Female-fronted metal bands

ShawnRaven

Given how old this thread is, i'm outraged that After Forever weren't on that list.
Floor Jansen > Amy Lee

Elle Victorine

Arch Enemy without a doubt.

Catari Jaguar

Human Waste Project, the Distillers and Flyleaf for me please!

Malice

Here's a few more that I'm pretty sure I linked to in other threads. They're well worth listening to anyway if you've not heard of them before.

Magica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVQBo3rJhA

Luna Mortis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smWaUmhq54M

Save
This song is a cover of the Fear Factory song "Slave Labour". It sounds great I think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQuQZaYdtvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3N2U3Q7NtY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE5mR4bWbEU

The Agonist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo4bOZf3B4

Undergod

Kylesa are quite good as well, one of the vocalists is female. They also have two drummers and manage to pull it off pretty decently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZWG4hFt1tA

Zerroth

Arch Enemy gets my vote from that list but Doro does it for me the most!

Otis Driftwood

No Madder Mortem?

For Shame.

Necropol Lit taken from the Deadlands album.

PirateGirl

Kittie are a proper inspiration, but if you want something pretty with the grit and screaming taken out then Amy Lee is lovely..just discovered In This Moment, quite Lacuna Coil/Evanesance.The lead singer used to be a porn star which makes me feel quite impressed!

Malice

PirateGirl wrote: »

just discovered In This Moment, quite Lacuna Coil/Evanesance.The lead singer used to be a porn star which makes me feel quite impressed!

She did? Where did you come across that info? She was featured in Playboy (link contains gratuitous shot of cleavage) but that's all as far as I can see.

metzengerstein

id have to say none of the above ,except nightwishes over the hills version this is great,and also arch enemy have some good stuff and have a diffrent edge then the rest.

but all these bands sound the same and vocals usually spoil the music
there is a heap more bands out there like this also they may aswel form one big band

but thats just me

Undergod

Nah, Aghora are seriously where it's at. The soprano vocals work really nice, and it's straight Florida prog, with some cracking line-ups over the years, Sean Malone and Sean Reinert for example.

Miasima Goria

Nightwish are my favourite, moreso since After Forever broke up.

I really like Nemesea at the moment, very underrated.

Malice

metzengerstein wrote: »

but all these bands sound the same

Do you seriously not hear a difference between those bands? Even just take the first 2 bands on the poll - Nightwish and Lacuna Coil. Do they honestly sound identical to you?

Here's another female-fronted band I came across lately. Karl Hungus might appreciate Rampant all the way from Osaka in Japan .

Karl Hungus

malice_ wrote: »

Here's another female-fronted band I came across lately. Karl Hungus might appreciate Rampant all the way from Osaka in Japan .

Hmm, not too bad. Giving a few of their songs a listen to, but the girl's vocals on New Born really aren't doing it for me. Better on other songs though.

Think there's one female fronted metal band from Japan I'd prefer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIS1zb5m3pQ

Malice

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Hmm, not too bad. Giving a few of their songs a listen to, but the girl's vocals on New Born really aren't doing it for me. Better on other songs though.

I just meant from the point of view of the fact that the singer is quite easy on the eyes. Their music isn't bad but it's not earth-shatteringly brilliant either.

On an off-topic note, why is there a poo just below and to the right of your username?

Karl Hungus

malice_ wrote: »

I just meant from the point of view of the fact that the singer is quite easy on the eyes. Their music isn't bad but it's not earth-shatteringly brilliant either.

On an off-topic note, why is there a poo just below and to the right of your username?

Aye, she's not bad lookin' alright.

Anyway, that's not a poo, it's a bakery fresh cinnamon roll straight from Gordon's oven.

Karl Hungus

Oh, you might like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwvsy30uNR8

I remember seeing a female fronted Death Metal band supporting Nile once, can't think of their name though. Anyone know who I might be talking about?

Malice

Karl Hungus wrote: »

that's not a poo, it's a bakery fresh cinnamon roll straight from Gordon's oven.

Oh yeah? Then why is it called poop.gif rather than cinnamon_roll.gif or something?

Good spot with Orphan Hate. I've heard that song Circus somewhere before but I can't place it. I've a feeling it was in a movie but I've no idea what one!

Karl Hungus wrote:

I remember seeing a female fronted Death Metal band supporting Nile once, can't think of their name though. Anyone know who I might be talking about?

A quick Google search led me to an Egyptian inspired progressive metal band called Dendura. Could it have been them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq6fYHEiXZA

Karl Hungus

Nah, wasn't them. Did a bit more searching myself though. It was Sinister, who had a female singer at the time I saw them.

nacho libre

The singer for Madder Mortem is very too.

Malice

nacho libre wrote: »

The singer for Madder Mortem is very too.

How can someone be very too?

Karl Hungus

I think he accidentally a coca cola bottle.

nacho libre

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I think he accidentally a coca cola bottle.

that is exactly what happened:P

fobster

Big shout for Serpent Cult, Belgian Doom metal. Their Weight of Light album is a beast of an album, the mid-range to high female vocalist counters the heaviness of the riffage. Check it out.

ShawnRaven

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Anyway, that's not a poo, it's a bakery fresh cinnamon roll straight from Gordon's oven.

You mean Captain Gord's spiced bum?

Malice

fobster wrote: »

Big shout for Serpent Cult, Belgian Doom metal. Their Weight of Light album is a beast of an album, the mid-range to high female vocalist counters the heaviness of the riffage. Check it out.

Another good shout there. I prefer their 2007 album Trident Noir Fire though .

Their MySpace page is here for anyone who wants a listen and is to lazy to search for them .

fobster

malice_ wrote: »

Another good shout there. I prefer their 2007 album Trident Noir Fire though .

Their MySpace page is here for anyone who wants a listen and is to lazy to search for them .

Aye a myspace link wouldn't have gone a miss, have to give the Trident one a look.

metzengerstein

malice_ wrote: »

Do you seriously not hear a difference between those bands? Even just take the first 2 bands on the poll - Nightwish and Lacuna Coil. Do they honestly sound identical to you?


Here's another female-fronted band I came across lately. Karl Hungus might appreciate Rampant all the way from Osaka in Japan .

they do indeed,and most of them ,their songs start off with a great part and then when it changes to the verse and the singing comes in the intrest is gone ,and just bout all these bands do the same thing ,their trying to make big epic music but it just doesnt work ,

Dark Artist

I'm also surprised that After Forever aren't on that list. Floor is the best female vocalist in metal, in my opinion. There's literally nothing she can't do, and their songs are awesome. Invisible Circles is a whopper album altogether. Great pity they're not a band anymore.

Nightwish

Floor is a great singer. Bit overpowering in the early days but she found her niche and is excellent. Some of the notes she hits are astounding!