Mental Cruelty is FLAWLESS! Talking Vocals with Lukas Nicolai!

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[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

What was the third black metal band lukas said? It started with a G

[@lukas.nico_cruelty]

@@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL Gaerea🖤

[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

@@lukas.nico_cruelty thak you so much man. Really dig the new album. You all are taking mental cruelty to new levels. 🖤

[@lukas.nico_cruelty]

It was a great chat! Thank you so much for having me Mark! ❤

[@Hiccubus]

Brother you are fucking sick with the vocals! Keep this shit up, fucking love the album!

[@desertviking]

You are a beast brother! The vocals and the album are masterful!🤘🏻

[@DinkyMax]

You sir are a dope vocalist! When you explained that when thinking of lows you were going with Os and demonstrated it, your lows are fucking insane!!

[@cameronblake4372]

Lukas, you’re one of the best in the genre

[@bmulsh2752]

You're a fucking monster!

[@wtf1992alex]

I love the way that Lukas looks so proud of his band, vídeo and song 🥺❤️

[@Moumszk]

Black metal is the best thing for deathcore. it suits so well.

[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

Two of my favorite genres

[@adamdriskelldriskellmusic]

As a professionaly trained/practicing audio engineer, I can say in absolute surity, that cupping the mic can totally change how a sound interacts with the inside of a microphone. When you cup a mic, you are changing the polar pattern. This changes how the microphone pics up the sound. If you cup a mic, then, depending on the mic you're using, you will change it so that the sound is more directly hiting the magnets and you will get a tiny bit of reverberation that then hits the magnets again. The magnets vibrating are then converted into sound and then eletricity that is pick up in your DAW. This does make a more "hollow-directed" sound into the mic because of change of polar pattern. The more you know. Thanks for letting me rant. :) Also, awesome and insightful reaction!

[@TStizzle19]

I love coming across comments like this. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

[@Conundrums._]

Sick feature! Lucas is an absolute beast and this whole album is addictive

[@Kidcrowley]

I swear the album gets better and better on each listen, it’s one of those records that i have to listen at home, and pay full attention to it because it’s just a whole experience

[@nahimstr8]

Lukas is amazing! Love his vocals and technique. IMO perfect fit for MC.

[@JDevil503]

Lukas is one of the nicest and humble. I’ve this song on repeat since the album came out 🔥

[@Randybobandy024]

41:58 this is 100% true. Black metal was the only metal genre i didnt get/like After forcefully listening to the most well known songs for a week i started to love it So everyone, give it a go

[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

Dude black metal is awesome. I cant belive so many metalheads dislike it. And if you dont like it, that doesnt make you any less of a metalhead

[@RasmusYde]

@@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL I have a feeling that many metalheads think all black metal sounds like oldschool Mayhem and the likes. I avoided black metal for a long time because I thought it all had that really "bad" production, and I simply don't like to listen to something that sounds "bad". My gateway to black metal was Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon, which to this day still is my favorite black metal release, but there's other black metal bands I really dig too. I have a preference for symphonic stuff though. I do think I listen more to stuff that has black metal influence than straight up black metal at the end of the day. Blackened death metal and deathcore, blackgaze etc. etc. etc.

[@ProdbyMadMax]

@@RasmusYdeDeath Cult Armageddon is by far the best one.

[@RasmusYde]

@@ProdbyMadMax yeah, but "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" and "In Sorte Diaboli" are great albums as well. In general I just prefer Dimmu with ICS Vortex and Mustis.

[@zczxczvcxvxcs257]

Wow, didnt expect it, but im here for it!

[@darkseidiss3npai251]

Lukas is new to the scene but he's been a huge inspiration on my vocals recently. i love his highs and his tones. really love this video and its gonna help a ton with my vocal process 🤘

[@huullian]

One of the BEST co-reactions this incredible channel has ever has, and Mark you have done amazing colabs. Good vibes, great education, and great conversation

[@gabrielisamitperez33]

The orchestra arrangements remind me of the golden age of dimmu borgir, and that's excellent!!

[@pami333]

just accidently stumbled over this band today, never heard of them although they come from my hometown but what I saw so fast actually reminded me on Dimmu Borgir from the last century, specifically Spiritual Black Dimesions. Have to dive deeper into Mental Cruelty.. (and maybe find out in which local pubs they hang out 🤭)

[@BirdOfHermes83]

I love it when Mark pulls put his sword! 🤗

[@CnSaliba]

Cant believe no one is talking about A Tale of Salt and Light or making reaction videos, it's probably the best song on the Album..

[@brlopez4]

pest is my favorite by a longshot

[@swollos3859]

The Arrogance of Agony and A Tale of Salt and Light are my favorite. Absolutely nuts 🤘

[@nsiev7043]

@@brlopez4Pest is phenomenal. I like A Tale of Salt and Light tooo

[@zimrc65]

agreed

[@BirdOfHermes83]

I like salt on everything!

[@Tommy_Stewart]

LENGSEL!!! YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! You are literally the ONLY other person I’ve heard say that they know that band. The Solace album is still in my top 10 all time. “The World Monotone” and “Revival” are particular favs. So good. Hearing you mention it made me so happy. 😆

[@Sohlarys]

It was album of the year , been binging it non stop since its release ! :D edit : 2 months later , still binging it 😂

[@danielhubben7492]

i love obsessis a demonio. really cool idea for a deathcore song and maybe for the next christmas dinner with my family 😀

[@Bengals4lifee]

Lukas seems like such a chill dude got a new fan

[@jackashby1018]

great album👌🏻great singer💪🏻 great interview🤙🏻 greetings from bavaria/ger

[@atypeandshadow]

I'm excited I just discovered Kardavox and Mental Cruelty, waiting back on 1-on-1 lessons.

