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they're the leaders of their bands and
have way more metal cred than you do
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top ten
front women in hard rock and heavy metal
this list we're following up our top 10
front women in rock video with this list
of female lead vocalists in hard rock
and heavy metal
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while you may have been told that girls
are made of sugar and spice and
everything nice these women made the
list
thanks to their undeniable performance
ability skilled songwriting popularity
and unmatched vocal range
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number 10 Lacey Sturm Wiley
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despite stepping away from Flyleaf in
2012 to pursue other interests Lacey
Sturm NAB's the number 10 spot on our
countdown thanks to a strong decade-long
run as the leader of said Ben
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during sturms time as lead vocalist
Flyleaf netted a platinum album top 20
spots on the Billboard 200 and a
number-one spot on the Billboard
alternative chart
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sturms various endeavors outside of
Flyleaf have also won her various
accolades
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number nine Sharon den Adel Within
Temptation
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a performer since the age of 14 Sharon
den Adel has never had formal vocal
training but you wouldn't know it when
listening to her
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she possesses an incredible
mezzo-soprano range which she utilizes
to create the epic sound of Within
Temptation
versatility is an mo for dental who
sings with full orchestral backing and a
piano she also put to use her fashion
industry experience by designing stage
costumes for Within Temptation stage
shows and she can sing in both Dutch and
English
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you might say she's somewhat of an
artistic polymath
and number eight Rodie doll the
distillers and spinnerets
Rodie doll drew comparisons to Courtney
Love of grunge era band whole when the
distillers debuted in 2000
he became one of the more recognizable
faces of punk-rock for a time in the
early 2000s as her band enjoyed a brief
period of wide popularity
displaying an aggressive side that gave
her performances a sharper edge than
most her fierceness keeps her in high
demand among the hard rock community
he's guessed it on work bike garbage as
well as her ex-husband Tim Armstrong's
ban transplants and her current husband
Josh hommies groups Queens of the Stone
Age and Eagles of Death Metal among
others
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and number seven simone simons época
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the second Dutch metal front woman on
our list simone simons left behind her
pop singing lessons in favor of
classical singing after hearing other
female fronted metal band Nightwish
fans of the genre are glad she did as
they now get to enjoy her take on
symphonic metal as the lead singer of
epic ax
gothic metal music provides the perfect
soundscape for simon's operatic vocal
range and she has helped to find the
newest generation of women in metal
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number six Lizzy Hale hailstorm
plenty of bands have singers who would
be hard to replace
but Halestorm definitely couldn't go on
without Lizzy Hale
the band's namesake and frontwoman since
she was just 14 years old
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Lizzy brings her raw style and raspy
vocals to over 250 shows a year as part
of the group's grueling touring regimen
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when not on the road Lizzy acts as a
metal ambassador performing crossover
songs with violinist Lindsey Stirling
and country star Eric Church
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a hailstorm song has even been
immortalized on Glee
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number five Amy Lee Evanescence
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with 25 million albums sold two Grammys
two albums to reach the top spot on the
Billboard charts and two certified
platinum records Amy Lee inner band
Evanescence are undeniably popular
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she puts her lyrical acumen to work
alongside her skills as a classically
trained pianist serving as the primary
songwriter for the band as well
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she does it all and she's received just
about every award imaginable for her
efforts
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number four Angela Gossow arch-enemy
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Angela Gossow contributions to Swedish
melodic metal bed arch-enemy are too
good and too lasting to ignore and will
surely be remembered long after her
recent parting with the bed
gah so cut her teeth and meddle with
bands like mistress before mastering the
unique growling vocals that she displays
with arch enemy a singing style that
eludes and challenges lead singers of
both genders
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now acting as the band's manager rather
than performing angela has equipped
arch-enemy with similarly skilled Alissa
white-gluz
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number three Doro Pesch warlock and Dora
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sometimes the best metal comes with age
Doro Pesch recently turned 50 and just
keeps on rocking
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she's been belting out gothic fantasy
metal lyrics with her trademark scream
and vibrato for over three generations
now
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originally the vocalist of German heavy
metal band warlock she was the sole
remaining member of the band by the turn
of the 90s and was forced to change the
name to duro
the original lineup of warlock reunited
in 2003 and has toured under the name
warlock 1986
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number two Cristina Scabbia Lacuna Coil
starting her career as a touring
musician by performing backup vocals
Cristina Scabbia now has no reservations
about sharing the stage with co-lead
vocalist aundrea Farrow
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when Christina opens her mouth she
quickly takes the spotlight and her
vocal capabilities make her malleable to
the often shifting sounds of Lacuna Coil
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she's capable of soaring high notes or
rolling low vocals and her crystal clear
voice plays the perfect foil of beauty
to Pharaoh's Beast
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before we reveal our top pick let's take
a look at some other noteworthy front
women and the honorable mentions
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nobody nobody gets hurt
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number one Harriet or Onan Nightwish
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if you've heard Tarija Turin n sing then
you know exactly why she's in the top
spot of this countdown
she studied singing in school continued
to develop her voice over her career and
managed to unlock a three octave vocal
range which allows her to sing mezzo
soprano contralto and a coloratura
soprano
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and she uses them all in her
emotionally-driven powerful music
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Tereus operatic voice gave Nightwish its
trademark sound but even after she was
dismissed from the band in 2005 she's
used her incredible vocal skills to
build a successful solo career
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