METAL QUEENS: 15 Female Fronted Heavy Metal Bands That You Need to Hear. (Warlock, Chastain, etc)
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Күн бұрынToday we're going to check out some of the Metal Queens of the eighties. Female fronted heavy metal bands like Chastain with Leather Leone and Warlock with Doro Pesch, but also a handful of underground gems. So we're going to shed some light on some Metal Queens of the eighties. Enjoy!
Happy International Women's Day!
Correction: Heather Leather's song isn't called 'Sons of the Night'. The name of the song is 'We Came to Destroy'. An editing error slipped through.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:38 The Metal Queens
21:23 The Summary
Featuring: Santa, Doro Pesch (Warlock), Chastain, Heather Leather, Hellion, Kim Sixx, Black Knight, Crystal Pride, D.C. Lacroix, Taist of Iron, Acid
, Metal Lady, BlackLace
, Zed Yago
and Bitch
Other female fronted bands that I do recommend:
Girlschool, Rock Goddess, Leather, Lordian Guard, Messiah Force, Znowhite, Holy Moses, Ice Age, Meanstreak, Sentinel Beast, Original Sin, Redeemer, Jurassic Jade, Détente, Sacrilege, Messiah Force and Battlefield
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@SaintMartins 2 жыл бұрын
Lee Aaron was very popular in Canada back in the 1980's as a Metal singer & by the 90's she became a 'blues rock' singer. These days she writes songs for others & owns a recording studio. She sings sometimes for fun at local clubs. She & her husband are big vinyl collectors. I've met them many times at local record fairs or stores.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cool, I didn't follow her career at all. :) But she should have stayed with the more metal sound.
@jaydemetrick8399 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Her sound hovered mostly on the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal border with a bit of '80s hair metal influence in there. Her best, heaviest albums are Metal Queen, Call of the Wild, and Bodyrock with good tracks scattered on the rest of the albums. Her '90s album "2Preciious" was really grunge influenced and then she went full-on jazzy blues after that point. I heard her latest album is more metal but haven't check it out yet. Great voice.
@gjermundification 2 жыл бұрын
Doro has an amazing voice!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
ah, Cheers!
@godetonter4764 2 жыл бұрын
The rest of her ain't bad either
@KatyReminiec9399 Жыл бұрын
So do Lee Aaron, Loraine Lewis & Robin Landry ( Widow)
@RockinExperience 2 жыл бұрын
My wife fronted a band. Inspired by The Pretenders, called Chantress. She did covers and originals. Toured for 20 years. Made a shit-ton of money. She then later worked with a songwriter/producer who did the background music for the TV drama series "Prison Break". Women in rock - ROCK! 🤘
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@DavidDavisDH 2 жыл бұрын
That's really cool and inspiring to hear!
@LuchaLibertaria 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool list...I think I have heard about 10 of them. I'd add Wendy O Williams to this list. Her wild persona and punk/metal music was unforgettable.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeaah I thoughtt of including her, but the list was getting too long. :D
@seagullpoet 2 жыл бұрын
I had a vhs concert of Wendy back one the day. I liked her. High school 😛 But I was honestly surprised at just how good the show was. Sad ending for her.
@andrettski8686 2 жыл бұрын
WENDY! WENDY! WENDY! WENDY! "SHUT UP MILAN, HITMAN, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO DIE' 1, 2, 1, 2 F*CK YOU"
@Jay.McCarty 2 жыл бұрын
Maggots: The Record (Plasmatics) is a pretty great album.
@ChristopherKarl 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely - how could they leave out Wendy.
@mikesg1776 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could do a separate episode on all female '80s bands. Not that many, but just enough to justify an episode. Girlschool, Rock Goddess, Rosy Vista, Leather Angel, Vixen, Phantom Blue. That's just from memory, there's probably a few more.
@MR-fx7sf 2 жыл бұрын
I remember an Interview with Vixen and said said their Bandname isn't so bad.... In german Vixen (Wichsen) is slang for handjob....
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah, maybe so, it was easier to find female fronted bands than all female bands of quality.
@giorgiodalesio7388 2 жыл бұрын
But..... I remember phantom blue as a 90es band.... Maybe I m wrong
@bbwibb02 2 жыл бұрын
Poison Dollys is another good one.