[@Rizzle37]

earned a new sub! zwielicht is my AOTY and watching this helped me learn so many new things. lukas is a total pro and class act and i cant wait to see more from him and mental cruelty! gunna go jam my vinyl of this album now and practice my inner goblin

[@maikweber6205]

Mental Cruelty ❤

[@demonikidoff4613]

thank you Markus.

[@rodrigog.s.wolfgang8640]

Is really cool how these monstruos vocalists are cool and gentle people too

[@vMyqe-]

These two beasts in the same video?!?!? Nooooooo whayyyyyyy

[@collintso93]

I love how Mental Cruelty is a fusion of death core and black metal cause I really love a lot of black metal and it blends very well and it is an amazing album

[@kadajtribal8532]

Awesome video. I enjoyed every second of it. Thank you Mark and Lukas for some great knowledge.

[@kaceyburke7484]

The new Mental Creulty album is epic

[@DarkMatterBurrito]

I have heard also that the nordlys was the reflections of light from the valkyries' armor.

[@IDrop76]

i can hear the Behemoth influence all over this album. Great vid and content! \m/

[@wayneburriss7385]

My favorite band So far

[@MrElementHD]

I really hope you’ll do some more reaction videos from the album! My favourite song is The Arrogance of Agony 🔥🤘🏼

[@pillager278]

I love amigo the devil!! Found him earlier last year and have been a huge fan since

[@sykoteddy]

This was funny and interesting! I was actually wondering about the location the video was shot because I would have expected the owners not to want to let someone record a video of this kind there. 🤘

[@Alex-cd7xx]

saw him performing live Sun Eater, his vocals are so sick 🤘

[@jakenotfromstatefarm8042]

When you were stuck thinking of the other "clean" vocalist it reminds you of, I immediately thought of Victor Guillet of Betraying the Martyrs. I was saying that it reminds me of him while I was watching the video. As always really enjoy the stuff you put out. These co-reactions are always my favorite that you do. Really appreciate the vids.

[@Madysaun]

not the song i wanted but you got him on the channel so this is amazing

[@Sam.concha]

Love this!! ❤

[@bluhskrien7155]

I think Noel, the clean singer in the later part sounds like David draiman from disturbed 😂 awesome

[@CeceKoch]

The guitarists clean vocals sound like the guy from Fleshgod Apocalypse. Great Band I am a big Mental Cruelty fan.

[@Fa113n94]

Such a great album

[@GretchZ]

I could go into specifics on why engineers cringe at mic-cupping, but it boils down to two things: feedback, and mix balance. Depending on how one cups the mic it can create and shift a very sharp resonant peak that is very hard to predict and will shift the vocals into an entirely different space in the mix and we’re mixing for the room as much as anything else, so venue to venue, hand position to hand position, place on the stage… all of this changes everything the moment you cup the mic. It makes the mic omnidirectional instead of directional. Most stage mics are highly directional, to prevent feedback from the speakers, mains or monitors. If you cup the mic, it starts picking up sounds from everywhere, and the moment something hits the mic at that resonant frequency you’ll get a squeal of feedback and we’ll cut that frequency out anyway. It’s counterproductive in the long run. Get second mic and let us EQ it to your liking, or some kind of effects pedal that has the curve you want without cupping the mic, and everyone is happy.

[@Sanrof666]

Found Mental Cruelty through spotify radio during a workout and the first song I heard was Symphony of a dying star. It stood out from the rest of the usual bland boring metal that Spotify Radio plays so I had to check out the rest of their songs and I gotta say the new album is truly amazing. Also decided to check out your band just because why not. Glad I did, Snow-Sleep was amazing.!

[@turn0back0sarah]

Whats this I heard about DiscGolf!?! GIve me a Mental Cruelty stamped disc!!!

[@epicdrumline3543]

Was really hoping youd have him on, the album is all fire and hes a great replacement

[@SunRayz3r]

In my opinion, this track is one of the better ones on the track. I love this song, love this album and loved this reaction! Lukas is such a cool guy and an amazing vocalist!

[@LScoginge]

i love this lol

[@DeadisDead]

Николай это русское имя. Классный вокалист ,но предыдущий мне нравился больше ,не в обиду.Более брутальный и монструозный что ли! Группа огонь ,очень впечатляет.

[@BudzyFoxMX5]

Nice teaser at 40:00

[@chrisnethercutt5783]

Noel sounds a lot like Victor Guillet from Betraying The Martyrs💪🏻

[@jessicaraquel1821]

Can you do a video to face yourself- death reflection 😩😩

[@Kekoapono]

Because the vocal part in this style of music is more like an instrumental part than it is a singing part, a vocalist should absolutely embrace awesome sounds at the expense of enunciation. Some words are more important than others, of course; it all depends on the sound you want to bring to the song.

[@dragonsdwell7869]

Just realized who you think the vocalist sounds like. Niklas Karlsson of Orbit culture.

[@C12344]

🔥🔥

[@andreas9084]

I thought Noel sounded like David Draiman 😅

[@Kekoapono]

Hey Mark, I hope you'll someday do a reaction to "Corpus Christi" by Diamonds to Dust. The vocals in that are absolutely _DISGUSTING_ . 😁

[@coleevans527]

Yes. Mark, please 🤙🏻🖤

[@gravballemandendk]

The song is awesome.. kinda reminds me of fleshgod apocalypse - the violation