The likes of “ Uterine Industrialisation” and “Slayer Of Holofernes” prove devastating both live and in the studio when this unrelenting powerhouse gets her chops around them. Whoever said women had to be the saccharine, angelic feminine contribution to metal clearly never met Stupar, who belts savage growls as if delivered from the gates of hell itself. Vicious, teeth-baring uncleans are the domain of Venom Prison ’s Larissa Stupar, death metal’s brightest rising star. It takes a certain conviction and attitude to pull off the likes of “Whore” and “ Blood” without trivializing their core moral messages, but Brink has rewritten the book on expectations of women in the heavy music industry. Challenging religious imagery alongside feminine stereotypes, Brink’s presence both on and offstage has decimated the white male dominance of the metal genre. Since their inception in 2005, In This Moment have redefined performance art and metal all at the same time, thanks to the command of iconic vocalist Maria Brink.
The band that once created “ Storm The Sorrow” have matured to the lofty heights of “The Skeleton Key” with Simons’ operatic tones at the helm, bringing her angelic range to the band’s cinematic instrumentals and occasional death-metal infusions. However, the dreamy contributions of Simone Simons have kept Epica at the forefront of their genre since 2002. Symphonic-metal outfits face a constant challenge to stay relevant and move forward with the scene around them, more so than any other subgenre. Ad Infinitum and Bonny’s towering talents begin an epic quest through the ranks of metal, and nothing will stand in their way. Every member appears in a plague doctor’s mask except Bonny, commanding the narrative as her show-stopping range transitions from heavenly cleans to venomous screams with ease. With her compelling vocals at the helm, each track tells a story steeped in historic struggles and triumphs as the band members each adopt a story of survival during the time of the Black Death in Europe. You’ve never seen symphonic metal quite like Switzerland’s Ad Infinitum and, consequently, you’ve never seen a frontwoman quite like Melissa Bonny.
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From the iconic “Bring Me To Life” to her solo career’s “ Speak To Me” and most notably the captivating “ My Immortal,” Lee’s inimitable voice of an angel showed metal how to truly capture the mainstream.
With an unforgettably haunting vocal range that can reach into your chest and pull out your heart with a single note, Lee’s trademark sound has lived in our minds since 2003’s Fallen and has no intention of letting go. Most millennials were introduced to the world of metal through Evanescence ’s invasion of radio airtime in the early 2000s, making vocalist Amy Lee an initial encounter in female presence in a heavily male realm. We’re hanging on the edge of our seats for a new album. Whether your heart breaks or races along with the captivating stories told through her cherubic vocals, den Adel’s talents have kept this legendary band alive and relevant for 25 years. The band that introduced you to the dark side in high school has come a long way from “ Angels” and “ Our Farewell” to their most recent sensation “The Purge,” but the enduring talents of the angelic den Adel at the helm remain as moving as ever. Where symphonic-metal outfits go through vocalists like water, Within Temptation ’s Sharon den Adel has held on to her throne at the very beating heart of the genre since 1996. Take the hissing attitude of “ Make Me Wanna Die,” the iconic summer anthem through “ Messed Up World (F’d Up World),” the doomed “Going To Hell” and the gloriously filthy “My Medicine”-she’s not here for your entertainment, simply to make music in her own inimitable devil-may-care way. With her gravelly vocals offset by her signature blacked-out eyes and suspenders, Momsen is an all-around powerhouse frontlady who bends all of your stereotypical expectations of a female vocalist. Gossip Girl? We don’t know her-we know Taylor Momsen as the sultry tones commanding metal’s sassiest frontrunners the Pretty Reckless. SKYND’s dedication to her theatrical persona (plus the ability to keep her real identity a secret), her iconic look and the creation of lore around her exposition of real-life crimes is a mystery the metal world may never solve, but perhaps it never should. Tackling a new real-life mystery with each track, covering the disappearance and mysterious death of “ Elisa Lam” and the doomed cult following of “Jim Jones,” SKYND’s haunting vocals tell each tale as if they were acting out in front of you. True crime has never been more compelling than at the hands of Australian electronic-metal sensation SKYND and their mystifying frontwoman of the same name.
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