Inspired by this post, I wanted to make a post asking about your favorite metal bands with women in them and maybe your favorite release from them too.

For me, that’d be Crypta. They’re a Brazilian Death Metal band made up of only women. Their Shades of Sorrow album is absolutely incredible with some really mean vocals and great riffing.

  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
    28·
    5 days ago

    In the realm of epic/symphonic metal you probably can’t throw a stone without hitting an amazing female vocalist. Simone Simons from Epica, Nightwish’s Floor Jansen, Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), and Zora Cock for Blackbrariar are the first that come to mind.

    For folk metal there’s Eluveitie with two members and Folkstone with I think one.

    Very worth mentioning is Alyssa and her harsh vocals, from Arch Enemy.

    While she’s not been a member in a long while, I have to mention Vibeke Stene as the vocalist from Tristania, maybe my all time favorite.

    For all female bands there’s Girlschool, and you could say Babymetal, even if they have more members playing with them I don’t know how permanent they are.

    Others that I know of but haven’t really listened much by would be Jinjer and Halestorm.

    That’s what I can think of off the top of my head, but there’s so much more.

    Edit: I almost forgot but I have to add: Amy Lee from Evanescence and Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil.

    • ober@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      7·
      5 days ago

      Arch Enemy fucking rocks. Angela and Alyssa are both badass and are probably my first time seeing a woman do harsh vocals like that.

    • AccountMaker@slrpnk.net
      5·
      5 days ago

      I’d add Adrienne Cowan from Seven Spires and Melissa Bonny from Ad Infinitum to that list. But, as you said, in symphonic metal you’d be hard pressed to find a band without an amazing female vocalist.

      • ebc@lemmy.ca
        2·
        4 days ago

        Adrienne Cowan from Seven Spires and Melissa Bonny from Ad Infinitum

        Saw them last year with Kamelot, it was an amazing show. I didn’t know them before but I’m a fan now!

  • 8osm3rka@lemmy.world
    16·
    5 days ago

    Spiritbox Jinjer Make Them Suffer Arch Enemy Lucrecia Poppy Within Temptation Babymetal Harper

    Those are the ones I listen to, in no particular order

  • HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
    15·
    5 days ago

    Babymetal comes to mind, but I also want to shout out Sandra Nasić of the Guano Apes for her appearance on Apocalyptica’s Path Vol. 2. Also highschool me would kill me if I didn’t mention Nightwish. Tarja Turenen was a formative part of my music taste, and 10th man Down, Kinslayer, Dead Gardens, and Creek Mary’s Blood all still sit in my favorites list

    • Christian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Sandra Nasić of the Guano Apes for her appearance on Apocalyptica’s Path Vol. 2.

      This song came to mind for me too. Cult is Apocalyptica’s best album, but that song basically ruined my ability to enjoy it as it was made because putting it on straight-up I’m immediately disappointed by the lack of vocals in track 1.

      There was another track from that album that they reworked to add a guest vocalist to, I think track 8, but that one didn’t hit me as an improvement over the original.

  • Geobloke@lemm.ee
    4·
    4 days ago

    Wargasm for your limp bizkit nu metal riffs without the rapping. Currently putting out quality too

  • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    Some of my favorites are:

    Delain (who I’m seeing live tonight!)

    Nightwish

    Xandria

    Epica

    Jinjer

    Arch Enemy

    The Agonist

    Crypta

    Blackbriar

    Cellar Darling

    Butcher Babies

    Spiritbox

    Eleine

    In This Moment

    Nervosa

    Frantic Amber

    Within Temptation

    Infected Rain

  • ashenone@lemmy.ml
    10·
    5 days ago

    Kittie was a favorite of mine back in high school. Haven’t listened in a while but I know what I’m listening to today

  • vortexal@lemmy.ml
    7·
    5 days ago

    Outside of some other bands that other users have already mentioned, one band I’m aware of is a Swedish metal band called All Ends. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to them but I know about them because the lead singer worked with Crush 40 for the final boss theme from Sonic and the Black Knight.

    There are some other bands that I’m going to mention but they don’t exclusively make metal (or at least I think, I haven’t heard all of their music yet). And yes, they are all bands who make remixes of music from the Touhou games, which their is probably more artists I could mention but I have either forgotten them or just haven’t listened to them yet.

    The Other Flower, I almost forgot about this artist, Karma is great example of their music.

    Akatsuki Records, Bloody Devotion is a great example of their music.

    Undead Corporation, The Dream Of A Rabbit Singing In The Night is a good example of their music but I know that they do have music that is much “heavier”.

    Get In The Ring, while the title says it’s “rock” despite the fact that it’s clearly metal, 祭炎 is a good example of their music.

    Sound Holic, because I don’t use Spotify anymore, I have forgotten what the best example would be. The song I’ve been listening to the most that is at least partially metal is Grip & Break down.

    A-One, while I know that they are primarily a eurobeat artist, they often mix other genres into their music. An example of a song that mixes metal with eurobeat is God Only knows, which is from Initial D the Arcade (2021).

    There is one more that I want to mention but I don’t know if the example I have is “heavy” enough to be considered metal or if it’s just “orchestral rock”. It’s 蒼月の懺悔詩～Universal Nemesis by Yonder Voice. They might have heavier but as I stated earlier, I haven’t heard all of their music yet.

  • Weborl@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 days ago

    Singers:

    Amanda Somerville (Trillum, Exit Eden, Kiske/Somerville)

    Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Mayan, Dark horse/White horse)

    Bands:

    Kobra and the Lotus - Heavy Rock

    Stream of Passion - Progressive Metal

    Tardigrade Inferno - Cabaret Metal

    Volturian - Symphonic/Pop Metal