Female fronted metal

Im wondering why big part of successful female fronted metal bands are coming from Netherlands Netherlands? Do you have some specific high rated special schools for musicians there or what :p

Or is it all just coincidence?!

image: img.163419_t
Comments
67
Not for public use , ya rly.
coincidence imo
Finland Nightwish is the only metal(like) band i know with a female singer

oh wait, Evanesence! :<
try arch enemy oO thats real metal fronted by a woman
Parent
i don't like it when a woman shouts =(
Parent
im not into that sutff :'(
Parent
Real metal :DDDD
Parent
its more metal than nighwish is.
Parent
I was just laughing because some kid said I didn't like/wasn't a fan of metal because I dislike Machine head and Arch enemy :P
Parent
evanescence if female fronted mainstream nu-metal with technically shit singer. shouldn't be even mentioned :l
Parent
Quote Anonymous finkregh on 11/05/08, 17:15:28

im not into that sutff :'(



you're right!1 im a nuub! :(
Parent
Agree, though the album "The Open Door" is brilliant, especially the ballads.
Parent
her voice breaks my ears and live her voice makes me see red. and comments on youtube "OMG HOW GOOD SHE IS <3<3<3" are killing me.
Parent
so fucking agree, she's rly false live, and idd she has an annoying beep in her voice, but that doesnt take away the fact that the ALBUM the open door is epic :)
Parent
btw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSxoKQ_sWYY&fmt=18 , just to illustrate the epicness of this album.

To be honost, this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and if I happen to die soon, this will be played at my funeral :>
Parent
it's ok, but I can't listen Amy normally, because I know she can't sing even when the mixed album says so.
Parent
I also know she can't sing (seen them live), but that's why I capitalized ALBUM :)
Parent
I know, I know. I just can't listen it like that after knowing the truth :DD
but as said, the song was ok.
Parent
Within Temptation?xD
Parent
Not really pure metal but Flyleaf :>
Parent
it's just matter of time till the dutch take over the world, this is just a preview
they have to take over the world as soon as the their country drowns
Parent
coincidence imo
quantity over quality
Arch Enemy & Enter Chaos are both nice bands and both fronted by females and both NOT Dutch :)
because most dutchies have no music taste
metal shouldnt be fronted by women
metal shouldnt be fronted by women
true...
Parent
female fronted metal sux
metal sux
finland got one(nightwish, but their singer isn't finnish anymore), sweden got at least one (arch enemy), but netherlands got at least five (after forever, epica, delain, the gathering, within temptation)
arch enemy got a german singer btw :p
Parent
yes, and afaik Epica's singer is also yerman. but if we think them as a bands.
Parent
:D haha no, simone simons (epica's singer) is NOT german :D She's from Holland, from a town called Hoensbroek in the province Southern-Limburg :)
Parent
plz. Country: Germany in myspace :(((((
Parent
Dude, trust me, you DON'T wanna discuss with me about Epica. It's my favorite band, I see em like 10-15 times a year live, I even know a few of the bandmembers personal, and I'm one of their greater fans.

Here some proof for you:

Epica:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epica_%28band%29

Simone Simons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Simons

Mark Jansen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jansen

Arjen van Weesenbeek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek

About the others there aren't any wikipedia's, but I'm sure you can find enough info about them.
Parent
I don't need special proofs or so, I just saw it on myspace and thought she is yerman :l

Trust me, without any kind of offence, I think im still bigger fan than you!
Parent
:"D

ye, u don't know from what country they are, I see them 15 times a year live (in 4 days again) I know a few bandmembers personally, I have every album including special editions, dvd's and the score, I have posters on my room, I'm wearing an epica hat and sweatarmbands every day, the first thing I automatically turn on when I turn my pc on is epica, I have every epica pic possible on my pc, I'm semi-active on the epica forums.

Trust me, you aint a bigger fan :D
Parent
I've their hoodie and those wristthings :<

have you analysed their songs 100 times and listened their albums totally 1000 times? I'd go live too, but guess how many times they are in Finland ?! but they come next month and I'll be there, muaha!
Parent
well, since I listen every album several times a day now for a few years already, and I know every single part of lyrics (including guestsinger's names and from what bands they are), yes, I guess I've also listened it thousands of times. + the analising, I do that standardly since I'm a decent musician and music is my life ;)
Parent
lol :D my last.fm says 5700 plays only, but thats like around half of total plays (mp3-player & car's player)
Parent
I guess we are both just really great fans of epica (the fact that we're trying to outnumber eachother says enough xD)
Parent
hah, true. I just appreciate classic music with the "real band" with it plus female singer. and when the music is a bit progressive (not too much) and they've totally random solutions (great ones, artistic) and very nice contrast(Simone's voice vs Mark's grunts), it's just perfect.
Parent
AF is great also. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sabEp4vy8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhyTr9xKx04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwPlK7uosDU

As you might know, Mark played in AF and composed all their songs what are criticizing the religions. (ofc he composed others, but escpecially those)
Parent
Only the old albums where mark still plays are nice, the newer shit is just complete crap tbh :<
Parent
LOL! I hadn't listened AF for ages and then listened new and was like :OOOO omg this is 2good. then listened older and was like -,- sooooooooo good :p
Parent
try songs De-energized and Withering time from new. Epica style :)
Parent
I will later, I'm rly rly fkin busy atm, have to leave in a few minutes ^^
Parent
Dude... you're not a fanboy, you're a fanatic!
Parent
HEY, GUESS WHAT MY XFIRE PROFILE SAYS ABOUT MY NATIONALITY
Parent
dunno, russian?
Parent
just said that because you've said that nighwishs singer isnt finnish anymore :p
Parent
arch enemy > all the dutch ones
are you the pro poker player
Epica is from Holland, and also one of the best bands around imo :)

We have lots of musicschools in here yes, thus many educated musicians. I guess that contributes a rather large part to our amount of musicians ^^
Otep <3 but no idea where are they from oO
Yes, Hed Kandi is great.
SKUNK ANANSIE!
not all songs real metal but comes close.
I can't name a single Dutch metal band, female singer or not. I tried finding some on Wikipedia, and now I know that "Dutch metal is a form of brass being an alloy of copper, 84% and zinc 16%". ^^

Swedish all female metal band Drain STH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR8MoP451w4
Finland Lullacry is best tho!
Back to top