The Alpha Women of Metal

I love women at the top of metal.

So when Alice Cooper's touring guitarist Nita Strauss does solo stuff you know it's gonna shred at the highest level alongside Slash and all the greats.

Pair her with one of metal's top vocalists, Alissa White-Gluz "Von Frankenstein" of Arch Enemy (one of my favorite bands) and The Agonist (until 2014), and you get another stellar collaboration.

This song blew me away. Especially the immaculate solo and final chorus. Up there for Metal Song of the year.




Bonus:

I came across this as suggested by YouTube. As a long time Sepultura fan I enjoyed this cover quite a bit. Amazingly Lauren Hart sounds exactly like Max.

As a woman, I love women metal bands!! And Im a punk chick!

Ive met and hung out with Tatiana Shmailyuk back stage, when they did a smallish show in Denver. She is the coolest chick ever.
And I love Dorthy on many levels. Talent and her political ideology.
And then there is Maria Brink-In this Moment
Taylor with Pretty Reckless

a reply to: shaemac

Love Jinger too. They just played a show here at The House of Blues with POD.

Dorothy is great too. Sirius XM Liquid Metal hath introduced me to much.

I wish I could speak Japanese....

a reply to: olaru12

So do I...

The Great Kat - Metal Messiah!

In the name of sharing here are some more of my favorite Alpha Women of Metal songs.

Nightwish with Floor Jansen:



Italy's best Cristina Scabbia:



Simone Simmons (with Floor Jansen):



And this duet with Kamelot and Charlotte Wessles lead singer of Delain is just phenomenal:



Arch Enemy with Angela:



Arch Enemy with Alissa:



And because we all have favorites, here is Alissa's first band.

a reply to: Degradation33
What? No Lovebites?

I see no one mentions OTEP.


This makes me happy to be here.

I like metal.

I love threads like this.
I love metal too and I also am a big sucker for female singers and not just in metal.
Probably dating myself with a few of these lol

a reply to: Degradation33

I still will never understand how screaming in "exorcist voice" or making the sound I let out on the toilet when a big one is coming out is considered singing.

LOL.





For modern day bands, Nightwish and Within Temptation are 2nd to none.

My Band VATICAN opened for the Great Kat in Cleveland Ohio & Pittsburgh! She is a different kind of metal guitarist and rude as hell! Myself being known as a Cleveland shredded I intimated her.
That's her gig scantily clad woman guitarist that smells like sex.


a reply to: halfoldman

a reply to: infolurker

I like pretty much everything posted.

Nightwish was one of the most phenomenal shows I have ever seen. I was a fan when they had Tarja and Floor made me more of a fan. At that show Kamelot was opening, which introduced me to Elize Ryd of Amaranthe. Another spectacular Northern European female vocalist. Which seems to be a common theme. As well as how much fire can be put into every video.



What the first video comment says: A Swedish band covering a Swedish band's song about an American war hero killing Germans.



The banshee screaming ones are an acquired taste. I think they're freaking awesome though. The throat for harsh vocals has a range so broad you can do it if completely tone deaf. Like most of your male fronted bands that growl or scream.

It's just cooler when women do it, not so dime a dozen.

a reply to: infolurker

I still will never understand how screaming in "exorcist voice" or making the sound I let out on the toilet when a big one is coming out is considered singing.

Lets not leave out one of the OGs of female metal, Doro!

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Back in the day, my friend played drums for Lita Ford -

a reply to: infolurker

I must be around you and Kass's age. LOL

And Lita is the Queen!

I love love love Nightwish. Floor is amazing, but if I have to be honest, I still prefer Tarja. She was the lead way back when I started listening to them and she just has a special place in my memories.

a reply to: underpass61

Lita would have been much bigger if she had a better video guy / producer.

Let's just say I will never link "one" of her videos where the perv produced the "Alice in Wonderland" video.