SCREAM with less effort! | KUBLAI KHAN "Swan Song" REACTION & ANALYSIS

[@KardavoxAcademy]

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[@jacobclark3884]

Backstory on the TX, an old Thrash Band from MN was called Kublai Khan, and got mad that these guys were using the name (despite the thrash band only vocalizing their anger after the release of Absolute), so Kublai Khan TX added the TX for legal reasons.

[@gavinmann1341]

It was also an easy transition to the TX at the end because all their social media already had TX at the time. Super easy for them to add only two letters and call it a day.

[@timyarber9936]

Always wondered about that. Thanks!

[@austinprice3277]

Always wondered where the TX came from.

[@slayer1561]

@@austinprice3277 Well they are from Texas soo

[@austinprice3277]

@@slayer1561 I knew that, but I had just wondered why it appeared out of nowhere one day haha

[@JosephRivera588]

So looking forward to this! Matt Honeycutt has the best scream in hardcore. Change my mind

[@XxTheLegend27xX]

Bryan Garris

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I wouldn't even try!

[@lyonsmatty]

Ouf, that's a bold statement, and I almost completely agreed. Something about Matt just gets me so fired up, and as soon as you hear him, you know it's him - kind of a unique voice. But yeah, Bryan Garris is something else - especially him live, sounds unreal and exact same to the album.

[@tiagofrancisco6955]

@@lyonsmatty They have such different screams it's pretty hard to compare. I just choose to love them both equally ahah

[@ThcBanaman]

He sounds like the most angry motherfucker on earth, raw, beaten, broken but yet angry. Eyes up and Guilty Dog got me fired up for years.. Still do..

[@bigman9905]

I really like that both vocalists take an equal part in this song, most of the time featured vocalists just take one bit of the song and don't actually do anything together with the original vocalist

[@hiderpnw]

matt sounds exactly like the recording live, its scary. When I saw them he was legitimately louder than the speakers near the front. dudes insane

[@skito4311]

Came here to specifically say this, I saw them 3 days ago and his ability to produce this sound live was mind blowing. Also one of the best sows ive ever seen in my life =P

[@magjz3849]

+1 heard them live a few months ago and not only was the whole band great but his vocals blew me away

[@tranquil87]

He most definitely does not in a lot of the videos that can be listened to on KZbin.

[@maxonteamone]

@@tranquil87 saw them last week and he sounded fucking terrifying, the talent is real.

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

What blows my mind is he’s so soft spoken outside of performing lmao

[@izmiziyashikhu8493]

Went to high school with Matt and was in band with him for a year in percussion.... I think we were 2, maybe 3 years apart though. Crazy to think someone from my small hometown is on such a stage. I know they aren't huge, but it seems like they are doing fairly well, and definitely making some awesome music. Like others have said, the TX was added for legal reasons mostly

[@themightymcb7310]

Oh dude, Matt Honeycutt has some of my favorite vocals of all time. Saw them live recently with The Acacia Strain and they tore shit up like always. He's the perfect balance of grit, anger, and understandability. Also, matt didn't use to, but when he plays live now, he drops a lot of the true chord phonation from his screams. I think that was a good decision for him, because now it means we will get many more years of this sick ass sound without much trouble.

[@angryktulhu]

Lotta vocalists actually sound way voicer on the albums than live. Sam carter as an example. It’s not only the safety thing, but also the consequence of many vocal layers in the mix, many of which are cleans or almost cleans

[@themightymcb7310]

@@angryktulhu I think Sam puts more true voice in his live vocals than Matt does these days, but yeah I know what you're talking about. Saw The Acacia Strain recently too and Vincent didn't do many of his pitched vocals like in the chorus of Beast. Some vocalists do pull it off though. Saw Fit For An Autopsy on this past tour and Joe Bad sounds literally exactly the same live, dude was incredible.

[@nitrouscatfish5827]

@@themightymcb7310 What really surprised me was knocked loose. I saw them live and brian actually sounds better live than on the album.

[@themightymcb7310]

@@nitrouscatfish5827 I saw Kublai in 2019 and Matt was doing his studio screams live back then, same thing. Imo Matt and Bryan are the kings of hardcore vox right now

[@BigMiller-ku9cq]

Matt was asked to describe their sound in a podcast and just said, "Some real knuckle dragger shit"

[@aidanamphlett]

Scott Vogel is a prime example of how you can continually use these vocal techniques and not ruin your voice. Saw Terror a couple of months back in Wolverhampton UK and they were on fire!

[@Zenus_Thenus]

New spite video would be fun. Darius is a beast.

