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| | Valley Advocate: The Art of the Scream (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | , has mostly focused on their then-new lead singer, Angela Gossow, the woman who demonstrated that fans in a traditionally macho genre can get just as excited over a female-fronted band and that producing guttural, demonic growls (yeah, they're one of those bands) has absolutely nothing to do with balls. |
 | | Because of the fascination over this last point, Gossow has been one of the only vocalists to shed much light on the art and the science of the growl, explaining in numerous interviews the finer points of breathing and volume control required to produce a growl without destroying your speaking voice and vocal cords. |
 | | Gossow happens to be a good one: Her tone is consistent, her phrasing precise, and her ability to enunciate clearly while growling is nearly unmatched. |
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