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I am amazed by the fact that I was actually ninjad on Hel. I tip my hat to you, good sir.
Suppose I'll contribute by mentioning that after the breakup of Hel in 2004, three of the former members (vocalists Malin and Ulrika Petterson and guitarist and keyboardist Adde Norlin) went on to form Tales of Origin, which, unlike Hel, sings in English instead of Swedish.
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On the rock side of things I don't really know, I'm more of a metal person but...
Arch Enemy Epica The Agonist Aghora Ayreon(has plenty of female singers though no consistent male or female "leads")
And that's all I can think of of the top of my head... though I know there are more. I personally enjoy female vocals a great deal, especially when they are contrasted with heavy distortion or rough male vocals, such as in Epica.
Check out some of Ayreon's work, the albums Into the Electric Castle, The Human Equation, and 01011001 had some awesome female vocals on them, and they are all guest artists so you can follow the vocalists back to their own bands!!
Keeping to the rockier side of things, meaning no pop like Rihanna or Avril TheVigne or girlie-girl music like Sarah McLachlin and Jewel, here's some good ones to check out:
Old-School Ladies: * Ann Wilson (Heart) - Classic track: "Crazy on You" (Yeah, there was a time when Ann wasn't obese.) * Pat Benatar - "Heartbreaker" * Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) - Singularly seductive voice. Hot track: "Tattooed Love Boys" * Deborah Harry (Blondie) - Hot track: "Dreaming" * Christina Amphlett (Divinyls) - "I Touch Myself" is the song everyone knows, but their first three albums smoked their breakthrough album. In the beginning, Amphlett was a feral presence with bad teeth, but totally awesome. (Courtney Love admitted that she ripped off her signature "kinderwhore" look from Amphlett.) Hot single: "Boys in Town" * Cherie Curie (The Runaways who also had Joan Jett and Lita Ford in the band) - Signature song: "Cherry Bomb"
The Newer-School Girls: * Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds) - Their first album sounded like it was recorded in 1983 and then fell behind the control room couch until it was found and released in 2002. This is off their 3rd album, but I love the title: "No One Sleeps When I'm Awake" * Justine Frischman (Elastica) - Haters tried to claim her boyfriend (Damon Albarn of Blur) ghostwrote her songs, but considering Blur never had anything as good as Elastica, that's doubtful. Hot track: "Stutter" * Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless) - No one takes her seriously because she was an actress on Gossip Girl and tries waaaaaaaaaaay too hard to look slutty, BUT she's the real deal on vocals and the songs are solid. She's like Cherie Curie 2.0. Hot track: "Miss Nothing"
Ones Almost No One Has Heard Of: * Skin (Skunk Anansie) - What sounds like Pat Benatar and looks like an black lesbian skinhead from England? This one. First album was a mixed bag, but "I Can Dream" RAWKS!!! * Noelle LeBlanc (Damone) - CRIMINALLY under-appreciated band; find their "Out Here All Night" album and love it. Their 3rd album was a letdown and they're defunct. Pity.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch right now and I've left out some who aren't rocky enough (e.g. Kim Wilde), but it's a decent sampler.
Oh thanks ... just as I had forgotten about them *eye twitch*
There best song is bring me to life 'cos for a brief moment in time you can believe she is going to die ...
More on topic: Who knew there are so many female singers out there? Thanks guys and gals
Well I'm surprised you could not get 1. I am not surprised that I cannot think of 1 that has not been mentioned as the ones I know have all been mentioned.
It's Turunen. *Death glare of doom, hissing, and all that*
As far as Nightwish goes, the new girl isn't bad, she's still leagues better than your average female modern music star, but, uhh...Tarja left some shoes behind that Anette could never fill. It's plain impossible.
Captcha: evil genius *rubs hands, twirls mutache, snickers like Dick Dastardly*
personally I think it depends
I mean the original girl had a very "opera" type voice..which was good, the though personally I prefer the uhhh...hmmm "less opera" soundign voice...its not of a style thing, you know? and even then it depends entirly on what mood Im in
There used to be a band called Necro Sadistic Goat Torture that was female fronted. Think Angela Gossow but with a deeper voice and you've got a pretty good idea.
But like people have said, there are actually loads. It's a bit of a trend in the symphonic or gothic metal genres.
Synergy is a female fronted "Power Metal" band that has Alexi Laiho on guitar. If you're into this sort of music I suggest checking out the song 'The Bitch Is Back', it's quite catchy.
All of my suggestions have been taken already! Geez! Oh well, Straight Line Stitch.
Edit: Lead Singer Alexis Brown
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omega 616: I have just been on a paramore video (I have no idea why 'cos I don't like them) but I rad this comment on it "A rock band with a girl vocalist. AWESOMEEEE".
My immediate reaction was "that is clearly not true, there are loads like ...." then I blanked, I could not think of a single example. I do know there was a female guitar player in coal chamber though.
So feeling like my ipod is a just a little bit of a sausage fest I am asking you lovely people to recommend me some good female bands.
The thing is I have a very fussy musical taste, I the very heaviest stuff I like is hatebreed, so no cannibal corpse. My fav groups are slipknot, dope, seether, soil, mushroomhead ... anything around that kind of area.
Edit: Just thought of Pink and Avril but they are too ... pop-py for my taste.
Dude, screw all that pansy crap. You need some Blood Ceremony and Serpent Cult!
I'd say Courtney love, and the pixies. Courtney actually made some good music. That's regardless in her possible involment of Kurt's dead and regardless the non-talent she married now.
Hmm, Two that I know of are Battlelore and Midnattsol. Battlelore is about the Tolkein universe while Midnattsol is Norwegian(?) Folk lore. I like both very much, though I'm not sure if they're what're you're looking for =p
Well there is Beth Gibbons, if you consider Portishead to be rock. Same goes for Sharon Van Etten, Nouvelle Vague and Bat For Lashes. Then there is Kim Deal from The Pixies and Sonic Youth has apparently had a variety of female vocalists, though I think Kim Gordon is supposed to have been their main one.
Amaranthe Halestorm Portal era Cynic Arch Enemy Deadlock Epica Nightwish Lacuna Coil In This Moment Leaves' Eyes Theater of Tragedy (or something) Eyes Set To Kill Circle Takes The Square (there's quite a few screamo bands with female vocalists actually) Little Fish Rolo Tomassi Sirenia Straight Line Stitch Spider Rockets Unsun Japanese Voyeurs
Screaming Females is probably my favorite at the moment, the frontwoman is an amazing, and I stress amazing, guitarist, probably the best I've ever seen when I saw them live. If you don't mind foreign stuff, High and Mighty Colors is pretty awesome (Japanese). There's also Eyes Set to Kill (has screaming spread liberally throughout).
X-Ray Spex!
The Slits!
American Pinup!
And I'm done getting lost in youtube for now.
EDIT: One more.
Stereolab (post-rock)