Corey’s a beast for his vocal style If you know anything about his vocal style it chokes you up because it’s all pure screaming, if you listen to earlier recordings and shows of slipknot you can hear Corey literally gagging himself from how intense his screams were The fact that he actually managed to combat it during the IOWA tour is insane
He didn´t manage. That extreme singing fucked up his vocal cords till Vol.3 recording. You can hear that he changed major things in his style since then.
I always liked how Slipknot always used the breathing as part of the experience. Shawn just thinks differently when it comes to production. He just considers all the aspects that might contribute to the experience. He gets shit for being weird, but just about everyone that takes risks and breaks molds has.
Clown is a brilliant visionary. As strong as Joey was behind the band's identity, he was just as much to blame for all the oddities that make them great to listen to
In my opinion, Corey's death vocals in their self titled debut album are beyond phenomenal. He sounds like he's possessed!! His tone his tambre his delivery are all jaw dropping & awe inspiring.
He had some major range back then and even more when he actually sang. Bet he doesn’t have the same range now. Look up I can’t believe by stone sour, granted he was younger but kid has some incredible range
well not just that pain, also physical. You gotta realize, he was fucked up on Alcohol 24/7 back then - he actually Mutilated himself for effect on some songs during their recording....
The thing about corey is that during the recording of Iowa, he was wildly erratic, uncaring for himself, drunk/high, furiously angry and depressed, and the music was therapeutic in nature. Every single scream he made for the album, he was probably thinking about how absolutely fucked his life was, and everybody that ever wronged him. You can hear it.
As a huge Slipknot fan, this is an absolute gem of a find! Thanks Chris! One of the best examples of his voice live (and without music) is at the end of 'No Life' at Dynamo 2000. At around the 3:00 minute mark he just asks the audience "Are you tired out there?" and the amount of grit in it is enough to fill a quarry. Wonder how much him starting smoking at the age of 12 effected that distortion.
"He sounds like his voice is going horse" cause it was. Corey's said it himself. For the self titled and Iowa he was really just going in and letting loose with little technique. It was just mainly a lot of anger, pain, suffering, sadness, and chemicals.
Corey was literally yelling and shouting and screaming out of his lungs. He admits it and he literally says that. He damaged his vocal cords multiple times because of that. You sound great but it is NOT the same “technique”. Everyone who wants to do the same one, should understand it is going to ruin your vocal cords sooner or later (most likely sooner) and it may be irreversible
People forget that slipknot did alot of touring. Also corey was comfortably able to do his scream. You can find him doing vocals with this kids Band during these Times. Furthermore him saying he shouts his lungs out is kinda him going nuts on concerts. Seeing him with the kids is an eye opener regarding how comfortable He was doing these shouts.
His scream can be done SOMEWHAT safely, but the fact he did it night after night for an hour and a half + didn't help. Had he stuck with doing his super harsh vocals for studio albums but toned it back a little bit live, it would have gone a long way to saving his voice. His crazy alcohol consumption didn't help matters much either.
I feel like its the human equivalent of "clipping" your vocal cords. You're pushing dangerous amounts of air through your vocal folds and that's what is causing the distortion.
Squeeze your throat. Forget anything you know about proper technique and come as close to ruining your voice as you can. Then go on raw emotion and hope you come out of it before the damage is permanent.
I would point you in the direction of Corey recording the song he did/produced with Slytheryn. There are a few seconds of clips of Corey doing sound check in the vocal booth and he belts out a couple of screams. This was 2001 I believe, judging by his hair length and colour. Or early 2002 at the most. I’m not disagreeing about mixing cleaning everything up and layering etc. But the Slytheryn tape is about as clear and “raw” as you can get from the Iowa era when talking about Corey’s scream.
Corey's voice is just an anomaly of the screaming world, let's accept that. I'd love to hear the isolated vocal analysis of "The Blister Exists", I've always felt like it was the masterpiece for Volume 3 ever since I first listened to it, and his screaming on that one is one of my favorite examples of his singing and screaming throughout his entire career. Thanks for all the dedication to helping us figure out our voices, cheers \m/
Seem I didn’t like the screaming it seemed sooooo like synthetic sounding to me. Wasn’t as raw as I prefer. That is why I don’t really like his screams anymore but to each their own. Vol 3 was arguably their career defining album
In tandem with your previous video about "you need a reason to summon this kind of emotion," this is a great way of walking through a balance of emotion, technique, and production. I always wished there was a more "full spectrum" view of harsh vocals, and through the last few months you've really nailed that. Layering, compression, emotion, and technique are all key, even in a live playthrough. You can really tell that his breath control just isn't there in this recording, he's just full breath and full projection all the time, and that's how he's getting some of the guttural and brutal yells as well as such a strained clean. Contrast that with a current Corey vocal track, and you can tell he's really holding breath back and focusing on good vocal AND mic/input compression to keep his voice healthy, while still sounding big and impressive.
So cool that you're including production tips in your videos. I used to watch your singing only videos thinking your setup sounded amazing. Glad you're here teaching us all.
