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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman: I Don't Want To Be Doing This For Another 10 Years

December 3, 2005

Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow. An excerpt from the chat follows:

Metal Edge: You have a lovely speaking voice; it must shock some of the people you used to work with to hear you sing this way. Did you always sing this way?

Angela: "It was always the same, lots of death metal growling. I've been never been singing in a proper voice. [Laughs] I guess I'm one of the few people in this business that haven't grinded their vocal cords."

Metal Edge: How do you salvage your voice on tour, especially with so many dates coming up?

Angela: "Ah, yeah. Good question! I've had lessons with a vocal coach, and I really know what I'm doing with my voice. It's not uncontrolled extreme over-abuse of my vocal cords; I do a proper warm-up before each show, that's how I know what parts of each song I can deliver. I know where I can take my voice back for a while. The guys can do backing vocals, and I can take my voice back on days when I'm sick or I have a throat infection. I have various ways to save my voice; it's my instrument, so I have to make these decisions."

Metal Edge: Considering your vocal style — and this is not a matter of male or female — but is there longevity for someone who sings like yourse;f? How long can you do this? I mean, I can't see very many death metal bands becoming "heritage acts," although MORBID ANGEL comes to mind…

Angela: "Yeah, and they are really old already! [Laughs] I mean, that's the kind of decision which is about how long do you want to be active in this business. Because it's obviously kind of a young business; it's not so much about my vocal style. The older I get the easier it gets for my voice because people's voices get deeper with age. But do I want to really put myself in front of these people when I'm 40? No. There are singers out there who do it, but I don't really want to have this as a job in 10 years' time. So I'm going to have to look out for alternatives for what else I want to do; what I want when I'm 35 or 36 and so on."

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