@mikesg1776 2 жыл бұрын
Show Ya (from Japan) is another one that came to mind later. Started out as pop-rock, but definitely metal by the late '80s.
@denizDDR Жыл бұрын
I would also add Lita Ford to the list. By the way I saw Doro twice in Canada and 3 times in Germany. Everywhere, every night, no matter how tired she might be, she stays for hours until every single fan gets an autograph or photo with her. Her incredible dedication to fans kind of reminded me of Dio. In Canada, she casually invited me to Germany to see her 25th anniversary concert back in 2008. I really went there to see her in Düsseldorf, she remembered me and invited me to their backstage party where I got to meet Scorpions and Axel Rudi Pell as well.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@martinpetersen8695 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb 80s production values here, good honest riffs and some pretty decent/interesting tunes. Thanks for the great video, although finding CD copies of any of this stuff is probably going to be a challenge.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. yeah, that will definitely be a challenge. ;) Cheers!
@DickTruth 2 жыл бұрын
All hail Doro... those Warlock albums are killer.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Cheers!
@thalesvasconcellos2086 2 жыл бұрын
Chastain's Mystery Of Illusion album is sick! Great video, man!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Great band, thanks man, Cheers!
@quantisz4416 2 жыл бұрын
Chastain. What a band! ♥️
@concernedliberal4453 2 жыл бұрын
Chastain is the easy winner on this list, far and away. Leather's vocals are incredible and the guitar work is stellar even for that golden era.
@steve.hoffman 2 жыл бұрын
Leather Leone has my favorite female metal voice of all time. I used to call her the female Bruce Dickinson. She crushed it on the song “The Black Night” which also had Fred Coury from Cinderella on drums!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@geordiejohnston9815 2 ай бұрын
Tell me about Leather Malone. I'm really interested in good female vocalists back when men thought they ruled the world
@geordiejohnston9815 2 ай бұрын
My favourite all time vocalist of that time was Jodie Turner. She had that raw,bluesy voice that shivered your soul. Still got their first album on vinyl. Still love it 💎
@steve.hoffman 2 ай бұрын
@@geordiejohnston9815 if you check out the band Chastain and their first two albums from 1985-86. She’s a powerhouse. Different than most female vocalists at the time. Not a weak or overly melodic voice. A true metal vocalist with a heavy voice with a lot of range. She’s on some newer releases too.
@SubwaySweden 2 жыл бұрын
Doro Pesch
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@uberwhitney 2 жыл бұрын
Female fan, here. Surely we're more than 2.5 percent of your audience? Thanks for the shout-out and introducing me to a few women I'd never heard. Love your channel.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Nope, it's only 2.5 percent according to the stats that KZfaq presents to me. It's definitely a male dominated music style heavy metal plus I think that men are overrepresented on KZfaq in general so that makes it even more one sided. Thank you, glad you like the content. Cheers!
@benardolivier6624 2 жыл бұрын
Not pure heavy metal, but honorable mention to Blondie and Joan Jett for inspiring many female fronted bands in the 80's.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
cheers
@KatyReminiec9399 Жыл бұрын
Blondie is from the late 70s
@CrimHawkins 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome list, I'm always pumped to add new music to my collection. Great seeing Rock Goddess and Messiah Force get a shout out towards the end as well!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Cheers!
@Jayagebee 2 жыл бұрын
Of these I only knew Warlock. But of that time I also know Holy Moses, Detente, Plasmatics, Girlschool, the Runaways/Joan Jett. I’ll definitely check more of your listed bands out, Chastain seemed quite up my alley!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Chastain is amazing! Cheers!
@giandomenicocossu9690 2 жыл бұрын
Great, great video indeed!! It brought back to my memory loads of bands I haven't listened to for ages! These are all great bands and releases, from number 15 to number 1! Of course there many other worth mentioning, the list could go on and on: the quality in the 80s was really unmatchable. If I may, I would just mention two more great releases: Messiah Force "The Last Day", an incredibly top-level melodic speed metal attack from Canada, and Malteze "Count your Blessings", a superb, absolutely amazing US heavy metal powerhouse. But there were really lots of female-fronted bands worth checking out, this video is really a great job!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@coffee_rocks2015 2 жыл бұрын
Real great list!! My favourite is azuzena from Santa..so powerful voice. Thank you for this video again.support ruthless metal channel!!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Cheers!
