I was at their concert, it was my first concert, the sound is exactly the same as on the recording. Moreover, he often just growls without a microphone and it is still audible, he has an incredibly strong voice

He has a live vocal track of this song & it’s insane!!!!

The alligator growl is one of the sickest noises I have ever heard out of a human! Alex is awesome! ;)

"Does a deathcore ballad exist?" Sir, I am please to introduce you to "Pain Remains 1; Dancing Like Flames" from Lorna Shore. I am VERY interested to see your reaction to that masterpiece. (yes, i feel that word is overused but I personally feel it is spot on for that song)

If you want a great non post produced song by him, he does a live vocal playthrough of this same song. Its just him, sitting at his computer desk with a mic. He does have music for it, but theres no doubling, delay or reverb on it his vocals. Its absolutely insane. And you can tell hes actually singing in it!! Also, hoping your gonna do a Dimash reaction with your soprano friend!!

10:50 The guy from Lorna Shore, Will Ramos, did a reaction and analysis of this song on his channel (The Will Ramos) that I'd highly recommend you check out if you wanna learn how Alex does this stuff. He explained that the technique used in this part is kinda like rolling your Rs, while also doing the growl stuff. Of course, he does a much better job of explaining, but that's the gist of it.

Actually the double bass pedals have one per foot and when you press down on it only hits it one single time per kick pedal. He uses this heel toe rocker technique that he hits down with heel first and then goes for second hit with his toe.

I admire your diplomacy & curiosity about the singer's technique.

I saw Alex live, he has so much power that in the shows he tells people to be quiet and then he screams into the room without a microphone and you can still hear him at 50 meters lol

He does a clean vocal performance of Cemetery Gates by Pantera. He has a You Tube channel with lots of live takes in a home studio.

"I've never heard that sound come out of a human" basically explains modern deathcore

The chortle is actually just rolling the tongue while doing low scream/harsh vocal, the sound after is a transition to guttural scream. The way he does it is nuts, its very hard to do

He makes the Alligator growl while false-folding low while rolling an "R"

he literally has a video of him doing vocal covers in his studio n this man’s growls and voice have no added effects it’s all him 🔥🔥

The power of his voice frightens and fascinates at the same time)It will help you wake up better than a cup of coffee in the morning)

Man, you need to hear some live stuff. Check out Bonebreaker live in Moscow, or his one take performance of Viking

He has a live one-take that'll blow your goddamn mind

Their song Baba Yaga has a tad more clean lines. And it’s also the “bear wrestling” video!

He has a cover of a russian song on his channel, with no screams. Just clean singing. He has a very powerful deep singing voice. Also very fun to watch you reacting. Very symphatetic.

First time watching and subbed! I've seen them live before and saw them when they played this song for the first time. Other than the layered vocals he nails it live, between the volume, enunciation, and cleanliness of his vocals. Nice reaction btw 🤘

As for the drums: "double bass" means that you either have two bass drums with one kick each or one drum with two kicks. One for each foot. So every hit this drummer does to the base is done with a move of his left or right foot. Might want to check out one of the ElEsteparioSiberiano drum videos if you're interested in how it works.

*Big* screams. Glad you are getting into this! I hope our understanding will continue to grow for harsh vocals and other understudied vocal techs like subs in the future.

Literally every single singer, coach, reacter, even metal singers have the same reaction to that alligator-rolling R sound he makes. *System overloads, no idea what he's doing*

Great analysis Peter, really. If you are interested in "trying to hear his voice", I recommend (belated because of the holidays): ALEX TERRIBLE - Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas 🤣🤣🤣 Marry Christmas!! Regards

part of that roar sound is coming from how he's opening up. a raised soft palette, the base of the tongue relaxed and lowered in the back of the mouth, and I think he's including part of the overtone series off the hard palette while somehow having the nasal passage open

Literally went to the show last night. Apr 26 in LA. Kublai Kahn was the opener it was a wild time 🤘 Edit: The alligator purr is a tongue trill paired with his gnarly gutteral. Also, Will Ramos of Lorna Shore hand a camera put up his nose to show all of the crazyness in the throat. Maybe a fun video to chop up.

went to see them last year, ive been to over 120 metal shows, it was easily in the top 5 the best way I can describe the gutteral to you as a part time for fun vocalist, is that its like making a dog bark. if you breath out like you are trying to fog a window to clean it, add some constriction and distortion with the throat and tongue shapes to alter the pitches between low and mid low

Apparently he does clean sets as well. He is a frontman in a band called Scumsters (song Follow Me could be a good example) Also Slaughter To Prevail - Baba Yaga has some cleans in chorus

Love to hear you do more on this genre!! There’s so many vocal techniques you can benefit from ☺️😇

the sound touve never heard of before is called the gator growl and it is done by rolling your tongue while doing a false chord

He does a one take playthrough of this song. You have to check it out!

