[QUOTE=TSASI]Basically, I had a very serious hive breakout which made my throat swell to the point where it choked me. My mother and a friend had to ram a hollow pen into my windpipe (trachea) to get air flowing into my lungs. It was by far the most painful thing i've ever experienced.[/QUOTE]

wow. Makes my trip sounds like a knee scrape. That's pretty bad.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I want to hear about this throat stabbing.

Also TSASI, how do you say your name? I always think of "Tee-Sassy", but how do you say it? Is it like an acronym or an abbreviation?

Also, how's that writeup on screaming/growling coming?[/QUOTE]
Tea Ah Sea

It should be up tonight.

[QUOTE=TSASI]Basically, I had a very serious hive breakout which made my throat swell to the point where it choked me. My mother and a friend had to ram a hollow pen into my windpipe (trachea) to get air flowing into my lungs. It was by far the most painful thing i've ever experienced.[/QUOTE]
:eek: did you die?

[QUOTE=TSASI]Tea Ah Sea

It should be up tonight.[/QUOTE]Interesting pronunciation. I like my way better. I really appreciate any help with vocals you can give as well. :)

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]:eek: did you die?[/QUOTE]
Funny thing is (not really funny, but..) I actually did technically die one time at the hospital. My oxygen level and such was so low that I was "dead".

[QUOTE=TSASI]Funny thing is (not really funny, but..) I actually did technically die one time at the hospital. My oxygen level and such was so low that I was "dead".[/QUOTE]
You're such a har[SIZE=2]da[/SIZE]ss. I've never really been seriously injured like you guys have before.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]You're such a har[SIZE=2]da[/SIZE]ss. I've never really been seriously injured like you guys have before.[/QUOTE]

:p Trust me, you're not missing anything except pain.

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]:p Trust me, you're not missing anything except pain.[/QUOTE]
Actually, earlier this summer, I did have a bloddy experience.

I was with a group of other guys swimming in a lake, and we were screwing around quite a bit. I attempted to drive my head into this guys chest (in the spirit of things) but aimed to high and got his teeth instead. I was only worried about how his mouth was until someone screamed, "Oh my God Ben! You've got blood all over your face!"

My head bled like hell for a while. Blood all over my clothes, a towel...it was sweet. :cool:

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]:p Trust me, you're not missing anything except pain.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. I never broke any bones, but ive sprianed my left foot about 3 times in which i cant miss school with all the f[I]u[/I]ckin stairs and 5 minutes to run to my locker and run to class :evil: I have to walk it off.
[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Actually, earlier this summer, I did have a bloddy experience.

I was with a group of other guys swimming in a lake, and we were screwing around quite a bit. I attempted to drive my head into this guys chest (in the spirit of things) but aimed to high and got his teeth instead. I was only worried about how his mouth was until someone screamed, "Oh my God Ben! You've got blood all over your face!"

My head bled like hell for a while. Blood all over my clothes, a towel...it was sweet. :cool: [/QUOTE]
I get banged up all the time like that. It doesnt bother me since it happens all the time.

EDIT: Just now for instance i accidentaly slammed the cupoard door into my head

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Actually, earlier this summer, I did have a bloddy experience.

I was with a group of other guys swimming in a lake, and we were screwing around quite a bit. I attempted to drive my head into this guys chest (in the spirit of things) but aimed to high and got his teeth instead. I was only worried about how his mouth was until someone screamed, "Oh my God Ben! You've got blood all over your face!"

My head bled like hell for a while. Blood all over my clothes, a towel...it was sweet. :cool:[/QUOTE]


Ooooh, I had a pool experience. I was closing my eyes and swimming (see where I'm going with this?) because the chlorine was hurting my eyes. So I've got my hands stretched out and come up way too close to the little sticky out thing on the pool and scratched my forehead really bad. My dad freaked out, I had blood running all down my face.
We're spamming. :lol:

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]:p Trust me, you're not missing anything except pain.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Things like that do make you see things differently though, which is good.

Here's a summary of the death metal info I wrote up for you guys. My actual thing I was writing was too random and unordered I guess you would say. Instead of just sticking everything together I think I could just do it with questions, so ask for whatever you want to know about vocals.

Death Metal Info:

First of all, you have to realize that you can't do it right off. You need to learn to control your vocals and sing in steady pitch. Always keep good posture too, which means straight back, head up, and cheekbone semi high. Once you have done that you can start with adding the metal/heavy sound to your vocals. To do this, sing at a lower pitch and blow out a lot of air from your stomach. Do not suck in your gut, even though it seems natural. Try to keep it pushed out a little. One common mistake with death metal vocalists is that they try to overuse their throat and tighten it. Do not do this, it will only damage your ability to sing. Your main objective is to use your gut and force out a lot of air, while keeping your throat open and relaxed. Also, make sure that your adams apple doesn't go any higher than it would while talking to someone. Don't forget to always warm up before hand also with some standard vocal exercises. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

What are some vocal exercises for singing/screaming?]

