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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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