I love rock bands with women on the vocals. I like Dead Sara, The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, The Beaches, In This Moment, Metric, The Interrupters, Larkin Poe. Lots more but that’s a good sample.
I’ll go a bit more into my niche. Might not be what you’re looking for but it’s all female or female fronted rock in a broader sense.
Genres here are Stoner, Doom and Death metal.
I very much like the “the beauty and the beast” - styled metal. That’s at least what I read online sometime what it’s called.
The mix of a male voice growling and a female voice singing melodic kinda does it for me, but so far I had very little luck finding stuff that fits, actually just a few songs.
There are a few songs around with Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly) and Maria Brink (In This Moment). Not at home at the moment, can’t check my collection, but if you can find them, they’re probably the sort of thing you like.
Just their early stuff - self-titled debut, Velvet Darkness They Fear, A Rose for the Dead, Aegis. The stuff afterwards isn’t bad, but it’s not the same genre.
Halocene, she does a bunch of covers of old rock songs from around the early 2000s. It’s like fresh nostalgia straight into my ears. Her original stuff is also pretty good :)
You might like some of the output of Elysian Fields (Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow). Maybe in particular their earlier stuff, like their Bleed Your Cedar (1996) album:
The benefit of living in NYC (I recently moved after living there for nearly 25 years)! I remember one show where they didn’t have a full band and Oren played drums and guitar at the same time. The space in their music allows for that sort of thing, but it still was pretty cool to see.
I’ve seen Epica live, unfortunately whoever was on sound that day really fucked it up.
I’ve seen Arch Enemy too, with good sound, but I would trade that experience to see Lacuna Coil… I know they are popular but I still feel like they are massively underappreciated.
I really liked the song Demons after hearing it on Netflix’s Jessica Jones. But I looked into their other stuff and it felt a bit less my style. Maybe I should give them another go…
I love rock bands with women on the vocals. I like Dead Sara, The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, The Beaches, In This Moment, Metric, The Interrupters, Larkin Poe. Lots more but that’s a good sample.
What other bands/artists might I like?
I’ll go a bit more into my niche. Might not be what you’re looking for but it’s all female or female fronted rock in a broader sense. Genres here are Stoner, Doom and Death metal.
Blackwater Holylight
L.A. Witch
Hippie Death Cult
Brutus
Archenemy
Throne Hammer
That’s the one fronted by Cindy Lou Who, right?
Haha yes, although it feels a bit weird thinking of her that way considering most fans of the band have seen her boobs at this point lol
Bad cop bad cop
Fleshwater https://youtu.be/Omul2aBWWKs?si=_kdLfAi6sWgmmzBb
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I very much like the “the beauty and the beast” - styled metal. That’s at least what I read online sometime what it’s called.
The mix of a male voice growling and a female voice singing melodic kinda does it for me, but so far I had very little luck finding stuff that fits, actually just a few songs.
Any recommendations?
There are a few songs around with Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly) and Maria Brink (In This Moment). Not at home at the moment, can’t check my collection, but if you can find them, they’re probably the sort of thing you like.
Tristania - World of Glass, and if you like that check out the two albums before it as well.
A lot of symphonic metal bands are like that. On the top of my head, you could check out Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica and Unleash the Archers.
Theatre of Tragedy fits that style. They are older, but worth checking out.
Just their early stuff - self-titled debut, Velvet Darkness They Fear, A Rose for the Dead, Aegis. The stuff afterwards isn’t bad, but it’s not the same genre.
July Talk would be my #1 recommendation. They are fantastic and perfectly fit your description.
I’m sure Epica has that aspect, but I would instead recommend … The Project Hate MCMXCIX!!!
Pretty much all of it is exactly as described, aggressive male, melodic female. They are excellent.
Sorry, here’s a Spotify link, couldn’t find this track on youtube
https://open.spotify.com/track/5yKIKRcUAlSW6H1JFdZIF1?si=8d9c960d206e4820
Oh man, I had forgotten about these guys, they are freakin excellent. The track name is ‘At the Entrance of Hell’s Unholy Fire’
They are awesome. Thanks for sharing the link!!
And ‘Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate’ is a really great album. I would actually recommend listening to that one first.
I found this band by accident because I was looking for Hate.
Ok, I’m old and my tastes might be different to yours 😜
I really like more melodic stuff, and my favorites are Ad Infinitum, Dark side of the Moon, Enemy Inside, Beyond the Black, Scarlet Dorn
Eva Under Fire fits that list perfectly!
You have a lot of recommendations already but I’d like to add two of my favorites: Courtney Barnett and Alvvays!
Really surprised no one mentioned The Distillers Some more:
surprised no one recommended Guano Apes yet
A few great ones come to mind but they’re a bit more punky than your examples. Like I’m thinking of The Muffs, who are fucking kickass!!!
Crimson Spirit
Halocene, she does a bunch of covers of old rock songs from around the early 2000s. It’s like fresh nostalgia straight into my ears. Her original stuff is also pretty good :)
V.A Rocks
i lovee dazey and the scouts, tiger trap, the regrettes, st. vincent, vial, and gully boys
You might like some of the output of Elysian Fields (Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow). Maybe in particular their earlier stuff, like their Bleed Your Cedar (1996) album:
https://piped.video/watch?v=-x6w5DQ5sLM
They’ve made many a fantastic albums though, worth checking out.
I saw them several times live in the early-mid aughts. They’re great!
Never managed to catch them playing live, so I’m well jealous!
The benefit of living in NYC (I recently moved after living there for nearly 25 years)! I remember one show where they didn’t have a full band and Oren played drums and guitar at the same time. The space in their music allows for that sort of thing, but it still was pretty cool to see.
I liked them a lot before I read this. Now I like them even more (:
I remember getting their newsletter where they would regularly announce live shows in NYC. It’s nice having live music on tap like that.
I’m on a Tulip binge right now.
Her voice is amazing. Give a few songs a listen and you’ll be hooked!
Anything Kristine Hersh has touched, especially 50 FOOT WAVE
Have you tried venturing more towards the metal side like…
I’ve seen Epica live, unfortunately whoever was on sound that day really fucked it up.
I’ve seen Arch Enemy too, with good sound, but I would trade that experience to see Lacuna Coil… I know they are popular but I still feel like they are massively underappreciated.
The Birthday Massacre is the audible version of rocky road icecream. Try this, either with headphones or decent speakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOPS0X3pbk
Also, as already suggested, Lacuna Coil is delicious.
Amyl & the sniffers is my fav
Hell yeah, good recommendation! I fucking love them.
I wonder if you’d like Sleigh Bells. Twee pop vocals over grungy guitar. A lot of fun
I really liked the song Demons after hearing it on Netflix’s Jessica Jones. But I looked into their other stuff and it felt a bit less my style. Maybe I should give them another go…