Hey everyone!
New member here, huge fan of metal since an early age. I'm a drummer, but I'd like to try my hand in vocals. I consider myself to have a fairly deep voice, and some decent sounding screams.

Within the last year or so, I've discovered Despised Icon and thought, hey, it'd be a nice foot-in-the-door of vocalizing some heavy stuff with a good role model. That man is Steve Marois.

My main question is, how does he do it? A video example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOOXeWDO7dw (He's the one in the black tanktop)

Right from the beginning, he nails an exceedingly low gutteral growl. Is that an inhaled growl, much like a pig squeal, or is it a very loose, throaty exhale?

Secondly, I have no idea how he reaches such a shrill scream during some of his screams (Around 1:34). I can only assume they're inhaled, because I can't even imagine that coming out normally, lol.
However, if they were inhaled, how then, does he transition at 2:30-2:50 from a normal yelling voice to a shrill inhale so smoothly, if that is indeed what he is doing? (When he says "Alright motherf*ckers, let's *ROOOOOAR*" like a huge badass)

Basically, I'm curious as to what vocal techniques Steve (tanktop baby) employs to reach his gut-wrenchingly wicked screams. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have registered just to let you in a secret, im sure alot of people know but their is only a slight difference from a death metal growl and a squeal...and that is tongue placement when you are doing a death metal growl place your tongue on the roof of your mouth only wya i can explain is the weird gum texture at the top of your mouth...now you'll here it. like a brrrrrrrrrrrrrr! and to make it lower you have to get more out of the back of your throat... there it is the secret to different sounds is tongue placement. trust me try it.

yes He inhale and do like pig squeal

and de7h is right!!

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All he's doing is some inhales, gutturals, shrieks, and hardcore vocals. All really standard stuff if you ask me. No special technique different than any other mediocre deathcore or whatever the fuck you wanna call it vocalist. Sorry to sound like a dick but this cat is no fuckin' messiah.