Amazing Females in Hard Rock / Metal

[Worgen]

Hammer Box, I only know about them because this song was on road rage.

 

[piinyouri]

Oh, forgot about Meanstreak!
All female band that plays balls out heavy metal.

 

[Jf0urnier]

As already mentioned, Anneke van Giersbergen.

Spoiler: Comatose by Ayreon (also starring Jorn Lande)

Amanda Somerville & Cloudy Yang

Spoiler: Farewell by Avantasia (Amanda comes in about halfway)

Floor Jensen's sister Irene Jensen (both have participated in Ayreon) & Marcela Bovio

Spoiler: Day 11: Love by Ayreon

The Ayreon project probably has a few more... I have a thing for metal operas.

 

[Mocmocman]

The ones that I didn't see when skimming through the pages:
Holy Moses:

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Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult

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Flowing Tears:

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Jack Off Jill:

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Orphan Hate:

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45 Grave

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And last but not least, my favorite band of all time, LIGHT THIS FUCKING CITY!

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Here is a youtube channel devoted to bands with female singers, if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/user/gutural0woman/videos?view=0&flow=grid

Edited to not take up a huge amount of space.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

I think the only group with less representation would be the blacks. Seriously, outside of derrick green of Sepultura and Abasi Tosin from Animals as leaders, I cannot think of anyone.

Canadian black metal band, Blasphemy, has a black guitarist (Caller of the Storms).

UK thrash metal band, Evile, had a black bassist, Mike Alexander, though he sadly passed away.

Suicidal Tendencies has a couple of black members, though I'm not as familiar with the band to know their names or chosen instruments.

For a more obvious example, brutal death metal pioneers, Suffocation, has for a long time had two black members. Terrance Hobbs on guitar, and Mike Smith on drums (though the latter has left the band twice).

That's about all that comes to mind though. You're right that it's another very small minority in metal, at least in the public eye.

 

[piinyouri]

Oh man, completely forgot about Shlomit Levi.
She doesn't play any traditional metal instruments but she has an amazing voice.