depth information in each of your videos! 🤘

ok this video is hands off one of the best out there. the way he explains is priceless. thank you!!!!!!!!!

I so so SO want to get back into metal vocals. I used to do them as a kid and was good - but I've got muscle tension dysphonia now. It's the last thing I need for my music, but I'm also a teacher and so it's a combination of things that I need to overcome!

I felt singled out when he said "somebody that doesn't move their mouth a lot when they talk" lol

holy fuck dude. You just maximized my entire vocal ability

in short dont try to imitate your favorite vocalist but do your own as you check how your vocal cords work :D i do hope we can hear a lot of new screaming vocals out of this

David, you are a true teaching genius! These videos are so incredibly useful and you communicate your lessons in a way that always helps me to progress and you pinpoint things I'm doing which sabotage myself. Surely I can't afford full lessons but if you've got a Patreon or some sort of subscription service where people can support this kind of content, please point me in that direction!

I’m ALWAYS using this warmup to warm up my screams after doing my melodic warmup, when I feel like I wanna practice screaming when I vocalise. ALL the steps are SO WELL EXPLAINED! Thank you for making this video man, your really an REAL EXPERT when it comes to metal-vocal-related stuff!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

You articulate things so very well! I complately forgot that I was watching a video. It felt like I am sitting with you, practising together. Kudos to this amazing teacher! Also, you are so on point. Especially in fry scream I often confuse with throat tension, which results in a silenced low volume sound as you've explained.

IIf I could I would give you a thumbs up for this video every time I watch it!. I use it to practice almost every day. Thank you very much through this video I have greatly promoted my voice!😎👍

Bad ass vocalist and coach !!! Thank you so much David for all that you do ! 🗣🎤🎶🕺👊

Watching your videos seems so weird to my brain to process at times. You explain and vocalize so calm while the overall feeling of your videos is very structured, informative and educational, then you demonstrate technique, do some vowels and it sounds like a fucking tank comes rolling through my wall, all while still looking super relaxed and kind... I love it :D

as a "decent singer" who can't scream in a musical context but is really good at screaming when I'm angry (have serious anger issues) and want to produce some metal songs with screams, I'm interested in this channel

I absolutely loved this warm up!!! Thanks for sharing...

thank you for existing master, your videos are so helpful, I'm turning into a real monster with each new rehearsal. you have my eternal gratitude.

I've been waiting for this video for so long

Congrats on 80K!

23:40 petition to hire David as the new Cookie Monster

Your videos rule! Thanks so much please keep up the great content

Congrats on 70k!! And well deserved, I hope your channek continues to grow. You have been the greatest edition to guiding scream vocals since Melissa Cross. You are a master in your teachings. It's been great to watch and follow your journey over the years! Thank you #EVI

i just found this channel , as someone who wants to make his ovn music im happy youtube recomanded this, you helped me a lot

Thank you so much for sharing your techniques 👍

You're incredibly vocally talented...very impressive

This video has helped me more than any other I've come across. The way you explained everything was so helpful, thank you!!! \m/

This is a really informative and helpful video for an amateur vocalist like myself to actually warm up properly, thank you so much.

I’ve been wanting to get him to death metal screaming for the longest time now, thanks to you I’ve actually been able to start and have seen massive improvement within just a couple days! Keep making content man I love your shit!

Dude thank u so so very much for this video, this is by far the best metal vocal coaching available on the entire internet

Dude, your channel is just fantastic. You're great at teaching. Thanks for taking the time to make videos like this!! 🤘

Super awesome, I love these in depth videos! 😍

Great video. Thank you.

I’ve been screaming for years (just for enjoyment never professionally) and have never had an actual warm up, this video is so eye opening! Will definitely be practicing your warm up techniques!

Congrats on 80k

Wow this is so much better than what's I expected! Thank you for sharing 🙏

I watch this everyday befor going to studio.

Can we please get a full song that incorporates David’s warm up sounds? “MANAMANAMANA… NAMANAMANAMA”

Awesome channel! Keep up the good work! 😁🤘🏻

My favourite warming up vid 😀

Your videos are helping me so much, thank you, keep going, you are an amazing teacher!

Best teachings!!! Change my mind

Seeing you doing everything so relaxed makes me feel what have been doing is all wrong. It's like i have to push too hard. Sometimes my head aches too after long Sessions. Now after doing same thing for years I can't do it for more than an hour. Feel like I am all exhausted and can't hold on to the sound. Gonna try these exercises. Hoping to overcome the problems I am facing.

This dudes amazing

Thank you sir lam going to practice

thank you so much for these videos!

dude this helps so much thank you

I have progressed so much from where I was from this video. An hour ago I was completely clueless but this gave me an actual foundation to build on! I never thought I would be able to scream at all. About 2 weeks ago I learned to use my diaphragm and could do only a short growl. I could barely pronounce words while growling. After just a few attempts at these warm up exercises I am going longer, pronouncing words/syllables easier and you just taught me how to fry scream. I also just sound better now. I am going to use this video daily for practice so thank you for these videos! You are helping me do something I have always dreamed of doing.

Bro bro! I think you have saved me musically. Over years, i found myself struggling from too much strain. Nearly threw in the towel but just seeing you pull this off as relaxed as you are, gives me hope I can do the same. Shot brother!

Nice one David, learnt loads from that mate.

