Hovário

Hovario is an all girl band formed in 2003, influenced by bands such as Kittie, Korn, Mudvayne, Pantera, Otep, Fear Factory, Slipknot, Metallica and others. The current lineup features the following members: LuH, Gra and Dan.

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Country: Brazil
History: 2003
Status: Active
Style: Nu-metal, Metalcore

Biography:
Hovario is an all girl band formed in 2003, influenced by bands such as Kittie, Korn, Mudvayne, Pantera, Otep, Fear Factory, Slipknot, Metallica and others. The current lineup features the following members: LuH, Gra and Dan. The band became a trio at the end of 2008, when the guitarist and vocalist Viviane left the band.

Vivi and Gra founded the band in 2003, and until 2005 the band had many different formations and a musical genre totally different that it haves now.

Hovario has performed in many events in the Underground scene, such as “Grito do Rock” (Scream of Rock) which is programmed every year in some regions of Brazil and Latin America, at “Festival Interlude”, reaching the second place in the event, and most recently they played in the “Festival de Rock Feminino” (Festival Female Rock) in Rio Claro. This female metal trio has also performed as OTEP’s opening act in Rio de Janeiro.

“Ultra – Som” (Ultra – Sound) was the first and independent band’s album (featuring 10 tracks), and they currently working on the next LP. Two songs of this new album, “Self Control” and “It Dies Today”, have already been performed in some concerts.

Lineup:
Luciana Grace Yai – Vocals/Bass
Graciela Anastacio – Vocals/Guitar
Danila Guida – Drums

Former members:
Viviane – Vocals/Guitar

Discography:
2007, “Ultra – Som” (LP)

Related links:
Hovário @ Myspace
Hovário @ Twitter
Hovário @ YouTube
Hovário @ Lastfm

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Virgin Killer

Virgin Killer is an all-female Heavy Metal band from Cali, Colombia (Southamerica). This musical project came from several years ago by lead guitarists Angela Garcia and Shirley Lopez.

Country: Colombia
History: 2010-Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal

Biography:
Virgin Killer is an all-female Heavy Metal band from Cali, Colombia (Southamerica). This musical project came from several years ago by lead guitarists Angela Garcia and Shirley Lopez.

They took part in BlackMamba (an all-female successful Rock and Roll local band) and in early days they were with bands like Deep Rock and Luna Rain. In 2010, BlackMamba announced about a stand-by time, but not a split-up. It was because of personal and academical reasons from some of their members.

Then Angela and Shirley restarted Virgin Killer idea. Patricia Prado joined the bass guitar from Queens Of Fire (Another all-female Heavy and Hard Rock band, the first that appeared in Cali), La Posho – Lizette Camacho came after in drums and for the last time, Liceth entered Virgin Killer on vocals (She took part in Apology, a Heavy Metal band from Pradera, Valle). Their rehearsal sessions began with their own songs that Angela and Shirley had before BlackMamba’ s era. From now, Virgin Killer are planning new live dates and to enter studio to record their first demo cd.

Lineup:
Angela Garcia – Guitar
Shirley Lopez – Guitar
Patricia Prado – Bass
Lizette Camacho “La Posho” – Drums
Liceth – Vocals

Related links:
Virgin Killer @ MySpace

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Thunderbox

Thunderbox is a New York all-metal tribute band, blasting out the hardest hits from the best of classic metal.

Country: United States
History: 2009-Present
Status: Active
Style: Tribute/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

Biography:
Thunderbox is a New York all-metal tribute band, blasting out the hardest hits from the best of classic metal.

The band is composed by for musicians from the East Coast with long experience in metal and rock bands. Vocalist Rhonnie Stile joins again her sister Gina (formerly of Vixen, Poison Dollys) as they did in Envy. The rhythm section is formed by bass player Sammy D. Evil (of Nassau Chainsaw, Jungle Junkies, Shira Girl) and Natalie Mustang (formerly of Mustang Cobra, Sasquatch & the Sick-A-Billys) beats the drums.

Their set list currently consists of classics such as “Ace Of Spades” (Motörhead), “It’s So Easy” (Guns n’ Roses), “Run To The Hills” (Iron Maiden), “Breakin’ The Law” (Judas Priest), “Magic Man” (Heart), “Twist Of Cain” (Danzig), “Edge Of 17″ (Stevie Nicks), “Seek & Destroy” (Metallica), “Live Wire” and “Beating Around The Bush” (AC/DC), among others.

