How To: Power Metal Screaming!

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8 жыл бұрын

This is an often-requested video, but for the record... I absolutely do not claim to be the best at this style singing, by any means! It's a technique I learned on my own (and cobbled together from a lot of other techniques for health's sake) for reaching terrifying vocal heights with power and grit. Great for power metal, classic heavy metal, and hard rock. I hope this is helpful to you :)
Please don't hesitate to comment any voice questions you might have!! I'll do my best to answer :)
If it hurts, check this sh*t out! It might help ya :) • Video
Adrienne Cowan
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@WarlandWriter 5 жыл бұрын

"If it hurts: Stop." Is like, excellent life advice regardless of what you're doing.

@zsaduquette-hoffman3852 5 жыл бұрын

WarlandWriter except running

@CaptainCrankyBeard 5 жыл бұрын

getting shots... IV... tattoos... piercings... you just gotta stop cus it hurts ? >.>

@Gormula137 5 жыл бұрын

It hurts when I breath, what do I do?

@mikaelmontenmusic9932 5 жыл бұрын

My life hurts, what should I do?

@user-hj9xz5gr3f 5 жыл бұрын

@@mikaelmontenmusic9932 holy shit...

@i_zip_tied_my_penis_to_a_b264 6 жыл бұрын

i nEEDED THIS IM SO SICK AND TIRED OF WHISPERING VIOLENTLY

@jaegoforth8743 5 жыл бұрын

Panic! At the Pilots Romance BAHAHA “whispering violently” I have no clue why I found that so funny omg

@alexmosher5950 5 жыл бұрын

Meeee

@cat1312. 5 жыл бұрын

OMG IKR 😂

@serza7254 5 жыл бұрын

Whispering hurts the voice much more then singing so be carefull

@taylarcrow4929 5 жыл бұрын

Just breathing really fucking hard

@krazus2036 2 жыл бұрын

Never ceases to amaze me how wholesome the Metal community is. You meet your idols in other genres or watch them and they just don't have the same excited kid energy.

@Snarkbutt 4 жыл бұрын

"like you're about to be attacked" was the most helpful line. Physical technique is very hard to describe, but psychological state, I think, is as good a starting place as any.

@swiggityswonerihaveaboner4653 5 жыл бұрын

5:34 STOP, YOU'VE VIOLATED THE LAW

@jakezedd8404 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@brianbrian_brian_brian 4 жыл бұрын

PAY THE COURT A FINE OR SERVE YOUR SENTENCE your stolen goods are now forfeit

@milenal9013 4 жыл бұрын

Then pay with your blood!

@DominosPizza155 4 жыл бұрын

The yelling after that legit sounds like Ash Ketchum XD

@somegirl558 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@lucasfelipe-ze5sy 6 жыл бұрын

2:22 how to dub an anime girl

@cobalt._.27 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Shrimpmaster-ye8wk 3 жыл бұрын

She sounds like ur opening a wooden door

@what.in.the.world.9934 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shrimpmaster-ye8wk I freakin lost it 😭😂 She does sound a creaking door

@Shrimpmaster-ye8wk 3 жыл бұрын

@@what.in.the.world.9934 lol

@redw4n 3 жыл бұрын

wtf

@codepearmaster 5 жыл бұрын

“Act like you’re a snake trying to eat like a mouse or something” Alright, I’ve officially unhinged my jaw. What next?

@dyelann8290 5 жыл бұрын

When you hit every note on an otomotone 2:22

@Sam-ec6re 5 жыл бұрын

As a femalw who'd love to be able to sing more "aggressive" songs, I thank you. You're the first person I've found to both make a great tutorial and also has a way of singing and a voice that I like! Thank you so much!

@mso2013 5 жыл бұрын

you just made alot of people look really dumb infront of their pc.

@Roderik95 8 жыл бұрын

Oh damn. This is the only video I have found adressing these kind of vocals directly more in depth. I have kind of figured some out on my own but I think this will be very helpful. Cheers!

