EPOCHAL Metal Vocals & Choirs

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: I'm a much more experienced audio engineer and composer than I am a singer. Luckily much to my vocals benefit. Less work for the client.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What is your story behind the song? Which emotions do you want to convey to the listeners?

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: If you mix in the box then learn to use a cascade of different compressors followed by mixbus compression. Don't just use one and drive it hard. This will glue the sound together and gives life to the song because the elements start to push around the other elements depending on their volume. If you set the levels correctly this does the volume automation for you.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Harmonized screaming.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I built my own home studio over the last 12+ years. Over time I collected many musical sounding plugins to lose that "in the box" sound that plagues purely digital studios and enhance the sound to a more natural/analog quality.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: I am big into atmospheric soundtrack and melancholic metal. Artists like Gojira, Opeth, Alcest and, frankly, many others.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Clients usually contact me because they were searching someone to the likes of Joe Duplantier from Gojira because Growlers who can actually scream combined with audible pitch are still pretty rare. And I am very humbled to receive that comparison. Other typical projects are big viking-like male choirs or sometimes the raw, brutal and resonant topline, too.