Top 10 Metal Bands With Female Leads 

I am so surprised by the lack of people that know about Jinjer. Tatiana is my absolute favorite female vocalist, and no one I've met has even heard of Jinjer.

Why wasn't Black Veil Brides up there?

I love Nightwish, Within Temptation and Evanescence. But I was a bit sad that Ameranthe wasn't even an honorable mention...

The fact Halestorm is number 10 is disappointing, she’s a badass, and she is phenomenal in concert and studio

Wtf why isn't in this moment on this list

Wow! I'm not used to people even hearing of Nightwish, Within Temptation and Epica. Or any music I like for that matter but here they are! This made my day all you need is Delain and we have all my favorite bands! Thanks MsMojo!

Me: **waits for In This Moment** Also me: **Doesn't see In This Moment** Me, again: Ight, I'ma head out

1. Where the hell is In This Moment and how is halestorm at 10!!!

Before watching: Within Temptation and Epica better be on this

Haven't watched yet, but if Nightwish isn't here, heads will roll.

How the hell is Anneke Van Giersbergen not on this list? Not only is she one of the best vocalists in metal period, she arguably was the front woman that paved the way for other female fronted metal bands. Her work with The Gathering is legendary and don't get me started on how integral she is to Devin Townsend's music.

Evanescense, Nightwish, and Within Temptation. Middle school me is beyond happy.

NO IN THIS MOMENT????? Even a mention of Maria Brink??? WOW I'm floored........

I was certain In This Moment was gonna be on here. Extremely disappointed it's not. The singer's voice is incredible

10. Halestorm 9. Girlschool 8. Walls of jericho 7. Epica 6. Lacuna Coil 5. Otep 4. Evanescence 3. Within Temptation 2. Arch Enemy 1. Nightwish Arkona Baby Metal Eyes set to kill Jinjer The Agonist

I love Tarja, but .... Floor... she’s just not of this world with her vocals. God she’s amazing. Also, I love Tatiana. I love Jinjer. I hope they make an official spot on a future reprise to this list.

Where is flyleaf? I'm also glad to see Babymetal getting an honorable mention.

NIGHTWISH live at Wacken in 2013 with Floor is one of my favorites

This list needs a part two! So many great female metal artists. I 100% agree with Nightwish at #1, Floor Jansen has the voice of an angel and the looks of a Valkyrie!

The fact that Unleash the Archers isn’t here is absurd. Brittney’s voice could revive a dead man

I'm a simple girl, I see Halestorm , I click

In this Moment and The Pretty Reckless should both definitely be on this list.

One of my favourite band is "Trees of Eternity". That ghosty vocal gives me goosebumps

"In This Moment' the most underrated female fronted band ever. I never see this band with the incredible Maria Brink as one of the greatest metal vocalist featured very often. I am not saying this list of talent is epic and stellar, but rather missing one of the greatest modern metal acts.

As a personal lover of female vocals in metal genres, I think that Ms. Mojo should do a part 2, and maybe even a part 3 of this top including After Forever, Delain, Leaves' Eyes (one of the big bands in my opinion), In This Moment, The Agonist, Sirenia, Stream of Passion, The Gathering (another classic band), Theatre of Tragedy (of course), Xandria, Diabulus In Musica, Beyond The Black, Tristania, Kobra and the Lotus, Unleash the Archers, Avatarium, Draconian, Battle Beast, Nemesea, Amaranthe, Amberian Dawn, and well, I could continue, but in my opinoin, this bands also have carved their way to the top charts and reached high popularity.

Maria Brink?????

Within temptation got me into symphonic metal. They're still one of my favourite metal bands.

I am so old that i remember Girlschool as a warm-up band for Rainbow on the "Rainbow Rising" tour in denmark back in the days. I liked them very much. Even went out and bought their record. Some of the best money i spent :)

my top five: 5. Leaves Eyes 4. The Gathering 3. Within Temptation 2. Nightwish 1. Lacuna Coil

If Arch Enemy isn't on here...

Lizzy hale has an amazing scream and voice...as well as being cute

mentioning nightwish, epica, evanescence and within temptation brought me back to the times a few years ago, when i listened to symphonic and gothic metal, for a moment

i love Arch enemy, Nemesis, Otep, Halestorm, Lacuana Coil and In this moment and Kittie

Amaranthe has quickly made its way to the top of my favorite female fronted bands. Although, they have 3 vocalists, Elize Ryd's vocals are amazing!

Wtf.. You missed some SERIOUS Goddesses. like In This Moment and New Years Day... You cant have Women vocals without In this Moment.. Not even a mention.