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! Happy power metal screaming to you

@ohsu8895 5 жыл бұрын

@@AdrienneCowantry reproducing this recording if You dare and put It on KZfaq It's called: First real satan recording It's on KZfaq thanks

@juliameyer10313 7 жыл бұрын

when she mentioned the snake, I was like, pretend that your trying to eat a double Hamburger, as shown in advertisements

@irontale1834 6 жыл бұрын

Me"I have a lot of homework today" ~looks at youtube~ me"Noo I cant" youtbe"just one video" me ~3 hours and 42 minutes later~ "woah screaming looks cool"

@batigolffs 6 жыл бұрын

same

@mahdiec6845 6 жыл бұрын

Me :-||||||||||||||||||

@atreides6 6 жыл бұрын

So damn true and funny

@xiella2028 6 жыл бұрын

So Relatable

@kemalfatih6889 5 жыл бұрын

hi everyone ,if anyone else trying to find out how to sing really good try Sovallo Singing Fast Fixer(do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my partner got cool success with it.

@TheOfficialVictoriaC 6 жыл бұрын

i've learned so much from you. i always dreamt of being a heavy metal singer and especially the "eaaah"-sound was SO difficult for me! thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!! i love and support you for ever!

@njord4539 5 жыл бұрын

To anyone wondering what songs she took a piece out of: 1st : Lost Horizon - Highlander 2nd: Kamelot - Forever

@lovebuzz4116 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@P0LYBiUS7 3 жыл бұрын

The most epic song in the history of music.

@Lastrevio 8 жыл бұрын

3:19 RIP HEADPHONE USERS

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Sorryyyy :')

@Lastrevio 8 жыл бұрын

Adrienne Cowan xD

@Shadow_Dragon55 7 жыл бұрын

Lastrevio i was not prepered preapered? Anyways

@fushking5013 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up

@davidcurtis4478 7 жыл бұрын

Cool! dcdrum360.com

@sabatonliam 7 жыл бұрын

good video, pitty i still have no idea what im doing *in a power metal band*

@SynthApprentice 6 жыл бұрын

liam tobin Screaming. Duh.

@falconpowerful2362 5 жыл бұрын

Are you the bass player? Sorry.

@andyk544 5 жыл бұрын

5:46 Do u feel this power?

@jakeman1397 7 жыл бұрын

When an opera singer says 'head voice' they usually mean what is often called 'mixed voice.' Classically mixed voice isn't a thing and what is often called head voice is actually called 'falsetto'-and is known as that classically (including by most opera singers).

@S-CB-SL-Animations 5 жыл бұрын

3:18 You literally sound like an amazing singer on The Voice!

@moonwalkinbat 6 жыл бұрын

in the thumbnail i thought you were holding a hair dryer XD i was disappointed cuz i thought the hair dryer was gonna help on how to scream XD

@deniselisboa1 6 жыл бұрын

lol i wanna scream on a hairdryier now.. i don't think it's a good idea but I know I'm stupid enough xD

@ohsu8895 5 жыл бұрын

@@deniselisboa1 watching First real satan recording It's on KZfaq

@albrotmg6317 5 жыл бұрын

It helps with the glorious hair flowing through battle forevermore

@SinTP2 5 жыл бұрын

That's her microphone

@Bishop1987 Жыл бұрын

Hi Adrienne, I just wanted to say that I just discovered you on KZfaq and HELL yeah I subscribed. I am crazy impressed with your ability and talent. I have been binge watching all of your videos. I love the music the band is great and the lyrics are fresh. The soothing sound of your voice the range you have and the way you switch your singing style within the songs, not to mention your stage presence is out of this world. I'm a huge huge fan of what you do and I'm sooo glad I found your channel. Good luck with everything that you strive for. I'm absolutely positive you will succeed no matter what it is. So friggin' AWESOME!!

@Kongorlobo 7 жыл бұрын

Well, this is actually classic heavy metal singing.

@mugmellow 7 жыл бұрын

well true, but it's just to differentiate between the Metallica vs Iron maiden type classic heavy metal singing.

@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist 7 жыл бұрын

The best kind

@yessgrowl609 6 жыл бұрын

How do you do those amazing screams?fry scream maybe?

@jhowever9126 5 жыл бұрын

Howard Jones lol

@ohsu8895 5 жыл бұрын

@@yessgrowl609 watching First real satan recording It's on KZfaq

@joncates9003 4 жыл бұрын

Love love LOVE that there was a "Daniel Heiman vocal line drop" in there! ;) Haha! I have enjoyed your singing for quite some time, and your knowledge too is stupendous! I'm SUCH a huge fan... This is great and informative!!