Ive seriously learned to scream and sing just from you Chris! I’m 16 and I’ve been practicing screaming and singing for a while and every time I listen to you, I understand it so much better! Thanks man!
hey, just be real careful. Try to learn how to sing as well, not even to be a good singer but to learn how your vocal chords feel and what’s best for them, because having healthy chords will ultimately allow you to be the best musician you can be :)
To say it in my language: Sau gut! Das Album/Sänger/Band meines Lebens so zuhören. DANKE für deine Hilfe, um mit den Videos meine Stimme so zu "quälen".
So many new vocalists try and base their screams off of this album. Watching them stopping songs early in the set during shows, stopping practice to ‘save their voice’ you cant be 4 layers of vocals by yourself during a live set. Wish people would actually listen to the songs they’re trying to replicate.
@@5creamwithm329 Oh yeah for sure, totally agree with you... That's why I always seek to see singers perform live. You always kind of get better idea what is real and what is production magic.
This is great Chris! I didn’t expect this and you did more than really anybody when breaking this down. From what he’s doing with his vocals to the production of it.
A thing I noticed that (I don't think) you mentioned is that when he's singing "slip away" he twists the back end of "away" to sound like a long vowel I sound. So, "We let it all slip AW-( I )". I really appreciate the emphasis on having the correct emotional state, because I don't think even a well trained vocalist could provide a similar performance without losing themselves into the emotions behind the song. It adds the style and everything that makes it remarkable and truly memorable.
Great Video Chris! Your approaches, mindsets and expressions you pull out of singers is so useful for any style of singer or type of music. That's a gift to communicate in such a way.
I'm not this style of singer, but highly enjoyed this breakdown. What you said about getting into the emotion can be applied across all styles. Great stuff Chris!!
I would love to see you break down Jens Kidman's voice from Meshuggah. He managed to develop an interesting "scream\growl\pitch" technique that allows him to perform consistently every night on tour. It's super aggressive and gritty but seems to be very controlled and hard to replicate the way he does it.
Oddly I wanted to scream like Phil Anselmo so badly and ended up developing a style very much like Jens and Randy Blythe. I absolutely adore those guys! Corey’s voice is nuts! soundcloud.com/josephparry/01-climbing-frame
Chris has really found his niche with these types of videos covering both performance and production. Hope he keeps it up, especially with the hard rock/metal genres!
Jesus Christ…I already appreciated Corey’s talent but this breakdown was amazing. This video is fantastic. I’ll just be over here clicking subscribe now.
18:30 I used to do a lot of karaoke with a mate and we'd get plastered and just go for it. After a particularly stressful week I went hard as nails to Everything Ends. My voice leveled up that day. I have to be in that special place to get it right again otherwise it's pain.
it's fascinating how you analyze and understand what other singers do with their voices. Especially this day you took me back 20 years and you made me want to listen to this album again. For me they are very strong feelings because it reminds me of my wife who rests in peace. and it stirs up mixed feelings in me. but beyond that. thanks for making me enjoy your videos as much as those songs. I'm going to find some of your videos. Maybe you have some Kill Switch Engage analysis. thank you Chris. Andy
The little Brother of 'Sad' is 'Angry'. The song starts bursting out in pure anger and as it comes to the end rage turns into desparation. The cackling at the end sounds both desparate, yet also as if laughing in madness. He realized a profound sadness and can not but only laugh insanely. Man, this album got me through rough times. I even performed "The Heretic Anthem" at a talent show in school, barely any technique, but pure feeling, and made some jaws drop with my weirdness. Cool times.
I know it's not about mimicking, but I like how you explained the scream at 10:30 . It's got the characteristics and is discernable, but it doesn't sound very close. This brings me what I want to add, because if you do want to mimic it from that base you very accurately explained, you can experiment with tongue placement, just bringing it back a bit, to lower the pitch. I've found that just bringing the back of your throat up just the slightest bit kind of amplifies that affect but doesn't lose the main characteristic you explained.
This was your best video ever. Amazing points and your passion for it is wonderful to see. Cool to hear this emotional approach from the guy that actually made me see screaming in a more technical approach.
This is one of my favorite Slipknot songs of all time. I relate to it on a deep dark level so I've probably heard this song more times than almost any song. It speaks to me so deeply. One of the best things about this song, for me, is how easy it is to follow what the song is about even though he's screaming so much of it. Of any Slipknot song, I think this one in particular (maybe a few others- they actually got better about this over time) I could memorize this song correctly without seeing the lyrics. Just for example I remember when Wait and Bleed came out I thought I knew the lyrics after a while, but then you see what the lyrics are and it's not at all what I thought it was. But this song you know what he's saying and you more than likely got it right. This is such a great song. The music video is so perfect, too. This whole album, though, is in the stratosphere. There are people that say Slipknot is compositionally too simple- and maybe that's true I really don't anything about music- But they're so good at speaking to their audience, as well as speaking to a dark place anybody can relate to without alienating anyone, and I think that's why they're still around. That and they're not afraid to try new things without losing the soul of their music. The music may be simple to a musically critical professional, but it's talking about the real world in ways only amazing music does and so people hear that and connect with it. Thank you for this. I enjoy your videos. There's a few people who do production break downs like this, but for whatever reason I find your analysis on this particular level (as far as isolated vocals and the production side of things) the most interesting to listen to for whatever reason. Also, Fun Fact: This song is about when Corey was homeless and how homeless people disappear from the rest of society. I may be paraphrasing- it's something like that.