@Catonius 2 жыл бұрын
Top list, got a few new albums to spin. Having been caning The Unknown album lately -thanks for that gift that keeps on giving btw!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
one of the best albums of all time! Cheers! 🤘
@Catonius 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT it really is -magic record.
@BrianFoss206 2 жыл бұрын
Damn good work here, as usual. Keep it up!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Cheers!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
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@jasvav1 2 жыл бұрын
You left out FEAR OF GOD!!! Dawn Crosby was wicked!! R.I.P.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah this was more of a heavy and power metal video.
@gas_masked_guys 2 жыл бұрын
Man, this is an awesome list! I love it, I'm definetly gonna to rock out these bands! Awesome job!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@christopherroberts6041 2 жыл бұрын
Doro Pesch is awesome!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@donaldwrissler9059 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for including "Taste of Iron". It would be nice to see more content with bands that include female members as part of your regular content. Great list, 'Heather Leather' was the only unfamiliar one of the 15.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, yeah it was kinda rare with female musicians, it's easier to find vocalists. Cheers!
@michaelschmidt9708 2 жыл бұрын
Top 15 female 80's metal singers: Leather Leone (Chastain) Darby Mills (Headpins) Lee Aaron Dawn Crosby (Fear of God) Gigi Hangach (Phantom Blue) Ann Boleyn (Hellion) Randee Robbins (Warbride) Jody Turner (Rock Goddess) Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics) Doro Pesch Maryann Scandiffio (Black Lace) Jutta Weinhold (Zed Yago) Betsy Weiss (Bitch) Nicole Lee (ZnoWhite) Kim McAuliffe/Kelly Johnson (Girlschool) Honorable out-of-decade mention: Veronica Freeman (Benedictum) - the female Ronnie James Dio Top 15 80s metal albums with a female vocalist (one album per band): Girlschool - Hit and Run Mother's Finest - Iron Age Hellion - Screams in the Night Headpins - Turn It Loud Lee Aaron - Metal Queen Rock Goddess - Rock Goddess Chastain - Ruler of the Wasteland Black Lace - Unlaced Plasmatics - Coup D'Etat Detente - Recognize No Authority Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue ZnoWhite - Act of God Warlock - Triumph and Agony Bitch - Be My Slave Satanic Rites - Which Way the Wind Blows
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@claudio6512 2 жыл бұрын
Great list Man!i love 80's Metal and my best's are Chastain,Warlock,Zed Yago,Hellion,Znowhite,Phantom Blue,Lee Aaron first period,and Bitch of course!!:-)
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
good stuff! Cheers!
@seagullpoet 2 жыл бұрын
I Love Betsy. That release was tops. L.A tops.
@bradzillarocks 2 жыл бұрын
Znowhite is one of my all time favorite bands, and the first time I heard a female voice in a thrash band and it immediately captivated me. Glad to see Lee Aaron open the video. Say what you want about the cheese factor of that video, it rocks. Those early Chastain albums are must-hear for Leather's power. Of course Warlock had to be in this list since those 4 albums are all amazing, and most of Doro's "Force Majeur" album is worth the listen too. Thanks for highlighting some bands I hadn't heard before too like Blacklace. Edit: one not mentioned but is worth a listen is the EP "Do The Blitz" by Blitz. The track "Tarantella" in particular is killer.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love Znowhite, especially act of god. Cheers!
@BruGaleen 2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree on Lee Aaron. Whenever I hear "Metal Queen", I feel like I'm in church. Plus, her ballad "Barely Holding On", is an underrated masterpiece. Breaks me every time. \m/
@KatyReminiec9399 Жыл бұрын
Isn't Znowhite a Metal Band from Chicago,Il ?
@bradzillarocks Жыл бұрын
@@KatyReminiec9399 Yes they are.
@kateacid 2 жыл бұрын
Hi , this is Kate from kate's ACID, thanks for the support
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, is it really you? That's cool. Been a fan of Acid for 20 years or so. Good stuff! Cheers!
@kateacid 2 жыл бұрын
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@heavymetalsteve 2 жыл бұрын
Great list! Chastain and Acid being my favorites. Great to see Metal Lady included too!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah, that was an obscure gem. Cheers!
@scotto0010 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Some good shit, most of which I never heard of! Thanks!