@TheNevarranSeeker 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! It's so difficult to find any videos done by other mezzo-sopranos, so most stuff ends up being slightly above or below my range. 🙏 I'll have to use these tips next time I warm up!

@nathansanguinetti4595 6 жыл бұрын

This actually wasn’t the video I was looking for but I’m so happy I watched it cause 1. You’re entertaining 2. You helped me realize I actually kind of naturally having this kind of singing voice! So 3. Your awesome! Cheers Nathan Sanguinetti

@Cranjis20 4 жыл бұрын

I searched how to draw a screaming woman.....idk how I ended up here.... You are very pretty btw

@rishawee1942 3 жыл бұрын

5:45 beautifully performed Kamelot

@eccebestia7334 7 жыл бұрын

good video. I think you explained things well here. I'm a metal vocalist, not power metal but i'm a screamer. It always came naturally to me. Thank you for pointing out "if it hurts, stop". i never understood why some people out there would scream til they bleed. Anyway, i ended up here after a couple Seven Spires videos! Its rare for a melodic metal band to catch my attention and i like it! cheers!!

@VOYAGEUR-YT 7 жыл бұрын

5:34 sounds like ash from Pokemon

@alexisgugel7590 6 жыл бұрын

RealGamerManz omg she did

@moonchild1995 5 жыл бұрын

HAHQHAHAHAH

@timvanderlee4110 5 жыл бұрын

Not too surprising. Ash is dubbed in many languages by a woman.

@voidtouchedrecords6193 5 жыл бұрын

O jeez she does

@DominosPizza155 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing XD

@dmitrymanchenkov2996 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing, Ms. Cowan! What you do is absolutely amazing. You always look great and sound divine, and the metaphors you choose to describe the way of singing are so bright and wonderful.

@Witchhouse_1122 6 жыл бұрын

Omg, You are AMAZING! Your voice has a such great potential! Can't wait to see the other videos! Greetings from Poland!

@KeeperOfPoops 6 жыл бұрын

I saw your performance with Jeff and Casey Lee Williams at RTX 2016, you certainly had those soaring vocals in the song Die and i have to admit your vocal range is pretty neat! it even in my opinion can rival such power metal legends like Manowar's Eric Adams and Lost Horizon's Daniel Heiman! i salute you

@blakem5619 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw you guys live in Atlanta. You guys are all so talented and looking forward to seeing more of you guys in the future

@NornIrnBloke 5 жыл бұрын

I have absolutely no idea why this video appeared on my feed. I couldn't hold a note to save my life. I watched anyway and it was fun. Great job.

@zoltardreamusic2552 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing Adrienne! I've been following you for some years and I really like your charismatic voice and personality. I've been a composer and singer since I was 18 and I am 40 right now, I sang from Heavy metal, Power metal, Death metal, Opera... and of course I sung all the Avantasia's songs😁 Keep on making good videos such as this and say hello to Tobias Sammet on my behalf😊

@meagangraves3777 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness. Thank youuu so much!! This helped me a lot. I can do deep growls but I'm working on doing the high pitch screams too .. And this is so helpful! :)

@songacademy 6 жыл бұрын

Such a great explenation of Metal Screaming! Direct and to the point!!

@painzockt 8 жыл бұрын

Great scott, thats amazingly helpful

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! I'm so glad it helped :)

@ilanap21 6 жыл бұрын

This was so awesome and helpful. And a joy to watch!! Thanks

@JazzMetalhead 7 жыл бұрын

Some of that i already knew, but what i didn't helped me out immensely, so thanks. Subscribed.

@px0736 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I just experienced with my voice something that I've been searching for a long time. Thank you so much! :)

@Deader89 5 жыл бұрын

Saw you yesterday at Avantasia. Great show, great voice. So i found this video, sad the link to the other video is not active right now. Hope you have a great Tour!

@GimenezJorgeX 4 жыл бұрын

why havent i saw this? This is Great Adrienne! Great advices!

@lucian8351 5 жыл бұрын

I love how excited you are.