Holy hell Chris this breakdown was in another stratosphere compared to your already consistently high-level breakdowns. I also feel like this vid was cut a little more upbeat, I liked the faster pacing. Also get out of my head, you're dialed in lately to songs I've longed to be made accessible. Now with your help I'm emboldened to clear those big gaps
Thanks so much for doing this one! I got chills at the end. I hate it when people say that music like this isn't really music or isn't really singing... The most amazing thing to me about Slipknot is that they would lay down tracks like this, and then play them live almost flawlessly night after night after night wearing masks and coveralls! Amazing
Absolutely love it. Due to my lack of vocalists in my mind, it is regretfully rare that I click on one of your videos because you're so talented and I really enjoy watching. The insight changes my view on certain aspects of vocals that I'm probably deaf to. Plus it's nice when light is brought to these separated tracks as I feel like not many know about them. These are the current (12th August 2021) Slipknot songs that exist with separated tracks if anyone is interested. Since the whole thing with Roadrunner Records, I'm doubtful we'll ever get more separated tracks. It all depends on how comfortable Warner are with licensing their songs to Harmonix: Wait and Bleed Eeyore Left Behind Duality Pulse of the Maggots Before I Forget Sulfur Psychosocial Dead Memories Devil in I Unsainted All songs there except Eeyore are from the Rockband games. Eeyore is from "Craig's Data Disc" and (fortunately for the sake of this channel) only has the vocals (whereas all the others have vocals, guitar, drums, bass and "extra" separated).
How the hell can this have 2 thumbs down? Vocal analysis and a production breakdown. What more do people want? Great stuff as always Chris, keep them coming 👍
Really great analysis of one of the heaviest styles of vocals out there. A way this can be emulated live (where you can't do doubles) is slap back delay and chorus type affects with some saturation and overdrive. What you can't emulate, as you've said before, is his anatomy. It's so important that we learn the proper technique but don't push so far as to try and have his voice. That's a one road trip to pain town and vocal damage. Also something to be said about practice. The more you practice heavy vocals the better they get. You learn safe ways to "dig in" and get just that little bit extra out of it and also how to layer different screams to have a more comprehensive distortion frequency wise. The changes in aggressive singing are SUPER delicate and the only way to sensitize yourself to them is to practice a lot and take really good care of your voice. The only way those two things exist together is with time.
Awesome knowledge you provide for us Chris, it means a lot for all of us that wants to understand or learn how they do it or even learn how to perform ourselves, I'm a vocalist myself and I do understand your approaches and I'm glad that we have somebody like you that really takes the time to learn and spread the knowledge around 👏🏼
I think it would be amazing if you were able to do a breakdown with Corey. To see your breakdown, while Corey tells what he went thru and the process of recording. 🔥🔥
A voice calling out in the wilderness.. Great video Chris. and great breakdown of how that “sound” was put together, both in raw talent and emotion , and a ton! Of elite production/ tracking techniques..
I'm glad you're teaching technique to express more like Corey rather than scream like Corey. The mix for Iowa hides a lot of what Corey is doing with his scream which isn't false chord). If you cover Iowa again I recommend Disasterpiece from the 2002 London live show. Also to get that compressed sound if you start from an aggressive whisper then slid into the scream you can get pretty close.
Amazing video. Love the "Californication" video too. You show a lot of things that I didn't notice in songs that I've been listened to for 20 years 😂. Greetings from Colombia! 🇨🇴
You have such great videos Chris. You break down the way the vocal needs to be approached and then you show what happens in the production stage to get it to the level that it needs to be at. You show how it's a combination of great vocal technique combined with the neccessary production work for it to be awesome. Thank you for all you do!
"Abandon in to it." Literally the best way to describe how he produced IOWA. So much raw emotion in this album. Also my favorite Slipknot song ever! WE ALL GOT LEFT BEHIND!!!
I literally just stumbled upon your page and I've been a faithful maggot since Halloween of 99. I still remember after school 7th grade riding my bike to the mall to get their debut album. I didn't/couldn't even wait until I got out the store, I opened up the CD case while walking out and I put it in my walkman and sat on the curb flipping through the CD booklet. I love your videos, my guy 🙏🏿 I'm going to watch Chad Gray, Chester B, and Jonathan Davis. It's amazing how much range and versitility he has in his voice and I appreciate you breaking it down. I knew his voice was layered but the way you elaborate on it is great 👏🏿 BTW: Your screams/yells reminds me of Jonathan Davis.
