# Recommend me some female-sung metal. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321 "2018-08-26T22:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/1 "2018-08-26T22:42:13Z")
Specific subgenres unimportant, although having growled vocals is a bonus (I have discovered a weakness for ladies doing the metal growl), though a mix of growl and clean vocals is the best option. Examples of female-fronted bands I dig: Kittie Arch Enemy The Agonists The whole J-Pop/Metal crossover genre (eg: Babymetal) Like less: Nightwish - girlfriend’s a big fan, and while I don’t dislike them, I wouldn’t seek them out. Would rather poke my ears out: In This Moment - her voice is the auditory equivalent of sinus congestion. Feel free to throw in hard rock, though that’s not as hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/2 "2018-08-27T01:27:40Z")
[Band Maid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uds7g3M-4lQ). Someone here (Mister Rik?) linked this. Sung in Japanese. Great video. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/3 "2018-08-27T01:35:16Z")
NWOBHM [Rock Goddess](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8nxat606zY) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/4 "2018-08-27T01:55:58Z")
The pride of Phoenix, Lori Bravo, spearheaded [Nuclear Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Death) with her high school mates back in '86, and known mainly for their [Carrion For Worm](https://youtu.be/UlhvstXRwFw?t=1) album ('91). Lo-fi, spaghetti-tuned deathmetal, with bassist/vox/songwriter Bravo alternating between low and mid-range growls. Curious if any other gals out there hit vocal ranges as low as she did. This fine Japanese production of [Cherry Bomb?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDn6V7ZLhE) 😛 ok maybe not ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/5 "2018-08-27T02:15:00Z")
> [@bunyupp](#): > > NWOBHM [Rock Goddess](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8nxat606zY) They’re pretty good…and I see they’re still active after 40 years (with breaks, to be sure, but still). Surprised I never heard of them given that longevity. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/6 "2018-08-27T02:21:19Z")
Try: [Jinjer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48xIcvgzYM) [Frantic Amber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgdqLKAgVAw) [Cripper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Us0UMmPhw) [Nervosa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Rys0jGnM0) [Once Human](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHA0H8peZ0) [Synlakross](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdpjmZmAtI0) [Helion Prime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0VfnqLUs8M) [New Years Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWq2TT3ieGE) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/7 "2018-08-27T02:33:43Z")
[Bottom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW9Wd6QN4cU&frags=pl%2Cwn) - stoner/doom [Jinjer - Sit Stay Roll Over](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a98LI-arNS4) thrash/death metal [Jinjer - I Speak Astronomy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJoPIgg17U4&frags=pl%2Cwn) [Cripper - Animal of Prey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag26sZnH4e8) - thrash/death metal [Cripper - Mother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Us0UMmPhw) [Nervosa - Kill The Silence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Rys0jGnM0) - thrash [Nervosa - Death](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7oNQ2SYs8) [Sinaya - Abyss to Death](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBckDVbwPI8) - thrash [Sinaya - Buried by Terror](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quQnoBtP2c0) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/8 "2018-08-27T02:58:07Z")
I’ll have to give the links in Id, Bo and journeyman’s posts a good listen later, but the one I’ve listened to (Sit Stay Roll Over) is definitely in the range I like. River Hippie - I’m familiar with Band Maid and like them. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/9 "2018-08-27T03:41:18Z")
[Orphanage](https://youtu.be/fHLRBwnvCxc). A Dutch band that was around a few years before Nightwish came along. Similar style, with a less sleek, less corporate friendly sound. All their growls were done by males though. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/10 "2018-08-27T03:44:26Z")
Would Girlschool still work after their front woman died in 2007? “Let’s Go.” [Girlschool - C'mon Lets Go (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYNWo93fPG8) “Demolition Boys”: [Girlschool - Demolition Boys -- live rehearsal 1980 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6TOZep2nOU) Full show at Wacken, 2016: [Girlschool Wacken Open Air 2016 full show - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROgdy107IKk) EDIT: And they’re probably hard rock, not metal, as their cohorts Motörhead always considered themselves. But still. ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/11 "2018-08-27T05:04:40Z")
UK band Mask of Judas: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HnLJumGE5Iw/maxresdefault.jpg "Mask of Judas - The Conspirator (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnLJumGE5Iw) ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/12 "2018-08-27T05:13:05Z")
Also Vier, a defunct Brighton UK band I used to follow. Largely clean vocals with some screams but no cookie monster style vocal gymnastics… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RPedED_hM7Y/hqdefault.jpg "Vier- Wrong (Brighton-Metal-unsigned)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPedED_hM7Y) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/13 "2018-08-27T08:20:44Z")
[Otep.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9b5mw381I) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/14 "2018-08-27T10:12:17Z")
I’ve always liked [Leather Leone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xu53pEfgBY). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/15 "2018-08-27T12:10:59Z")
I don’t know enough about the genre to say if this band is metal or leans more into the punk (or even rock) category, but last night I heard [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeONrInKnGE) by Dream Wife on Orange Is The New Black. FYI, that song is NSFW, check your volume if others are around. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/16 "2018-08-27T12:36:10Z")
[Gallhammer!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFrk8yIPKMY) Japanese extreme metal/punkish all-woman group. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/17 "2018-08-27T17:15:51Z")
From 1973:[Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6kvVGPURA) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/18 "2018-08-27T18:41:56Z")
[Witch Mountain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32nr3ocBk8) This singer does the highs and the growls, love it. [Blood Ceremony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9LDakggAg) - Flute and organ mixed in with my metal? Yes please. [The Black Wizards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0HrK_Y17_8) Funky doomy psychedelic fun. ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/19 "2018-08-27T21:04:54Z")
Chelsea Wolfe One-Eyed Doll Stolin Babies Draconian Oceans of Slumber Cellar Darling ---
**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321/20 "2018-08-27T21:08:06Z")
And iwrestledabearonce. LOL [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-female-sung-metal/820321.md?page=2)