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Our guest on this week’s episode of How I Learned to Scream<\/a> is Shadow of Intent<\/a>‘s Ben Duerr.<\/p>\n The deathcore vocalist first heard extreme vocals at around eight years old (he was born in 1994) when his dad put\u00a0Headbanger’s Ball<\/em> on TV and Lamb of God<\/a>‘s “Laid to Rest” music video was on. “I remember not liking it at all the first time I heard it,” he says. “I never heard anything even close to it in my life.” About a year later, the music and extremity had grown on him and he liked it.<\/p>\n When he first attempted to do harsh vocals himself, Duerr says, “I remember whispering it out and kind of getting a feel for how to make the whisper sound of what I was hearing.”\u00a0And he tried it out with a Slipknot<\/a> song.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Chris Wiseman (Shadow of Intent, Currents) Plays His Favorite Riffs<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n In the “bonus room” in his family’s house, Duerr played video games and, naturally\u00a0Rock Band<\/em> was one of them. “I bought the Mayhem Festival track pack so I could learn the Cannibal Corpse<\/a> and Whitechapel<\/a> and The Black Dahlia Murder<\/a> songs that were on there,” he continues.<\/p>\n He first started recording himself using Audacity as his software of choice and the\u00a0Rock Band<\/em> USB microphone. With this crude setup many future vocalists surely used at the time, Duerr tracked vocal covers of Bloodbath<\/a> and Cannibal Corpse songs. Mikael Akerfeldt<\/a> and George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher<\/a> were his two primary influences.<\/p>\n Duerr eventually shifts into talking about his own career as a vocalist, from losing his voice, what his family thought of all this, breath control and what to never, ever do before going onstage.<\/p>\n Watch the full episode of How I Learned to Scream with Ben Duerr directly below.<\/p>\n Shadow of Intent’s new album,\u00a0Imperium Delirium<\/em>, is out now and can be purchased\u00a0from the\u00a0Loudwire Record Shop<\/a>\u00a0via the buy button below.<\/p>\n Follow the band on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and catch them\u00a0on tour with Lorna Shore and The Black Dahlia Murder this fall<\/a>\u00a0(Sept. 17-Oct. 30).<\/p>\n The bands that are touring in 2025, who is opening and how to get tickets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow Shadow of Intent’s Ben Duerr Learned to Scream<\/h3>\n
Shadow of Intent in 2025<\/h3>\n
2025 Rock + Metal Tour Guide<\/h2>\n