Anyone else notice they have a sexual preference in singers and music? I mostly like metal, and there are a few female singers I have liked, though I’m out of touch, having been totally disenfranchised by streaming, and bad with names in general. I tend to wear thin on female vocals. I don’t know if it is the tone, texture, or content.
I used to put 5 CDs in a turn table boom box in my auto body shop and just let them play while I worked for 12-16 hours straight. It was mostly like Disturbed, Slipknot, Metallica, Alice in Chains, that kind of stuff. I can’t recall any of the female stuff I tried, but I never kept them in the loop for very long. Dunno why really. Guess I’m music-gay like Red team
I don’t necessarily select music solely for the vocals, but I typically find women’s voices much more beautiful. Andrea bocelli, don mclean, and hozier are notable exceptions, but Amy Winehouse, Adele, or even Beyoncé tend to hit me harder.
Don Mclean wrote a song about his ex wife who divorced him for abusing her, it’s called The Meanest Girl and the lyrics are laughably childish. I can’t hear American Pie the same after this tbh, and he deserves to have this song stain his reputation just because I had to hear it (and y’know that whole abuse thing) so I post it every time he’s mentioned.
That’s the dumbest song I’ve ever heard. Straight up, it sounds like something that someone would write about their “ex” in middle school. I hope I can compartmentalize about this, because Vincent is a lovely song, but I feel such vicarious joy for this woman at getting out that it might be worth it to ruin a song.
I’m kinda the opposite, haha! It’s twenty years old now but back then I got my hands on the Beautiful Voices albums and I discovered some fantastic female vocalists (and a few I already loved).
These days my most listened to band is without a doubt Band Maid, and my latest discovery is Castle Rat…
It’s not the fact it’s a woman singing, per se, it’s more something to do with lyricism and the contrast with the metal sound.
Just like Serj Tankian’s operatic singing vs the mad sound of SoaD, if you will.
Dude, those compilation disks were amazing, and some even came with DVDs of their music videos. I remember how cringy After Forever videos were, and how enchanting Floor’s voice and interpretation always was. I still listen to VOA frequently, and those albums really helped shape my taste in music.
If you want a fancy treat, give both Diablo Swing Orchestra and Igorrr a listening to, they are amazing.
It could just be the particular artist or their style. Most of the mental I like is male vocaled, but that’s just a numbers game. I like quite a few metal bands with women leads, but there are some that just rub me the wrong way, like Unleash the Archers. But give me something like In This Moment or Amaranthe and I’m hooked for hours.
Maybe that’s just in accordance with the normal style of metal music, where male vocals are expected / more appropriate. I’m surprised to learn that there are female metal singers at all.
I think women just tend to not be as involved in the types of music I like. I can probably name 10x more metal artists with a male lead than a female lead.
That said, if there are two great bands, one with a male lead and one with a female lead, I’ll probably prefer the female lead. For example:
hard rock/metal - Flyleaf, Evanescence, Halestorm, Paramore
punk/ska - The Interruptors, No Doubt, Bikini Kill
folksy/indie pop - Of Monsters and Men
mainstream rock - Garbage, Cranberries
But there’s just not enough, so I also listen to a ton of male leads.
Anyone else notice they have a sexual preference in singers and music? I mostly like metal, and there are a few female singers I have liked, though I’m out of touch, having been totally disenfranchised by streaming, and bad with names in general. I tend to wear thin on female vocals. I don’t know if it is the tone, texture, or content.
I used to put 5 CDs in a turn table boom box in my auto body shop and just let them play while I worked for 12-16 hours straight. It was mostly like Disturbed, Slipknot, Metallica, Alice in Chains, that kind of stuff. I can’t recall any of the female stuff I tried, but I never kept them in the loop for very long. Dunno why really. Guess I’m music-gay like Red team
I generally find that people prefer artists they can sing along to and have it somewhat sound simila
I don’t necessarily select music solely for the vocals, but I typically find women’s voices much more beautiful. Andrea bocelli, don mclean, and hozier are notable exceptions, but Amy Winehouse, Adele, or even Beyoncé tend to hit me harder.
Don Mclean wrote a song about his ex wife who divorced him for abusing her, it’s called The Meanest Girl and the lyrics are laughably childish. I can’t hear American Pie the same after this tbh, and he deserves to have this song stain his reputation just because I had to hear it (and y’know that whole abuse thing) so I post it every time he’s mentioned.
That’s the dumbest song I’ve ever heard. Straight up, it sounds like something that someone would write about their “ex” in middle school. I hope I can compartmentalize about this, because Vincent is a lovely song, but I feel such vicarious joy for this woman at getting out that it might be worth it to ruin a song.
I’m kinda the opposite, haha! It’s twenty years old now but back then I got my hands on the Beautiful Voices albums and I discovered some fantastic female vocalists (and a few I already loved). These days my most listened to band is without a doubt Band Maid, and my latest discovery is Castle Rat… It’s not the fact it’s a woman singing, per se, it’s more something to do with lyricism and the contrast with the metal sound. Just like Serj Tankian’s operatic singing vs the mad sound of SoaD, if you will.
Dude, those compilation disks were amazing, and some even came with DVDs of their music videos. I remember how cringy After Forever videos were, and how enchanting Floor’s voice and interpretation always was. I still listen to VOA frequently, and those albums really helped shape my taste in music.
If you want a fancy treat, give both Diablo Swing Orchestra and Igorrr a listening to, they are amazing.
It could just be the particular artist or their style. Most of the mental I like is male vocaled, but that’s just a numbers game. I like quite a few metal bands with women leads, but there are some that just rub me the wrong way, like Unleash the Archers. But give me something like In This Moment or Amaranthe and I’m hooked for hours.
Maybe that’s just in accordance with the normal style of metal music, where male vocals are expected / more appropriate. I’m surprised to learn that there are female metal singers at all.
In my head I’ve got a whole slew of doom, black(end), and postmetal with female vocalists - and in some cases all band members
In no particular order:
Lacuna Coil, Otep, and Arch Enemy immediately come to mind, but you are correct - feminine representation is a small minority in metal.
I’d say it depends on the subgenre. Symphonic metal bands often are female fronted, such as Nightwish, Within Temptation, Leave’s Eyes or Epica.
Great observation and excellent point!
Recommend Jinjer and Unleash the Archers
Light this city, Ignea, Arkona, even Battle Beast. There are plenty female vocalists with a lot of catchy songs.
Nervosa is my favorite all-women band of all time. Super tight thrash/melodeath from Brazil.
Check out the bands Savage Master and Konvent. Fantastic front women 🤘
I think women just tend to not be as involved in the types of music I like. I can probably name 10x more metal artists with a male lead than a female lead.
That said, if there are two great bands, one with a male lead and one with a female lead, I’ll probably prefer the female lead. For example:
But there’s just not enough, so I also listen to a ton of male leads.
Don’t forget the animal lead vocalists like Hatebeak and Rodent Destroyer
I have a really broad taste in music and I’ve noticed that I definitely prefer a male voice. Same with authors.
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