Angela Gossow

Angela Nathalie Gossow (a.k.a Saint Gossow) (born November 5, 1974) is a death metal vocalist from Cologne, Germany. She currently fronts Swedish band Arch Enemy. Her previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress. She is one of the few successful female metal singers to use growling as her primary singing style. Her main influences are Jeff Walker, David Vincent, Chuck Billy, John Tardy, Chris Barnes and Chuck Schuldiner.

Career

Gossow joined Arch Enemy in November of 2000, after former lead singer Johan Liiva was removed from the band. She had previously interviewed guitarist Michael Amott for a German Webzine. While interviewing Amott, Gossow had given him a demo and what she describes as a "poor quality" video of a performance at a club. When it came time to release Liiva, Arch Enemy called her in for an audition. Amott reports that "she wiped the floor with the other contenders".

Discography

Asmodina
1. Your Hidden Fear (Demo, 1991)
2. The Story of the True Human Personality (Demo, 1994)
3. Promo 1996 (Demo, 1996)
4. Inferno (1997)
Mistress
1. Promo (Demo, 1998)
2. Worship the Temptress (Demo, 1999)
3. Party In Hell (Demo, 2000)
Arch Enemy
1. Wages of Sin (2001)
2. Burning Angel (2002, EP)
3. Anthems of Rebellion (2003)
4. Dead Eyes See No Future (2004, EP)
5. Doomsday Machine (2005)
6. Rise of the Tyrant (2007)

Trivia

Her favourite male singer is Rob Halford, and her favourite female singer is Kate French (Vainglory, ex-Chastain)
She is a vegetarian.
Her bandmates like to call her want to get into her pants