The presence of women in the Metal has been growing steadily in the world of Heavy Metal. As in Metal we can find various strands such as Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Folk Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, etc, there are strands in the singing too. Most of female singers specialize in the clean/ lyrical singing, but the numbers of women who use the guttural vocal are increasing in extreme metal.
The guttural vocals (from the Latin guttur, which means throat, gullet), in music, is a vocal technique that produces a rasping sound, severe or profound, which is obtained through the diaphragm support (commonly used in most styles of singing) which is breathing technique, together with distortions in the sound produced in the vocal cords and larynx, which produces a bass sound and hoarse, with an aggressive character. The style is widely used in heavy metal bands as Death Metal, Metal core, Death core and Trash Metal. It is also quite common in Black Metal, Gothic Metal and some variants of Symphonic Metal.
Types of Guttural Vocal
Fry - Vocal technique used to scream. It is commonly used in Metal core and Post-hardcore. It occurs when driving air into the stomach and increasing the tone by closing the vocal chords. Bands that use this technique: Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium, Underoath, Blessthefall, Attack! Attack!, Silverstein, Atreyu, Hopes Die Last, Escape the Fate, among many others.
Death/False Chords (Death Growls) - Vocal technique that produces a dirty scream, torn and brutal. It is commonly used in Death Metal and Black Metal. Bands that use this technique: Opeth, Cannibal Corpse, Dir en grey, Dimmu Borgir, among many others.
Pig Squeal: Is a technique throaty voice, like the squeal of a pig. This style is applied by Growl, with the difference that the squeal of the pig is positioning the ends of the tongue between the upper teeth, making a shrill sound the same torn. This tactic is used mainly in Goregrind and Death Metal bands such as Chelsea Grin and occasionally in Grindcore. Besides these are common, there is the Inward Screaming which is produced by the cries that breathe the air. All techniques involve loud cries and lows, the young fish are more concentrated in high and low resistance, but with little depth. In contrast, the chord death/false focuses on the brutality of bass. Although not as popular, the disclosure of this type of voice among women or groups in which the singer uses this technique is recognized bands like Arch Enemy's singer Angela Gossow, The Agonist's singer Alissa White Gluz and others. So I will show you seven female singers who rock.
Masha Scream - Russian singer of the Folk/Black Metal band Arkona. Even being from Russia, Masha has been incorporate the Scandinavia culture mingling with her native culture, making rich lyrics and worshiping the viking spirit. And she incorporate the both types of singing, the clean and the aggressive style.
Angela Gossow - German singer of the Swedish band Arch Enemy. She had worked in a advertising firm and had studied economics, when in 1999 she did an interview with Arch Enemy for an online magazine during the Burning Bridges' tour. On this occasion she gave a demo tape of Mistress (the band she was a lead singer). In 2000 Johan Liiva left the band and the guitarist called her for auditions to join the band.
Candice - French singer of the band Eths, formed in 1999. Candice sings in French and switches between clean and guttural. The lyrics of the songs are inspired by the painful childhood of Candice.
Maria Brink - Lead singer of the Metal core band In this Moment. She formed the band in 2005 along with guitarist Chris Howorth.
Otep Shamaya - American singer and songwriter. She made her debt in 2000 with the band Otep. It is easily distinguished by her heavy singing with lyrical elements, clear voice and guttural.
Laura Nichol - Lead singer of the band Light this City.
Krysta Cameron - Lead singer of the band I wrestled a bear once.
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