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So female fronted metal is my jam. Your examples have a solid range, but here's some of my picks:
You'll find a ton of female fronted bands in what (I think) is referred to as "scandi-metal) (Sacndinavian Metal).
Oh dang this is right up my alley.
Entheos!
Brutus. Stefanie Mannaerts is the lead Singer and drummer. Simultaneously! She is absolutely amazing and has so much power in her Voice. My favorite Band of 2025.
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
Arkona, Kontrust, Genitorturers. All from quite different subgenres.
Jinjer, Arch Enemy, Unleash the Archers, spiritbox (and iwabo), Devil Electric
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)
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.
+1 for Spiritbox!
Excellent question! Have you tried !gpral@hilariouschos.com the mod there is lovely
Otep
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.
Burning Witches is good
Have you tried hard techno? Check out Cassie Raptor
Not sure about the genre but I recently discovered Blackwater Holylight and I quite like them
Dark Moor with their first 3 albums with Elisa is great.
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
Female fronted, Halestorm
All female, Kittie
The Warning
War on Women is a group I really like from Baltimore. feminist punk metal. https://waronwomen.bandcamp.com/track/white-lies
Loved War on Women but they are tainted for me personally after I read this. https://lambgoat.com/news/35416/ex-war-on-women-guitarist-nancy-hornburg-speaks-out-against-band/
Noooooooooooooooooo! Aw man.
Just want to say, after reading that, including the statement from the band themselves, it reads to me like these members got kicked out, then vented their frustrations. Maybe I'm missing something but this all sounds like pretty standard band politics to me, especially when egos and perfectionism are concerned. At least I don't see anything about nazi salutes or groupie abuse or some shit in there.
Anyway, sorry for the late reply. Got to this late. Finally got everything listed and categorized and decided to start to with the punk kind of stuff first. Just started listening this morning and I was hooked from the first track on the first album. I can even say it's exactly the kind of punk rock I've been missing and looking for for a long time now. So thanks for this suggestion!
More garage rock than metal/punk but the Pack AD is a lot of fun.
Nemophila
Vana The Pretty Wild Enemy Inside Not Enough Space Poppy Foie Gras (gothy music)
I posted this on a similar question a few weeks ago. I’ve been down the rabbit hole with these bands lately:
Stitched up heart, New Year’s Day, September mourning,
-chick singer led goth metal bands
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
I got kinda (very) overwhelmed by this thread. I was expecting like 5 responses, so you thank you very much for all the suggestions. I have finally made a list from all of this and will be replacing just about my entire music rotation with everything here. Once I find my favourites, I'll probably let you know some time in the future lol.
Thought I might as well drop some names that are already in my collection that I haven't seen mentioned here, for the sake of anyone that might come past here in future. Including stuff that's more on the alternative / hard rock side of things.
General Alternative / Rock:
Old School:
Alternative because off-beat / weird:
Punk:
Hard Rock / Grunge:
Heavy:
Spiritbox and Conquer Divide!
Drain STH.
Wow, that took me down nostalgia road...