semi OT: rock vocal technique and gear to capture it

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quick question, maybe some of you can offer some guidance. it'd be great if james lugo could tune in and anyone else who has anything to offer. i'm curious to know what ingredients go into a pushed rock vocal ala cornell. of course monster vocal technique and the right gear, but i'd appreciate some details.

in specific, i'm curious what chris has going on, because he doesn't sound like he just belts it out on the high notes. it's almost like a pushed falsetto, and i'm not sure if that extra fullness and breakup he gets is driving tape or a pre real hard, just a really complex and cool upper range in his voice, or some combo of the two. is it really a falsetto or a full-out technique? i know pretty much nothing about the way this works. if anyone's familiar with chris hall of stabbing westward, i'd be interested to know your thoughts on his technique etc. and how it differs or is similar to cornell's. i'd really appreciate some responses on this, as it has baffled me for a long time now, and i don't have the chops or experience to determine what's going on myself. aside from working on vocal technique, what gear or recording techniques could further round out highish-falsetto-ish vocals to make them sound more like a human and less like king diamond? as if it had to be said, i'm not interested in sounding like the examples i gave, it'd just be nice to know wtf they're doing. thanks a million.