I want to be the first person to thank you for taking the time to show people how hard something like this is to do and thank you for coming up with the course that actually defines the dangers of screaming and false cord and Fry scream because before you was someone named Melissa Cross and she came out with a DVD called The art of screaming and I honestly believe that her method of teaching people how to scream is one of the reasons why Matt Tuck from Bullet for My Valentine blew out his vocal cords when he was recording vocals to a song on the album "Scream, Aim, Fire" she doesn't really take the time to go in depth like you do and this was an amazing video Chris and again I just want to thank you for taking the time to hopefully turn something painful for me when I learned how to guttural scream all while mimicking the Slipknot album back in 1999 when I got it the first day and I literally spent a week spitting up blood because I did it the wrong way and this was before TH-cam even created a landmark on this world. And then I remember what the guy said in Ghost in the subway you remember the guy (all I want is a drag... Just one drag) when he was telling Sam that he needed to take all his love all his hate all his emotion and drive it to the pit of your stomach and that's exactly how you scream sing growl from your diaphragm and it was from my trial and error before TH-cam even came along that I kind of taught myself how to do these things very painfully and as you know Corey changed up his scream after IOWA simply because it was very damaging and that's the same guttural scream that I taught myself to do from the 1999 self titled release. I feel like I've rambled a lot and I'm not quite sure if you'll read this or not but one more time thank you.
I would love to hear your take on Zillakami from City Morgue (extreme hip hop duo from NYC). He's got a unique voice that's just bursting with attitude, and unlike most screamers, his rasp just sounds so relaxed and effortless. I have no clue how to approach it. Not to mention his flow is sick. Songs you could check out include 33rd Blakk Glass, Arson, Draino, Yellow Piss, Nuka Cola, Nitro Cell
Alright, so you’ve proved you can break down an insane Iowa scream. But I challenge you to break down a slaughter to prevail vocal. 😎😋! Love your vids man. I almost hurt my vocal chords from not screaming and singing correctly until I’ve watched your videos. Thank you for saving my voice
Since it’s just a really high strong fry scream I’m not sure what you’d think about it, but I’d be interested to see what you think about the screamer in fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Disasterpiece would be a great song to look at. But I think one of the reasons he might’ve chosen Left Behind is because there’s no swearing in it. The first line in Disasterpiece would get you 25 to life hahaha.
Corey’s a beast for his vocal style
If you know anything about his vocal style it chokes you up because it’s all pure screaming, if you listen to earlier recordings and shows of slipknot you can hear Corey literally gagging himself from how intense his screams were
The fact that he actually managed to combat it during the IOWA tour is insane
Yeah he'd even make himself throw up and shit. He's a beast, I agree
He didn´t manage. That extreme singing fucked up his vocal cords till Vol.3 recording. You can hear that he changed major things in his style since then.
I always liked how Slipknot always used the breathing as part of the experience. Shawn just thinks differently when it comes to production. He just considers all the aspects that might contribute to the experience. He gets shit for being weird, but just about everyone that takes risks and breaks molds has.
The breaths really do add to the darkness of Corey vocal tone
Clown is a brilliant visionary. As strong as Joey was behind the band's identity, he was just as much to blame for all the oddities that make them great to listen to
I hope you realize that wasn’t clown. Joey was the one in the studio with Ross and mixed/produced the first two albums.
It was Ross and Joey that engineered and produced the album
@@Clark628 that’s what I said
In my opinion, Corey's death vocals in their self titled debut album are beyond phenomenal. He sounds like he's possessed!! His tone his tambre his delivery are all jaw dropping & awe inspiring.
He had some major range back then and even more when he actually sang. Bet he doesn’t have the same range now. Look up I can’t believe by stone sour, granted he was younger but kid has some incredible range
25:20 its pain. He's so emotionally excited that he's crying out in pain.
Different interpretations my man
well not just that pain, also physical. You gotta realize, he was fucked up on Alcohol 24/7 back then - he actually Mutilated himself for effect on some songs during their recording....
@@xThemisJr On top of that he would scream improperly so his throats probably killing him too!
The thing about corey is that during the recording of Iowa, he was wildly erratic, uncaring for himself, drunk/high, furiously angry and depressed, and the music was therapeutic in nature. Every single scream he made for the album, he was probably thinking about how absolutely fucked his life was, and everybody that ever wronged him. You can hear it.
Totally!
As a huge Slipknot fan, this is an absolute gem of a find! Thanks Chris!
One of the best examples of his voice live (and without music) is at the end of 'No Life' at Dynamo 2000.
At around the 3:00 minute mark he just asks the audience "Are you tired out there?" and the amount of grit in it is enough to fill a quarry.
Wonder how much him starting smoking at the age of 12 effected that distortion.
hey
"He sounds like his voice is going horse" cause it was. Corey's said it himself. For the self titled and Iowa he was really just going in and letting loose with little technique. It was just mainly a lot of anger, pain, suffering, sadness, and chemicals.
*hoarse
@@bigbastard_lol Stop. Correcting words.
Corey was literally yelling and shouting and screaming out of his lungs. He admits it and he literally says that.
He damaged his vocal cords multiple times because of that.
You sound great but it is NOT the same “technique”. Everyone who wants to do the same one, should understand it is going to ruin your vocal cords sooner or later (most likely sooner) and it may be irreversible
100 percent
People forget that slipknot did alot of touring.
