Line #64 Music/AlissaWhiteGluz


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:You will know her name.]]
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4	'''Alissa White-Gluz''' (born 31 July 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was formerly the singer of Music/TheAgonist, and is currently the lead singer for the Swedish Main/DeathMetal band Music/{{Arch Enemy\|Band}}. She has also appeared as a guest alongside various acts including Music/{{Kamelot}}, Music/{{Delain}}, and Music/TarjaTurunen.
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6	Of Jewish heritage, she has based the lyrics of her songs "Born Dead, Buried Alive" and "First Day in Hell" on UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. She is a vegan and animal rights activist who has worked with PETA.
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8	Her last name is pronounced to rhyme with "buzz".
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10	[[folder:Discography]]
11	!!The Agonist
12	* ''Once Only Imagined'' (2007)
13	-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo4bOZf3B4 "Business Suits and Combat Boots"]]
14	* ''Lullabies for the Dormant Mind'' (2009)
15	-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzIeI0mkFI "...And Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep"]]\
16	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jud_SnKTlY "Thank You, Pain"]]\
17	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP0AanV5MME "Birds Elope with the Sun"]]
18	* ''The Escape'' (2011, EP)
19	* ''Prisoners'' (2012)
20	-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdT7M4f2L9A "Panophobia"]]
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22	!!Arch Enemy
23	* ''War Eternal'' (2014)
24	-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRMwptcgAo War Eternal]]\
25	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc-p93x5rPQ No More Regrets]]\
26	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y-J7sBT_no You Will Know My Name]]
27	* ''Will to Power'' (2017)
28	-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk2-bgwA0Ro The World Is Yours]]\
29	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF1rmSV1dM The Eagle Flies Alone]]
30	* ''Covered in Blood'' (2019, cover album)
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32	!!Guest appearances
33	* Never More Than Less, ''Relentless'' (2008) - "So Beautiful"
34	* Synastry, ''Blind Eyes Bleed'' (2008) - "In Your Eyes"
35	* (the) Plasmarifle, ''While You Were Sleeping the World Changed in an Instant'' (2008) - "From the Trail of Ashes"
36	* Blackguard, ''Profugus Mortis'' (2009) - "The Sword"
37	* Music/{{Kamelot}}
38	** ''Silverthorn'' (2012) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvWT-7l6vJU "Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)"]], "Prodigal Son" (Part III: The Journey)
39	** ''Haven'' (2015) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLZ6Mqy7AM "Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)"]], "Revolution"
40	* Music/{{Delain}}
41	** ''The Human Contradiction (2014)'' - "The Tragedy of the Commons"
42	** ''Moonbathers'' (2016) - "Hands of Gold"
43	* Metal Allegiance
44	** ''Metal Allegiance'' (2015) - "We Rock"
45	** ''Fallen Heroes'' (2016) - "Life in the Fast Lane"
46	* Karmaflow, ''The Muse and the Conductor'' (2015) - "the Muse"
47	* Caliban, ''Gravity'' (2016) - "The Ocean's Heart"
48	* And Then She Came, ''And Then She Came'' (2016) - "Five Billion Lies"
49	* Music/TarjaTurunen, ''The Shadow Self'' (2016) - "Demons in You"
50	* Evesdroppers, ''Empty Vessel'' (2016) - "God's Ocean"
51	* Music/AmericanMurderSong (2016) - as Lavinia Fisher
52	* Music/AurelioVoltaire, ''Heart-Shaped Wound'' (2017) - "Leaves in the Stream"
53	* Angra, ''ØMNI'' (2018) - "Black Widow's Web"
54	* Dee Snider, ''For the Love of Metal'' (2018) - "Dead Hearts (Love Thy Neighbor)"
55	* Music/{{Soilwork}}, ''Verkligheten'' (2019) - "Stålfågel"
56	* Mark Morton, ''Anesthetic'' (2019) - "The Truth Is Dead" (w/ Randy Blythe of Music/LambOfGod)
57	* Music/{{Carnifex}}, ''World War X'' (2019) - "No Light Shall Save Us"
58	[[/folder]]
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61	!!Alissa and her music show examples of the following tropes:
62	* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the versions of "Demons in You" features Alissa having the lead vocal role all to herself.
63	* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Her cover of "Demons are a Girl's Best Friend" flips the entire narrative from a demon corrupting nuns into his playthings to a coven of demonesses having a group of young men fight each other for the right to become a demon and their new partner.
64	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Most of her stage gear. Her music video fashion tends to verge into CostumePorn.
65	* MotorMouth: Played straight with The Agonist. Averted with everything else. She still growls faster than Angela, though.
66	* SelfBackingVocalist: In studio. Notably her rendition of Swan Lake.
67	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Almost everything she wrote in ''Lullabies'' and ''Prisoners''. She has toned this down since joining AE.
68	* SingingVoiceDissonance: Some of her lower HarshVocals tend to fall into this.
69	* SoloSideProject: She announced one under her own name back in 2017-18. [[DevelopmentHell We're still waiting.]]
70	* SopranoAndGravel: She is capable of both using growl and clean vocals, although the latter is more prominent in her guest appearances in other bands' songs. Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDZ7p7WAG2o her two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGHhOnutS0g versions of]] [[{{Music/Powerwolf}} Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend]] to get an idea of her range.
71	* SymphonicMetal: After her work with Kamelot and Delain, her Arch Enemy work has had streaks of this.
72	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: To compare, Angela Gossow is a full-blown tomboy. Vicky Psarakis is somewhere in between.
73	* VocalEvolution: Her HarshVocals underwent a huge amount of this during her time with The Agonist, going as far as cramming multiple types of MetalScream within one song. Since ''Prisoners'' though, she has stuck with a signature growl with other types as embellishment.

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