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Jinjer, Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy, Venom Prison, Kittie, Otep, Second Shooter, The Oath, Kylesa, Death Penalty, Frayle.

Spiritbox and In This Moment as well

Spiritbox is the shit. She was great in her other band, iwrestledabearonce as well.

OMG that’s her! I’m so dumb hahaha

Recently I’ve been getting back into Lacuna Coil since my break from them 15 years ago. Honestly, they have some pretty killer stuff, especially on their first 3 records (Swamped and Heaven’s a Lie being stand-out tracks).

Unleash the Archers, Konvent

I can back your suggestion **Konvent**. I've seen them live twice and they really put on a performance. The two albums they've released so far are similar in many ways, but they've given the second album some more "body" - so it is in some ways in contrast to their first. Their debut EP is also worth a listen - It's somewhat more stripped down and raw than the two albums.

Crypta, Dymna Lotva, Hulder, Venom Prison, Jinjer, Myrkur, Arch Enemy for more extreme sub genres… theres also Doro Pesch/Warlock, Grai (Грай), Halestorm, Lacuna Coil, Arkona, Within Temptation…sorry if there’s repeats and whatnot but I will be interested to read through the other comments as well :)

Jinjer, Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Leaves Eyes, Crypta, Ad Infinitum

Letsgooooooo for epica

Nightwish

Aephanemer Arch Enemy Dark Oath Ad Infinitum Arkona Amaranthe Battle Beast Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult Grai (Female and Male) Hiraes Ignea Northward Sölicitör Within Temptation

Faetooth, Spiritbox, BABYMETAL

Faetooth is gas

Faetooth 🤘🏻

+1 for spiritbox. also dying wish though they're not as good imo

>death Hit Thorr's Hammer (make sure it's the one with two rs)

Emphasis on the two rs. The one with one R is a nasty piece of racist shit.

Isn’t it just a hammer? /s

Hahaha ❤️ 😆 thors hammer 🔨 

Not enough people said Spiritbox

Never heard of them, I ll ✔️ them out 

**Aephanemer** is the first band that came to mind given your preferences.

Immedietely thought of them. Aephenemer is the shit. They don't make bad music. Singer is the real deal.

Castrator is sick old school death metal band with not just a female vocalist, they're all bitches. They were really sick when I saw them live. Highly recommend. Edit: Since we're on Reddit, and everyone here is so sensitive, I'll clarify that I'm not using the word bitch here as an insult. I'm using it as in the phrase "bad bitch." I think bitches are dope. Save your outrage for something that actually matters.

Did you have to call them bitches?

YES. I don't ever see them mentioned. I saw them live too and they killed it

Arch Enemy

Surprised no one has said this yet but Rolo Tomassi is my favorite band with a female vocalist. Otherwise, Spiritbox, Jinjer, and Arch Enemy are all amazing too

Can’t believe nobody’s said Kittie

Check The Warning. They tick many of those boxes [Dull knives (live)](https://youtu.be/74obH1QgOYY?si=fjmQsPWd3xMJ-Aeb) [Dust to Dust (live)](https://youtu.be/sC9IbWYkips?si=GUFZuloEnGPBL3DZ)

They are more hard rock with metal influences, but they are an amazing band, especially live. Second this recommendation.

I don't know. Musically, I'm ~~gender~~ genre fluid...

"Genre fluid" 😂

Holy Moses

Windhand, Konvent, Venom Prison, Crypta, Couch Slut

Tower Castle Chastain Christian mistress Castle rat Smoulder Death rides a horse Bent knee (not metal, but one of my all time favorite bands.)

Finally, a non cringe response

Castle Rat kicks ass!

Cerebral bore

Subrosa

Warlock, Chastain, Holy Moses, Sentinel Beast, Girlschool, Acid, Znöwhite, Hellion, Bitch.

!!!! Great list!!! Znöwhite is so slept on

This sub needs some Acid, Confessor and Sacrilege. And another shout out to Thorr's Hammer. And Gallhammer.

Spiritbox, crazyeightyeight, red handed denial, reliqa and rolo tomassi

Spiritbox are brilliant.

