After the headbang,

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teaches you how to sing like a metalhead without breaking your voice.

Hellfest, the great French music festival of “extreme music” begins on June 17.

At the time of the final sound adjustments on the stages of Clisson (Loire-Atlantique), we met Luc Robert.

He is an amateur singer in several rock and metal bands in Belgium.

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, to listen to above, he says: “I hear that singing metal is screaming.

It is absolutely false.

There are real singing techniques.

Avoiding pulling on these vocal cords and managing his breath are two processes of "grunt", or "death growl", this vocal technique which gives the voice a guttural and cavernous timbre.

How to preserve your voice?

The Hellfest festival lasts for ten days.

How to keep your voice during this time, while the groups parade on stage?

Again, it's about techniques.

And there are many tricks, comments the artist.

“But they will not please festival-goers, believes Luc Robert.

Alcohol should be avoided because it is not good for the vocal cords.

There are also techniques from grandmothers, juices with essential oils that preserve the voice.

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Luc Robert also advises: “In concert, we tend to sing very loudly, too loudly.

It seems that some even want to sing louder than the singer on stage.

You risk losing your voice very quickly.

It's no use !

But Luc Robert asks: “All this advice is useful, but in the end is losing your voice not part of the folklore of the festival?

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Listen to the rest of the interview with Luc Robert by clicking in the player above.

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