And ive been doing a lot of the stuff you said already. YES!!

Good job, it's written in a way where you can understand it. Maybe some spaces would make it a little easier to read.

I'm going now. Not feeling too hot. :wave:

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Ooooh, I had a pool experience. I was closing my eyes and swimming (see where I'm going with this?) because the chlorine was hurting my eyes. So I've got my hands stretched out and come up way too close to the little sticky out thing on the pool and scratched my forehead really bad. My dad freaked out, I had blood running all down my face.
We're spamming. :lol:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but since when do we ever stay on topic? It's like a community thread for CoB fans. :)

Tea Ah Si - thanks. :) That gave some good fundamental info. But when you say a summary, does that mean there's more? I had always wondered if death growls had some kind of trick to it that I didn't know or if it was like a "either you can do it or you can't" kind of thing. Looks like I need to practice my vocals.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]
Tea Ah Si - thanks. :) That gave some good fundamental info. But when you say a summary, does that mean there's more? I had always wondered if death growls had some kind of trick to it that I didn't know or if it was like a "either you can do it or you can't" kind of thing. Looks like I need to practice my vocals.[/QUOTE]
I have more written all over a notebook, but it would be pointless to try to write it all up and organize it. Death Metal is and isn't that. Some people can do it great easily, and some take work. All I can say is practice all you can. One good thing to do is put in a great death metal album and try to sing along to the vocalist. Another way to help is doing breathing exercises. Breath in deeply and hold it as long as you can, then breath out and hold that as long as you can. You can do that basically anytime during the day too, haha.

I now know that my problem before was that I tried to make my voice rapsy by tightening up my throat. I should've known to stop once it really started to hurt. Thanks for that.

But what do you mean by force out a lot of air? I try to do this but it just sounds like I'm singing and blowing at the same time. Is there some way to force the air out?

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]
But what do you mean by force out a lot of air? I try to do this but it just sounds like I'm singing and blowing at the same time. Is there some way to force the air out?[/QUOTE]
You know how when you cough deep, you feel it in your stomach/chest? That's where you should feel the air coming from. Try to push as much air as possible out of your stomach; This will make the rasp/heavy tone to your vocals.

Thanks a lot. I finally got that part :)
So now I can breath from the stomach and I can kind of keep my throat open (that will take some practice). I can get a raspy sound going, but how do I get the really deep, gutteral sound? Do I just push harder and keep trying?

What tuning do they usually play in?

1 whole step drop D?

The older stuff is in D (all strings down a step) but the new stuff is in drop C (Drop D down a step).

ha! i knew it was drop C, i had tabbed Sixpounder (without the solos) on [url]www.mxtabs.net[/url], and someone had tabbed one in Standard C which had the solo, but im sure mine was perfect (Apart from the lead solos not being tabbed). But that proves mine in right, so if any of you play guitar, check out my tab and tell me what you think of it.

I wish that i was good enough to play Bodom songs on the guitar, me thinks i need to practice none stop for awhile :upset:

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I could figure out the alt+key combos, but where/why the hell would I get a Swedish keyboard? Do you have an extra one you can send me? :)
[/QUOTE]
yeah sure . I have many keyboards.....

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]I wish that i was good enough to play Bodom songs on the guitar, me thinks i need to practice none stop for awhile :upset:[/QUOTE]
Try to play SOME of a bodom song...start out with Follow The Reaper.

Play it slow and practice all the leads in your spare time. You'll eventually play it perfectly at normal speed

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]I wish that i was good enough to play Bodom songs on the guitar, me thinks i need to practice none stop for awhile :upset:[/QUOTE]
learn hate me it's easy.....

Actually yeah the lead in Hate Me is a great warm-up.

[QUOTE=flamesofbodom]Actually yeah the lead in Hate Me is a great warm-up.[/QUOTE]
yepp it is....

I'm back from 11 days of being gone :wave: , What's going on?

Not much at all.

I've been practicing on improving my speed quite a bit lately. I used a metronome to clock Alexi's speed during the Follow the Reaper solo, and I'm not far off at all. It feels good to shred - or at least get close. :)

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Not much at all.

I've been practicing on improving my speed quite a bit lately. I used a metronome to clock Alexi's speed during the Follow the Reaper solo, and I'm not far off at all. It feels good to shred - or at least get close. :)[/QUOTE]

Good for you :thumb: I'm jamming with some friends for the next 2 weeks, we have the house all day and we're thinking of learning a Bodom song, but they're worried about it being too hard. Vocals aside, what would you say are some easy songs by them?

Well, it's safe to assume that every song will have a wildly difficult solo.

But aside from that, Needled 24/7 is easy as well as Bad of Razors and Hate Me!