Thank you for including within temptation! my inner 10-years-ago teen is hyped

Halestorm is not metal, they're hard rock.

I was about to punch the screen with my fist when you played an After Forever song on the Epica section, until you mentioned Mark's departure. It was nice to mention the band, but you could of done it like, on the middle section xD . Also, better luck finding more representative Nightwish songs next time, but this list was way better than the other attempts xD I like that you included more songs on each artist!

I listen to a lot of japanese metal band with girls. Not only metal mixed with pop like Babymetal, there are also japanese girls bands doing other kinds of metal too. Here are a few that I like : -Exist Trace, which is/was a visual kei band. Now they have some electro sounds too. They are very well known. -Aldious, which is power metal (please correct me if I'm wrong). -Fate Gear, they use a steampunk esthetic. -Galmet, they define themselves as melodic death metal. -Bridear, I guess it's power metal too ? Not sure... -PassCode, they use pop sounds, autotune, electro sounds and screamo. For those who know the band Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, it's similar. -Ladybaby, it's similar to Babymetal. They use to have a male singer too, but he left the band. Now they are a four girls band. -Well Babymetal was is the video, but I can't not list it. -GangLion, which is more hard rock than metal, I guess. There are also some great japanese metal bands not entirely made of girls, but with girls in them. For example : -Cross Vein, it's visual kei, similar to Versailles, but the singer is a girl. -Magistina Saga, visual kei too. They take inspiration from fairy tales. -Yosei Teikoku, they are great and they are especially known for the opening of Mirai Nikki. -Unlucky Morpheus, they started as a Touhou metal band, now they have their own songs. There's the singer Fuki, who also has a solo career and is in several other bands, and the violonist Jill. -Mardelas, with Marina, the former singer of Destrose. -Blood Stain Child had two female singers, though now they're back with their first male singer. There are other bands of course, but I don't know all of them. I'm interested if you know some other good japanese metal bands with girls ^^.

I'm not too surprised my favorite band didn't make it even to the mentions :c but still saddens me that Unleash the Archers wasn't mentioned. you guys should check it out :D great vocals and great music

Love Halestorm and Evanescence, but they shouldn't be here. Not Metal. Again, no Doro? And Lita Ford is more influential and more Metal than the aforementioned 2. Even if Hair Metal. Delain, Leaves Eyes, and The Gathering should've all been somewhere here. And Straight Line Stitch and Kittie if you want Nu Metal on here. But seriously, how can you snub Doro? That's like making a greatest Metal bands list and snubbing Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, Scorpions, Motorhead or Dio.

top 10 female drummers in rock music??? please!!!

Alissa is so good that two of her bands were mentioned. :)

You ought to dig into the huge number of all females bands in japan. Having the second largest music industry in the world, its incredible to see how common it is for women there to be involved as much as men esp. in the rock/metal genre. Some of the best ones imo are Band Maid, lovebites, Doll$boxx, Aldious, Mary's Blood and Bridear. You'd be surprised to know that this has been the case since the early 80s and the only reason why its become rare to see females in these genre of music today is probably because of Japan's strict copyright laws like prohibiting even fancams in their concerts and their reliance on tradition music distribution systems rather than digital and online medium like youtube. Its only been a few years since Japanese artist have started to open up their music to the international audiences through their youtube channels and such. Jpop idol groups managed by few of the biggest music labels were pretty much the only ones that barely surfaced early on but things are starting to change rapidly esp. with babymetal making waves recently and while it also further adds to the 'unique' characteristics that some japanese media is already known for but for better or for worse, its definitely proved that online presence is crucial today. And the best part is the huge rock/metal scene there is gradually starting to realize that they are being very well received by the international viewers and this has led to many of them finally releasing their contents online. A majority of them probably still remain buried but things are definitely changing albeit slowly.

I really glad Halestorm made the list!! I'm a huge fan of them and Lzzy Hale!!

What about In this Moment, New Years Day, The Pretty Reckless?

I only discovered Night Wish a fortnight ago thanks to a friend! Amazing!

Tatiana Shmayluk from Jinjer is an amazing awesome singer she is # 1 now in 2017/18/19 . . .

When will In This Moment get any respect? I mean, Maria Brink has been voted Rock Goddess twice now

what..the..fuck this list was terrible i love Evanescence, but they are FAR from metal and how can you not even include In This Moment?! They are extremely well known and successful.

No Maria Brink of In This Moment?! She’s insane! Their best music videos are the ones she was creative director for, I friggin love her!🤘🏼👯‍♀️🤟🏼

Although Lacuna Coil is my #1, I do also watch this channel to get myself exposed to bands I've never heard of, even if their the kinds I'm not too fond of.