Hello Everyone! Love this, thanks!!!

This video is extremely informative and I’m so grateful to have found this amazing channel! Also I’m the 66th like, hell yeah!🤘

very helpful thank you.

Every word he says helped me. Thanks broman

seriously, thank you so much for this. I feel like I'll be on this video for a long time...lol

Extremely awesome

This was one of the most helpful videos that I've found on youtube! I'm female, and at 33 I got invited to replace a male vocalist in a.... Hmmm... I guess some form of grunge metal band? Like Nirvanah meets Megadeth with some Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Ozzy (post Black Sabbath) peppered in. I've been singing for 27 years, and 20 of them mostly jazz oriented music. Though I listen to mostly Black Dahlia Murder, Arch Enemy, Testament, Therapy, Prong etc, this has been kak hard! I only have 4 months to get some grit into my voice (my band members say that my clear vocals are good enough, but it does not portray the agro type of style of music and lyrics in my opinion. And who the fuck wants to be "good enough" anyway?). After 3 months, Aliki Katriou has been a FUCKING GREAT help, and this video is just sealing the deal!!! You so perfectly help to bring everything together, and the way you lay it out and give examples with your own vocals are just tremendous. THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH MAN!!!!

Just got into doing vocals again after a hiatus. I do find it hard to be relaxed when screaming, as I tend to voice my voice. These tips are super helpful And I will use these for warm ups moving forward.

Your post in the group Proud to be Metalhead on Facebook brought me here!

Those twisters got me

Very usefull video!! Thank you so much for sharing \m/

Great advice

really really useful

Great Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

Would you please do a video on fleshing the sound out more? I’m able to get the fry/creeking door sound but making it meatier as you do is pretty troublesome for me? Your style of teaching is comprehensive and you seem like a rad dude! Thank you!

Just shared this with my fellow haunted house scare actors so we'll have a voice to last through the Halloween season!! Thank you so much!!! #17thdoor

very cool content

Wish I found this channel when I started

Loved this video, I even recorded a guided warm up for myself using these exercises. I do have a question though, I use a lot of high false chord screams in my music, so should I do the same exercises with the highs as well for the shape, enunciated and elongate steps?

Josh Hardiman recommended me to u, ur awesome !

Could you consider doing a video on Mikael Akerfeldts technique and overall style maybe? Would be super interesting! Thank you 🙂 Great content on this channel in any ways!!

Hey man. I love the videos on your channel. Very helpful. I have a question regarding activating the false chords. You mentioned that if you learn to activate them with the "sigh" method, you need to be careful to not teach yourself to become dependent on the "wind" fealing to activate the false chords. I think that is where I'm at. I struggle to activate the false chords just by themselves, and need a bit more air to get them going. In this case, how do you unlearn the need for that "wind" feeling? And how do you learn to activate only the false chords and with minimal effort?

These videos are amazing, I've learnt more from your past two videos than I have in the last few years. Thank you! Just a question - during the 'elongate' phase I'm running out of air. I can get to the 4 count, but struggle after that. Is this a sign I'm using too much air to activate the false chords? I try to use as little air as possible in the 'activate' stage, but end up taking huge breaths before each note in the elongate phase. I know that vocal teachers generally advise against taking in a lot of air before hitting a note, and prefer a 'conversation breath' or the amount of air you'd normally have in your lungs while talking (at least for normal singing). Melissa Cross talks about this in her first DVD. Is the elongate phase different, in that it's necessary to take in more air to keep the false chords activated for longer? I can sing a clean note for as long as I like without focusing on breathing deeply beforehand. If I try the same with false chord screaming I run out of air at the 2nd count. Just wondering how much air to use and whether I'm doing it wrong. Thanks again!

Well done bro 👏👏👏

Why didn't I watch this video before?! :D

you're fuckin awesome!!!!!!wow!!!

U just gain one more subscriber

i seem to do this strange thing while attempting the fry sound where feel like im actually inhaling to produce the sound instead of exhaling. have you ever experienced this

No lie I love the dog bark method.

Does the technique affect the kind of warm up needed ? cause i dont even know if im doing false cord

Hi, I want to ask is it weird that right after warming up your screams, if you suddenly stop doing any vocals for like 20-30min (because someone interrupted you etc), will your scream tone (especially for fry) be down like as if you used up most of your energy for your fry? Because that always happens to me.

Question- what vocal techniques do you think Greg from Dillinger uses?

So, is the fry method what I need for thrash metal vocals?

I know you probably have answered this already on another video but, what model is that microphone? thanks

I just subscribed, fucking brilliant..🎤😎

I have been struggling to mix the compression with the fry sound. When i do it after few minustes i feel discomfort in my throat. Please help me

I just can't get that fry scream sound to come out, I can kinda do it with false chord though, this is much more difficult than it seems!

This is so useful as so many others have mentioned , thanks! I'd like to ask something if i may. Apart from the technique, i suppose the better the physical condition someone is in, the easier it is to be able to perform without getting that tired and eventually getting hurt?

I never learned how to do false chord because my fry scream always takes over, i'm not sure how to change that, whenever i think i'm doing a false chord it's a fry

When you're doing the vocals for the vowels, I feel like I'm getting a language lesson from Nathan Explosion.

I don’t know to engage the false chord with out feeling like it’s just in my throat and breathing from my chest…any advice?