Female vocalists in bands

[Griffin-]

Usually I prefer men singing.. but there are some great bands with women that shouldn't be left out. Your preferances? I don't like bands like Within Temptation, Evenescance at all. I'd go for:

Doro + Warlock! Of course!
Girlschool, another obvious one
Znowhite - cool thrash with female on vocals
Rock Goddess - Nice nwobhm, she made many awesome songs
Vermillion - rather obscure nwobhm female band. I love their song and single "Angry Young Women"
Blacksmith - their first 7'' was with a female, I enjoy both their work.
Childhood's End - US metal, thier EP kicks ass.

Some pics:

Girlschool

Doro!!

Rock Goddess

 

[carnut]

Ermm, didn't you forget Acid here ???

Bands I like with female vocals are;
Znöwhite
Détente
Aloha-Vixen (later Hawaii, with Kim LaChance)
Hellion
Nightwish
DC Lacroix
Saraya
Acid
Aghora (more prog but still a little "metal")
Fatima Hill

 

[Bryant]

Amy Lee - Evanescense. A little nu-metal style, but the girl has awesome pipes.
Christina - Lacuna Coil. Cool band from Italy


Bryant

 

[Griffin-]

Ermm, didn't you forget Acid here ???

EEEEEEH that was meant as obvious!!
Omg, I hope that excuse worked.


Shelder is another recommendation.. French band which is very obscure and towards doom. Very good

 

[SoundMaster]

Madder Mortem. Progressive doom from Norway. Awesome female vocals.

the Gathering. Started out as death metal in the early 90s, morphed into 'atmospheric metal' and now play an interesting mix of doom/stoner/Floydian/electro/pop/metal with the most beautiful voice I've ever heard!

Lacuna Coil. The band that copied the Gathering mid-period of atmospheric metal (only without much atmosphere). Good band nonetheless.

In the Woods. Now-defunct Norwegian progressive/psychadelic metal band that featured dual male/female vocals. Unbelievably talented band. Their cover of Crimson's "Epitaph" is GODLY!

 

[Hawk]

Call me a sexist but there is only one metal band with a female vocalist that I like. And that is Arch Enemy. I am total awe of Angela Gossow not just because of her voice but also because she has more courage than most of the male musicians I know.

From the very beginning when she started as a vocalist for Arch Enemy she has been threatened, insulted and addressed as if she was some cheap whore.

Never in person and face to face [which says a lot about the despicable cowards who act in this manner] but for more than a year here at UM on the Arch Enemy board. This is why the Arch Enemy board had to disappear.
Angela Rules!! Now if only I get the chance to see them live!


Outside out metal there are two female vocalist I enjoy a lot. The dutch vocalist Mathilde Santing and the Canadian singer Dalbello.

 

[Griffin-]

Who's Mathilde Santing?

 

[wdiv]

Lordian Guard!

 

[Griffin-]

Lordian Guard!

OH YES!

 

[KMADD]

I've told sixxswine about this band from Ohio called Estuary it may not be in a lot of
folk's taste because they are death metal band but Zdenka Prado's brutal vocals
makes Angie (and I fuckin love Arch Enemy!!) sound like Shirley Temple. This woman
even crushes a lot of her male counterparts in this genre. Go to www.tidesofestuary.com to hear some mp3s of this fine band.

 

[Hawk]

Who's Mathilde Santing?

Google is your friend

 

[Metal Dog]

Lita Ford

 

[Jean-Pierre]

SACRILEGE and ORIGINAL SIN!

 

[Burkhard]

Détente/Fear Of God (Dawn Crosby)
Atrox (Monika Edvardsen)
Madder Mortem (Agnete M. Kirkevaag)
Znowhite (Nicole Lee)
Meanstreak (Bettina France)
Original Sin (Danielle Draconis)
Chastain (Leather Leone)
Dreams Of Sanity (Sandra Schleret; Martina Hornbacher - only on "Komödia")
Rock Goddess (Jody Turner)
Nightwish (Tarja Turunen)
Soulslide (Sandra Schleret)
Nemesea (Manda Ophuis)

"No-more-metal" bands:
The Third And The Mortal (Kari Rueslåtten; Ann-Mari Edvardsen)
The Gathering (Anneke van Giersbergen)