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@helgrenze Жыл бұрын
You hit many of my favorite bands on this, and the supplemental list. Missing: Jade - Album: IF YOU'RE MAN ENOUGH (1985), Song: I'm Not Yours. Fronted by ROXY LYONS. Harlow - Album: Harlow, Song: Chain Reaction. Fronted by Teresa Straley. Leather Angel/Jaded Lady - Albums: We Came To Kill (LA), Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Pretty (JL), Songs: We Came to Kill (LA), Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Pretty (JL). Fronted by Terry O'Leary. Phantom Blue - Album: Phantom Blue, Song: Time to Run. Fronted by Gigi Hangach, featuring Michelle Meldrum on guitar. Sacred Child - Album Sacred Child, Song: Black Widow. Fronted by Astrid Young. Smashed Gladys - Album: Social Intercourse, Song: Lick it into Shape. Fronted by Sally Cato. Wench - Album: A Tidy Sized Chunk, Song: Stone Cold. Fronted by Yana Chupenko.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Nice. maybe next time. ;)
@TRex-rh6rf Жыл бұрын
I never knew there were so many kick ass metal queens out there. I do like the fact that the ladies can kick ass in hard rock and metal and make it look so damn good. LOVE DORO, she was my first metal queen crush 😍. One of my new favorite bands is Lovebites. If you haven't heard any of their music, ya may wanna look them up. They're givin the power metal men a run for their money. Looking forward to more Metal Queens in the future. 🤘😁🤘
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Yeah there are tons of ladies out there. perhaps more now than ever before. Cheers!
@MetalPersonJ 9 ай бұрын
Lovebites fucking destroy!
@juanortiz9123 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you put international bands!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@godetonter4764 2 жыл бұрын
1. Crystal Pride 2. Lee Aarron 3. Doro ( Warlock) 4. Kate ( Acid) 5. Taiste of Iron 6. Jodi Turner ( Rock Goddess) 7. Nicole Lee ( Znowhite ) 8. D.C Lacroix 9. Debbie Gunn ( Sentenel Beast ) 10. Anne Boelynn ( Hellion - Owner of New Renaissance records)
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@montmn 2 жыл бұрын
Warlock and Acid were two of my early favorites, along with Holy Moses.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@metalandy 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is very 80's metal. Sad you don't get production sound like this anymore.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I agree, this is metal perfection. Cheers!
@johnnypairoux4356 2 жыл бұрын
Nice - for me as Belgian - to see Acid on your list! I like to mention that singer Kate recently gave new life to the band and now tours as Kate's Acid
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@TheWarizon 2 жыл бұрын
Sweet list! There are quite a few bands I don't think I ever heard need to check them :) Leather Leone is the ultimate heavy metal godess for me eheh PS - Black Knight has a female singer??? Never noticed it, MOD is a masterpiece!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's hard to tell sometimes. :D Cheers!
@sylentstorm8422 2 жыл бұрын
They had a male singer too, during a different era.
@TheWarizon 2 жыл бұрын
@@sylentstorm8422 I must confess it's the only record I know of them. Do you recomend any other releases? Also great job on your band, the fire never dies is awesome :D
@thinkforyourself2109 Жыл бұрын
I would recommend re-doing this video with lots of pics and videos of these ladies. I looked up some of them and they were good looking.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Would be too hot for KZfaq. ;) Cheers!
@carloseduardocampos5534 2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations for the video, and if possible make a second part, even more extended and with the photo of the vocalists..... Greetings from Brazil 🔥🤘🏼🔥
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
maybe next year. ;) Cheers!
@neurocell159 2 жыл бұрын
Great video; thanks for reminding me of some great bands. I'd heard of most of these with Warlock and Chastain being my favorites. Heard of Zed Yago, but never heard their music until today. Never cared for Bitch. For years I didn't believe Santa, Metal Lady, or Heather Leather were real bands. Their names were too cliche, or just unbelievable for metal bands.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
hehe, yeah kinda strange names there. :D
@KabukiKid 2 жыл бұрын
Cool list! Glad you mentioned Girlschool at the end... they were an excellent band.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah I had to at least throw them in there. :) Cheers!
@damianandres 2 жыл бұрын
Gran idea! Saludos desde Monte Grande, Buenos Aires!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Saludos!