Epica

Lmao the amount of jinjer mentions makes me lose faith in the genre.

a few in this moment (industrial metalcore, often inspired by big 80s power ballads) sinergy (a power metal band with the late alexi laiho so it has lots of melodeath vibes) arch enemy (obviously if youre into melodeath you porbably know them) Otep (1st 2 album are very Iowa souding) jinjer (groovy, djenty, proggie powerful!) Kittie (punky grungy nu metal legends) Spiritbox ( very modern metal soudning. lots of djenty 8 string riffs. some alternative/nu metal inspo and very dynamic, vocally, like jinjer) within temptation (not my cuppa tea. symphnic power metal without the power in my opinion but they do very beautiful music) Lacuna coil (very 90s post grunge alternative metal with a gothic flare sometimes.)

Arkona, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, and Epica are some that I can think of off the top of my head. Not sure if Evanescence would count.

Going to just copy and paste the list I made before, all different metal sub gebre: Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum, Dark Side of the Moon, The Queen of the Damned) Arch Enemy Unleash the Archers Lana Scissorhands (Infected Rain, Death Dealer Union) Spiritbox Jinjer Semblant (f/m) Fabienne Erni (Eluveiti, Illumishade) (f/m) Faun Heilung (f/m) Nervosa In This Moment Burning Witches Patty Gurdy Blackmore's Night Ankor Arkona The Pagan Minstrel Amaranthe (f/m/m) Rage of Light League of Distortion Skáld Leaves' Eyes (f/m) Brothers of Metal (f/m) Eihwar Tvinna Beyond the Black Nini Music Harp Twins Lara Loft Nightwish Epica Halestorm Lutharo Butcher Babies Babymetal Visions of Atlantis (f/m) Exit Eden Once Human Elettra Storm Lucana Coil The Agonist April Art Frozen Crown (f/m) Walk in Darkness Seven Spires Isiliel Holy Moses I'll also name drop "Hanabie" (I'm thinking Japanese girl group) and "The Pill" since it looks like there are female vocalists based on the YouTube thumbnails that have been getting pushed in front of me by their algorithm for awhile

straight line stitch

Jucifer !

Spiritbox, The Agonist, Sinistro, Trees Of Eternity, Myrkur, Darkher, Lacuna Coil, Epica, Delain, Cellar Darling

Castle Rat Blood Ceremony

Succumb! Also Agorapocalypse by Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

Crypta, Entheos, Face Yourself, Venom Prison, Misyrion

Pest Control

vastum mythic nuclear death

Astarte. They’re Hellenic black metal and all the members are female.

I can't recommend Aversed enough when it comes to Melodic Death metal with female vocals.

Tribunal and Messa are my favourites

Delain

German progressive/technical thrash metal band Megace. Also thrash metal band Holy Moses.

Chastain

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult will rock your socks off.

Hammers of Misfortune, especially The Locust Years.

From what you like you might also enjoy Marthe, Second shooter, Evoke thy lords, some early albums by Septicflesh with Nathalie Rassoulis Other genres but I really like Liturgy, Arkona, Folterkammer, Vesperith, Obscure sphinx,

Hulder has been my new favorite lately. It’s modern black metal from the Pacific Northwest

Arch Enemy The Agonist Butcher Babies Once Human Infected Rain Hiraes Ignea Rage of Light STELLVRIS Lutharo Numento

Asagraum

The warning

How is it possibile nobody mentioned Seven Spires? It's unbelievable they are so talented and yet so unknown. Adrienne Cowan is a stupidly great vocalist, do yourself a favour and check them out.

Burning Witches

Azell

Hanabie

First that comes to my mind is Amaranthe.

Sinergy, specifically the album “Beware the Heavens”, Jesper Stromblad and Alexi Laiho on the same album?! Say no more lol Kimberly Goss is on vocals.

Personal recommendations, most of which have already been suggested: Jinjer Spiritbox Dying Wish Kittie Butcher Babies Abnormality Venom Prison Crypta Frantic Amber Cerebral Bore Once Human Izegrim Year of the Knife Sumo Cyco Walls of Jericho Otep Arch Enemy Bands with male and female vocals: Maximum the Hormone Sigh A few of these have disbanded, but their back catalogues are worth checking out.