Also corey was comfortably able to do his scream. You can find him doing vocals with this kids Band during these Times.
Furthermore him saying he shouts his lungs out is kinda him going nuts on concerts.
Seeing him with the kids is an eye opener regarding how comfortable He was doing these shouts.
His scream can be done SOMEWHAT safely, but the fact he did it night after night for an hour and a half + didn't help. Had he stuck with doing his super harsh vocals for studio albums but toned it back a little bit live, it would have gone a long way to saving his voice. His crazy alcohol consumption didn't help matters much either.
I feel like its the human equivalent of "clipping" your vocal cords. You're pushing dangerous amounts of air through your vocal folds and that's what is causing the distortion.
This is the irreversible damage done by screaming like Corey. I did this without my mic being plugged in.
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Hey Chris! I'm a big fan of Mudvayne and it would be cool to see you breakdown Chad Grey's vocals in anything from L.D.50!
This ^ !!
Yes
Yes yes a thousand times yes Chad Grey would be Great to do a video on.
Squeeze your throat. Forget anything you know about proper technique and come as close to ruining your voice as you can. Then go on raw emotion and hope you come out of it before the damage is permanent.
Nothing to gein
I always feel that the mixing aspect is neglected when talking about the ''iowa scream''. Loving the breakdowns.
Yeah but you watch live performances and your “mixing” theory is kinda debunked.
I would point you in the direction of Corey recording the song he did/produced with Slytheryn. There are a few seconds of clips of Corey doing sound check in the vocal booth and he belts out a couple of screams. This was 2001 I believe, judging by his hair length and colour. Or early 2002 at the most.
I’m not disagreeing about mixing cleaning everything up and layering etc. But the Slytheryn tape is about as clear and “raw” as you can get from the Iowa era when talking about Corey’s scream.
Conclusion: You can't replicate the effect emotions have on human voice. You have to actually feel it to replicate exactly. Amazing video.
Damn Isolating the vocals gives such a deeper appreciation into the art
This was amazing breakdown. I never knew I could even come close to doing this, but now I am!
I love that "teh gah bah pah pah" lol. Amazing video, dude!!!
Corey's voice is just an anomaly of the screaming world, let's accept that. I'd love to hear the isolated vocal analysis of "The Blister Exists", I've always felt like it was the masterpiece for Volume 3 ever since I first listened to it, and his screaming on that one is one of my favorite examples of his singing and screaming throughout his entire career. Thanks for all the dedication to helping us figure out our voices, cheers \m/
Seem I didn’t like the screaming it seemed sooooo like synthetic sounding to me. Wasn’t as raw as I prefer. That is why I don’t really like his screams anymore but to each their own. Vol 3 was arguably their career defining album
I was waiting so bad for this, Thank You Chris!
In tandem with your previous video about "you need a reason to summon this kind of emotion," this is a great way of walking through a balance of emotion, technique, and production. I always wished there was a more "full spectrum" view of harsh vocals, and through the last few months you've really nailed that. Layering, compression, emotion, and technique are all key, even in a live playthrough. You can really tell that his breath control just isn't there in this recording, he's just full breath and full projection all the time, and that's how he's getting some of the guttural and brutal yells as well as such a strained clean. Contrast that with a current Corey vocal track, and you can tell he's really holding breath back and focusing on good vocal AND mic/input compression to keep his voice healthy, while still sounding big and impressive.
Yep, totally!
So cool that you're including production tips in your videos. I used to watch your singing only videos thinking your setup sounded amazing. Glad you're here teaching us all.
Ive seriously learned to scream and sing just from you Chris! I’m 16 and I’ve been practicing screaming and singing for a while and every time I listen to you, I understand it so much better! Thanks man!
hey, just be real careful. Try to learn how to sing as well, not even to be a good singer but to learn how your vocal chords feel and what’s best for them, because having healthy chords will ultimately allow you to be the best musician you can be :)
To say it in my language:
Sau gut! Das Album/Sänger/Band meines Lebens so zuhören. DANKE für deine Hilfe, um mit den Videos meine Stimme so zu "quälen".
So many new vocalists try and base their screams off of this album. Watching them stopping songs early in the set during shows, stopping practice to ‘save their voice’ you cant be 4 layers of vocals by yourself during a live set. Wish people would actually listen to the songs they’re trying to replicate.
Agreed!
Even tough you are right, Corey still sounded like a fucking bear when performing live during the Iowa cycle.
@@RudolfHorvath i agree completely, but i was talking more about inexperienced vocalists trying to imitate him.
@@5creamwithm329 Oh yeah for sure, totally agree with you... That's why I always seek to see singers perform live. You always kind of get better idea what is real and what is production magic.
I did it and paid the price lmao
This is great Chris! I didn’t expect this and you did more than really anybody when breaking this down. From what he’s doing with his vocals to the production of it.
Just sooooo good,...no words for that,...16:13
Could you please do this with the Heretic Anthem? His screams in that song are the most aggressive of his career. Great job, Chris!