Lineup:
Rhonnie Stile – Vocals
Gina Stile – Guitar
Sammy D. Evil – Bass
Natalie Mustang – Drums

Related links:
Thunderbox Official Site
Thunderbox @ MySpace
Thunderbox @ Facebook
Thunderbox @ Reverbnation

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Vision

Vision is Hard Rock with strong melodies, heavy riffs and great choruses and is fronted by the enigmatic Queen B that lays on the foundation of the heavy crunch of Marys guitar backed by Monas leads and the thunderous beats of Emlee and Jennie.

Country: Sweden
History: 2006-Present
Status: Inactive
Style: Hard Rock

Biography:
The band Vision was founded in Stockholm, Sweden by guitarist Mary in 2006. The band took its early form at the music and film organization “No Remorse” and has evolved since then to a trademark in Hard Rock and 70′s/80′s Metal.

Through the years some member changes has been done but the core of the guitarist Mary and singer Queen B has remained intact since they reformed the band together 2007 with a change of sound to a more eigthies approach.

Vision has played much live both in Stockholm/Sweden and abroad. Several videos has been made to promote the band. The song Sleep When I’m Dead was choosen to be the swedish soccer team LdB FC’s promotional song for the 2009 season. And the video for the song Bury You Alive has attracted a lot of attention in places such as the website of classic Rock magazine.

In 2010 Vision was put on ice for a while due to musical reasons. All of the members are playing in some new thriving projects. Emlee and Mary has the band Frantic Amber together with three new girls and Mona, Queen B, Emlee and Jennie have the new band Spitchic.

Lineup:
Mary – Guitar
Queen B – Vocals
Mona – Lead Guitar
Emlee – Drums
Jennie – Bass

Former members:
Camilla – Drums
Chrikke – Guitar
Lea – Drums
Jessica Foxx – Guitar
Jennah – Drums
Lolita – Bass
Karin – Bass
Lili – Vocals
Minna – Drums

Related links:
Vision Official Site
Vision @ MySpace
Vision @ YouTube

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Imber

Imber is a young band heading from Sweden, featuring an original sound and way of understanding music. Their promising trip started in 2009, but due to some member changes the first solid lineup shall be dated in February 2010.

Country: Sweden
History: 2009-Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Melodic Death Metal

Biography:
Imber is a young band heading from Sweden, featuring an original sound and way of understanding music. Their promising trip started in 2009, but due to some member changes the first solid lineup shall be dated in February 2010.

Drummer Lea Larsson is the mind behind Imber, and it’s been her persistence which has lead the band to exist the way it does. She wanted to form a talented all-female band to inspire young metal girls and push them starting their own bands. With this idea in mind, Lea auditioned about 40 guitarists and bass players until finding the current ones.

Their sound is an original blend of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock with doses of their country trademarked sound, Melodic Death Metal. This mixture of melody and aggressiveness is embodied in their first and self-titled demo.

Lineup:
Lea Larsson – Drums
Madde Ceder – Guitar
Louise Ellbjär – Bass, backup vocals
My Andersson – Vocals

Former members:
Emilia Andersson – Vocals
Kattis Landtblom – Guitar

Discography:
2010, “Imber” (EP)

Related links:
Imber @ MySpace
Imber @ Facebook

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Frantic Amber

In 2008 guitarist Mary founded Frantic Amber with the idea to have a band that could deliver more attitude and brute force than what is normally seen in all-girls-band.

Country: Sweden
History: 2008-Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal

Biography:
In 2008 guitarist Mary founded Frantic Amber with the idea to have a band that could deliver more attitude and brute force than what is normally seen in all-girls-band.

Members has changed several times since then and also Frantic Amber’s sound. The original sound in 2008 was hardrock meeting metal with only clean vocals. Now the sound has turned much heavier; now with mainly growl vocals and with much more metal sounding riffs and drum playing.

In late 2008 the band started a quest for a true female metal singer for Frantic Amber.
And in 2009 Frantic Amber finally found a true metal vocalist in Elizabeth from Denmark, and since there was no point in wasting time the band recorded a few promosongs with her.

