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Down with the OULOUROLOULOU

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A short meme clip mangling the opening wail from Down With The Sickness into a looping oulouroloulou chant, used for chaotic entrances and edits.

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A short meme clip mangling the opening wail from Down With The Sickness into a looping oulouroloulou chant, used for chaotic entrances and edits.

This is a 3-second meme distortion of the famous stuttering wail that opens Down With The Sickness, stretched into a nonsense oulouroloulou chant that sounds like a cartoon character yelling along to metal. The voice is garbled, bouncy and deliberately off-key, turning an aggressive intro into something silly and instantly recognisable. Played over a normal clip it signals a sudden meltdown or chaotic transformation, and the contrast between the heavy reference and the goofy delivery is what makes viewers laugh and replay it.

Pro tip

Cut straight to the chant on the exact frame someone snaps, stands up or charges in, keep the original audio low underneath, and let it end cleanly before dialogue resumes so the Disturbed reference lands without overwhelming the joke or scene.

How people use it

Drop it when a character suddenly loses control completely.
Use it for gym fails and over the top transformations.
Add it to gaming clips before a reckless charge.
Play it over pets zooming around the room wildly.

More information

Down With The Sickness was released by Disturbed in 2000 on their debut album The Sickness, and David Draiman's rhythmic opening wail became one of metal's most copied intros. Online, fans have transcribed and parodied that wail for years, exaggerating its syllables into spellings like oulouroloulou and remixing it over cartoon clips, gaming edits and reaction videos. This short version leans into that parody tradition, keeping only the chant so creators can drop the reference instantly without using the full song.

FAQ

What is the Down With The Oulouroloulou sound?

It is a 3 second meme clip that turns the opening wail from Disturbed's Down With The Sickness into a garbled oulouroloulou chant, played for comedy instead of the original song's aggressive metal energy.

Where does the original wail come from?

The original comes from Down With The Sickness, the 2000 Disturbed track from the album The Sickness. Singer David Draiman's stuttering opening vocal became famous on its own and is often quoted, transcribed and parodied in meme edits.

How do creators use this sound?

Creators drop it at the moment a person, pet or game character snaps or charges in, letting the short chant act as a punchline. It works best unlooped and timed to a cut, expression change or sudden movement.