It has been said that women are a weaker gender. Well sometimes not even that. The good thing about being a woman is we can exert both sides. We can be feminine, subtle, delicate and the same time we can be strong, determined and with a hint of aggression, but without losing our femininity. Never! And when we talk about the world music, there is still some trepidation about women in metal, so we can not deny that there is a man club in which men have total control. Most fans and members of metal bands are composed by men. All though the genre is rude, aggressive and even offensive, but now we find many women who enjoy the sound. And believe me there are several bands that can be attended including the vocals. Besides having good looks, the vocal burst in and put shame several men.
And for those who think that their participation is recent, you are mistaken. The first group of female participation to achieve a certain level of recognition in this period was Girlschool. Emerged in 1978 and it was a metallic version of "The Runnaways". The sound caught the attention of Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead eternal leader, who became a sort of godfather of the band. So in 1979 they opened a part of the tour dates for release of Overkill. Others bands also appeared as Rock Goddess (was formed by women only), but is was not expressive as Girlschool, in part because he appeared at the same time and they have not the "luck" that Girlschool had as contact with Lemmy. In 1983 in Dusseldorf, Germany, appeared Warlock, with Doro Pesch as vocalist and the only girl in this band. She is also known as the "Queen of Metal" until today. Bitch was the first heavy metal band from United States of America to have a female member (Betsy Bitch). A curious fact is Bitch was the first band to sign a contract with the legendary label Metal Blade, which is responsible for revealing names like Metallica, Slayer and Armored Saint, among others. Of course, there were and there are other bands with female members, so I apologize if I not mentioned them. Maybe this is the first chapter among others?...kkkk.
In this first part I would like to mention six vocalists who follow several strands of metal. Besides I really like their music, I think they have an incredible talent (and there are several talents around the world, but the lack of media interest in the disclosure becomes poor or almost nonexistent).
1. Tarja Turunen - Lyrical singer, songwriter and pianist who became world famous Finnish vocalist of symphonic metal band Nightwish between 1996 and 2005. Currently it goes on a solo career.
2. Cristina Scabbia - Singer of Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil along with Andrea Ferro.
www.lacunacoil.it/
3. Annete Olzon - Swedish singer and musician best known as lead singer of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish since 2007.
http://nightwish.com/
4. Inga Scharf - Lead singer of the German band Van Canto. They blend with the style a capella and heavy/power metal, creating a style they call "a capella metal hero".
5. Mariangela Demurtas - Italian singer, lead singer of the Norwegian gothic metal Tristania.
6. Heidi Parviainen - Finnish opera singer, known as vocalist of power metal Amberian Dawn.
For more information about Heavy Metal History go to: http://wewannarockyou.blogspot.com.br/. It is in portuguese. I hope you liked it and see you on part 2.
Bye! Tschüss!
It's great when women assert themselves more and more able,and that not only on the musical level.:)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you!:)
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