I was at the show they debuted this song In Tampa! Most of us are in the video. The crowd was so lit.😎👏🏼

There’s a one take performance of him sitting at his computer doing this song. It’s unreal.

In the opening part when you asked specifically, there are definitely some layers for a bigger sound.

He does do covers on a web cam, you can find him without any effects here on YT :)

In the Chandelier cover he sang the intro clean.

Please react to his single take version of this. He sings it at his home streaming setup, like yours. He actually makes all those sounds, and it is remarkable. Talent is undeniable.

Saw them live yesterday....it was fire!

You need to see the one vocal take of this, its amazing what he can do with his voice!

The roar is from pushing the growl through the nasal cavity with massive amounts of air

Great reaction! Love seeing people's first experience with deathcore lol. While I'm not sure Alex has specifically talked about how he does those gator vocals at 10:50, general consensus of what I've seen and have personally speculated is that he is rolling his tongue similarly to rolling your r's while growling. You're also in luck with you wanting to hear his clean singing since he recently uploaded a vocal cover of Cemetery Gates by Pantera. Also as a deathcore fan I'm obliged to mention that you should check out Will Ramos from Lorna Shore, especially his one take vocal playthroughs that he uploads. Personally I would recommend either the Into The Earth or Of The Abyss playthroughs. Absolutely mind blowing!

Omg there is something for you: Check out Alex Terrible "Viking" ONE TAKE. HE DOES IT AT HIS DESK

That gator growl is his signature growl. There are videos comparing side by side a real gator and Alex Terrible and the only difference is: the human is doing it better lol. This band sounds that awesome because their precise cohesiveness and most of all, for the instrumental arrangements don't overlap or outshine the vocals and vice versa. Often the lyrics are in Russian and English in the same song. If you want to see the Gator Man's one take vocal performance for Viking, there's a video on his channel. You won't be disappointed in the slightest. One of the most anticipated moments at their concerts, is when Alex growls the breakdowns without a mic. Again, a ton of videos on YT shows that and it's absolutely amazing how that dude can be heard across the venue. Glad you discovered these Russian chads. If I could recommend any of their songs, I'd say: all of them. Side note. You'd be amazed by this: he's a self taught death core vocalist. It took him 12+ years to perfect his craft and I could say the intensive gym and boxing training also helped.

immortal disfigurment has a song called king he does a deep vocal so raw and rough i call it crocodile vocals, it looks almost his vocals tapping each other so hard and clean that is so weird never hear it before so strong like slaughter to prevail

He just did a cover of Pantera's "Cemetery Gates" on his personal channel, and you can hear the Lemmy from Motorhead qualities. Would definitely recommend!

His clean moments in the cover of O! Fortuna....

@PeterBarber Part growling, part throat singing while having an already deep voice. I'm no where near as good as him, but I can do similar. Growling with an open vocal tract. There is a difference between a throat growl and a lung growl. Also, he did a one take on camera, just him, he really does sound like that. There's also video of him not even needing a mic and still being heard. Very powerful. Also, Type O Negative's vocalist is baritone/bass. You might want to check them out.

YES!!!!! Can't wait to dive into this one!

Also I really suggest you check out the charismatic voice she got will Ramos to be scoped and was absolutely astonished and what he was doing with his vocal folds

He does acoustic versions on his youtube channel just sitting in his house at his computer! Also their song Baba Yaga has a "cleaner" singing section I would check that one out its also the song he wrestles the bear in!

