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Looking for suggestions of female fronted / all women heavy music

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.

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Bones UK, I dunno if they're a full female band but the two main ones are.

Arkona, Kontrust, Genitorturers. All from quite different subgenres.

Lambrini Girls, a little more political punk than metal. A little lighter than that but mannequin pussy when you're feeling a little more melodic

Calva Louise is also good. The music videos are crazy cool

Burning Witches is a classic metal band (inspired by the likes of Judas Priest) that is 100% women. Infected Rain is fronted by a woman as are Mysterain and Ad Infinitum. (I've got loads more but I read the responses first and sliced away the ones that were already mentioned like Unleash the Archers, etc.)

Drain STH.

Nemophila is an Asian all female band that fucking stomps.
Amaranthe is catchy as fuck melodic death metal with a female singer.
Hanzel und Gretyl is industrial rock that’s on the heavy side and has a female vocalist.
Jinjer is female fronted and heavy as fuck.
Maid of Ace is an all girl crossover thrash punk band. Scowl is good too for this.
Sumo Cyco is Canadian hard rock/heavy metal fronted by a chick who does the voice of Barbie in a bunch of animated Barbie movies.

Since i haven't seen it here and it's one of my favourite bands: iwrestledabearonce

Spirit Box, Rolo Tomassi, Cellar Darling.
Poppy, more her new music than old. Some people don't like her style but it's not strictly just hard metal.

L7
Lunachicks
Veruca Salt
Bikini Kill
The Muffs
Cibbo Mato
Blonde Redhead
The Evens
Shonen Knife
Some of this is more punk or pop-punk.
- To add to this already awesome list
  The Gits
  Bad Cop Bad Cop
  Amyl and the Sniffers

Nemophila
- Second this band. These chicks rule.

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.

Birthday Massacre, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Eths, Infected Rain, Amaranthe
- Amaranthe's awesome. My workout playlist is mostly them.

Jinjer is at least fronted by a woman

If you dig industrial, check out
Youth Code
Light Asylum

Could be slightly soft for your taste, a bit Hole-ish maybe, but I saw McQueen a couple of times (once supporting Mad Capsule Markets) and liked them since. Only one album sadly
'Neurotic' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaqTO4UwHMY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McQueen_(band)

Check out Lovebites Lovebites - Holy War

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)

When I'm not yelling at clouds, I like Tsunami Bomb
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQedL2w81I

Babymetal and Band-Maid.
- Heard of Babymetal but first time I've heard of Band-Maid. Currently listening to a track called 'Thrill' (I think lol) and it rocks. Definitely gonna give these guys a solid try.
  
  Another Jpop/metal band is Necronomidol. Whereas babymetal is jpop with metal, I think they are more metal with jpop.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYN932VzxV0

Burning Witches is good

More garage rock than metal/punk but the Pack AD is a lot of fun.

Kittie, Jack Off Jill, One Eyed Doll
- Brackish!

Otep

I love Myrkur's stuff. How heavy it is varies widely from album to album, anywhere from straight traditional Danish folk music to the lighter end of black metal, but I like both ends of that spectrum
There's also Feminazgul, who I'm not super keen on but their name is so good that they deserve a mention anyway

Nobody in here gonna mention Scene Queen?

Check out Unleash The Archers
- Fuck yeah this is cool. We actually need more female vocalists doing the old school falsetto style (although not really falsetto in this case, I guess).

Cloud Rat
- Holy shit, this is wild. I like. A lot. Definitely introducing this to my rotation of music, thanks!
  
  Glad to hear! They have a pretty big discography now, all worth checking out. Though I think my fave will always be the album Qliphoth.

Spiritbox and Conquer Divide!

Kylesa
- Just listened to the tracks 'Unspoken' and 'Running Red'. This definitely has new obsession potential for me. Thanks very much for pointing me towards these guys.
  
  Best part is they just got back together after a 10-year hiatus

Jinjer
Battle Beast
- Battle Beast
  Noora Vuorinen's voice should be on the UNESCO world heritage list

Mary Prankster. Tits and Whiskey.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tVhMAS1iT8s

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.

Excellent question! Have you tried !gpral@hilariouschos.com the mod there is lovely

The Iron Maidens
- Just watched their live version of Number of the Beast. Very cool! Tribute bands aren't something I would normally listen to but I'm already an Iron Maiden fan and this just might be a cool way to give their tracks a fresh listen to.

The Gathering. Older but still good

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.
All the users refrained from posting anything but links to tracks because the only users posting were just posting links to tracks and nobody wanted to make the first move.

Oh dang this is right up my alley.
Amberian Dawn
Arch Enemy
Spiritbox
Metalite
Otep
Warlock
Epica
Within Temptation
Delain
Amaranthe
Diamante
Orianthi
Sirenia
Spotify Playlist

I don't think I've heard of In This Moment or Butcher Babies, I will check them out.
Meanwhile if you're not allergic to melodic BM, I really like Dämonik, example track: https://youtu.be/kRNHUFt8oPs So far they have two singles out and I believe they're working on an album. There is also old demo EP from 2018, but it's a little rough compared to these.
I'll try to check what else I've got that is all female / female fronted. I think there are a few more I like, but can't recall what atm

The Warning

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