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Everyone is STILL WRONG about Corey Taylor's Scream

Matthew Sparks

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro, I'M BACK FOR REAL
0:55 - Point and focus of the video - Corey's scream over time
2:06 - SCREAM #1 - IOWA & SELF-TITLED 1999-2001
4:03 - How I know I'm RIGHT
4:25 - SCREAM #1 DEMONSTRATION
5:30 - SCREAM #1 EXPLANATION/TECHNIQUE
6:18 - SCREAM #1 WITH LYRICS
6:58 - Did drugs and alcohol affect the scream?
8:25 - Corey's use of coffee and cigarettes
8:58 - SCREAM #2 - VOL. 3
9:26 - Corey using BOTH screams on Vermillion
9:50 - Corey IN STUDIO recording Scream from Vol. 3
10:20 - SCREAM #2 EXPLANATION
11:37 - SCREAM #2 in Psychosocial
11:51 - SCREAM #2 DEMONSTRATION
12:36 - Corey's scream TODAY - SCREAM #3 EXPLANATION
13:37 - SCREAM #3 in Unsainted
14:27 - SCREAM #3 DEMONSTRATION
14:50 - The current state of Corey's scream
15:45 - Why I don't do IOWA SCREAM much anymore
16:34 - THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON COREY
17:34 - THE FUTURE OF THE CHANNEL, THANK YOU!
18:11 - Bonus scream:)

Hello everyone, I have actually returned for real this time! This is the beginning of my efforts to regularly post content. Since I've been gone, many people have attempted to explain or recreate Corey Taylor's screams, and I believe they have still fallen short. Here, I discuss and breakdown the evolution of his scream over time. I have no formal singing/vocal training whatsoever, so my terminology may not be the best, but I'm quite confident that this is how the screams have been performed in the various Slipknot eras.

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20 Comments

@thelivingshtpost 4 years ago Pinned

I'm not even a Slipknot fan but this video has just been fascinating to watch

@FlushDesert22 2 years ago

Corey said in a QnA that he changed his scream in Vol. 3 because he was newly sober and said "I'm constantly trying to change shit... It doesn't always work", and that the Vol 3. and mainly the Come What(ever) May scream hurt his voice too. You can also just tell because of how little he used it while touring.

@carsonfrancis2234 4 years ago

I love these kind of in depth talks about metal in general, let alone vocals, love the video man.

@alexanderalvarado5879 2 years ago

Your low vocals are insane man

@autonomous8108 3 years ago

I remember the first time I heard .5, and Corey's new scream, I wasn't a huge fan. Now it's really grown on me, and I'm a bit older, and understand the strain put on his throat over the years. And it's happened with a lot of bands I love, who's voices just aren't the same cuz of years of abuse. Sometimes they come out sounding good with their technique, others not so much, but I the end I understand

@AlexVegasMusic 1 year ago (edited)

This video is a Master Class of Corey's vocals. And yes, there are lots of videos "teaching how to scream like Corey", but what they actually teach is the traditional fry or the false cord technique, which in some way is good, since those techniques are safer, but it's not what Corey actually did/does. I would add to this video that, in my opinion, in order to sound like Corey, there is another factor: voice type. You understand his technique at 100%, but your modal voice is very very similar to Corey's, and that also helps you sound like him. In my case, I also understood his technique, but it's humanly impossible to sound 100% like him, specially when he yells in a higher pitch, since I'm a Bass singer, so I can sound like Corey... But lower. I feel he yells with his pure and raw Chest voice mechanism, and when it comes to pitch, that kinda matters.

Great video again bro. Cheers.

@pantlessdevil 3 years ago

ive come back to this video so many times just trying to capture every detail that describes coreys screams over time

@ejclint 4 years ago (edited)

Wicked video man. Appreciate all the work that must have gone into this finding all this behind the scenes footage and breaking it down (not to mention your own talent)! Looking forward to your new content

@MyRedYoshi9639 3 years ago (edited)

10:18 vol 3 scream

@Dyres-EvE 4 years ago

I'm so happy that he uploaded again

@bobroberts5273 4 years ago

Came for Shammy’s recommendation, subscribed for your analysis.

@polboye 4 years ago

super cool to see a vocal breakdown like this for corey over the years, good stuf!

@jacovichstabs841 4 years ago

I just finished a listening party for Slipknot's discography with a couple metal-head friends last week (had never really listened to them before). Then I see Shammy's recommendation. Awesome analysis, I see what you mean with the Self titled/iowa scream changing.

@TerryIsLarry 4 years ago

Can’t wait to see what videos you have in the future

@Lauren4eel 4 years ago

Glad to see ur back man

@bryan89fowler 4 years ago

It’s amazing that you have 2k subscribers and only like 7-8 videos lol. All because of how awesome your Corey Taylor covers are! You should cover and give tutorials over a wider catalog of his music bro!

@ToxicChaos115 3 years ago

So cool how you broke this down. My favorite scream is actually the one from AHIG! Wish he stuck with it.

@AspiringDevil 4 years ago

Need more good content about metal. Keep up the good work

@jamesstaggs4160 3 years ago (edited)

On Verses it did sound like he had alot of phlegm in his throat from smoking. Anecdotally it was much easier for me to do extreme vocal styles like a growl after I quit my two pack a day habit. By itself maybe smoking didn't change his voice but I don't see how you can be a smoker, do a ton of touring and doing his vocal style every show, drink and go through what had to be alot of stress and not have it affect your voice. Plus there's just age as well. Singers who don't do any of those things and that just perform regular music tend to wear their voices out over time. I don't know how Anselmo can still speak, let alone perform how he has throughout his life. If I had to guess the chnage was done to protect his vocal chords. The guttural stuff is tough on your voice and I imagine someone told him "if you wanna do this for the rest of your life you can't keep doing that".