Posting this here because the metal community seems to be entirely links to tracks and I’m not sure how well received this would be there. Also, I’m open to anything that goes more on the punk rock side of things. I like a little punk in my metal and a little metal in my punk (which is very subjective anyway).
Basically as the title says. I’m bored of my current selection of heavy music and looking for new stuff. To per-emptively get ahead of these answers: yes, I’ve heard Kittie, Nightwish and Arch Enemy before (actually haven’t listened to Kittie since the nu metal days and maybe I should check them out again).
Two bands that I have found in recent years that I absolutely love are:
In This Moment. They started out as pretty much straight metalcore but have a noticeable evolution with each album, to the point that the most recent album sounds like this. Evolution is something I appreciate in a band.
Butcher Babies. Just straight up chaotic. And good shit. And they’re even named after an old school punk song. Chaos and attitude is something I also appreciate in a band. Pity that one of the vocalists left though, having two vocalists was something that really set them apart.
Any other suggestions?
Edit: wasn’t expecting so many great suggestions here. I promise I’ll make my way through each post and suggestion here but it’s going to take time. In the mean time, thanks everyone. At this rate I’m going to have more than enough new (to me) stuff to listen to.
So female fronted metal is my jam. Your examples have a solid range, but here’s some of my picks:
- After Forever
- Beyond the Black
- Ad Infinitum
- Delain
- Within Temptation
- Unsun
- Cellar Darling (and earlier Eluveitie if you don’t mind male and female singers mixing)
- Amaranthe
- Stream of Passion
- Illumishade
- Lacuna Coil
- Leaves’ Eyes
- The Murder of My Sweet
You’ll find a ton of female fronted bands in what (I think) is referred to as "scandi-metal) (Sacndinavian Metal).
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Battle Beast
Noora Vuorinen’s voice should be on the UNESCO world heritage list
The Gathering. Older but still good
Entheos!
Spiritbox and Conquer Divide!
Otep
If you’re willing to go more the punk route, look into the riot grrl genre. Sleater-Kinney is a good starting point.
I have dabbled in Riotgrrl. I enjoy Bikini Kill but more in an ‘appreciation of history’ kind of way than in a ‘my new favourite thing’ kind of way. Really liking the sound of Sleater-Kinney here though. Just listened to the track ‘Jumpers’ and I’ll definitely be listening to more. Thanks for the suggestion. Might even start a new topic specifically about Riotgrrl one of these days. Also starting to get a bit bored of my current punk selection.
Try Sharptooth
Drain STH.
Wow, that took me down nostalgia road…
Female fronted, Halestorm
All female, Kittie
Nemophila
Check out Lovebites Lovebites - Holy War
Burning Witches is good
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Synlakross is pretty decent but it’s got both male and female vocals .
Castle Rat is a fantastic thrash metal band also (I think they’re thrash. All the subgenres get confusing)
Brothers of Metal (despite the name). If you’re into symphonic stuff, Epica and Beyond the Black are worth looking into. I also love Halestorm, but I think they’re somwhere between hard rock and heavy metal.