Non-metal bands:
Gåte (Gunnhild Sundli)
Garmarna (Emma Härdelin)
Gjallarhorn (Jenny Wilhelms)
Två Fisk Och En Fläsk (Umer Mossige-Norheim)
Hedningarna (Sanna Kurki-Suonio; Tellu Paulasto; Anita Lehtola)
Suden Aika (Katarina Airas; Liisa Matveinen; Tellu Turkka; Nora Vaura)
Värttinä (Mari Kaasinen; Susan Aho; Johanna Virtanen)
Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard)
Tactile Gemma (Monika Edvardsen; Ann-Mari Edvardsen)
Qntal (Sigrid Hausen)
Helium Vola (Sabine Lutzenberger)
Mila Mar (Anke Hachfeld)
The Bulgarian Voices "Angelite"/Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares

Non-metal solo artists:
Kari Bremnes
Kate Bush
Tori Amos
Sainkho Namtchylak
Parissa
Sima Bina
Sussan Deyhim
Mahsa Vahdat
Mari Boine
Stepanida Borrissova
Natacha Atlas

I hope I didn´t forget any.

@Hawk: What about Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy? (I think "Black Radio Won´t Play This Record" could even be classified as "black" metal - in a certain way! )

 

[Griffin-]

ORIGINAL SIN!

Fuck, how could I forget Sin Wild Find You Out!!

Google is your friend

I found out, never heard of her before though

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Fuck, how could I forget Sin Wild Find You Out!!

Hell fucking yeah, "Sin Will Find You Out" is pure ownage, babe. Check out Sacrilege (UK) as well, but hell, knowing you, you've probably already heard em.

 

[Griffin-]

Hell fucking yeah, "Sin Will Find You Out" is pure ownage, babe. Check out Sacrilege (UK) as well, but hell, knowing you, you've probably already heard em.

I have indeed..
But conerning thrash I really prefer men mostly! Women cant compete with Forbidden Evil, simple

 

[Jean-Pierre]

I have indeed..
But conerning thrash I really prefer men mostly! Women cant compete with Forbidden Evil, simple

heh, well, Sabina Classen was pretty damn extreme for her time.

Ever heard Ulysses Siren? No women, but if you like Forbidden (and other bay area Thrash of course), you'll orgasm over this stuff.

 

[Wyvern]

Bands:

Black Knight
Nightwish
Lacuna Coil
Lana Lane
Forgotten Tales
Acid
Stos
Warlock
Sinergy
Blackmore's Night
Within Temptation
Power Symphony
Ambeon
Beholder
Dunwich
Kurgan's Bane
Black Widow (US)

Special mention:

Stormwind - "Stargate"
Beto Vazquez Infinity - "Beto Vazquez Infinity"
Mastermind - "Angels Of The Apocalypse"
Moon Of Steel - "Insignificant Details"

Kudos to:

Ayreon - "Into The Electric Castle-A Space Opera" - 'Valley Of The Queens'
Ayreon - "Universal Migrator 1: The Dream Sequencer" - '2084', 'Dragon Of The Sea', 'Temple Of The Cat'
Celtic Frost - "Parched With Thirst Am I And Dying" - 'Tristesses De La Lune'
Deep Purple - "In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra" - 'Wait A While'
Hughes, Gary - "Once And Future King - Part I" - 'Shapeshifter'
Hughes, Gary - "Once And Future King – Part II" - 'Ocean Of Tears', 'Rise From The Shadows', 'The Pagan Dream'
Iommi, Tony - "Iommi" - 'Meat'
Nolan, Clive & Wakeman, Oliver - "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" - 'Run For Your Life', 'By Your Side'
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon" - 'The Great Gig In The Sky'
Turilli, Luca - "King Of The Nordic Twilight" - 'Princess Aurora'
Wakeman, Rick – “Crimes Of Passion”
Wakeman, Rick – “1984”

Tributes worth to mention:

"Blackmores’s Castle – A Tribute To Deep Purple & Rainbow"

• Headline - 'Battle Rages On'
• Arabesque - 'Stargazer'

"Holy Dio: A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal - Ronnie James Dio"

• Doro - 'Egypt 9the chains are on)'

"Transylvania 666"

• Aerobitch - 'Holy Smoke'

"Bat Head Soup: A Tribute To Ozzy"

• Lisa Loeb & Others - 'Goodbye To Romance'

"Emerald: A Tribute To The Wild One"

• Therion - 'Southband'

 

[AngelWitch73]

LORDIAN GUARD and POWERS COURT are two of my favourite female fronted bands. I also like ARCH ENEMY.