A thing I noticed that (I don't think) you mentioned is that when he's singing "slip away" he twists the back end of "away" to sound like a long vowel I sound. So, "We let it all slip AW-( I )".
I really appreciate the emphasis on having the correct emotional state, because I don't think even a well trained vocalist could provide a similar performance without losing themselves into the emotions behind the song. It adds the style and everything that makes it remarkable and truly memorable.
Great observation!
Thank you for this video! I hit the studio in September and I need all the inspiration I could get! You rock Chris
Great Video Chris! Your approaches, mindsets and expressions you pull out of singers is so useful for any style of singer or type of music. That's a gift to communicate in such a way.
I'm not this style of singer, but highly enjoyed this breakdown. What you said about getting into the emotion can be applied across all styles. Great stuff Chris!!
Ross Robinson pushed Corey Taylor to the limit on this record.
Great analyzation and episode Chris. Coreys raw aggression back in the day really was something so human that it went full circle to feeling inhuman.
Left behind is what really got me into Slipknot. Such an exciting time music-wise for me.
I would love to see you break down Jens Kidman's voice from Meshuggah. He managed to develop an interesting "scream\growl\pitch" technique that allows him to perform consistently every night on tour. It's super aggressive and gritty but seems to be very controlled and hard to replicate the way he does it.
yes please! Idk how he gets his pitched screams
He does has very unique distorted vocal tone
Oddly I wanted to scream like Phil Anselmo so badly and ended up developing a style very much like Jens and Randy Blythe. I absolutely adore those guys! Corey’s voice is nuts! soundcloud.com/josephparry/01-climbing-frame
@@josephparry bro this is fucking killer man!
@@joshsweeney115 ah thanks bro! I’ve lost an arm and having to write with a mouse since then! Check it out @stronghandstudios!
Chris has really found his niche with these types of videos covering both performance and production. Hope he keeps it up, especially with the hard rock/metal genres!
Jesus Christ…I already appreciated Corey’s talent but this breakdown was amazing. This video is fantastic. I’ll just be over here clicking subscribe now.
Thanks for the sub!
Now you need to hear Gently also by Slipknot
18:30 I used to do a lot of karaoke with a mate and we'd get plastered and just go for it. After a particularly stressful week I went hard as nails to Everything Ends. My voice leveled up that day. I have to be in that special place to get it right again otherwise it's pain.
21:21 ......Incredible,..how the voice ,.gets ...collecting the power,..i mean,.gathering strength,.the layers of WE LET IT ALL SLIP,....
it's fascinating how you analyze and understand what other singers do with their voices. Especially this day you took me back 20 years and you made me want to listen to this album again. For me they are very strong feelings because it reminds me of my wife who rests in peace. and it stirs up mixed feelings in me. but beyond that. thanks for making me enjoy your videos as much as those songs. I'm going to find some of your videos. Maybe you have some Kill Switch Engage analysis. thank you Chris. Andy
After years of watching.... this video made me subscribe. Amazing breakdowns and techniques man
This is single handedly one of the coolest videos I have ever watched keep it up Chris you will get to 1 mil very soon!
Thank you so much, Chris! Literally 2 days ago I've started to search tutorials on IOWA vocals and you released it!
The little Brother of 'Sad' is 'Angry'. The song starts bursting out in pure anger and as it comes to the end rage turns into desparation. The cackling at the end sounds both desparate, yet also as if laughing in madness. He realized a profound sadness and can not but only laugh insanely. Man, this album got me through rough times. I even performed "The Heretic Anthem" at a talent show in school, barely any technique, but pure feeling, and made some jaws drop with my weirdness. Cool times.
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I know it's not about mimicking, but I like how you explained the scream at 10:30 . It's got the characteristics and is discernable, but it doesn't sound very close. This brings me what I want to add, because if you do want to mimic it from that base you very accurately explained, you can experiment with tongue placement, just bringing it back a bit, to lower the pitch. I've found that just bringing the back of your throat up just the slightest bit kind of amplifies that affect but doesn't lose the main characteristic you explained.
Its incredible that those takes sound so lofi...
This was your best video ever. Amazing points and your passion for it is wonderful to see. Cool to hear this emotional approach from the guy that actually made me see screaming in a more technical approach.
This is one of my favorite Slipknot songs of all time. I relate to it on a deep dark level so I've probably heard this song more times than almost any song. It speaks to me so deeply.
One of the best things about this song, for me, is how easy it is to follow what the song is about even though he's screaming so much of it. Of any Slipknot song, I think this one in particular (maybe a few others- they actually got better about this over time) I could memorize this song correctly without seeing the lyrics.
Just for example I remember when Wait and Bleed came out I thought I knew the lyrics after a while, but then you see what the lyrics are and it's not at all what I thought it was. But this song you know what he's saying and you more than likely got it right.
This is such a great song. The music video is so perfect, too. This whole album, though, is in the stratosphere. There are people that say Slipknot is compositionally too simple- and maybe that's true I really don't anything about music- But they're so good at speaking to their audience, as well as speaking to a dark place anybody can relate to without alienating anyone, and I think that's why they're still around. That and they're not afraid to try new things without losing the soul of their music.