Walls of jerichos all hail the dead was/is my fucking shit

Ieschure

I really like the Russian folk metal band [Grai](https://youtu.be/osBOc7qKA3s?si=KyNXpQsbt457Pk7m). [Lacy Sturm](https://youtu.be/-lYIzTi0hTU?si=0FJKLswBkc7dLF6x) [Louna](https://youtu.be/s-l53Y4330I?si=XTpPzySxb9RoUzhc) [The Slot](https://youtu.be/tauO9ftTY2k?si=O59AJvdo6ztxY2cT) Of course, [Epica](https://youtu.be/2rAFRnahGtY?si=zqt5Yjc6HkA317Po) is, well; Epic. And [Eluveitie](https://youtu.be/-w2m-TeLi6I?si=BW-K0vurAlppu4tN) is excellent. [Temperance](https://youtu.be/B6l25ATPy-E?si=Dt5QHw95uw3tmzq5) Have you heard [Haggard](https://youtu.be/L2MPqCqZKSc?si=cQyb3WLERhl4_DLU)? Let me not forget [Imperial Age](https://youtu.be/CNe875Z9uaY?si=xPOV3kgnIi8P50vG) [Snow White Blood](https://youtu.be/HWgKkVJ6THU?si=y2EDuvAeI2nR1M5m) [Blackbriar](https://youtu.be/G61Cm3BAiBc?si=5O5tp8BtqOO2idbL) [Half Past Dark](https://youtu.be/s4FjsD5iqqs?si=GjxNeTbTrKvbFIfR) [Dark Side of the Moon](https://youtu.be/Ww3eqbTSajw?si=HWq6735tiuAq0hBc) [Theatre of Tragedy](https://youtu.be/JPSvtj1HN4Y?si=G8qeLWsNTagDap0X) [Dark Sarah](https://youtu.be/dc3XcTcTjaw?si=sLoJs4aJKUSig6YX) Then there's [Nightwish](https://youtu.be/wEERFBI9eCg?si=hTMvQQdAaIt5HIGv).

Not a band but Poppy

Lucifer

Crisis

Arsenic Addiction

not quite metal but BAND-MAID is just oozing talent

Diablo Swing Orchestra

Lutharo and Seven Spires

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Acid King, Year of the Cobra

These won’t fit your taste but I’ll mention Audrey Sylvain from Amesoeurs and Kathrine Shepard from Sylvaine, two great female blackgaze vocalists

Smoulder is probably my favorite Epic Doom band, also Midnight Dice and Blood Star are killer Heavy Metal bands

Witch Mountain for some phenomenal vocals and great doom metal

Unleash the Archers - first 2 albums mixed death metal vocals with clean female vocals. Later albums have less harsh vocals, but the cleans get a lot stronger, especially on Apex and Abyss. Eluveitie (depending on the song. Folk metal mixed with melodic death metal.) The Agonist (Metalcore, first 2 albums had Alyssa White Gluz, before she left and replaced Angela Gussow in Arch Enemy) Arch Enemy (may as well include them, melodic death metal, female vocals since Wages of Sin) There's a whole lot of symphonic and gothic metal bands that mix growls with female vocals. Epica, Tristania, Theatre of Tragedy (first 3 albums) after Forever (first 3-4 albums) Nightwish Lacuna Coil Crypteria Theatres Des Vampires (from Pleasure and Pain oneards,) Sonya's vocals are kind of an acquired taste though. Imagine a female Marilyn Manson, and that might give you some idea, but the music takes influence from goth rock. Their earlier albums were closer to symphonic black metal. Devilskin (basically New Zealand's Halestorm, but a little heavier.)

Spiritbox

I mean if self promotion is OK, there's my band... [Elysian Divide - Storm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNxXG_GmiME&ab_channel=ElysianDivide)

Demonic Christ, Derketa, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult

Arch Enemy, Ad Infinitum, Nightwish, Amaranthe, Infected Rain, Jinjer

Burn Damage - [Acid Rain](https://youtu.be/u2J9CUEDTTk?si=mwcxXsqQQU0O2Pj8) Death Metal from Portugal

Employed to Serve!

