In a new interview, ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow talks about her vocal style and the band being self-managed. An excerpt is available below:

Although Gossow isn’t the first woman to make her mark spewing death metal vocals, as Arch Enemy’s popularity has grown over the last decade she’s become widely regarded as the person who carved a carnage-strewn path for other ladies to do the same. She also has the distinction of being in a minority of extreme metal singers that doesn’t sound like a slobbering mess behind a microphone. Anyone with a mind to listen will realize there is reason and meaning behind the shred emanating from her throat.

“It’s a very conscious effort,” Gossow says of keeping things intelligible, “because if you want to do a death metal growl it’s very easy to have just one vowel that you use. That’s what happens because some death metal singers are just going for the sound. I want to have a lot of attack in the voice. I’m actually not thinking death metal when I sing; I think vocals, lyrics, thrash metal, rhythm, accentuating certain parts, the melody I’m following even though I’m screaming. Some of what I do is quite melodic, and I’ve been told by some producers that I actually change pitch when I’m doing my vocals. I’m song orientated. I’m not the death metal Chosen One that thinks I have to be as extreme as possible. I want to go with the song.”
“I think it’s because I love singers like Paul Baloff and Steven Souza from EXODUS,” she continues. “I love the thrash metal like TESTAMENT, and KREATOR also, even though there’s a heavy German accent in there (laughs). I’ve always liked the singers who are spitting out words I can understand, even Dave Vincent (MORBID ANGEL) and Jeff Walker (CARCASS). When I hear the modern bands nowadays I have no idea what they’re singing about. They have a totally different approach to vocalizing.”

As suggested, the singers of these newer bands probably find a sound they like and stick with it…

“Yeah, but then you have to be like OBITUARY, where you actually don’t have lyrics (laughs).”

Go to this location for the complete interview. Check out her discussion with BW&BK; about Arch Enemy's new album, Khaos Legions, here.

released the third album trailer for their new album, Khaos Legions. Check it out all available trailers below:

Arch Enemy have launched an online pre-order for Khaos Legions, due out on May 30th in Europe and June 7th in North America via Century Media Records.

In addition to ensuring a prompt delivery of the album on release day, all North American pre-orders will receive an autographed Arch Enemy photo, a code for a free bonus download of the live song 'Dark Insanity”'(recorded at the Metal Female Voices Fest 2010) via email when the album drops, and be entered to win weekly prizes from Altec Lansing’s line of award-winning audio products. Head over to this location for full details on the pre-order contest, exclusive download, and all the available Khaos Legions pre-order packages.

Khaos Legions will mark a return to new, original material, after releasing the Tyrants Of The Rising Sun – Live In Japan live DVD/CD (2008) and the re-recordings album, The Root Of All Evil (2009).

The artwork below comes courtesy of renowned artist, Brent Elliott White (MEGADETH, DEATH ANGEL):

Khaos Legions tracklisting:

'Khaos Overture' (instrumental)

'Yesterday Is Dead And Gone'

'Bloodstained Cross'

'Under Black Flags We March'

'No Gods, No Masters'

'City Of The Dead'

'Through The Eyes Of A Raven'

'Cruelty Without Beauty'

'We Are A Godless Entity' (instrumental)

'Cult Of Chaos'

'Thorns In My Flesh'

'Turn To Dust' (instrumental)

'Vengeance Is Mine'

'Secrets'

'The Zoo'

'Snow Bound' (acoustic)

Check out the video for 'Yesterday Is Dead And Gone' below. The clip was shot by Patrick Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, ENSLAVED, ARCH ENEMY) of Revolver Film.