He couldn't have allowed any of Flattery's goons such an easy throttlehold on the kelp.

But rarely since the mid-19th century, when it first became a crowd pleaser, has the Gothic aesthetic gained such a throttlehold on the collective imagination.

Despite the throttlehold on my throat, despite my hangover, elation coursed through me!

In 2005, Aeriel and Purcell joined up again and formed Throttlehold, an original metal band in the vein of Tool but with electronica elements.