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Female-Fronted Metal

A Story in 100 Songs

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Female-Fronted Metal

A Story in 100 Songs

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Description

Female metal singers receive attention as the “queens” and “warriors” of metal, but their musical expression and compositional work is often marginalized and overlooked. This is the much-needed chronological history of the developments of female artists in metal across the full range of metal music subgenres.

Female vocalists contribute as lead singers in all genres of metal music, including heavy metal, thrash, metalcore, death and death-doom, gothic, black, power, symphonic, folk, alternative, nu, and post-metal.

Featuring female vocalists Amy Lee, Rami, Lzzy Hale, Alissa White-Gluz, Cristina Scabia, and more, this critical listening guide for 100 songs from the 1980s to the present covers all genres of metal music and all styles of vocal expression (singing, belting, screaming, grunting, and growling).

Each analysis is written to communicate a story of gendered subjectivity that emerges in the song with attention to the lyrical content and the musical expression, aiming overall to reshape the discourse on women in metal.

Table of Contents

1. Coven
2. Girlschool
3. Hellion
4. Holy Moses,
5. Warlock
6. Vixen
7. Lita Ford
8. L7
9 The 3rd and the Mortal
10. Theatre of Tragedy,
...And 90 more

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 11 Jun 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 384
ISBN 9798765119761
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Lori A. Burns

Lori Burns is Professor of Music at the University…

Author

Patrick Armstrong

Patrick Armstrong holds an Master’s of Music from…

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