[Band Request] Metal (Or Metal Adjacent) bands with female, queer, and/or persons of color as members
need more diversity. Tired of seeing cishet white males
EDIT: Here's what we know:
- Gaylord
- Electromancy
- Dispossessed
- Davghter
need more diversity. Tired of seeing cishet white males
EDIT: Here's what we know:
Bolt thrower, animals as leaders, suffocation, suicidal tendencies, alien weaponry, bloodywood, the hu, ningen isu, Boris, arch enemy, e-an-na, eluveitie, frozen crown, windhand, plus a ton of other folk/power/symphonic metal bands and quite a few chicks in the stoner/doom scene.
windhand is good, and yeah seen some women vocalists in stoner/doom
Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza. Animals as Leaders. Employed to Serve. Heriot. Cerebral Bore. Chepang. Made out of Babies/Julie Christmas. Escuela Grind. Agoraphobic Nosebleed. fluoride. Human Leather. Pupil Slicer.
Probably a lot more. But I am tired. YMMV.
Baby metal, kittie, Halestorm, linkin park, shadows fall, sleep token. Thats a few i can think of off the top of my head.
Edit: paramore, sepultura
Lots of choice in the Japanese scene: Lovebites, Nemophila, Hanabie, Broken by the Scream, Neon Oni, 88kasyo junrei, Maximum the Hormone.
Other non-western bands: Myrath, Bloodywood, Asterism, Dead Pioneers.
Western bands: Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Epica, Within Temptation, Eths, Blue Medusa, Melissa Bonny, Wargasm (UK), Die Spitz, Scene Queen, Lambrini Girls.
Also, Dragonforce now has two female band members and one from Hong Kong.
If you search the internet for terms like "female fronted metal" and "African metal" you'll find lots of bands.
Also, Youtube is really good for discovering bands like this because the thumbnails will often show you the band members. Just look up a niche band and start clicking all the recommendations.
great suggestions!
Babymetal are really good, by the way. They've used a lot of different subgenres for their songs and they often mix things up in a fun way.
I can recommend:
Primitive Man is one of our favorite bands!
Otep and Zeal & Ardor come to mind. You could also call some of the stuff Ho99o9 do metal adjacent.
Edit: Oh, and Skindred of course. I also keep confusing Opeth and Otep.
Oddly enough, when it comes to metal/hardcore/pink there is a ton of diversity. These are some of my favourites!
Faith No More's Roddy Bottum is gay and their song Be Aggressive is about sucking cock.
Transgressive has one album but it slaps
it is peak.
niice
Some power and symphonic metal bands with women:
-Battle Beast
-Brothers of Metal
-Temperance
-Nightwish
-Ignea
-Amaranthe
I'm having a harder time coming up with non-white, though that might be because I don't keep track of band members. I'll have to check out the other responses later.
Spirit Box, Conquer Divide, Sleep Theory, Sevendust, House of Protection, PinkNoise, Mirar, Ankor, Lacuna Coil, Cassyette
Ayyy Mirar's based and great
Unleash The Archers, Jinger, Sepultura, Bloodywood, Upon a Burning Body, Walls of Jericho, Rage Against The Machine, Kittie.
hell yeah! tbh Selputura is the only one we know with a POC.
oceans of slumber is a great start
One of my favorites hasn't been mentioned. Or at least I didn't see it.
All female Brazilian band. I don't know or care about their sexuality.
Oooooo :0
roman candle, brutus, delta hate, oceano, entheos, filth
Before the band Brutus that is fronted by a woman, there was a different band called Brutus that is pretty solid: https://youtu.be/mFiK9sjIlmA?is=dbGoqofPcWnD3KCm
Entheos rules.
Ruby the Hatchet, Castle Rat, Messa, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Year of the Cobra
Sure, here are a few. Znöwhite, Holy Moses, Eudaemon, Acid King, Lucifer, Ruby the Hatchet.
Saving this for later.
