10.14.2009

Wednesday Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun: Arch Enemy


Angela Gossow: Breaking metal's glass ceiling


When you think of metal bands, you undoubtedly think of guys with long, sweaty hair, fierce visages and gutteral screaming. Women, unless they are in the orchestral outfits (After Forever, Epica) etc, are relegated to back-benching. That does not have to be the case, as the lovely frau Angela Gossow of Sweden's Arch Enemy proves. Hers is not some schtick, or gimmick: She has genuine growly-range, and an identifiable vocal style. Let's hear it for the ladies, shall we....


All this, and she'll totally knife you to boot.

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