The music may be simple to a musically critical professional, but it's talking about the real world in ways only amazing music does and so people hear that and connect with it.
Thank you for this. I enjoy your videos. There's a few people who do production break downs like this, but for whatever reason I find your analysis on this particular level (as far as isolated vocals and the production side of things) the most interesting to listen to for whatever reason.
Also, Fun Fact: This song is about when Corey was homeless and how homeless people disappear from the rest of society. I may be paraphrasing- it's something like that.
Amazing video Chris!
I want your full version now hahaha it was a great analysis of all the characteristics that make this song great! :D
One of my favorite songs by slipknot, now I know why.
Holy hell Chris this breakdown was in another stratosphere compared to your already consistently high-level breakdowns. I also feel like this vid was cut a little more upbeat, I liked the faster pacing.
Also get out of my head, you're dialed in lately to songs I've longed to be made accessible. Now with your help I'm emboldened to clear those big gaps
Dude your work is fantastic. Thanks for sharing this precious knowledge
i love how your doing more heavy themed songs lately
Some day you need to scream during the word "more" when you finish a video by saying "We'll see you for MOOOOOORE!"
Totally will
Thanks so much for doing this one! I got chills at the end. I hate it when people say that music like this isn't really music or isn't really singing... The most amazing thing to me about Slipknot is that they would lay down tracks like this, and then play them live almost flawlessly night after night after night wearing masks and coveralls! Amazing
I'm so glad you cover how to do this type of sound in a more safe way than just screaming and yelling like Corey did back in the day.
Damn you are the most Chad vocal teacher on TH-cam!
It dosen´t matter if its Thom Yorke or Corey Taylor, this dude got you covered everytime
This is my favorite video on TH-cam. You’re a legend Chris 🙏🏻
AND you somehow seem to have multiple videos on all of my favorite singers. Serj, Layne, Chris Cornell, Corey, Chester... just amazing work man :D
I want to scream like this.
Absolutely love it. Due to my lack of vocalists in my mind, it is regretfully rare that I click on one of your videos because you're so talented and I really enjoy watching. The insight changes my view on certain aspects of vocals that I'm probably deaf to. Plus it's nice when light is brought to these separated tracks as I feel like not many know about them.
These are the current (12th August 2021) Slipknot songs that exist with separated tracks if anyone is interested. Since the whole thing with Roadrunner Records, I'm doubtful we'll ever get more separated tracks. It all depends on how comfortable Warner are with licensing their songs to Harmonix:
Wait and Bleed
Eeyore
Left Behind
Duality
Pulse of the Maggots
Before I Forget
Sulfur
Psychosocial
Dead Memories
Devil in I
Unsainted
All songs there except Eeyore are from the Rockband games. Eeyore is from "Craig's Data Disc" and (fortunately for the sake of this channel) only has the vocals (whereas all the others have vocals, guitar, drums, bass and "extra" separated).
How the hell can this have 2 thumbs down? Vocal analysis and a production breakdown. What more do people want? Great stuff as always Chris, keep them coming 👍
I love your vocal progress though. Getting to know lower screams more and explaining them much thouroughly ( or however it's spelled)
'Cool stuff'
I've tried to sing this song but after watching this video it's given me a totally different approach
Really great analysis of one of the heaviest styles of vocals out there. A way this can be emulated live (where you can't do doubles) is slap back delay and chorus type affects with some saturation and overdrive. What you can't emulate, as you've said before, is his anatomy. It's so important that we learn the proper technique but don't push so far as to try and have his voice. That's a one road trip to pain town and vocal damage.
Also something to be said about practice. The more you practice heavy vocals the better they get. You learn safe ways to "dig in" and get just that little bit extra out of it and also how to layer different screams to have a more comprehensive distortion frequency wise. The changes in aggressive singing are SUPER delicate and the only way to sensitize yourself to them is to practice a lot and take really good care of your voice. The only way those two things exist together is with time.
Awesome knowledge you provide for us Chris, it means a lot for all of us that wants to understand or learn how they do it or even learn how to perform ourselves, I'm a vocalist myself and I do understand your approaches and I'm glad that we have somebody like you that really takes the time to learn and spread the knowledge around 👏🏼
Hey chris,.ur voice skills r fabulous,.ur voice is really a tool,..a device,.a gadget,.great job
So glad I found this channel. So interesting to listen to you break down these vocalists!
You're so good, Chris. Definitely the best vocal coach on YT. Keep up the great work.🤘🏻
I think it would be amazing if you were able to do a breakdown with Corey. To see your breakdown, while Corey tells what he went thru and the process of recording. 🔥🔥
That would be amazing!
A voice calling out in the wilderness..
Great video Chris. and great breakdown of how that “sound” was put together, both in raw talent and emotion , and a ton! Of elite production/ tracking techniques..
I'm glad you're teaching technique to express more like Corey rather than scream like Corey. The mix for Iowa hides a lot of what Corey is doing with his scream which isn't false chord). If you cover Iowa again I recommend Disasterpiece from the 2002 London live show. Also to get that compressed sound if you start from an aggressive whisper then slid into the scream you can get pretty close.