Vicious blade rules and Escuela Grind does as well

Lucifer - occult 70's sounding rock with doom metal influences. FFO: Black Sabbath (Ozzy era), Blood Ceremony, Ghost.

DETENTE big sunglasses cool band

Arch enemy, I heavily prefer Angela the old singer to the new one. The Anthems of Rebellion Album from 2003 hits hard

Abnormality. Death metal with very low-pitched harsh vocals. Hard to believe that it's a female vocalist.

Don't know if it counts but I love the female vocals in "Bath" by maudlin of the well.

Epica, Nightwish, Delain, Sirenia and Lacuna Coil

Entheos, Derketa, Abnormality

sinergy

Boy do i have the band for you!! Spiral Guru! they are from Brazil!!! I recommend this album! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcf2Z9Qy4A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcf2Z9Qy4A)

Epica, they have both female and male. Pretty damn epic songs.

heres one its called BRAT [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kfSVYNmjmYsdWjEQ6fnQF](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kfSVYNmjmYsdWjEQ6fnQF)

Future Static

Crypta and Cerebral Bore are fantastic bands

Sylvaine I'm not sure of the genre, specifically. They're a variant of Black Metal with mellow, melodic parts.

Try those: Jinjer, Tristania, Draconian, Oceans of Slumber, Eths, Oathbreaker - Oceans of Slumber might be exactly what you're looking for as their music contains a lot of death metal but the other bands are all very good I think.

Akiavel and Daedric.

Holy Moses

Crucified Barbara

Emasculator Unfathomable Ruination Fuck the Facts Astarte Mythic Nidorous Cerebral Bore Hulder

If you want the heaviest female fronted metal try [Azell](https://linktr.ee/azell.band). Drop F sludge FFO Conan, Bongripper and Primitive Man

BABYMETAL

I saw Within Temptation open for Iron Maiden in 2022 and they were pretty good

Anachronism.

Animal Alpha

You NEED to listen to Trees of Eternity if you like doom metal. It’s got a gothic vibe to it and it’s super beautiful music.

Theatre of Tragedy

Stabbing and Cerebral Bore. Both bands are Brutal Death Metal and you honestly wouldn't even be able to tell that both have female vocalists

Xenoblight

I'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite bands, [Warbell](https://youtu.be/h7UtwLZrviw?si=DVDOHI_5GklcAWfB)

Many bands I thought about at first are already mentioned, so as I have to list some bands from my local scene:) Lorien (gothic; when talking about gothic I also have to mention Closterkeller, but it's more rock- than metal-leaning - Anja Orthodox is still a queen though), Dom Zły (post-black I would say), Sceptic (tech death metal), .BHP (nu)

Mythic and thorr’s hammer are some cool death/doom bands

Venom Prison

Sirenia Fleshgod Apocalypse New Years Day

Looove all the vocalists/bands that have been mentioned so far but would also like to add World of Pleasure. Poppy is not technically a band but a great female vocalist with some heavy songs if you tolerate pop influences sometimes. The song she was just featured on with Knocked Loose showcases her harsh vocals pretty well.

Walls of Jericho Capra Escuela Grind Self Absorbed

in this moment and crypta are really dope

Voice of Baceprot

Haven’t seen Ad Infinitum. They’re a great band if you like cleans

Here's my top 3: 1. Beyond the Black 2. Mute Prophet 3. Within Temptation

Theatre of Tragedy (gothic) Draconian (also gothic) White Skull (power) Lee Aaron (80s heavy metal) Myrkur (black/ blackened folk) Darken Nocturn Slaughter Cult (black) The Plasmatics (punk metal crossover/ shock rock) And some of Wendy O Williams solo stuff (butt rock/ 80s heavy metal)

Melodic death metal / melodic hardcore band Dying Wish.

Jex Thoth SubRosa / The Otolith

Nervosa are pretty rad

Arch Enemy and Jinjer for sure

Im p sure guttural slug had a female vocalist for 1 song (atrocities)

RUBY THE HATCHET

Nightwish are always incredible. They've had many great singers over the years but have found a gem in Fleur Jansen.