[@Austooo]

He should have Darius on as a guest. I think he’s pretty introverted but it would be sick to have him on.

[@Lavaman_E89]

@@Austooo I think I remember seeing it mentioned on a premiere that they've reached out to Darius and didn't get a much in the way of a response to having him on. Not sure if that's since changed, but it'd still be great to have him on.

[@tannerspeigner3278]

Saw them live a few months ago and even got in the front. Matt’s voice is so unreal live and so ungodly loud. Sounded like I was getting screamed at in the front row. It was insane. So much raw aggression and emotion it’s wild

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That sounds dope!

[@selrahcit]

Started listening to Kublai Khan a few months back and man they hit so hard and talk about such real stuff.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Absolutely!

[@moraatrain]

I'm so hyped. Matt Honeycutt has my favorite 'hard' voice. For lack of a better term.

[@theoutsider1140]

I just love Matt’s voice ! 😤

[@KardavoxAcademy]

He has a great voice!

[@nirvanaguitar]

I think Matt's vocals are so great because of the life he's lived. I've never been but watching their live shows online they just seem to destroy. Idk I love these guys.

[@pantera6925]

“This section absolutely slaps.” Haha love it. This song is likely gunna be my fave song of 2022.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Good choice!

[@alexandrepouliot5866]

You have to hear Honeycutt live. So much more powerful than on record.

[@BigBeter]

Songs like these are what make me love Kublai Khan so much, so strong hitting musically, but most importantly emotionally to both the listener AND the vocalist. To me their album Balancing Survival & Happiness is what shines a light to themes like this one. I really recommend you give that album a look as there’s various themes like this that really hit hard in both how Matt feels during each song - and how you, the listener feels once you get what it’s about. Probably the songs that stand out to me the most are The Guilty Dog, Balancing Survival & Happiness, and Ghost Pains Pt. III especially. Very fucking heavy songs especially emotionally

[@lukemadden4434]

Cant wait, this is sure to be amazing! You need to get Ausin Dickey on here for a coreaction to his new project Dark Watch! He really took his vocals to the next level with this

[@leachofsouls]

Big agree

[@tylerkemper5146]

Big agree x2

[@CrimsonBridges]

big agree x3

[@lego73739]

Big agree x4

[@ShankyTheClown]

Big agree x5

[@troyski120]

Hey Mark!! I just wanted to thank you for all of the awesome tips and reactions. Also thank you for introducing me to Tallah… mind blown. I just joined a local band here in Montana and these tips are helping me develop my vocals a LOT. Keep it going man!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Hell yeah, that's great to hear dude! Good luck with the new band!

[@timyarber9936]

I wondered about that drag scream. It seemed so much angrier and more forceful

[@johndalton3124]

i was literally at work yesterday thinking about how i wanted mark to breakdown matt's vocals holy shit

[@hatecvlt7119]

Please do more vocal analysis on hardcore vocals, I really love that style and I’ve always been so curious as to how they make it sound so gritty but clean cut

[@supafrogg258]

Hi, in Minnesota 1984, a different band had formed named Kublai Khan, who played Thrash Metal. Later, in Sherman Texas, a completely separate set of musicians formed a Heavy Hardcore band and, inspired by the name Kublai Khan, which they came upon in a poem, chose it as their band name. Eventually, the Sherman Texas band learned that there had already been an '80s Minnesota band named Kublai Khan. So, the Texas band from that point on called themselves Kublai Khan TX (said "Kublai Khan Tee Ex").

[@KG-rk7qu]

KKTX is such a ripper of a band. Sure it’s all bread and butter, meat and potatoes but they’ve taken that formula and perfected it. No bullshit to their sound or lyrics and they are at their best when they’re in that lane. Shoutout to Scott and Terror too

[@murkyylurkss]

im gonna start covering Attila and lamb of god here soon thanks to you mark. I always wanted to be a drummer instead, but your videos are so addicting, im finding my voice each and every upload. I scream to work. scream at work. scream coming home. scream in the shower. and its all thanks to you Mark. Don't stop, even if the videos are repetitive. We all want you man.

[@TVmaw]

I’ve listened to Kublai khan for years and this just might be my favourite song of theirs

[@official_keenie]

There's a song that's not really new (possibly considered older at this point 😂) called Prodigal Son by Gideon. I'd love to hear what you have to say about some of the parts in that! (Notably the line "but now I'm taking it back")

[@joshlawless1022]

Dude, watching you build their voices and how they were creating them was SO COOL. I'm new to the channel and loving it! Great stuff.

