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Awesomeness comes in all different guises this is especially apparent in metal. There are so many awesome genres of metal from symphonic to death and black. Over the short years of my existence I have developed a passion for all genres especially symphonic metal and female fronted bands, I have noticed the lack of support unlike male dominated bands. 

This is one of the fundamental reasons I champion female fronted metal i have seen so many bands its of the scale. I love the contrast of beautiful vocals with the heavy instrumentals although you do get very aggressive and heavy female vocals which i also love.

Some of my favorite female fronted bands include, Delain who I have seen four times, Epica who I have seen twice, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Sister Sin and Battle Beast just to name a few.

Additionally I really enjoyed seeing, Iron Maiden, Sabaton , Rammstein, Slipknot, Steel Panther, Kiss and so many other awesome bands.

There are still so many more bands i would love to see, Bathory, Amon Amarth, Sonata Artica just to mention a few.

The photo with Epica was take a few years ago when i had long hair, I will grow my hair again one day.

 

Wishing everyone awesomeness

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Bathory never played live even when the band was active. With Quorthon's death and the bands subsequent disbanding I can categorically state you shall not have that opportunity. Welcome to the forum by the way. For the record many female-fronted metal bands don't attract fanfare among metalheads because they are often quite boring. Well executed female vocals accompanied by interesting music however does frequently earn praise. Lethian Dreams are an example of such. Funeral Doom is not a genre most can enjoy for its minimalist approach and extremely slow nature but I would recommend them to you strongly if for nothing else then Carline Van Roos' haunting vocals.

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Asmodeus < thank you very much for the reply really appreciated and your expertise on metal. I agree female metal doesn't have the fanfare but it works to my advantage because I get to enjoy it and only true fans go to the gigs. What could be more perfect. Gigs are extremely cheap and so much fun.

 

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Actually "Asmodeus" is a custom title I came up with. I'm one of the moderators here and thought to myself "hmm what title can I give myself that hints at my being a mod but sounds metal..." RelentlessOblivion is the forum name I actually go by but pretty much everyone shortens it.

I'm far from an expert on metal I can assure you. Both FatherAlabaster and BlutAusNerd (coincidentally fellow moderators) can boast far greater knowledge then I. I'm just a devoted metalhead who knows a little about many genres but a lot about none.

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Hey, welcome to the forum. You know, not one of my very favorite bands is female fronted. If I can get away with it, I'm going to claim that this is because I tend to listen to older bands, and not newer ones. There is a band called Lordian Guard that I listen to sometimes, and the vocalist is a woman with a very rich and heavy voice. It's a super christian band it seems clear, which is not my thing, but then again I find myself listening to some supposedly satanic music, why wouldn't I listen to christian music? Anyway, I also like Windhand pretty well though that would be from the harsher side you mentioned. I've seen a video or two of Nightwish I guess. It's a bit overproduced for my taste, but the members of that band seem hand picked to be beautiful people, which I find suspect. Is Nightwish a band in the traditional sense of the word? I can not tell, and don't really know them. If you stick around, and I hope you do, I'll be at least one person ready to talk about women in metal, but I like it when they are more than ornamental.

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Hey, welcome to the forum. You know, not one of my very favorite bands is female fronted. If I can get away with it, I'm going to claim that this is because I tend to listen to older bands, and not newer ones. There is a band called Lordian Guard that I listen to sometimes, and the vocalist is a woman with a very rich and heavy voice. It's a super christian band it seems clear, which is not my thing, but then again I find myself listening to some supposedly satanic music, why wouldn't I listen to christian music? Anyway, I also like Windhand pretty well though that would be from the harsher side you mentioned. I've seen a video or two of Nightwish I guess. It's a bit overproduced for my taste, but the members of that band seem hand picked to be beautiful people, which I find suspect. Is Nightwish a band in the traditional sense of the word? I can not tell, and don't really know them. If you stick around, and I hope you do, I'll be at least one person ready to talk about women in metal, but I like it when they are more than ornamental.

Have you ever checked out The Wounded Kings? I would bet they would be to your liking, and the female vocalist on their newer material has a haunting, spectral voice. You would probably like Demon Lung too, totally solid Vegas doom with great mid-ranged female vocals. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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Have you ever checked out The Wounded Kings? I would bet they would be to your liking, and the female vocalist on their newer material has a haunting, spectral voice. You would probably like Demon Lung too, totally solid Vegas doom with great mid-ranged female vocals. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Thanks dude, I don't know either of those bands. I'll check them out.

edit- I'd actually heard some Demon Lung, and of the two I prefer them.

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