YOU FORGOT "IN THIS MOMENT" OMG. YOUR LIST IS INCOMPLETE!

How do you have Halestorm but not In This Moment🤨🤨🤨🤨

Great clip!

amazing list!

No In This Moment????

You guys are still not even gonna mention New Years Day and Ash Costello's awesome vocals? I know they're not the heaviest metal band, but they're really good.

1. Within Temptation 2. Epica 3. Nightwish 4. Lacuna coil 5. Amaranthe 6. Evanescence

In this Moment and Amaranthe missing!!!!

Hard Rock isn't metal. Get it fucking right

Excellent list! I saw several of my favorites, including Nightwish (of course), Within Temptation, and Arch Enemy. One I would add as an honorable mention is Eluveite. While Anna Murphy was "co"-lead vocals, she was incredible. After her departure last year, Nichole stepped in and is also amazing. Also: Ancient Bards has excellent female vocals: one of my all time favorite songs is "Through My Veins".

I was hoping to see the ALL FEMALE BAND "KITTIE" on this list

Finally MsMojo is spot on with this rank even when amaranthe was left aside the top ten and 3 first places are right 🤘 those three bands have influenced and changed the female metal scene remarkably. Amazing singer Floor Jansen.

What about IN THIS MOMENT ! SHAME

I can't believe Kittie didn't make the list.

Otep is amazing. I am glad she placed on this version of the list.

I would definitely include Tarja up there, of course. And a big favorite of mine is Alissa White- Gluz of Arch Enemy. There's plenty more.

Nightwish was saved by Floor Jansen

You guys should check out Aghora. That band has a Female Lead, but I don't know if they are ever going to release another album.

I only had goose bumbs on the Within Tempation parts.

I need a feminine metal band in my life. Also, 0:20 I thought that was CC at first.😂😂😂 If you like black veil brides you know who I'm talking about.

Halestorm is not metal, they are hard rock

She said EPICA but played an After Forever song and video wtf lmao.

My favorite is in this moment they definitely deserve a place in this list

#5 Lacuna Coil #4 Halestorm #3 Evanescence #2 Nightwish (Tarja) #1 Within Temptation

Other HM's: In This Moment Butcher Babies The Pretty Reckless Doro Kittie Straight Line Stitch Delian Leaves Eyes The Gathering Flyleaf

In this moment?!?!?!?!

Good list and i mostly agree. Would like to see Blackbriar's Zora on that list or at least an honorable mention.

The lead singer in evanescence Has a very pretty voice

Pleae let Nightwish be on this

My favorites are Eluveitie, Evanescene and Nightwish

This is the best top 10 you have ever done

In basically every single video ranking top metal bands with female leads, no one ever seems to mention the incredible vocals and stage presence of the Butcher Babies. An incredible mix of distinct forms of growling/screamo combined with equally powerful singing performances continues to stun me every time I hear them. Definitely deserves at least a mention on all these top 10 lists.

Where's In This Moment?!

Why didn't In the Moment make it on here?

Top 3 is so much right

How can you not love Amy Lee's voice that deep angelic tone is so hauntingly beautiful.

What happened to In This Moment and The Pretty Reckless???

I love bands with female lead singers they are unique

No Kittie, In This Moment or Butcher Babies?!?!

They are all worth a spot, Nighwish, Evenesence, Jinjer, Halestorm, Within Temptation, In this Moment.. but my all favourite is Arch Enemy, and Alissa is my absolute favourite of the female lead singers 🤟😝

I totally forgot about In This Moment. Her and Kittie are the Hot Topic on girl bands that are rock

Kittie is more metal than most of these bands. Been doing it longer and better as well.

Evanescence is the only one on here that I know, but I like the sound of Halestorm and Within Temptation. I have to check them out. Also judging by the number of people that have mentioned In this Moment and Pretty Reckless, I should probably check them out too! ;)

Can someone tell me what band is the picture on the vid?? Idk how to explain

I love female metal vocalist. they are so awesome!!! inspiration there man! love lacuna coil, halestorm, otep, Evanescence, within temptation, baby metal, and eyes set to kill. But WHERE THE HELL IS "IN THIS MOMENT" AND "BUTCHER BABIES"?!?!?

Doro - Queen of metal!

Dude... Amaranthe and Temperance is pure greatness. They should've been at the very least honorable mentions.

No Sirenia? I was in London in October of last year (2019) and I found myself alone in an elevator with Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish). Later that same day, I ran into Marco Hietala and three other guys from the band.