[@BecksDad93]

There’s a lot of people that try and speak about vocals on KZbin. Mark, Hands Down without a doubt, is the best to do it and make it easy to understand what he’s saying. Thank you!

[@ThugzZBunny]

Never thought about the Corey Taylor similarity but damn that is spot on.

[@liamattley2010]

So I knew how Scott was reaching his vocals just cause that's how I've always naturally done it. I've been trying to practice Matt's for a month now and had no idea up until now how it was done. I was able to replicate it but it's very limited. It's so difficult to mix the distortion in and I can tell I need to build up calluses first.

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

The delivery of the “i Fuckin’ see you tonight, god damn” still hits me in the chest like a fucking truck.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That's a damn good moment!

[@RAM_industrial_death_metal]

There is a constant aspect that people (mainly vocal coaches) seem to miss because they get too much into theory and keeping it "safe" and that is the intensity and loudness that gets put into the delivery. I am sure that's the case in Matt's vocals. I grew up listening to extreme bands from grind/ crust waters before the whole "vocal coach" became a thing and my main inspiration was Mark Barney Greenway because I found his vocals to be the most aggressive. When we had rehearsals I almost didn't need to be amped because my growls were so loud, and they were loud in order to get that type of natural vocal distortion. There are certain thing you just can't get with out the maximum push of the diaphragm. But with it you can't hold a long shout, so it's a tradeoff between stamina and power. After all these years in the extreme metal (around 25 years) that method has served me well. Sometimes I do the high scream that cut the throat intentionally for few minutes to agitate the vocals just to get a bit of grit afterwards.

[@toxictator4561]

"Sometimes you gotta let the rough end .. Drag."

[@LILMIKEOG]

YES, I love Kublai Khan

[@juliusbushiv2904]

Hey man, couldn’t figure out how to DM but I just wanted to say THANK YOU 🙏 so much man. I have been using harsh vocals casually for years but my technique was all wrong and I never came close to my full potential…. Well lately I’ve been getting serious about creating music and I’ve learned so much from your videos and it’s blown me away because I didn’t even know I was capable of doing the things I’ve learned here..safely. Thanx again brother Rock 🤘🏼ON

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That's so amazing to hear dude, I'm so glad!

[@SanguinarySun]

Sherman is so proud of matt and kublai khan. It feels good for something cool to have come from here.

[@dwklkk5241]

I’m doing an essay on this song and you couldn’t have made an Analysis at a perfect time! thank you brother

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Oh, hell yeah, glad I could help!

[@anchlo]

As a change of pace, I'd really love to see a breakdown of how Sam Carter from Architects does his vocals, it's a style I really like and he has a pretty unique sound, I'd love to learn how to approach something like that

[@anchlo]

Particularly something from All Our Gods or Holy Hell

[@darealalia9408]

I would love to see you check out something from Every Time I Die's last album. Keith Buckley's voice has amazed me ever since

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check it out!

[@2step934]

In regards to the "TX" in their name, an older band from the 80s with the same name sued, or at least tried to sue them for their name so they added the Tx on the end before their last record because they are from Texas.

[@smokeythebear99]

I love these videos. I just wanna hang out with people and headbang. Thanks Mark.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Any time!

[@lrballistics]

So dope that these guys are from my hometown. Wish I would have been old enough to see them before they blew up 😂

[@naomipacheco72]

Hardcore vocals are pretty different. So underrated!

[@joemendez5683]

Really happy that I found your content! I would love to hear you thoughts on Connie Sgarbossa!

[@williamtrevino7542]

I love this song please bring Matt on the show that would be so dope

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That would be dope!

[@der_strange9962]

Super interesting video as always! Would be super dope if you did a reaction of the live version of Impermanence by Architects. Sam pulled off some dope low vocals on that one! And Josh's backing vocals are pretty awesome too! Besides, it sounds as if there is basically no editing to me, which makes it even better!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check it out!

[@RocketPunches]

Would be interested to get your take on Rolo Tomassi's song Drip. They've been kicking it around for over a decade being weird and experimental and their newest album is much heavier.

[@jeroldpetroski2823]

Hey man love the content! You gotta do some invisions on the channel and cover Bens vocals because he has some range and would love to know more about it. Killer band and one of my favs! Cheers man! Thank you. Have a great day!!

