Bands with Girl Singers?

[genocide roach]

ARCH ENEMY!!!!!!!!!!!

november grief as well.

if you are interested in chics in extreme metal, you should check out "the awakening" compilation. some killer shit on there
~gR~

 

[vic was 'ere]

There's a Japanese band called Shadow, whose lead singer is a female who doesn't sound very female. Does anyone on this board know if they have a website yet?

 

[genocide roach]

shadow= a bad japanese version of arch enemy
yellow machine gun is another japanese chic metal band. sort of a thrashy thing. not too great
~gR~

 

[None_So_Vile]

i agree with gory elephant

 

[Slaughter Of The Soul]

I usually don't like female singers but the only one i recommend you is
Arch Enemy

 

[vic was 'ere]

Lullacry, a Finnish band, have a female singer, but it's a kinda 'girly' style of metal. I quite like them though.

There's also Mandylion from Norway, who have a female singer and also Nadja from Sacralis on bass: www.mandylion.no

If you want to check out more women in metal, go to this site: http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/palladium/7195/grrls/list.html. It lists a lot of them, not just vocalists.

 

[Thrashard]

Sinister
Holy Moses
Casket
Dreams Of Sanity

have good-looking female singers

 

[bloodfiredeath]

Don't usually care for female vocals myself, but if I were to recommend anyone, Dawn Crosby from Fear of God/Detente is simply amazing.

 

[Dusk]

alas, eric rutans band....give it a try... even if you don't like the singing theres some really good guitar in there.

 

[Catharsis]

Within Temptation, After Forever, Nightwish, Darkwell, Theatre of Tragedy, Lacuna Coil, My Rain and a few others

Well, if you haven't already listened to any of these, then I can practically guarantee you will enjoy them:

Tristania
The Sins Of Thy Beloved
Trail of Tears
Sirenia
Beseech

 

[Mister Nobody]

Ludicra.

 

[Stoner Sioux]

If you want the chicks with the death metal vox Enter Chaos, also old Opera IX, Damad, Witches, Wykked Witch, and Promisqes,Dracena, Demonic Christ and Thorr's Hammer.

 

[Mister Nobody]

"Wykked Witch"

There is no reason to ever, ever listen to Wykked Wytch

 

[St. Vitus]

Lana Lane
Lordian Guard

 

[C-Taylor]

I dont know what the fuck they are, but Guano Apes or whatever they are called have a woman singer.

 

[veil the sky]

Antimatter
Madder Mortem

 

[PaulRawNerve]

people seem to have missed one of the best of the lot, and thats Opera IX .. although i know cadaveria aint singing for them anymore, anyone know whats happened to them? i just got their newest album, and its a geezaaaaah singing now! still good though, she had an awesome voice

 

[PaulRawNerve]

oops, sorry, just seen that Stoner Sioux mentioned them, didnt spot that
does anyone remember italian avantgarde black metal band Evol? they had a female singer ..
also there are a few of my female friends in metal bands,
from the ashes used to have a female singer, who is now in a band called life in their shadows, who i was in for a while, but had to give up through lack of time
munt viktim (full on goregrind) has a female singer as one of the vocalists..
broken oath, a band from scotland have, lee is about 5 foot tall, tiny frame and roars like a lunatic

 

[LuminousAether]

First, I am going to recommend a band that is NOT metal. My Bloody Valentine. Now, that said, I think they will definitely appeal to fans of such bands as any of those old gothic metal bands with female vocalists. They are characterized by a combination of loud abrasive, but hypnotic, guitars mixed with a dreamy, drugged out almost lush symphonic sound. It's quite breathtaking, and absolutely inspiring. Get their album Loveless, it's easily one of the best rock albums of the 90s. It was an instant classic, and the popular indie rock zine Pitchfork Media gave it the best album of the 90s award, and I come very close to agreeing, especially in the realm of female led rock.

That said, you should get these bands for more of the metal spectrum:

Maudlin of the Well

Now, they don't have female lead vocals, and they have a vast majority of male vocals, but when they have female vocals it is absolutely inspiring, especially in songs like Girl with a Watering Can and Blight of River Systems.

Also,

The Gathering

They have already been mentioned, but The Gathering's metal albums with Anneke (Mandylion and Nighttime Birds) are by far the best metal albums with lead female vocals, and their new material is also quite inspiring.

Also, I believe some of the Unholy album Gracefallen had female vocals, and that album is absolutely mandatory if you like doom metal at all. But, if you like doom metal, you probably already have it. Regardless, it is a twisted and nightmarish journey into a pure aural hell. Recommended without hesitation.

 

[Catharsis]

Draconian are another band that I forgot to mention in my earlier post.

Similar style to the others I posted, although perhaps with slightly more of a doom edge than some. Unfortunately, I don't think they actually have a full length out yet, although they should be recording very soon. Their EP is fantastic though.