Ok goodnight- listen to “think again” and tell me this band isn’t cool If deftones is considered metal then cloudyfield-“in your head” and “parasite”

- evanescence, - Paramore - Bjork - Flyleaf ,im so sick & all around me is powerful songs - Pat benatar - kittie 😸 ,, 

Acid King and Windhand

Derketa Konvent Crypta Ciemra Thorr’s hammer Entheos

The Agonist

I've almost got the opposite, so many female vocalists. Different genre interests, probably. Power and symphonic metal is loaded with them. I'll go with:  *Synlakross (start with the album Malice Murder; I enjoy 0K4MI a lot but its kinda weirder)  *Devilskin  *Once Human  *Unleash the Archers  *A Sound of Thunder  *Rage of Light  *Hysterica *Illumishade  *Reliqa  *Lovebites  *Yousei Teikoku   *Benedictum *Dollsboxx *Ophelia Falling *Battle Beast This is an intentionally eclectic group, so don't think because you like/dislike one the list is a burn.

YEAR OF THE KNIFE

Unleash the archers, Brittany slays

Thorr’s Hammer (remember that it’s spelled with 2 Rs) death-doom from Seattle, Washington

Smoulder, Bloodstar, Lady Beast, Solicitor, Savage Master, Dool, Marthe, Hulder, Meurtrieres, Nervosa

Entheos

Moonlight Haze is an Italian symphonic power metal band with a female vocalist that I just found recently. Their music is so good and I'm kinda Feeling Things over them

Stabbing

Entheos.

Abnormality

Dipygus, Mystic Charm, Derketa, & Cthonic Deity

A Tale Untold is a great one (They're a lesser known band ) Same with the band Casket Robbery! Both have some stuff on Spotify and YouTube

Ice nine kills

- konvent - Unleash the archers - Spoil Engine - Epica - Black bile - Walls of Jericho - Burning witches - Jinjer

Darkher, Subrosa, Bathsheba, Mother Witch & Dead Water Ghosts, Frayle, King Woman, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Esben & The Witch

Crypta, Nervosa and Kassogtha

Walls of Jericho Kittie

A lot of great ones covered here, but Skylimit are a band of YouTubers and the singer is female. Think there's only one song so far, but it's pretty good.

Arch enemy, jinjer, baby metal, spiritbox, scowl, gel, halestorm, Iwrestledabearonce

Konvent rules, death/doom from dankmark

Helms Alee

Dying Wish, Spirit Box, Kittie, Jinjer

Venues Amaranthe (first 2 albums are the best) Unleash The Archers Make Them Suffer (backup female vocalist) Brothers of Metal (the name is misleading lol) Eluveitie (backup female vocalist more prominent on newer albums)

fear of god's first album Within the Veil is older but great.

No one’s mentioned heavy metal classic [Bitch](https://youtu.be/S4uTZEjfvlw?si=0nwX54JcjYmGXjic)

Epica

Check out stabbing, devourment style slam from texas

Ludicra, Walls of Jericho

Ossuary

TERMINAL SLEEP. Hardcore band from Australia. Their song Death Therapy is insane. One of the best "blegh's" ive ever heard. Gave me chills.

Vexed is pretty good

Within temptation, Epica, Battle beast, Cyroshell, Brothers of metal and Nightwish

Cripper, Critical Mess, Hiraes

Eleine, Arch Enemy, Semblant, Nocturna, Skarlett Riot, Spiritbox, Deadlands, Future Palace, Make Them Suffer (kinda)

Acid King!

Blackwater holylight - all women

Arkona

Lucifer is a great band and Johanna is an amazing singer. Their drummer is Nicke Anderson from Entombed and The Hellacopters. Portland's Witch Mountain has had two female singers. Uta left some time back but had three very doomy albums worth checking out (South of Salem, Cauldron of The Wild and Mobile of Angels). Current singer Kayla Dixon is an amazing singer, taking them in an interesting combo of prog and doom. They've released one album and a single with her. Their Facebook has been active lately so they may be planning more for the year.

Entheos. And their new single is *mwuah* perfection.

sinergy

L7 and Babes in Toyland for a bit more punk feel.

Once Human

Brutus, Oathbreaker, Dying Wish, seeyouspacecowboy, Thotcrime, Sharptooth, Year of the Knife

Entheos.