[@Poonslayer42]

My man, you need to do a collar with Elizabeth Zharoff from “The Charismatic Voice” You both analyze the vocal techniques of metal beautifully, and I think you’ll both hit it off!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

We have actually already done a couple of collaborations together and we're friends! This was the first: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIG2kp-lbsd0eZI Then, she reacted to a Kardashev song, and I reacted to her opera: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2elapmAmdiirJo THEN, I went over and took part in their 500,000 subscriber live stream celebration event, and TCV did this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmqannuolqyknqM

[@redneckmetalhead1931]

I'd love to see a reaction/analysis to The Bleeding by Varials, or Stigmata by Varials

[@themightymcb7310]

Travis had very cool vocals, would love to see Mark do pretty much any song off Pain Again, but probably Colder Brother or EDA the most. I'm curious to see how Mitch does on their upcoming material too, because his backup vocals were always pretty good.

[@sluggernott]

You should consider looking at Chad Ruhlig from For the Fallen Dreams and LGND. I think he has one of the best voices in heavy music.

[@ninjosolo1624]

Just wanted to say I dig your channel. your doing great things helping the metal community to not destroy their singing screaming voices. If you haven’t heard of the band Leprous i highly recommend to give them a listen. The singer is quite something as is the band as well. Some of the most beautifully melancholic songs I’ve ever heard. Castaway Angels is off the new album and is probably one of the best written and performed songs I’ve heard in awhile. And they recorded it in one take, adding just a few vocal tweaks for the final recording.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Thanks so much for the kind words. Leprous is another band that has been on my list for quite a while, but still haven't gotten around to. I will fix that though!

[@ninjosolo1624]

@@KardavoxAcademy your welcome and I also suggest Leprous Slave live at Rockefeller. While they have evolved away from a heavier band into a more "prog"rock band this is an amazing representation of them live also. Even if they aren't a band you would feature on your channel they are still a great band regardless.

[@alexanderz8052]

Damn I need to listen to some more hardcore again. One Blood by Terror is pretty cool. You could also react to some Converge. The Vocals are sick!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check them out!

[@steamedyams18]

Usually a fair amount of saturation/distortion is blended in with harsh vocals during mixing. It's not "faking" the final sound, but certainly sweetens it. Adds more harmonics that kind of fill in the gaps in the spectrum and makes it sound more full.

[@elixdab]

I've been practicing screaming for years but Matt's vocals straight sound like he has a dead bullfrog in the pit of his throat. I've been practicing this song for weeks trying to emulate it lol.

[@jeffd.3883]

I asked him... He does

[@weebxcore777]

I've seen Kublai and Terror soooo many times, do more hard-core or terror reactions:)

[@kylereese6202]

This was the first song by TX I heard and I love angry progressivness 👊🏻

[@patrickbarrett40]

Scott Vogel and Terror are OG’s in the hardcore world. One With The Underdogs KOTF

[@TraeBarr]

Could you go into technique for the band Boundaries? Death is Little More came out this year and it’s great stuff. Matt features on it too.

[@T_L_]

I actually worked 10 feet from Matt Honeycutt for almost a year before I knew he was the vocalist of Kublai Khan. He always seemed like such a cool and genuine dude. I’m glad to see Kublai Khan is starting to blow up.

[@official_keenie]

"starting to blow up" 😂

[@ev0lve193]

Hey, I’m not even a vocalist. I play bass. But I’ve been watching for such a long time. I can’t remember, but have you covered any videos on Crowbar the band? They’re legends, and Kirk has a beautiful voice but a little less extreme than death or core stuff. They’re dropping a new album next month and released a single called Chemical Godz. He shows off his range pretty good in that one. But there’s tons of old bangers you can check out. Not sure if you heard of the band. Watched this vid the other day and came back to write this. Also love ur personal vocal work like Between sea and sky. Killer vids here too man

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I have not, I will check them out!

[@lkdesignz9033]

fuck yes... one of my favorite bands...

[@revelxtion6326]

Trust me on this... The Willow-Nightmare Fuel -Found out he subbed in for Dan Watson during this tour, he was amazing the other week live in ATL

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check it out!

[@revelxtion6326]

@@KardavoxAcademy Plz 🥺🥺🥺

[@thedominobby]

Man i would really like you to cover Jon Mess from Dance Gavin Dance/SecretBand. Especially Moon from SecretBand. His distorted vocal range is insane.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check it out!

[@simonclepkens7862]

Someone into metal/hardcore not knowing Terror ? Seriously ? legends haha

[@kos_aka_kosm]

@20:25 .... get this man in a hardcore band NOW

[@jayzisa]

Man this was awesome. I still think you should do a video on horrorscope by the willow 🤘 That song is awesome

[@FountainCitySoundscape]

How did i just find this channel this is fucking sick

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Magic - so glad you're here though! :)

[@kennyholverson1694]

Have you ever done anything from strife? I think the untitled track would be really interesting to hear you breakdown.

