If you enjoy female-fronted Rock and Metal...
I was having a conversation with some of my friends about women in alt music and realized many of them weren't exposed to the wealth of women's contributions to these genres, so I made these. In no way are these playlists comprehensive and they will continually be added to, but they are what I generally listen to and orbit around by subgenre. Recommendations are welcome if there's something you'd think I like and could be added! As of right now, there are four categories.
Punk, Alt, and Indie Rock covers the bases of the named categories without stepping into metal. Expect unpolished vocals, upbeat tempos, personal and political lyrics, and experimental sounds. Some of the artists on this playlist are...
The Gits, The Distillers, Hole, Joan Jett, Courtney Barnett, Screaming Females, Sleater-Kinney, and others.
Alternative, Progressive, and Symphonic brings us into the metal category. Expect more focus on singing over screaming, aspects of other genres, instrumental focus, with romantic and gothic overtones. On here...
Oceans of Slumber, Within Temptation, Evanescence, Reliqa, In This Moment, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, and others.
Hardcore and Metalcore is full-throttle metal. Expect very heavy vocals, unrelenting drums and guitar, enraged and violent lyrics, and breakdowns. You'll see...
Otep, Once Human, Jinjer, Butcher Babies, Dying Wish, Sharptooth, Spiritbox, The Agonist, Infected Rain, and others.
Black metal, Doom, and Dark Atmospheric is simultaneously heavy and ethereal. Expect a musical storm and dirge-like intonations and wails, broken up by moments of calm beauty and trance-inducing atmosphere. I felt dark atmospheric deserved to be here due to how metal-adjacent and well blending it is. Some of the artists here are...
Myrkur, Asagraum, Sylvaine, King Woman, Frayle, Darkher, Chelsea Wolfe, Black Table, and others.
All musicians on these playlists are female-fronted and sometimes entirely female/single artist acts. Rock on freaky women🤘😎
