I have noticed a trend in female fronted metal bands to go into the goth metal category... with the exception of a bit of doom metal. We have bands like The Sins of Thy Beloved, Theatre of Tragedy, On Thorns I Lay, Lacuna Coil and the list goes on... granted, often good bands, when one is in that mood (or if one always is), but having been raised with bands like Twisted Sister, Helloween and Queensrÿche shaking the furniture (I have older siblings), I need my share of pure heavy metal / hard rock , and in that category it seems harder to find women.
One of the first bands I'd like to draw attention to is the hard rock all-girl outfit from the late-70's/early-80's, Girlschool, who toured with big names such as Black Sabbath and Motörhead. They have the sound of their time, but then again, don't most bands of their category? Their only downside is that, to me, they seem too focused on being "tough".
Another personal favourite with a female vocalist (actually, she left recently, but no new album has been made since) is definitely White Skull. They definitely managed to incorporate her voice very well with the music... some metal bands I've listened to with female vocalists have had too soft voices for the music and it has floated above the instruments. It works wonders with male dark vocals in death/black/doom metal, for a short section, but a whole album like that is hard to listen to.
A final mention is Warlock. With them it's more noticible that it's a woman singing, but it sound great. This isn't a petite and fragile doll... by no means.
If you haven't yet looked into those, I suggest it... and would very much enjoy some aid in finding more actual heavy metal with female vocals. It's an interesting avenue to explore.
One of the first bands I'd like to draw attention to is the hard rock all-girl outfit from the late-70's/early-80's, Girlschool, who toured with big names such as Black Sabbath and Motörhead. They have the sound of their time, but then again, don't most bands of their category? Their only downside is that, to me, they seem too focused on being "tough".
Another personal favourite with a female vocalist (actually, she left recently, but no new album has been made since) is definitely White Skull. They definitely managed to incorporate her voice very well with the music... some metal bands I've listened to with female vocalists have had too soft voices for the music and it has floated above the instruments. It works wonders with male dark vocals in death/black/doom metal, for a short section, but a whole album like that is hard to listen to.
A final mention is Warlock. With them it's more noticible that it's a woman singing, but it sound great. This isn't a petite and fragile doll... by no means.
If you haven't yet looked into those, I suggest it... and would very much enjoy some aid in finding more actual heavy metal with female vocals. It's an interesting avenue to explore.
