With bands such as Lacuna Coil and Nightwish fronting the charge for the ladies in a scene largely dominated by men, there’s no need for the term “female-fronted metal” in 2020. The women ...

Women don't get involved in metal to be ogled, objectified, judged, and condescended towards. They are here for exactly the same reason that someone with an XY chromosome is here, and care just as ...

Heavy metal, back when bands ... It remains, overwhelmingly, male-dominated. But since the beginning — and maybe now more than ever — strong metal women have put up their dukes and got down to it.

Metal is no longer a man’s world. All across the genre’s many subcategories, from folk to black metal, powerful female figures are putting their stamp on a genre that’s finally coming to ...

Heavy metal's track record with violently misogynistic themes is horrific, and its treatment of female musicians is even worse. A handful of bands are taking baby steps to change this, but there's ...

Here are 29 women who pioneered hard rock and heavy metal. When we think of early hard rock and proto-metal of the '60s and '70s, we typically think of groups like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath ...