Extreme Vocal Institute

Unanswered 😤 Su***de Silence

This was the first song I ever tried screaming to, and | learned how using it. It's been years since I jammed out vocals to this one, but l locked right in like it was yesterday. One take vocals, full mix from raw stems by me. Been enjoying looking back on what made me want to do this in the first place recently! ~ dB

Pronunciation can make or break your screams. It can change the way they sound completely. Vocal coach David Benites dives into this topic in the lesson following our episode of Behind The Screams with Briton Bond of Wage War. This is just a short segment of the lesson, for the full explanation you’ll have to dive into the podcast!

Vocal training with Chris Kelly to lock in some screams in preparation for Hillhaven Band’s first headline set 🔥

This is a small snippet from an hour long session.

Catch the live benefit for Heart Support May 28 at Mickey’s Black Box in Lititz, PA with support from Making a Mockery and Ruiness.

Screaming chaos at Berklee College of Music 👹🤣 David surprised Berklee Metal Club with a clinic on extreme vocals a couple weeks ago and things got…crazy.

Getting a bunch of people to find fry scream all at the same time can be a challenge but this exercise helps to remove the anxiety, overthinking and aid in finding distortion without squeeze or tension and get some good laughs in as well.

David created this exercise while on tour in order to get a group of people warmed up at the same time and has since used it to help many aspiring vocalists find their fry screams for the first time.

Thanks to Sarah for coordinating this and congrats on graduating! 🎉

Briton Bond of Wage War talks the importance of embracing your own vocal sound on Behind The Screams.

David and Briton talk Wage War’s new EP “IT CALLS ME BY NAME”, the vocal range and experimentation that led to these songs coming together in the studio and much more.

Full episode available now wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

Honored to join on stage for Slaughterhouse last night🔥 Thank you for having me again! This track is so fun to perform and always gets such a sick reaction from the crowd. Catch MIW on tour with Bring Me The Horizon, it’s a hell of a show 😎

📍r/Metalcore 📆 April 30 🕒 3pm ET / 12pm PT

Bring your questions about vocals, RENESANS and our new song Split Brow, audio production, Marvel (the dog or the comics), or literally whatever that's the point of an AMA.

See ya soon!