@bfpskater 8 жыл бұрын

This was helpful, and it just shows that singing, like almost anything else I can think of at the top of my head requires a holistic approach. You gotta BE it, to do it right. Loved the Kamelot reference. You're a good singer, keep it up!!

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Oh man, that is so true!! It's absolutely a thing that requires full being engagement haha. Thank you very much, and I'm so glad you found it helpful :)

@crashsoul02 8 жыл бұрын

Oh God, thank you so much!! I tried so hard to find at least one GOOD tutorial how to do this scream, and AT LAAAST someone (such cute girl) did splendid job! All metal gods bless you \m/

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Oh!!!!!! I'm so glad you found it useful :) \m/

@LJEssex 2 жыл бұрын

This and the metal scream tutorial videos are both very informative! Having played instrumental music in school (flute and alto sax), I'm very familiar with using the diaphragm, but I'm super out of practice. This was super interesting, though!

@bloop6111 Жыл бұрын

Clean “hey come back!” (Thief continues running away with your wallet) Gritty “hey come back!” Thief: you’re right, I’m sorry

@AxonRiseMusic 7 жыл бұрын

That demo at the end is what the lovechild of beauty and badassery sounds like \m/ God that sounded amazing!

@HecTory117 6 жыл бұрын

Its my first time seeing a video of yours, and i want to say, that you have a new fan... i'm also a singer, you are great!! Saludos desde México

@GLMarrocos 6 жыл бұрын

That drive! I was able to do drive i'm feel very sad about my self because of that. Your drive is amazing!

@luquin912 5 жыл бұрын

3:18 Scream is from Lost Horizon - Highlander

@justanaveragebuzzsaw 10 ай бұрын

I love power metal! Thanks.

@Daniele_Manno 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation! Thank you wholeheartedly.

@chandrasekharlimit4547 6 жыл бұрын

This was just entertaining to watch, and I was stunned with her voice too 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

@kellysova114 7 жыл бұрын

You helped me so much! Thank you! Your a great teacher

@CortVermin Жыл бұрын

im 100% sure the neighbours are gonna call an ambulance and i am not even half way through this video

@patriciastraub4452 3 жыл бұрын

wow!!!! So very helpful!!! You are amazing!!!!

@HO-ud4wx 5 жыл бұрын

5:45 you rock😈

@AkumeChan Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely fantastic, A! Pro lessons actually!

@savinakaravelikova 5 ай бұрын

You have no idea how much you helped me I swear

@mishadoumnov 3 жыл бұрын

thanks - this is good! I've got pretty good command of chest voice, but not so much head voice. I can scream, but probably doing it badly cause it hurts like hell :) Done plenty of touring but no vocal training (as in tuition),,.. and even covered Screaming Jay Hawkins (which was damn painful hahaha) ... anyway - this video was helpful!! THANK YOU

@mkporcu5466 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff here Adrienne ! I'll follow your channel.

@Markymoo992 8 жыл бұрын

Wow you sound awesome :) I bet you're great live, I'm in a metal core band as a vocalist I wanted to add grit to my singing and this was very helpful :)

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

+Metal Gaming Oh awesome!!! I'm so glad it helped :) What's your band called?

@Markymoo992 8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :) and well they've disbanded now but I'm still going to make songs and post them on here :)

@FroztyVibez 5 ай бұрын

Definitely helped showed me a new technique to warm up and would definitely help find my range better 🤘🤘🔥🔥💯💯

@erlandjohansen7195 6 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! You should make one for the black metal type singing you do in your frankly amazing cover of The Serpentine Offering. I always wondered how people do that without going sore and hoarse, and especially how you can go straight from that to clean without missing a beat!

@effbawmb5895 Жыл бұрын

Love the Daniel Heiman reference! I love Lost Horizon.

@peterfalconer 5 жыл бұрын

Ace vid- particularly like how you use your whole body to sing - “Lean in” to the note to fat that grit, for example. ✌️

@LordVandor1 7 жыл бұрын

You're amazing! I'm so shocked and stunned by your incredible voice * o *

@Gwunhar 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this from 2022 while listening to Gods of Debauchery is really fun because wow you've come so frickin far.

@margaritastoyanovich3209 8 жыл бұрын

You're amazing!! You help so much!!Thank you!!