@javiermoreno9972 2 жыл бұрын
Good video! I hoped that one day you will talk about the scream queens of the 80s And today is that day. I prefer these ladies than the new ones. I respect their style but now are hundreds of tarjas and hundreds of angelas gossow My favorites are: Leather leone - Chastain Ann boleyn - Hellion Debbie gunn - Sentinel beast Down crosby(RIP) - Detente.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, all the female operatic singers are just boring. Cheers!
@alexandrebelinge8996 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome idea !! I was just wondering about that last week, I have almost zeo women music in my collection, thought that was a bit weird .
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
hehe, gotta hunt down those chastain albums then. ;) Cheers!
@user-co1ux6kl8b 2 жыл бұрын
And here I would add Malisha, Jaded Lady aka Leather Queen, Aphrodite (Sweden EP 1986) and Rosy Vista.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@geordiejohnston9815 2 ай бұрын
Zed yago. I loved that band. Loved Jutta who i understand is the oldest woman still singing metal. Love her, she's still gorgeous 😍🎉❤
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 ай бұрын
cheers
@jakrac2790 2 жыл бұрын
Cool list. Good to see Metal Lady, really underrated hungarian metal
@Armando.Sepulveda 2 жыл бұрын
Female pokolgep
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
for sure! Cheers!
@ricsithompson6671 2 жыл бұрын
Took me by surprise
@Cornelius798 2 жыл бұрын
Love the recognition for female vocalists \m/!!!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@mattiasjp 2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s great that you make an effort to shine a light at these bands. Some amazing metal vocal performances here. I really would like to see more of this and maybe some more in-depth bios and reviews of bands with female members. It’s sad that it became a novelty with women in metal, it’s getting better but we still aren’t all the way there, where it’s a natural choice for a girl to start or join a band. But together we can unhinged that open door and hopefully get a lot more great metal in the future from women.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but nowdays it's mostly operatic female vocalists, I prefer this more metallic approach. Cheers!
@mattiasjp 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Me too, that evening gown operatic stuff does nothing for me.
@HudsonValleyVHS Жыл бұрын
If anyone else is losing their mind trying to figure out why they know that D.C. Lacroix song "Devils Son" so well, it was used in the 1988 straight to video slasher "Hack-O-Lantern". Sadly it looks like the soundtrack doesn't have a release.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@suetruett3812 2 жыл бұрын
this is a great and quite entertaining lesson into the women of metal. While I only had heard of Doro I really enjoyed hearing of these other singers. Sadly a couple are no longer with us.. Some were better at making it but they all tried and that's what counted..
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@marcostapia4745 2 жыл бұрын
Jo Phipps ( Masque) Dawn Crosby ( Detente) Sweet Marie Black ( Jade ) Brenda Marín ( Abaddon) Melanie Law ( Malibu Barbi) Inge Mackenthum ( Monroxe Sharon Bascovsky ( Derketa Malin Ekholm ( Aphrodite Lisa Bellanova ( Black Ghost Graciela Folguera ( Las Brujas Sibylle ( Witches) Reiko Hamada ( Vixen / Japan Hiromi Kosugi ( Magenda, and Rose) Lisa Ruiz ( Aloha) Annelen Middendorf ( Carrie) Kat ( The Great Kat
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I focused on heavy metal here, I might do something similar next year with more extreme female vocalists, we'll see. Cheers!
@gudjon_jonsson 2 жыл бұрын
That was outstanding🙏
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks boss!
@gudjon_jonsson 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT did not know any of them before and they all souded amazing but holy fahk why did i not know about chastain :o what a voice, just as evil sounding as warrel dane was. Also that first crystal pride ep has gone through my speakers at least 3 times in last hour and zed yago are next
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Chastain is amazing. they have a long discography and lots of it is great. Cheers!
@juanvicentelli-albert1197 2 жыл бұрын
EXCELENT COMPILATION, WHAT A COMPILATION, REALLY AMAZING, THANXS.-
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@terrorkaiser 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how to say it...I'm german, but i can not listen to Warlock or Doro. The moment I first listened to Chastain with Leather Leone, I knew this was the damn best female metal voice this world will have forever. Thanks guy, for this video. Great female fronted bands that i didn't knew about
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Bagledog5000 2 жыл бұрын
Nice coverage of these ladies from the eighties, first time I've heard of some of them, and it's always good to find new music. . I'm surprised nobody has mentioned them in the comments already, but if you haven't heard of them, you should check out Band Maid they're incredibly talented. I'd recommend "FREEZER, Shake That" "Turn Me On" and "Don't you tell me' to start. Lots of folks like DICE and "Secret my Lips" as well. There's a lot more that I didn't list, but by then you'll have an idea of what they're capable of and whether you dig them or not. (^^)v
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Anderson_Araujo666 2 жыл бұрын
I've listened to 6 of these 15 bands. After watching the full video, Budgie and Jaded Lady were the bands that came in my head first. :-)
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Budgie? that's a guy singing.
