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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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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 21 minutes ago

Hanabie

Especially this live performance and their album from 2021 has some real bangers.

[–] soundsyndicate@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 minutes ago

Nobro is pretty good, they toured a bunch with Billy Talent so if you like that flavour of garage punk they might be up your alley

[–] pootzapie@lemy.lol 1 points 2 hours ago

This is not exactly my kind of music but I just wanted to say how cool this whole thread is.. you’re all amazing

[–] SpaceOctopus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] Matticus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] ZDL@ttrpg.network 3 points 9 hours ago

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.)

[–] SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 hours ago
[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 9 hours ago

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.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
  • 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.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

To add to this already awesome list

  • The Gits
  • Bad Cop Bad Cop
  • Amyl and the Sniffers
[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Birthday Massacre, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Eths, Infected Rain, Amaranthe

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Amaranthe's awesome. My workout playlist is mostly them.

[–] remon@ani.social 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 3 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 9 hours ago

Second this band. These chicks rule.

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

Jinjer is at least fronted by a woman

[–] 404@lemmy.zip 6 points 16 hours ago
[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 12 hours ago

If you dig industrial, check out

[–] kux@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

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)

[–] fleebleneeble@lemm.ee 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Kittie, Jack Off Jill, One Eyed Doll

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Devmapall@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

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)

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

When I'm not yelling at clouds, I like Tsunami Bomb

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQedL2w81I

[–] christopher@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Burning Witches is good

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Check out Unleash The Archers

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

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).

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit, this is wild. I like. A lot. Definitely introducing this to my rotation of music, thanks!

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

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.

[–] pyr0ball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

Nobody in here gonna mention Scene Queen?

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If you're willing to go more the punk route, look into the riot grrl genre. Sleater-Kinney is a good starting point.

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 16 hours ago

Spiritbox and Conquer Divide!

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] ghostlychonk@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 14 hours ago

Battle Beast

Noora Vuorinen's voice should be on the UNESCO world heritage list

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago
[–] HexPat@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago

The Warning

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 16 hours ago

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.

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