List of Female Japanese Heavy Metal Singers
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Looking for a list of female Japanese heavy metal singers? Here’s a comprehensive list of the top names in the genre, from visual kei stars to classic metalheads.
Japanese Female Heavy Metal Singers
This is a list of Japanese female heavy metal singers. This list includes only those singers who are primarily metal singers. For female hard rock singers, see List of female hard rock singers. For female punk rock singers, see List of female punk rock singers.
Rinko
Rinko is a Japanese female heavy metal singer. She is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the metal band Blood Stain Child. Rinko has also performed as a solo artist, and has released two albums under her own name.
Rinko was born in Osaka, Japan, on December 21, 1985. She started playing guitar when she was in junior high school, and began her musical career in 2003, when she joined the metal band Blood Stain Child as their lead vocalist and guitarist.
Rinko is known for her powerful singing voice and her impressive guitar skills. She has won several awards for her musical achievements, including the Best New Artist award at the Japanese Record Awards in 2006.
In addition to her work with Blood Stain Child, Rinko has also released two solo albums, “Rinko” (2008) and “Niji” (2010).
Asami
Asami is a Japanese female heavy metal singer. She was the lead vocalist for the all-female heavy metal band Missed Erythm until the group’s disbandment in 2010. She currently provides vocals for the Japanese doom metal band Coffins.
Mana
Mana (stylized as MANA) is a Japanese female heavy metal singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known as the former lead singer of the heavy metal band BABYMETAL. She has also been a member of the all-female music groups Sakura Gakuin, Moa Kikuchi Band and KissMet.
Mana was born on August 20, 1999, in Fukuoka, Japan. She began her musical career in 2010 as a member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. In 2012, she formed the sub-unit BABYMETAL with Yui Mizuno and Moa Kikuchi. The group achieved mainstream success with their debut album Babymetal (2014), which peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
In 2015, Mana left Sakura Gakuin and BABYMETAL to focus on her solo career. Her debut solo album Tidbits (2015) peaked at number five on the Oricon charts. She has since released two more solo albums, Alter ego: shocked! (2017) and Solitude POINT (2019).
In addition to her solo work, Mana has also been a member of the all-female music groups Sakura Gakuin, Moa Kikuchi Band and KissMet. She has also collaborated with various artists, including L’Arc~en~Ciel drummer Yukihiro Takahashi and X Japan guitarist hide.
Western Female Heavy Metal Singers
While metal music is often thought of as a boys club, there are actually many talented female metal singers out there. In this article, we’ll be taking a look at some of the best female metal singers from the West. So, if you’re looking for some powerful female vocalists to add to your playlist, read on!
Amy Lee
Amy Lee is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. Along with her contributions with the band, Lee has also participated on numerous other musical projects including Walt Disney Records’ Nightmare Revisited, Muppets: The Green Album, and Afghan Whigs’ Do to the Beast. She has collaborated with artists such as Korn, Seether, and David Hodges. In 2012, Lee won Best Vocalist at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.
Born in Riverside, California, Lee spent her childhood moving back and forth between many different cities and states; as a result, she was home schooled on many occasions. Focusing on her passion for music, she soon began writing original songs and performing vocals for several local bands. After hearing one of her demos, Shawn Crahan from the band Slipknot convinced a few label companies to set up an audition for her; by the age of 18 she had signed a contract with Wind-up Records. In 2003 Evanescence released their first album Fallen; it sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards out of five nominations. Following this success, they released their second album The Open Door in 2006; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with sales exceeding 630 thousand copies in its first week of release. The album would eventually be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2011 Evanescence released their third album Evanescence; it debuted at number one on five different Billboard charts and became their first album to do so.[2][3] It also became their third consecutive album to enter the top ten in Australia.[4]
In between Evanescence’s albums releases Lee appeared in a variety films including Voice from the Stone (2017) and Love Never Dies (2018).
Lzzy Hale
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born January 30, 1988), known as Lzzy Hale, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Hale is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the American rock band Halestorm, which she formed in 1997 with her brother Arejay Hale. The group’s self-titled debut album was released on July 27, 2009, through Atlantic Records. Their second album, The Strange Case Of…, was released on April 10, 2012. The band’s third album, Into the Wild Life, was released on April 14, 2015.
Hale has been nominated for three Grammy Awards; she won one in 2013 with Halestorm for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for the single “Love Bites (So Do I)”. In 2017, Hale was ranked No. 1 on Loudwire’s list of ” greatest female metal singers of all time”. She was also named Revolver magazine’s “Hottest Chick in Metal” in 2011 and 2012 and was voted one of the “Top 25 Greatest Living Rock Stars” by Hit Parader in 2017.
Angela Gossow
Angela Nathalie Gossow (born December 5, 1974) is a German vocalist, best known as the former lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. She joined the band in 2000 and appeared on six studio albums with them before leaving in March 2014. Gossow was also a member of Asmodina during the early 1990s. Since 2001, she has resided in Sweden.