In late 2009 fate would have it so that Mary and Elizabeth were the only two members still active in the band but thanks to those recorded songs they were now able to shift into a higher gear to look for band members. This time things went pretty well and within a couple of months the line-up was completed with three talented metal girls of different origins. Sandra [bass] from Norway, Emlee [drums] from Sweden and Mio [lead guitar] from Japan joined Frantic Amber together with Mary and Elizabeth, delivering just the right attitude that was intended from the very start.

Frantic Amber is by all means an international all-female metal band and the homebase is in Stockholm/Sweden.

Lineup:
Mary – Guitar
Elizabeth – Vocals
Sandra – Bass
Emlee – Drum
Mio – Guitar

Former members:
Mikaela – Bass
Amanda – Guitar
Jennah – Drums
Emilia – Vocals
Lolita – Bass
Lea – Drums

Related links:
Frantic Amber Official Site
Frantic Amber @ MySpace
Frantic Amber @ Facebook

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Eterna Ansiedad

Eterna Ansiedad wasn’t originally conceived as an all-female act, but after several unsuccessful experiences the vocalist and founder Yesica Castelo rightly chose this path.

Country: Argentina
History: 2005-Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal

Biography:
Eterna Ansiedad wasn’t originally conceived as an all-female act, but after several unsuccessful experiences the vocalist and founder Yesica Castelo rightly chose this path.

Their first incarnation came in November 2005, with the perennial Yesi as its soul and voice, and Gonzo, Juanu and Ripp completed the alignment of the band then called “Gaze Of Nemesis”

By mid-2006, in a trio format (Jesse, Gonzo and new bassist Kique), they were renamed as Eterna Ansiedad and started composing their own songs and covering progressive, classical and neoclassical metal bands such as Stratovarius, Dream Theater, Angra and Sonata Arctica.

The difficulty of finding drummers and keyboardists forced the band to perform their songs acoustically, as collected in their first demo and live performances under the title of “Acoustic Neoclassical Night”

The first own song recorded at Tiki Tiki Records estudios was “Sin Poder Continuar” (“Unable to Continue”), but who really were unable to continue were Pablo, Jorge and Kike who left the ship in late 2006.

The following two years saw the coming and going of components, and two new songs “Necesito Ganar” and “Pruebas”. Even so, they were not enough to keep the band cohesion and in June 2008 Eterna Ansiedad closed its first chapter.

Yesi overcame a difficult year, and in September 2009 decided to reform and search for female musicians. Martina, Samanta and Gabriela answered the call, thus giving rise to one of the more stable lineups of the Argentinean band.

Since then Eterna Ansiedad have gone stage after stage performing their songs and getting ready to record a new demo.

Lineup:
Martina “Martu” Boixader – Guitar
Yesica “Yesis” Castelo – Vocals
Samanta “Sammy” Marisol – Drums
Gabriela “Sunny” Santos – Bass

Former members:
Gonzo – Guitar
Juanu – Drums
Ripp – Guitar
Chiqui – Bass
Kique – Bass
Pablo – Guitar
Jorge – Keyboards
Gustavo – Drums
Matías – Bass
César – Bass
Pablo – Drums
Lucas – Guitar
Eugenio – Bass
Martín – Bass
Rama – Guitar
Carol – Keyboards

Discography:
2006, “Demo” (Demo)
2010, “Demo” (Demo)

Related links:
Eterna Ansiedad Official Site

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Wox

The project was started in June 2008 by two guitarists, Marta & Deborah, after meeting up at a Paul Gilbert clinic in Parma.

Country: Italy
History: 2008-Present
Status: Active
Style: Rock/Heavy Metal

Biography:
The project was started in June 2008 by two guitarists, Marta & Deborah, after meeting up at a Paul Gilbert clinic in Parma.

It was time to search for the rest of components. The first to came in was Nicole, who fitted perfectly as the band vocalist.

Nicole was trying to make an all-female band too with the bassist Alice, who in fact joined Wox too. It was just the drummer left, and after an email search, Silvia was the chosen one.

By August 2008 the band was complete, and currently they are showing their skills at several stages around Italy.