Советую посмотреть живые выступления, чтоб трезво оценить их по достоинству. Они лучшие❤ Женя Новиков - барабанщик от бога. Саня - лучший в мире солист и человек - солнышко. Три профессионала в группе❤

This is crazy!! I wonder how his speaking voice sounds. He's probably the nicest guy lol dang! 😮😮

10:25 This technique is based on the technique of singing with unusual articulation in the pharynx (throat singing) or larynx, characteristic of the traditional music of the peoples of Siberia (shamans). Thank you for your professional, clear analysis of the song. В основе этой техники лежит техника пения с необычной артикуляцией в глотке (горловое пение) или гортани, характерной для традиционной музыки народов Сибири (шаманов). Спасибо за профессиональный и четкий анализ песни.

I havent seen it but on the drou le the double bass is him using both legs on 2 pedals. Its pure technique.

Love watching the faces you made through this. 😂 not something I would normally listen to but hearing your analysis was interesting. Just sounds like weird screaming to me, cool to realize it’s not just screaming.

He did a vocal one take to this song and they only production on his voice is a slight reverb. It’s on KZfaq.

I loved this reaction. As a metalhead, it's always super cool to see people outside of the metal scene react and give their takes on the stuff I listen to, and you being an opera singer made it super cool to listen to you trying to figure out how Alex does his insane lows. I'll also suggest, as many others have, that you check out at least Pain Remains I by Lorna Shore, but the entire Pain Remains trilogy is amazing. Also, on the topic of "how does he do that" or like, "what's going on in his throat," The Charismatic Voice has a video on her channel putting a camera down the throat of Will Ramos, another big name in the deathcore scene right now. Super cool video to see what's possibly happening with the false folds and stuff during these crazy harsh vocals.

Wow. Just wow. Incredible. Pure depths of hell death metal awesomeness. Not familiar with this music myself but wow. Thanks for the analysis that you did do and hang in there Peter. Stay safe and stay awesome. 🙃✌️

There are clips of Alex doing son ridiculous sheet. One is him just sitting in front of his computer just bellowing out an insane grow progression. Another is him with no microphone live projecting his voice over the band an crowd. He also did a cover of Barbie Girl b6 Aqua some years back. It's so fun seeing a pop song re imagined into hard core and ya can just tell that they had a blast making the video

My and my daughter went it was amazing

Hello, thanks ❤👍👏👏👏 ух, куда занесло... 👍🔥🔥🔥

Bro, i appreciate this type of reactions where a professional can breakdown and talk about some stuff he competent in, not just smiling in a cam. Thanks for it, keep it on! And for Alex's clean (at least not guttural) vocals, you can chek this video: ALEX TERRIBLE - KATYUSHA. Also, you can chek shorts with him recorded on a phone, without any enginering. btw, you right, russian part of lyrics sounds really clear and understandable for native speakers

Alex is straight up not human but we love him like that

The drummer is not only using a double kick, he also is using a heel-toe technique that further increases the rate at which you can hit the base drum. It's a very difficult technique but super cool once you can do it well.

As an avid deathcore listener I love slaughter to prevail actually last night I put on their music with my phone and fell asleep to it kinda like what people do with whitenoise and you mentioned a deathcore ballad go listen to the pain remains trilogy from Lorna Shore, Will Ramos is their vocalist he is insanely good

Ya now it's time for you too react to "To The Hellfire" by Lorna Shore for some inhuman noises

Baba Yaga is an awesome song and a really good example of his vocal range. There is actually a video on Alex's KZfaq channel where it is just him at his desk. This is a sample of him just doing the gutterals kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mJaCgtto0NHdhoE.htmlsi=wdwnU6PzxfQjGPjj

Yesssssss please!!!! Get him in there and interview him brother!! New sub and I'm in lol 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 Slaughter and Lorna are my favorite groups!!

I've been to their live show its an insane experience !!

He's rolling his tongue while doing gutteral lows. Alex is a beast officially

I saw them his last November and they are the same live as on this video. Better because it’s live. And his vocals do sound the same it is unbelievable. You are right the drummers in this genre are the best to me and watching him play these drums live is equally as impressive as the vocals! Great reaction my dude. PS check out the one take performances (To the Hellfire or Of the Abyss) that Will Ramos of Lorna Shore does. If you think this blows your mind your in for it with those 😂.

Not sure if anyone else pointed this out but those drums are all natural. It doesn't play twice for each hit he does with his feet. He is actually playing that fast himself

Alex Terrible on the song "Doom slayer" he has a even better aligator growl. and the song is amazing, highly reccomended to check out.