[@sharppointpiercings411]

Seen terror supporting knocked loose yesterday, they were insane!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That sounds like an insane show!

[@k1ll8oi62]

KK haS some of the heaviest hitting slams ever, WITHOUT DOUBLE BASS PEDALS.

[@flaxtube322]

That red square is driving me nuts. Maybe I should get to patreon so you can get some tape.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Joining Patreon could definitely help me afford that tape I desperately need :P

[@SweetGypsyRose]

Sang metal for 5yrs until I got hit with the Steve Perry curse it was great singing to the masses 🎶💀🎶

[@justairin7299]

Loved the reaction as always man! One of my favorite vocal coaches to watch! Have you checked out anything by The Browning yet? I'd love to see your thoughts on them!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Thanks for the kind words, I will have to check them out!

[@justairin7299]

@@KardavoxAcademy of course! I'd recommend End of Existence by them to get a full grasp of the vocals!

[@FountainCitySoundscape]

Nobody has lyrical content like Kublai Khan. Nobody.

[@SpeedyMckeezy]

Dude I always wanted to be able to scream like this guy and with this video I'll finally have it. I understand how it's all working and I can control it. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING

[@YUHhuhYUH]

HEY HEY HEY, RIGHT THERE LIKE THAT. OOOOOOHHHH

[@brandonsmith1754]

You can’t fake a scream in the mix unless you add an actual distortion plugin. EQ and compression can only alter dynamics and the frequencies to sit better in a mix (adding punch, clarity, reducing muddiness, etc).

[@tevildo9383]

You’ve got to check out Austin Dickey’s new project, Dark Watch.

[@KardavoxAcademy]

I'll check it out!

[@corpsesinthecrawlspace4185]

For the love of everything metal can we please get a snake father reaction, heaviest band in the genre in my opinion those guys are insane

[@RocketPunches]

I keep thinking the opening to the video is the end of The Outer Wilds' song from the end of its time loop and it messes with me.

[@laefty666]

The Mass Effect trilogy sure is great.

[@PTFolderTraining]

Great song and breakdown, please do Spite Caved In

[@bluey8843]

oh fuck yeaa name drop, now to work my way up the algorithm

[@weast2123]

i know you are being sure to not be judgemental, but it is important to note that matt blows his voice out very quickly every tour, you can hear him screaming through his lost voice when you watch live shows of theirs. ultimately, thats totally his choice and it sounds sick, but its good for ppl to know that they will almost 100% certainly cause hemselves vocal damage if they follow in his footsteps. still, personal choice!

[@castlecarousel]

21:45 this seems like the formula for Ryo from Crystal Lake’s mids

[@juggalosav]

Check out orphan and reacted to one of there songs it's the two vocalists from strangled.

[@JS-tc8xj]

Dude I would kill to see you check out what I would give or any of the anglemaker stuff from their new album

[@KardavoxAcademy]

We were supposed to film a co-reaction with Casey & Mike, but couldn't make our schedules align - one day though!

[@angusmcdonaldboydetective]

Yooo! Kublai Khan is from my hometown!!!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Hell yes!

[@haidandurham8630]

22:00 hmmm i bet this is what shane told from silverstein does

[@dawnvititow8626]

How much are the vocal lessons!? Your vocals are amazing 👏

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Thanks so much, Dawn! You can drop me an email at [e-mail] to find out more about my lesson offerings!

[@audreystevens3540]

wait the clown horn took me out 😂😂😂

[@atomiclee8359]

Replaying Mass Effect trilogy aswell, plus a great reaction!

[@KardavoxAcademy]

Thanks bro!

[@onemaddad3823]

Excuse me!? You know about Kublai Kahn and teach vocals but don’t know about Scott Vogel and Terror!? Terror is an OG in the hardcore scene. Keeper’s of the Faith is fire.

[@xthatkidx]

DRAGONCORPSE!!!!!! You need to check this new band out! You’d love it

[@penilewrinkle69240]

Hey! Hey! Hey! Right there like that! Yes boss

[@KardavoxAcademy]

That's the spirit!

[@penilewrinkle69240]

@@KardavoxAcademy you just made my day

[@brettgraham3838]

You should do a reaction to latent perception by before I turn

[@BlkChrstnsn]

@8:14 When you accidentally reveal your past in the adult entertainment industry. PS: Still desperately waiting on Bonecarver, TDWP, and Traitors vids.