How do you scream like oli Sykes?

Answer 1

• oil inhale screams most of the time, but this info mainly applys to exhale screaming, start off with exhale screaming, it is more easy
• use your diaphragm (the muscle at the bottom of your lungs) instead of your throat
• it should feel like the scream is coming from the top of your mouth
• if it hurts, stop and try again another day (u r doing it wrong)
• drink milk
• drink warm water
• don't drink fizzy things
• Google it!
• start off with whispering, then grow louder
• don't scream a lot in one go
• it will take a long time to learn, don't be rushed
• avoid cold food and drinks
• it is better to exhale scream than to inhale scream, its better for your vocal chords,listen to the blackout, hard slammin and I'm a riot your a f****** riot, this is inhale scream, then listen to some exhale scream, see which one u like best, please don't hurt yourself, i wont be held responsible!
• i really hope this helps
• :-)

Oli doesn't inhale, he exhales. The god of screaming would know that inhales are sh*tty and can't even be considered screams. DON'T INHALE SCREAM, I'M BEGGING YOU. AND DON'T DRINK MILK. Milk forms mucus, so, you'll be hacking up while you're vocal practicing.

---Hello, actual vocalist here. I consider myself sufficiently mastered in the death metal and deathcore styles of harsh vocals, but am also adept at hardcore, thrash, grindcore, and slam (gurgly gutturals) style vocals. Oli Sykes is DEFINITELY NOT the "god of screaming," although he does use proper technique. Every release up to Sempiternal, he used the false cord technique to produce screams - he now uses vocal fry, which is more versatile in that it can be combined with the normal singing voice to give it more "edge" or "grit" and a hard rock feel to it, but normally doesn't sound very intense at all if you try to use it for screaming/growling. What we want for nice, loud, brutal screams is the false cord technique. Lucky for you, false cord is the easier of the two to get the technique down... but definitely harder to master and develop it into YOUR own style and diversify yourself.

When you get the technique completely down, you push quite hard with your diaphragm, like you would if you tried to force air through clenched teeth forcefully. Give it a try - close your teeth and push air, and you'll feel the proper muscle.

When you're first learning however, you want to go EASY with diaphragm force, as you will likely not have the proper technique down for a while, and the increased diaphragm force combined with improper technique will SURELY cause pain, blood, and damage to the vocals. One of the most common mistakes made (the same mistake I made when first learning) is trying to use the normal voice and "clench" the throat muscles with added volume to try to produce the sound - this is extremely painful and sounds like total s--t, don't do it. You'll be laughed at, I guarantee. You wouldn't pick-slam your brand new guitar if you were first learning guitar, because you'd break the strings; you go EASY at first and build your way up. Another mistake beginners make is getting too frustrated at the slow progression of their sound and rushing it. You need dedication to learn.

Finding that "sweet spot" for proper technique is a game of trial and error, which is why I am HIGHLY emphasizing being easy at first... but me saying be gentle isn't me saying be a lil' bi--h about it :D have some confidence! Play the music loud enough so no one else can hear you, that'll make you less self-conscious.

Here is an in-depth video on the subject matter. Try to ignore the... less than modest captioning in the beginning and his high screams he demonstrates around the same time - the point and lesson he is giving in the video is still 100% valid and still 100% helpful:

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=uNdDWitTBek

Remember, this will take time. Do not get frustrated, and do not give up. You quit like a b---h, you die like a b---h.