How do you scream like M Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold?

Answer 1

Practice making the distortion in your chest cavity. Do NOT make the distortion in your throat! Especially not deep in your throat. Once you get the knack of doing this, do it while sucking in air while saying "BREE! It'll sound like a pig squeal. This is called inward screaming. Practice this. Once you can do it good, then try outward screaming. I suggest doing a song like Disturbed's "Down With the Sickness" or Avenged Sevenfold's "Critical Acclaim". Be careful when doing Critical Acclaim though. Don't do the high screams he does during the chorus when first learning. Do the growls he does in the beginning of the verses. You know, the "shh, be quiet you might piss somebody off". The same goes for the "Oh, ah ah ah ah" at the beginning of "Down With the Sickness". I also advise you to not growl constantly, because you can wear out your voice if you do, just like normal singing. If this happens, just rest your voice for a day or two, and use some Halls Cough Drops. They are good for relieving sore throats.

Once you get good at the growls, you can slowly start practicing higher notes. However, if you can't sing high in the first place, then you can't do higher growls/screams. The only way is to use nasal screaming, which is extremely hard to do.

Note: DRINK A LOT OF WATER! This is extremely important. Drink water before, during, and after growling/screaming.

Note: Do some singing warm ups before hand. You know, the "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Te, Do.

Answer 2

hammer your toes