@Anderson_Araujo666 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Bruh indeed! What the hell was I thinking when I wrote this? XD There are so many bands in my head that I ended up confusing them. Hahaha
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Take it easy with the drugs. ;) haha Cheers!
@Anderson_Araujo666 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT no drugs for me, dude! Just Metal. ;-) Ps: I know you're joking, I'm joking too. Hahaha
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
hehe. Cheers!
@josephbobbitt7759 2 жыл бұрын
I like Warlock and Girlschool. I've seen Doro live once but it was after she left Warlock. I will have to look up some of those other bands and find their albums.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@AleXMartinez-ot4fl 2 жыл бұрын
Great list! I'd add Ordained Fate (early 90's speed / thrash) in the honorific mention list
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Ripplin 2 жыл бұрын
Lee Aaron is always the first metal queen I think of just because I know a guy who was one of her roadies. :)
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@METALSCAVENGER78 2 жыл бұрын
Great list.Some others worth I would like to mention are Deathslayer, Syren, Malibu Barbi, Blacksmith,Fahrenheit, Sapient, Trop Féross,Vixen (Marty' sFriedman of course)/Aloha/ early Destiny, Rough, Plattform, Blitzz, Carrie, Monroxxe, Warbride, Malisha, Oral, War Machine, Witches, Abaddon, Wardance, Xandril, Killerhawk, Caress, Jade, Jaded Lady, Flying Vision, Valkylie, Velle Witch, Virgin Killer
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yes! that would be for next year then. ;) Cheers!
@JayTyrus 2 жыл бұрын
oh yeah, I forget Blacksmith had the gal, yet their "The Fire Within" album had a dude singing.....crank it higher....make it louder than HELL!
@steamh4mmer264 2 жыл бұрын
The NWOTHM has some good female vocals too like Smoulder ,Satans Hallow, Midnight Dice, Tower, Savage Master, Soul Grinder, Claymorean, to name a few
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! lots of women fronting these bands, which is cool. Cheers!
@alannaramone3821 2 жыл бұрын
Im from VANCOUVER Canada and id never heard of "Black Knight" till this video.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah they just had a demo and an EP out in the mid 80's. That EP is super rare these days since it was just pressed in 500 copies. :) Cheers! 🤘
@madplissken2933 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah TAIST OF IRON!!! BLACK KNIGHT, BLACKLACE and ACID totally rules! And I like that you have featured HEATHER LEATHER - all the years I thought nobody loves this 7“ besides me lol.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I dig it. :) but it's a rather obscure release. :D Cheers!
@alexbedu2753 2 жыл бұрын
HI ! Very interesting as usual... Do you know Marta Gabriel ( singer of Crystal Viper ) ? She's released a solo album called "Metal queens" that pays tribute to a great deal of these bands ! Personally just missing WOW here. Cheers
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'm friends with her man over on facebook. :) Cheers!
@alexbedu2753 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Hail to Bart then ! Cheers
@Flets72 2 жыл бұрын
If I may, I just want to add that any video where you rank or list albums should have an audio sample... That's something I would have really enjoyed in the Rank 'Em All series; you often mention good songs on bad albums and an audio snippet would be great... Go back and start over!! LOL (Just Kidding...) You do an amazing work!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
if you pay for the rights to use their music, then it's fine... :)
@Flets72 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT oh... but you use some in a few video.... I guess you have the right to use only a limited time per band for free... anyhow, your videos always stir me somewhere cool... Thank you for all of this!
@dieterkurek6381 2 жыл бұрын
Acid, superb! Love their albums!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@alannaramone3821 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for always havinhg wicked metal content! Hey your wrong about def leppard but thats ok! Hails and horns from your metal sister in vancouver Canada
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
what about Def Leppard? Cheers!