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Hooray!!! I'm so glad

@birdandcatlover5597 3 ай бұрын

oh, so it looks like i was right! okay, so i dont have a space to practice this yet (i need to find one). but last night i yelled at my neighbor to shut up...and when i did that, the grit showed up. BUT key thing is? the grit was comfy, and my voice sounded how i wanted it to!! (also, i hit like specifically for you mentioning Baz. love his voice)

@asieffhusein8270 7 жыл бұрын

nice to watch this and learn the real way to scream, thankyou adrienne

@franciscoj7540 5 жыл бұрын

This video just made my day, for one second i belived i could do a poor cover of Black Diamond, but i just realize i was barking in the streets, lmfao

@TheGod0fCookies 7 жыл бұрын

Recently found out I could sing, never really tried before, I was happy just being the guitarist. I'd like to give the whole "front man" thing a go, trying to project my voice more. This was actually super helpful, cheers. +1 subscrizzle. ;D

@kingfloppagaming 9 ай бұрын

Accidentally figured it out while listening to the first minute, still gonna finish watching though. Power screams are literally the only thing I've struggled with in screaming, glad I got it down.

@StevieSabine 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know why this came up on my recommended but it did!! But you take things from Elizabeth Sabine who was a vocal coach and also my Grandmother in law! Was really nice hearing you mimic her studies.

@gemini4w0lf25 6 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for the tips!! You look Great!!

@daivedarmond8268 6 жыл бұрын

has anyone told you lately that you're just simply amazing? cause you are

@vacuousstare Жыл бұрын

this was super helpful!!!!! thank you

@waerart 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome voice, thank you for sharing :)

@cipher4443 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this I'm trying to expand my range as a vocalist so I will use these tips and hopefully it'll work thanks again

@AdrienneCowan 8 жыл бұрын

Hope it works for ya! I have some exercises that I give my students for range expansion, some of them are in this video :)

@cipher4443 8 жыл бұрын

+Adrienne Cowan ok cool I'll be sure to use the exercises in this video

@HiNinqi 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these helpful exercises

@zuzakrzak4296 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, it really helped 🖤

@MrInzemaam 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Meg from Supernatural....

@f1ksable 5 жыл бұрын

Oh,I knew someone would notice. Thank you. She kinda looks similar,as well.

@vadikturgenev5175 4 жыл бұрын

She is fu*king awesome, love her !!

@jakenogard9667 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are awesome teacher and awesome singer❤️🤘🤘🤘

@nimiarefka 5 жыл бұрын

3:17 Channeling that Freddie Mercury! Your voice is amazing!

@sykophiend 4 жыл бұрын

I love this!. What about sirens? LOL. Adrienne oh, just so you know, I listen to the whole album of seven spires. The one with bury you on it. Now I can understand how and why you did a cover of the serpentine offering. Because that was the first track I heard of yours before the original stuff :-)

@alricaneshama 5 жыл бұрын

That is epic. Thank you!

@warpigofthepower7918 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, great video and voice, you kinda reminded me of the late Dawn Crosby of Détente, she had some incredible vocals too, would be awesome if you covered their song "Holy War"

@TheArtickus 6 жыл бұрын

lol - "will you be there by the gates of dawn when I close my eyes forever" XD I wonder why Kamelot song was chosen :) Sounds sick \m/

@lucashenriquez 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was really helpful, i think i fell in love.

@luizhenrique1458 2 жыл бұрын

I looked for this video right after listening to highlander the one, and you just sang it wow

@shayanmoosavi9139 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know why this was in my recommendation but I'm not disappointed😂😂😂 Probably because I watch metal related videos but I'm not a vocalist. Wtf😂😂😂

@Juzman 6 жыл бұрын

Respect using Lost Horizon straight off the bat!

@violetmoon6233 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome loved it!

@Brooklyn_nightsss Жыл бұрын

If it hurts, stop Me: but... B-but my vocals don't hurt

@vivalibertasergovivitelibe4111 6 жыл бұрын

I find this quite funny, since I always listened to melodic death metal etc. and really wanted to learn how to growl, but I rediscovered my love for classic heavy metal and sang along judas priest. I was like wow, i can actually do metal screams although my voice is pretty deep. I never just adapted what I knew about growling to my head voice and it worked