He explained the " Gattor " sound he make on a video (don't remember if it's on youtube or instagram) but it's with the tongue. search " alex terrible gattor sound "

The pieces you are missing are 1st rolling a r with false folds for the alligator sound and the roar is due to the form of the mouth and tongue position

If you want to hear him do gutturals or clean vocals, he does covers and some other stuff on his youtube channel Alex Terrible. Recommend to check it out (and yes, he sounds just as brutal without a mic)

The alligator growl is a tongue roll with just, y'know, an absurdly low inhuman demon-growl. As you do.

He does that roar on his tic toc channel and his camera is close enough to see his mouth

As others have said, as far as a “deathcore ballad” the band Lorna Shore has a song that is in 3 parts called Pain Remains. The trilogy is imo a masterpiece, and if you had fun checking out Alex, you would love Lorna Shore’s vocalist Will Ramos as well. He has amazing control over his voice and growls as well. Someone else recommended that if you check out the Pain Remains Trilogy that you look for the video that has all 3 parts put into one video which also has subtitles at the bottom so you can understand what Will is saying, (I also recommend that version) Will also does one take performances on his on channel of his songs along with him covering Sleep Token. Alex has one take performances and covers too if you’re interested. I really enjoyed this video though, excellent job!

I've visited their's concert 6 days ago, it was cool expereince)

You can also check his song - bonebreaker (live in Moscow) 🫡🤯

His gator growl is so amazing and I’m surprised nobody thought to do it before. He’s basically rolling his tongue while doing a low metal growl and it sounds just like a gator or crocodile

Go to his personal channel (Alex Terrible) and listen to him sing Katyusha. He does clean singing entirely for that.

Peter "I can hit really low notes" Also Peter watching Alex "What in the actual fuck"

There’s actually a few clips on youtube of alex doing growls directly into his camera that you can check out.

Going into that alligator growl, he's rolling his growl, much like rolling an R with your tounge in some languages that's how he's making that sound

His whole channel he does lots of covers and originals and what not. Dude is all over the place. Hes definitely uniquely his. I really enjoy him.

Since most of the scenes here are from his actual performances live, when you see him without a mic, he is actually singing live without it, which is quite cool. Also he's done a live take of this song on his channel, you should check that one out, too if you wanna hear it raw.

Have you ever seen the Charasmatic Voices video with Will Ramos where they put a camera down his throat to see what's happening while he is doing death core vocals? Might br something you'd enjoy that would help give insight on what's going on with those noises

Alex is insane live. He's such a sweetheart, too 😅

There is a video of Alex doing this song solo in a one take shot and it is mind blowing!

he do a one cut version of the song, it's even more wild ! a stream style !

Alex uses glottal attacks to get that extra growl-roar "grizzly bear" sound down low. For the alligator roll, he just rolls his tongue on the roof of his mouth while doing his false cords.

A lot of the depth comes from the way he moves/folds his tongue in his mouth. Its quite fascinating how it works.

He flutters his tongue behind his top teeth while doing the false fold growl. Lots of practice. He did a video on tiktok showing how he does it. His voice is just a powerful and deep in live settings. Its nuts.

His vocal one take is out there too. And it sounds just like this! The dude is crazy good

Love the reacrion mate! Check out his other one takes. Hes got one of this as the other 400 comments havw said, and also BFG division

You said you wanted to hear him just doing raw vocals and no studio sound. Well he posted a video of him doing a one take vocal performance of this song in his room and you also said you wanted a video of him just singing with no grit. Well he also posted a video of him doing a cover of cemetery gates by Pantera where he signs like the whole song👍

@18.02 The 'roar' bit as you call it. Keep in mind that's a layered vocal, that's not a single take one so he would have layered a low growl with a higher sort of fry scream one and blended the two layers together in production to make that sound of vocal much thicker and daemon-like if you know what I mean. By the way as you mentioned that you wanted to listen to amore of a single-take version of his vocal just so that you can his the quality of his voice without effects and there is a video of Alex doing a One-Take vocal play through of this song on his KZfaq channel. Look him up. Also, this song isn't sung entirely in Russian but part in Russian and part in English

Elizabeth knows lots about harsh vocals! Do a video with her about it? ;D