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We are the myths. We are the Amazons, the Furies, the Witches.We have never not been here, this exact sliver of time, this precise place.
There is something utterly familiar about us.
We have been ourselves before.
- Robin Morgan
Any hard rock/aggressive band that has a female member has a home here.
This section is under constant revision. Commentary is primarily based on actual recordings in my possession, but, a few are based on reviews that I read somewhere long, long ago....
*** = no information at this time
| 13 | Death? Industrial? | no site yet |
| 3rd and the Mortal | Gothic with female vocals | no site yet |
| A Perfect Circle | Reminds me a bit of Tool. | no site yet |
| Acid | Excellent thrash! | www.metalmaidens.com/acid.html |
| Aesma Daeva | *** | www.thenewathensethos.com/ |
| After Forever | *** | www.afterforever.com/ |
| Aloha | Thrash. Short-lived early Marty Friedman band. Kim La Chance has a lovely silky voice. | no site yet |
| Amaran | *** | www.amaran.net/ |
| Ancient | Black metal. | www.ancientband.com/ |
| Arch Enemy | Yes! Look out boys- Ms. Gassow's a proud growler! | www.archenemy.net/ |
| Asmegin | *** | www.asmegin.com/ |
| Atman | Black metal. Melodic. | no site yet |
| Audiorrea | Grind. | no site yet |
| Avatar | Thrash? The only tune I've heard was an instrumental- it was cool though! | no site yet |
| Battlelore | *** | www.battlelore.net/ |
| Betsy | Thrashy. Used to be Bitch. | no site yet |
| Betty Blowtorch | Raunchy, obscenity-filled tunes with some harmonies thrown in for good measure. | www.bettyblowtorch.info/ |
| Bitch | Thrashy. Naughty! Covered Elton John's "The Bitch Is Back". | no site yet |
| Black Lodge | Doom. | no site yet |
| Bolt Thrower | Grinding Death. Jo Bench rules! | www.metalblade.de/BoltThrower.html |
| Catheter | Like listening to a debate between Erishgikal and Inanna (demonic and angelic vocals done by two talented ladies). | no site yet |
| Chastain | Thrash. I like Dave Chastain's choice of vocalists. | www.leviathanrecords.com/chaslist1.htm |
| Coal Chamber | Very brutal, unique music. | www.coalchamber.com/ |
| Conflict | *** | no site yet |
| Cradle of Filth | Man! These guys are prolific! Nice blend of screaming vocals, black metal sensibilities, and classical music elements. | www.cradleoffilth.com/ |
| Crematory | *** | www.crematory.de/ |
| Crisis | Thrashy. The Hollowing rocks! | www.crisissite.net/ |
| Cruachan | Cool blend of traditional Celtic themes and music and the heavier stuff. | http://cruachan.cjb.net/ |
| Damad | Scandanavian sounds with intricate drumlines. | damad.8k.com/ |
| Dantanna | Heavy stuff!!! Local to Delaware. Music to mosh by! | no site yet |
| Das Kickboy | Became Dantanna (a rose by any other name...). Bobbi rocks! | no site yet |
| Deathwitch | Angry growls set to good moshin' tunes. | no site yet |
| Defenestration | This dynamic singer can sound so sweet, yet watch her as she rises to strike! | no site yet |
| Demonic Christ | Satanic Death. I dig the female vox. Dana used to be in Mythic. | www.demonicchrist.com/ |
| Desire | Atmospheric Death. | no site yet |
| Detente | Thrash. Dawn Crosby's previous gig to Fear of God. I dig it! | no site yet |
| Dismal Euphony | Atmospheric Black metal. | no site yet |
| Doro | Thrash. A lot of her stuff hasn't made it to US shores due to short-sighted record distribution by her previous record label. | www.doropesch.com/ |
| Drain STH | Hard rock. Probably most well known for "I Don't Mind" from Horror Wrestling. | no site yet |
| Ebonsight | Banshee's wail over Cannibal Corpse-like music. | members.tripod.com/hzpx/ebonsight.htm |
| Elbereth | Doom metal with experimental twist. (Bagpipe music?) | no site yet |
| Elis | *** | www.elis.li/ |
| Em Sinfonia | Doomy classical. Busy Mary Beliech (formerly from the legendary Mythic) and some talented musicians do it up in the flavor of My Dying Bride. | no site yet |
| Epica | *** | www.saharadust.com/ |
| Fatima Hill | Nice classic Metal with strong female vocals. | www.fatima-hill.com/ |
| Fear of God | Doomy Thrash. Dawn Crosby's vocals are like creepy little voices from the shadows (kind of reminds me of some cool effect from the 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' soundtrack). Dawn you are sorely missed (RIP)! Now known as Fog. | www.fear-of-god.com/ |
| Fleurety | Black metal. | folk.uio.no/sveineh/fleurety/ |
| Lita Ford | "Glam" Thrash. Her earlier stuff is more intense. | no site yet |
| The Gathering | Deathy/Doomy at one time, but now much more rock oriented. | www.gathering.nl/ |
| Gehenna | Doomy, gloomy, gothic. Tasteful use of keyboards. | no site yet |
| Girlschool | Hard rockin' legends! | www.girlschool.co.uk/ |
| Graveworm | *** | www.graveworm.de/ |
| The Great Kat | The Great Kat simply shreds! Worship her or DIE! | www.greatkat.com/ |
| GWAR | GWAR woman/Slymenstra is not to be taken lightly! | www.gwar.net/ |
