I think I know what you're talking about. It's during the chorus, right? I'm opening my throat a lot, there. Here's where I think I picked up that habit:: bands called "Breaking Benjamin" and "Type O-Negative". For example, in Breaking Benjamin's 2001 album song, "Home", Ben B., the lead singer, just after he sings the words"...a little white porch....", it sounds like he does that same thing I'm trying to emulate. Another maybe closer example--Peter Steele from "Type O-Negative"--in the song "Christian Woman"--very near the end of the song, there is a transition to a part that is rhythmically more lively(actually, it sounds like a whole other song) in which Steele sings "Jesus Christ looks like me!..."(the higher octave, not the low singing when he says the same thing), it sounds like the singer is doing the same thing. Check out those songs. "Christian Woman" is a long song, and it is near the very end that you hear what I'm talking about. If you have any pointers about me pursuing that style of vocal coloring further, lemme know. And for my song, I think I do have to transpose down just a tad. That F# is really hard to hit if I'm not completely 100% warmed up, but that still screws up my pitch on the other notes I sing just before and after it, I think. I think I can make it sound "grungy forced" and emotional, but not "straining" forced(in an awkward way) if I sing in A# minor rather than B minor. THANKS!