Bad Brains
Black Moth
God Forbid
Blackwater Holylight
Alicia Corisco's solo stuff plus the bands she's in - Transgressive and Judicator
Vanessa Funke
St. Unholyness
Ael-Fierlen
A Forest of Stars
Ashenheart
Aubzagl
Black Birch
Couch Slut
Cruel Mother
Cwfen
Demon Sluice
Ends Embrace
Feminazgul
Finster
GGGOLDDD
Godmorgon
Couchslut is such a name
Alice Simard and her projects are pretty interesting. I was absolutely blown away by her productivity when I found out about her through a Bandcamp article. The article, Metal Archives
Gothic/heavy metal band Sonja has a transfem frontwoman. Their debut LP Loud Arriver had a fantastic focus on her vocals.
Agriculture is a great band, check it out.
will do!
iwrestledabearonce
Metal adjacent? The Skins are underrated.
If you’re up for some proggy stuff of the highest shelf => Cynic.
SeeYouSpaceCowboy... is a really cool sasscore band fronted by a trans woman :3
gasp!
Good news! There's a list!
Wooooooooooo!
Stabbing. Volatile Ways. PeelingFlesh. Acid King. Lord Dying. Year of the Knife. Terminal Sleep.
@elomekra
Oceans of Slumber, Castle Rat, Thronehammer, Jinjer, Sepultura, Body Count, Blackbraid, Hanabie., Hulder, Maggot Heart, Plasmatics, Testament, Suffocation...
And probably more, If i take Time to look through my libaries
would be appreciated!
@elomekra
So, I hope some bands you like:)
Lowen (UK, Doom/Stoner)
https://lowen.bandcamp.com/album/a-crypt-in-the-stars
Lingua Ignota (US, Experimental)
https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/album/caligula
Wormrot (Singapore, Grindcore)
https://wormrot.bandcamp.com/album/hiss
Chelsea Wolfe (US, Goth/alternative)
https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album/birth-of-violence
Messa (Italy, Doom)
https://messa.bandcamp.com/album/close
Kalandra (Norway, Folk Rock/Metal)
https://kalandra.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-lafayette
Turpitude (Can, Black Metal)
https://turpitude.bandcamp.com/album/mordor
Transgressiv (US, Thrash Metal)
https://transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/remember-us-to-death
Bolt Thrower (UK, Death Metal)
https://boltthrower.bandcamp.com/album/those-once-loyal
And of course
Judas Priest (UK, Metal)
https://youtu.be/nM/_/_lPTWThU
woo! thanks :D
@elomekra
Also a little addition, and then i stop spamming you with Bands
Duma (Uganda, Noise/Metal)
https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/duma
Year of the Cobra (US, Sludge)
https://yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-of-the-cobra
Smoulder (Finnland, Heavy Metal)
https://smoulder.bandcamp.com/album/violent-creed-of-vengeance
Ho99o9 (US, Hip-Hop/Hardcore)
https://youtu.be/-cfISSvhztc
Even if it's Not Metal, i think and see them as metal
Gallhammer (Japan, Black Metal)
https://youtu.be/6balaHGQg38
Hirax (US, Thrash Metal)
https://hirax.bandcamp.com/album/immortal-legacy
Sigh (Japany Black Metal)
https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/shiki
Spam implies useless walls of information.
This is useful, and will be used as a guide that will be returned to. Therefore not spam :3
@elomekra
Thanks for the Kind words, i don't wanna be "that" guy when i go overboard with music
And got also some other Bands
GGGold (Netherlands, Post -Metal/Rock)
https://gggolddd.bandcamp.com/album/this-shame-should-not-be-mine
The Devils Blood (Netherlands, Occult Rock)
https://youtu.be/UYi1LcAAlSc
Holy Moses (Germany, Thrash)
https://youtu.be/k0VazrvTsfw
Døol (Netherlands, Grunge)
https://youtu.be/Qyx7DOTBVOE
Crypta (Brazil, Thrash Metal)
https://youtu.be/WESOssx4e-k
And probably a lot more, where i'm not aware of that
all appreciated
Judas priest, animals as leaders, Dream Theater, even Metallica.
Two smaller bands I've seen locally you may want to look up are 'Pryma' (female fronted) and 'Lesbian Bed Death' mainly female members only one dude.
the dude is there for DEI XD /silly joke
<3