@michaelanchor626 2 жыл бұрын
I'd add Rough to the list, it was fronted by Anny Wichardt and they recorded the album First Cut in 1988. One of my favorite albums of all time.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@ThomasMuller-jb5lh 2 жыл бұрын
Jutta Weinhold was the front-singer from the Band "Breslau" and their Top-Album - "Volksmusik". (From the beginning of the 80-th's.)
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
ah cool
@betovisconti77 2 жыл бұрын
Zed Yago, Velvet Viper, Warlock, Chastain and Original Sin.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@DrLangMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Came here looking for Messiah force and found Chastain. Dig it!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Nice, Cheers!
@independenceltd. 2 жыл бұрын
Mandy Martillo from Midnight Dice is another good one (for a more recent addition).
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I''m not that familiar withh them, but I like what I hear. Cheers!
@inmyhouse11 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome mention to Maryann Scandiffio and Black Lace. Loved that band
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@IronDuke_xX Жыл бұрын
I love Black Knight, Metal Screams is a great night driving banger
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Good stuff!
@romratt 2 жыл бұрын
Note that none of these queens sing in the opera soprano register and have more balls than some of the powermetal guy's these day's.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I hate that style, it's like whenever a woman are being in a metal band, they are going to sing opera. it's just so dumb, haha
@Powermad-bu4em 2 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear someone gush over Floor Jansen I want to tear my goddamn eyes out. Her voice is insufferable to me. I grew up on Ann Boleyn and that's where I look for badass women vocalists.
@MetalPersonJ 2 жыл бұрын
@@Powermad-bu4em Floor had potential, but she's wasted in Nightwish (who were great....over 20 years ago when they played power metal).
@Powermad-bu4em 2 жыл бұрын
@@MetalPersonJ I just can't do modern power metal. I grew up on Helloween and the style these days completely bugs the shit out of me.
@MetalPersonJ 2 жыл бұрын
@@Powermad-bu4em Frozen Crown, Battle Beast and Tower are three female fronted bands who don't do opera singing. Check them out.
@jessicalatex2539 2 жыл бұрын
As one of the girls that heard Lee Aaron way back in about 1990 when she put out Body Rock and then Some Girls Do .. it wasn't for many years after that i even knew she had albums before either of those records... Chastain is something i heard on an indy radio station that has various music shows covering a lot of genre's... A progressive/speed/traditional/heavy metal show called Screaming Symphony played her solo stuff, but brought up Chastain as well... Been collecting her solo stuff and Chastain's albums as well.. All on cd.. I do have a suggestion for a female led metal band that sits in amongst the traditional with a dash of aggression . Said band is called "SINERGY".. Kimberly Goss is the name of said singer. She has a very powerful voice.. 3 albums all that are unique in their own ways .
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Chastain are great. Ok, I'll check it out! Cheers!
@guilhermeptp3954 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Can i suggest a video ranking the Napalm Death albums? Really want to see that
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I don't listen to them so I doubt that will happen. Cheers!
@guilhermeptp3954 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT well, i try at least. Thnx anyway! Cheers!
@MR-fx7sf 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Dude you had forgotten to show the queen of speed THE GREAT KAT
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Beethoven on Speed. She sent me a copy of an old album and I reviewed it negatively and she wasn't happy about that, must have been 20 years ago now. haha Cheers!
@MR-fx7sf 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT have both as LP here
@fabriceguet3503 2 жыл бұрын
YEEEEEEAH ! Very thrash, fantastique, hello from France 😜🤘👍
@villain68 2 жыл бұрын
I'm familiar with Chastain. Heard them a lot back in the 80's. I live in Greater Cincinnati.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Nice, Cheers!
@mrdethbuzzard4885 2 жыл бұрын
Damn, I've been lucky to have seen 5 of these bands in the 80's & 90's. Damn, I'm fukkin old....
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
damn, I haven't seen any of 'em live. Cheers!
@EvilTed666 2 жыл бұрын
Check out D.C. Lacroix playing Devil's Son in the B-Movie classic Hack-O-Lantern(1988)!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@concernedliberal4453 2 жыл бұрын
One of Hellion's new songs, "Hell Hath No Fury," is worth checking out.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@erichobbs4042 2 жыл бұрын
Great music, amazing album art, kick arse riffs. What more could you want?
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure. ;) Cheers!
