Female metal vocalists
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I honestly haven't heard too many bands that have them, but some of the stuff I have heard sounded decent enough. Honestly though, I prefer female metal singers more akin to Epica or Nightwish. When singing in duets with a gruff metal-sounding man their feminine voices add some awesome contrast. I'm not saying that women can't be good at doing death metal-style vocals, but I vastly prefer when they sing alto/soprano in the midst of metal instrumentals.
Why not?
If they can sing everything is okay.
and since I'm still too stupid to embed the videos have a link to one of my favourite metal bands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewfMNiF74Q
the picture of the vid shows tits just as a sitenote
Edit: And just in case someone says no women can growl like that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOD5mcMnfmI
If they can sing everything is okay.
and since I'm still too stupid to embed the videos have a link to one of my favourite metal bands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewfMNiF74Q
the picture of the vid shows tits just as a sitenote
Edit: And just in case someone says no women can growl like that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOD5mcMnfmI
I don't like high pitched vocals, male or female, but I really do like female vocalist like Drain STH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtBRO_FxYQ
Maria Sjöholm rocks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtBRO_FxYQ
Maria Sjöholm rocks!
Its too bad the music surrounding it is so bad... >.>triggrhappy94 said:
OT: Not really metal, but one of the reasons I like Picture Me Broken is because of the chick's awesome screams.
I'd like to hear some more decent female-fronted heavy bands, screaming or not.
Also, I'd question if you could actually tell this is a female screamer if you couldn't see her in the video:
Love 'em. Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy) is great. She sounds scarier and more aggressive than a lot of male vocalists of that style.
Now I must listen to more Arch Enemy. Thanks for that reminder!
Maria Brink from In This Moment is pretty good too, growly bit quite high pitched too, if that makes sense.
Now I must listen to more Arch Enemy. Thanks for that reminder!
Maria Brink from In This Moment is pretty good too, growly bit quite high pitched too, if that makes sense.
EDIT: I forgot about Kylesa. Kylesa are fucking brilliant sludgey-psychadelic metal (if you like Mastodon, which you should or you're wrong, you'll like them), vocals aren't really the focal point, but they're still pretty good.
This thread needs more bands that aren't metalcore.
Like Thorr's Hammer. A band that pretty much proves that death growls are gender-neutral.
Like Thorr's Hammer. A band that pretty much proves that death growls are gender-neutral.
Tarja is pretty much a god.
My only complaint (and it's a minor one) is that her accent occasionally makes the words a bit hard to make out, particularly in the early Nightwish stuff. But her range and tonal control usually make me stop caring about silly stuff like words
My only complaint (and it's a minor one) is that her accent occasionally makes the words a bit hard to make out, particularly in the early Nightwish stuff. But her range and tonal control usually make me stop caring about silly stuff like words
[Picture Me Broken is post-hardcore. If nothing else, the breakdown gives it away.]shrekfan246 said:
Actually, I could definitely tell if it were a woman without seeing the video.
You can hear it in the growls, because they sound more strained, and not as deep as they would be if it were a man. Emphasis on the strained bit. In my experience, many female metal vocalists are really good at sounding more like actual-facts death rattles, which I'm sure has its value if used correctly. But to me, I don't think they use it correctly.
I think they go best in power metal(A la Dark Moor with Elisa Martin), typically. Women are just better at hitting those high notes than guys. It sounds less screechy and more like actual singing.
I don't know too many bands with female vocalists. I do not like Arch Enemy, I think Angela's growls are rather terrible. But that isn't the only reason I dislike the band, I'm not exactly a fan of melo-death in general. A couple of older death/doom bands I enjoy though, namely Derketa and Mythic. They're actually all-female, but the vocals are pretty damn vicious (which is actually a positive term for death metal). I also like Arkona, which is a Russian folk metal band. Their vocalist has a mix of pagan-cleans and decent growls.
That's about it for me, really. I'm not a fan of gothic/rocky stuff either, so things like Nightwish and Within Temptation don't appeal to me. Now on reflection, there are very few females in bands I listen to at all. A shame, really.
Edit: Might as well link something.
Quality of the Derketa song isn't the greatest, but hey, it's demo-level 90's death metal, what would you expect? If you're an extreme metal fan, bad/raw quality shouldn't be much of a problem anyway.
That's about it for me, really. I'm not a fan of gothic/rocky stuff either, so things like Nightwish and Within Temptation don't appeal to me. Now on reflection, there are very few females in bands I listen to at all. A shame, really.
Edit: Might as well link something.
Quality of the Derketa song isn't the greatest, but hey, it's demo-level 90's death metal, what would you expect? If you're an extreme metal fan, bad/raw quality shouldn't be much of a problem anyway.
Those're just three off the top of my head. There's stuff like Within Temptation, Nightwish and Lacuna Coil too who are more well known, but those three embedded there are ones i wish got more publicity than they do.
EDIT: Completely forgot about this one
