Does screaming destroys the vocal chord??

Bon Jovi nearly screwed his voice in his early career when he did that... too high and too loud..

I agreed with your statement. In rock singing, there's a lot of emphasis on chest voice & diaphragm muscles.
 
u wanna learn how to scream 24hrs without destroying your throat?
ur fav bands like cradle of filth, trivium, ill nino, chimaira, underoath, thursday, lamb of god, slipknot and many more have JUST learnt it. thanks to Melissa Cross' Zen of Screaming.

if u want to scream technically, dont miss her DVD: Zen of Screaming 1 (last year) & 2 (just came out in april) featuring your fav bands...

http://www.melissacross.com/home.php?
u can watch zen of screaming on youtube too.
 
There's a proper way of screaming but hell if you play the music honestly then just do it honestly and destroy your vocal chord rather than imitating other bands.

That melissa cross video is good if you want to learn to scream.
 
from my personal experience, if u scream,gore,growl or shriek,it all must come from the stomach.at times, i did use the throat but if you use it all the tym, u r going to get a sore irritated throat. Gota balance it la frankly. :D And if u are a guy, then u have the advantage to do it easier..but if u r a girl :smt061 ,like me,then practice makes perfect. :smt069
 
I tink its highly subjective.If you've been screamin rather than singing,you'll probably cause damage 2 your voice but to what extent I wouldn't know.Must be careful not to scream instead of sing.Prolonged screamin can definitely harmthe voice.Bad & painful sore throats may develop soon after.
 
I read somewhere that if you scream/death grunt/shriek, the damage to vocal chords can only be reduced, not eliminated completely.

Death metal vocalist uses false vocal chords which lies somewhere below the actual vocal chords to make a 'gurgling' sound. Black metal vocalist uses a region above their actual vocal chords to do their high pitch shrieks.

Correct me if I am wrong. :)
 
yes

destroy your vocal cord according to my experience, if you dont know how to scream.
cos i already destroy my vocal cord before i know the thing.. so i cant scream now. crap. i like high pitch screaming.

fine Melissa Cross in youtube . she help a lot of metal singer who scream.. cool...
 
sry thread dig a little. i've been practising the low death metal growl but i seem to be exhaling too much and too little growl. anyone experienced can share some tips?
 
Screaming is like yawning. I mean the way the air come out from your whatever I don't know where. It's like trying to pronouns your word perfectly. This is what I learn from my friend who is a great screamer.

But for me, I think I use my whole body to scream lol.
 
try typing, Zen of screaming, or melissa cross on youtube, that should give u an idea, but im still trying very hard to get my hands on the zen of screaming dvd.
 
O-M-G! just why do some people said screaming doesn't destroy vocal cords?
it totally does. it's totally obvious.
 
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