@813productions7 2 жыл бұрын
The Great Kat needs to added, speed metal. Her demo "Satan Says" and debut "Worship me or Die" came out in the 80s and she is still active
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
yeah, i reviewed one of her albums once and I didn't like it and she got furious with me. hehe. I think it was mostly just image, don't think I've heard anything from her that rocked my boat.
@sylentstorm8422 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT she got mad? Hahaha
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
@@sylentstorm8422 yeah, she wanted me to review an album and I didn't like it so I said that I didn't, but that that didn't go that well. haha
@ericmaboud6306 2 жыл бұрын
Crystal Viper, Sölicitör, Lizzies, Street Lethal, Night Viper, Sign of the Jackal, Shadow Warrior, Steel Inferno and Midnight Dice/Satan's Hallow are some other female fronted bands you should Check out!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
good stuff! Cheers!
@sylentstorm8422 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the modern stuff! Lady Beast, Sanhedrin, Kramp, Grendel’s Syster, Soul Grinder, Arcana… lots of fantastic female-fronted bands.
@johnkeating34 2 жыл бұрын
Seen lee aaron a few years great show and still putting out some new heavy music
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@buzzbomb9495 2 жыл бұрын
Was diggin on that Black Knight tune.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@giorgiodalesio7388 2 жыл бұрын
Yutta and zed yago was soooo catchy.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@2kReels 10 ай бұрын
For me, Leather Leone is still the Queen of Metal. Best female metal voice. She is still active under the Name of Leather. Still a fantastic voice. I also love Jutta Weinhold...her Zed Yago Albums are so underrated; with her theatrical voice so fitting for the type of music and lyrics. For me, she's the german metal queen!
@RuthlessMetalYT 10 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@KaaiHawaiianDeathMetal 2 жыл бұрын
Velvet Viper kicks ASS! Black Knight was also great. Of course Warlock and Chastain were great too. I’m off to crank up more Velvet Viper
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Do it! Cheers!
@sergiofreitas5753 2 жыл бұрын
Zed Yago great band! Love this 80s raw production a la KD Abigail and Savage´s Loose and Lethal it sounds much more menacing and evil!
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers! 🤘
@seagullpoet 2 жыл бұрын
Two bands come to mind for me. LIZZIES and DONNAS. They weren’t Metal, but what tremendous rock energy !
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@thomasfarmer1730 2 жыл бұрын
Saraya we’re another band around late 80’s from the U.S.A., they had a more commercial hard rock sound if I remember
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Bravilor 2 жыл бұрын
Kim Sixx, Black Knight and Blacklace are the best of the bunch! We also have Deathslayer, Killerhawk, Margoth and the Jabs, Leather Angel, Thunder (FRA).
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think I've heard the last three, need to check them out. Cheers!
@Bravilor 2 жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT Margoth and the Jabs är svenska, gjorde en singel som heter The Mighty Thor som är riktigt härlig. Leather Angel var bara tjejer och kanske det mest heavy-metalliga sådana bandet, kolla in t.ex. We Came to Kill. Thunder hade ganska speciella låtar, gjorde bara en singel. Fight for Success/Today's Night.
@hollowpoint3188 Жыл бұрын
Hey man can you a segment on Rhett Forrester the 2nd singer of riot i have tried and tried to find info on him and I can't I read that he got murdered at a red light never solved who it was. But turned out he had multiple bands I have discovered since one being the black sympathy
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
he was gunned down during a car jacking, I don't know that much about his life tbh.
@hollowpoint3188 Жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT his bands I've found aside from riot are Dogbone, The black Symphony 1992 his final band) jack starr and His solo projects
@keiochar2129 Жыл бұрын
Some of this band i heard only from compilation albums way back in the 80s
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@stevesommer44 2 жыл бұрын
Where's Wendy o' Williams?!! First the Plasmatics then two solo albums! She absolutely crushes every singer on this list! Sadly, she took her own life many years, but she was an outstanding performer. It traumatized me when she was not included in this list. Such a shame.
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I almost included her, didn't want to make the list too long, plus she is perhaps more punk than metal. Cheers!
@miguelangelsanroman202 2 жыл бұрын
Have you made a Rank 'em all of Coroner's Discography video yet?
@RuthlessMetalYT 2 жыл бұрын
No I haven't but I probably will some time this year.
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