Amazing video. Love the "Californication" video too. You show a lot of things that I didn't notice in songs that I've been listened to for 20 years 😂.
Greetings from Colombia! 🇨🇴
Plz do more songs off this album,enjoyed this very much. Lamb of god as well
Wow! What a video! I am amazed. Thanks for your work!
This video is so interesting. Thank you for that ☺️
You have such great videos Chris. You break down the way the vocal needs to be approached and then you show what happens in the production stage to get it to the level that it needs to be at. You show how it's a combination of great vocal technique combined with the neccessary production work for it to be awesome. Thank you for all you do!
"Abandon in to it." Literally the best way to describe how he produced IOWA. So much raw emotion in this album. Also my favorite Slipknot song ever! WE ALL GOT LEFT BEHIND!!!
19:00 THAT was fawking awesome.
Legendary analysis. Thank you so much for this.
Awesome job demonstrating Cory's techniques! He goes hard in the booth \m/
I literally just stumbled upon your page and I've been a faithful maggot since Halloween of 99. I still remember after school 7th grade riding my bike to the mall to get their debut album. I didn't/couldn't even wait until I got out the store, I opened up the CD case while walking out and I put it in my walkman and sat on the curb flipping through the CD booklet. I love your videos, my guy 🙏🏿 I'm going to watch Chad Gray, Chester B, and Jonathan Davis. It's amazing how much range and versitility he has in his voice and I appreciate you breaking it down. I knew his voice was layered but the way you elaborate on it is great 👏🏿 BTW: Your screams/yells reminds me of Jonathan Davis.
Wooww great video. My favorite so far
I want to be the first person to thank you for taking the time to show people how hard something like this is to do and thank you for coming up with the course that actually defines the dangers of screaming and false cord and Fry scream because before you was someone named Melissa Cross and she came out with a DVD called The art of screaming and I honestly believe that her method of teaching people how to scream is one of the reasons why Matt Tuck from Bullet for My Valentine blew out his vocal cords when he was recording vocals to a song on the album "Scream, Aim, Fire" she doesn't really take the time to go in depth like you do and this was an amazing video Chris and again I just want to thank you for taking the time to hopefully turn something painful for me when I learned how to guttural scream all while mimicking the Slipknot album back in 1999 when I got it the first day and I literally spent a week spitting up blood because I did it the wrong way and this was before TH-cam even created a landmark on this world. And then I remember what the guy said in Ghost in the subway you remember the guy (all I want is a drag... Just one drag) when he was telling Sam that he needed to take all his love all his hate all his emotion and drive it to the pit of your stomach and that's exactly how you scream sing growl from your diaphragm and it was from my trial and error before TH-cam even came along that I kind of taught myself how to do these things very painfully and as you know Corey changed up his scream after IOWA simply because it was very damaging and that's the same guttural scream that I taught myself to do from the 1999 self titled release. I feel like I've rambled a lot and I'm not quite sure if you'll read this or not but one more time thank you.
I would LOOOOOOVE to see you do a breakdown and analysis of Devin Townsends vocals!
Not quite the same format, but I have this video: th-cam.com/video/rGrnCLPYYXw/w-d-xo.html
I would love to hear your take on Zillakami from City Morgue (extreme hip hop duo from NYC). He's got a unique voice that's just bursting with attitude, and unlike most screamers, his rasp just sounds so relaxed and effortless. I have no clue how to approach it. Not to mention his flow is sick. Songs you could check out include 33rd Blakk Glass, Arson, Draino, Yellow Piss, Nuka Cola, Nitro Cell
these videos are so good chris thank you, i love your passion, its contagious.
This is absolute gold. Thank you so much!
Best vocal coach on TH-cam. Your videos are the best I've seen regarding metal singing. Far better than Ken Tamplin and Melissa Cross.
Love this channel
This is sick as mate good on ya keep it up
more of these please!
wow this is crazy Chris, always learning a lot in ur videos. keep on please! great stuff
Alright, so you’ve proved you can break down an insane Iowa scream. But I challenge you to break down a slaughter to prevail vocal. 😎😋! Love your vids man. I almost hurt my vocal chords from not screaming and singing correctly until I’ve watched your videos. Thank you for saving my voice
Thank you
Welcome!
Since it’s just a really high strong fry scream I’m not sure what you’d think about it, but I’d be interested to see what you think about the screamer in fear and loathing in Las Vegas
really love your content , so educational
Love the guitar hands
Iowa from Iowa. Would love to hear the Isolated vocals from that one.
Thanks so much for the breakdown. I’m trying to learn how to produce so this will definitely help
I think I this is your best video. It’s equal parts informative and impactful and yet, I found myself laughing at certain points.
Do disasterpiece. Left behind is tame compared to disasterpiece.
Disasterpiece would be a great song to look at. But I think one of the reasons he might’ve chosen Left Behind is because there’s no swearing in it. The first line in Disasterpiece would get you 25 to life hahaha.
Would love to hear you breakdown Dustin Kensrue's vocals.
The guy is IMO the best singer out there