| Heart | Sometime hard rockers. | www.annandnancy.com/ |
| Hellion | Early Metal. Anne Boleyn is one "Wicca-d" Lady! | officialhellionsite.freeyellow.com/ |
| Immemorial | Haven't heard any of their music yet, but, I've heard they're quite good- in the Sinister/Arch Enemy vein. | www.conquerrec.com/bands.php?lg=ang&action=view&id=1 |
| Inherit the Creation | *** | no site yet |
| Inkubus Sukkubus | *** | no site yet |
| Ipsum | *** | no site yet |
| Jarra | Hard rock with sweet vocals. | no site yet |
| Joan Jett | 'I Love Rock 'n Roll' was the song that started me on the quest for extreme music by women. | www.joanjett.com/ |
| Kidneythieves | The band behind that catchy tune heard at the end of the movie Queen of the Damned. | www.kidneythieves.com/ |
| Kittie | Very promising youngbloods! 'Brackish' kicks ass! Oracle is unbelievable! | www.kittie.net/ |
| Kylesa | *** | www.kylesa.com/ |
| L7 | There's more to these ladies than "Dance with the Dead"! | www.smelll7.com/ |
| Lacuna Coil | Scabbia draws you into the band's dark tunes oh so seductively. | www.lacunacoil.it/ |
| Leather | Thrash. Great solo project of Leather Leone, one of Chastain's many fantastic singers. | no site yet |
| Love History | Doomy. Experimental. | no site yet |
| Luna Field | *** | www.luna-field.de/ |
| Maleficium | Death. | www.maleficium.tk/ |
| My Ruin | Tarrie B. is at it again! You can't keep a good woman down! | www.myruin.com/ |
| Mythic | Guttoral Death. First time I'd ever heard females do those low death metal growls! | no site yet |
| Nightwish | Black Metal elements + classical elements with an astounding opera vocalist. | www.nightwish.com/ |
| No Sense | Grindy. | www.nosense.dot.nu/ |
| Noothgrush | Lika a Metal Juggernaught! | www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Disco/1532/doomryderz/nooth.htm |
| November Grief | Heavy with burdensome sorrow! | no site yet |
| Opera IX | Full of exotic and creepy flavor. | www.operaix.it/ |
| Orphanage | *** | www.orphanage.nl/ |
| Otep | "Otep" is an anagram for "Poet". Some profound stuff there. | www.otepsaves.com/ |
| Otto's Daughter | *** | www.ottosdaughter.com/ |
| Paradigma | Doomy. | no site yet |
| Peccatum | Black metal with operatic elements. Ihsahn from Emperor, his talented wife, and her equally talented brother. | no site yet |
| Penance | Doomy/Stoner fare. Great stuff! Mary Beliech is at it again! I hear ya Pittsburgh! | www.penancemusic.com/ |
| Penumbra | *** | penumbra.free.fr/ |
| Phantom Blue | Hard Rock. I haven't heard a really heavy tune from these gals, but, hey! | no site yet |
| The Project Hate MCMXCIX | *** | no site yet |
| The Provenance | *** | provenance.soulreaper.net/main.html |
| The Runaways | Iconic of teenage female angst. | no site yet |
| Sentinel Beast | Thrashy Death- I fell in love with this band on first listen! | no site yet |
| Siebenburgen | *** | www.welcome.to/grimjaur |
| Sinergy | One of the many great bands featuring the talents of Kim Goss. | www.sinergy.org/ |
| Sinister | Nobody does it like these Dutch terrors! | sinister.wingsofdeath.nu/ |
| The Sins of Thy Beloved | *** | www.tsotb.com/ |
| Snake River Conspiracy | Kind of more electronica / industrial. I've only heard "Breed", but I enjoyed the lyrics immensely (you tell 'em Toby!). | www.snakeriverconspiracy.com/ |
| Snowhite | Speedy Thrash. | no site yet |
| Stait of Mynd | Intense! What is it with the water in New Jersey? | www.staitofmynd.net/ |
| Storm | Black metal musicians cover traditional Norwegian folk ballads! Combined effort of members of three awesome bands! | no site yet |
| Tenebrarum | Death/Doom. Habla Espanol? | www.tenebrarumx.com/ |
| Theatre of Tragedy | Atmospheric Gothic/Doom- and they also sing in German! | www.theatreoftragedy.com/ |
| Therion | *** | www.megatherion.com/ |
| Thorr's Hammer | Play a Brujeria 7 inch at 33 1/3 RPM. Yes- that heavy! | no site yet |
| Tristania | Black Metal of the theatric variety. Excellent stuff! | www.tristania.com/ |
| Tvangeste | *** | www.tvangeste.com/ |
| Virgin Black | *** | listen.to/virginblack |
| Vixen | Later became Aloha. Classic Metal fare. Kim La Chance on vocals! | no site yet |
| Vixen | Hard rock. | no site yet |
| Warlock | Thrashy. Doro's previous gig to going solo. | no site yet |
| White Zombie | Grindy and groovy. Typical themes: Drugs, tattoos, fast women, and fast cars | no site yet |
| Witches | Feels like being the blacktop underneath the back wheel of a Harley. | no site yet |
| Wykked Wytch | Ipek is Fury personified! | www.wykkedwytch.com/ |
Every March, I produce a program that serves as a tribute to our talented sisters in extreme music. I call it The Korefest (Kore being Greek for 'maiden' and alluding to the tales of Persephone). Here is a link to my Korefest page.
Click the man-about-town to see the Gig Calendar.
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