Black Metal Vocals At Their Finest

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Jens Bogren tracks vocals with Ihsahn of Emperor in this clip from How It's Done w/ Jens Bogren.
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[@discocrisco]

Ihsahn is my favorite. The perfect blend of clarity and vocal distortion for me.

[@djabthrash]

So good to see and hear this legend tracking some vocals. Would have been interesting to here how he sounded raw in the room, but that's beyond the scope of this video.

[@driftthekaliyuga7502]

More workflow videos like this. Even if you only record yourself seeing the process is really helpful. The mutual respect between them is awesome to see. I'm sure the results will be awesome because of it. Both working together to make the best thing they can.

[@lucasrafalski]

Amazing vocals

[@np466]

I never expected this from Jonathan Davis. For the 1st time in years I’m excited about new Korn.

[@rahatbazylov7595]

couldn't be any more on point 🥲

[@deadcousin]

same reaction the first time I saw the thumbnail.

[@DeathMetalDevin]

Doing metal vocals is always humbling. Ihsahn kills it tho

[@CrushingAxes]

Awesome! Man Bogren always manage to create amazing stuff! Really cool vocals! Nice video!

[@mattwhite399]

Killer video!

[@funknotik]

Bro I fuckin love this channel 🔥

[@PASHKULI]

this is obsessing over quite insignificant differences, I bet on A\B test no one would be tell such differences

[@chrismitchell523]

yeah, lets trust the guy noone's ever heard of (you) and not the professional artist with a 30 year career.

[@mojolito]

I do agree with you and which is why A/B is really important, however it's all in the details at this level. If you get a sound thats 5% better on the vocals, 5% better on the guitars, the bass etc it all adds up and makes the end product really polished.

[@vertigopulse]

Very nice to see a nueman 67 up against the shure sm7 in a metal setting! Either one would work with Ihsahn voice. I have had incredible results with the TLM102 for black metal/fry screams on my voice. It beat the usual sm58 and the sm7b. 🤷‍♂️

[@vladv5126]

Makes you wonder why he never does this type of vocals in Korn.

[@sylarbrodie]

Any chance this video set will be up for sale again?

[@kent6619]

I too would have died of a cough attack, followed by a succession of short sneezes. It seems that there is a flaw in my neuronal circuitry.

[@captainconvulsion]

Gonna need to know the song name ASAP.

[@MykeOwns]

“The Observer”

[@captainconvulsion]

@@MykeOwns 🙏

[@bucurgabriel6319]

With open head phones ????

[@BrofUJu]

I use those headphones, it's totally fine. The amount of audio coming out of them is so low, and I bet they feel way better for tracking vocals because you can properly hear yourself in the room

[@djabthrash]

@@BrofUJu " I bet they feel way better for tracking vocals because you can properly hear yourself in the room" Good point !

[@GamePlayMetal]

@@BrofUJu I hate recording with closed headphones, and I think most vocalists do, so much so than you usually only use 1 speaker, meaning that you end up with spill in any case

[@JS-vh4yq]

What headphones is Isahn using?

[@BrofUJu]

​@@JS-vh4yqSennheiser HD 600 or a version of that! I use them for all my mixes they're very flat and detailed, love em

[@chiefindisguise]

Ihsahn doesn’t know his own lyrics?😒

[@JJJacobsMusic]

Often lyrics are written in the studio at the time of recording. Even if they’re not, it’s just more comfortable to have them readily available in case they forget a line or word. Ya know, human memory isn’t always super reliable.

[@specialhiza]

Why rely on memory and risk wasting a potential great take

[@Oryyyt]

Part of the process. Sometimes they even change some stuff right before a take just cause it didn't work or something better came up.

[@BrofUJu]

Have you ever.... Written and recorded a track in your life?

[@GamePlayMetal]

Welcome to the studio world. When you've just written them, it's way different than when you've toured 100 times singing them.