Lineup:
Nicole – Vocals
Marta – Guitar
Deborah – Guitar
Alice – Bass
Silvia – Drums

Related links:
Wox @ Myspace

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Las Brujas

Las Brujas are considered the first Argentine metal band composed entirely of girls. It was formed in 1987 by Gabriela Folgueras, who since then would be the rhythm guitarist of the formation.

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Country: Argentina
History: 1987-1992
Status: Inactive
Style: Heave Metal

Biography:
Las Brujas are considered the first Argentine metal band composed entirely of girls. It was formed in 1987 by Gabriela Folgueras, who since then would be the rhythm guitarist of the formation.

After several lineup changes, it came the solidity with Silvia Gers as lead guitar and vocals, Alex Bass on bass and Ysa Sierra behind the patches.

Its principles were hard rock, but they were gradually transformed into a pure metal band.

After several demos and concerts in various locations in Argentina, in mythical places of the metal scene such as “Halley” or “Cemento” sharing the stage with bands the likes of Los Violadores, Kamikaze, Letal, El Reloj o Hermética, they got their first record contract.

The company who put an eye on them was Barca, with whom Las Brujas released “Me Llaman La Loca” in 1989, a record where also contributed Laura Giarruso at bass.

The LP, released on cassette and vinyl, was so well received that in 1990 the fans voted Las Brujas as the best new band in “Metal” Magazine. It consisted of eight own songs and a spanish version of the classic “Johnny Be Good”.

But in 1991 Silvia Gers left the band. Her departure and the problems with the record label led Las Brujas to disband at the end of 1992.

Lineup:
Silvia Gers – Guitar, backing vocals
Graciela Folgueras – Vocals, guitar
Alexx Bass – Bass
Ysa Sierra – Drums

Former members:
Laura Giarruso – Bass

Discography:
1989, “Me Llaman La Loca” (LP)

Related links:
Silvia Gers @ Myspace

Vixen

Jan Kuehnemund was still at high school in St. Paul, Minessota, when she decided to form a band in 1980. She called it Vixen and toured the USA to finnish settling in Los Angeles. It was during these road days when Jan recruited Janet Gardner after enjoying her voice in a Californian club.

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Country: USA
History: 1980-1991, 1997-1998, 2001-Present
Status: Active
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Rock

Biography:
Jan Kuehnemund was still at high school in St. Paul, Minessota, when she decided to form a band in 1980. She called it Vixen and toured the USA to finnish settling in Los Angeles. It was during these road days when Jan recruited Janet Gardner after enjoying her voice in a Californian club.

It was 1984, the year when this early Vixen version, completed with Tamara Ivanov (rhythm guitar), Pia Miacco (bass, later Steve Vai’s wife) and Laurie Hedlund on drums, played live in a movie called “Hardbodies”. Originally made for Playboy TV, but released as a feature film instead, this R-rated movie was about beach & parties. Vixen appeared playing six songs as the on-screen band Diaper Rash.

The “classic” Vixen lineup was two members away, being the drummer Roxy Petrucci the first of them joining the formation. She was playing with her sister Maxine in Madam X, but after they splitted up Vixen sent her a demo, and after some jams together Roxy became the new band drummer.

As a four piece act they made a three track demo, fetaturing “Leave Me Alone”, “Waiting For You” and “You Oughta Know By Now”, which was sent to EMI. The company invited the four girls to a showcase, enough to seal their relation with a contract in 1988. This was the year when the classic lineup was completed, after Sharon “Share” Pedersen (discovered by Janet playing in Hollywood) replaced Pia on the bass, and the year they were interviewed by Penelope Spheeris for her film The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. This documentary follows the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on the glam metal sub-genre, and although Vixen were interviewed they didn’t play live neither collaborated in the movie soundtrack.

Soon after signing the record deal with EMI, Vixen began to work in their debut self-titled album, to release it the fall of 1988. It was produced by David Cole, Spencer Proffer, Rick Neigher and Richard Marx, who was the composer and keyboardist of the first hit extracted from the album, “Edge Of A Broken Heart”, which reached the 26th position in the US charts. It had a great MTV coverage, and was only overcome by the follow up single “Cryin’”, which went to the #22. “Love Made Me” was the last single coming out from this great debut album that sold more than a million of copies.

Vixen spent the next year touring the world, supporting acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, and Bon Jovi, as well as headlining their own shows. In 1989 they played at the Milton Keynes festival, headlined by Bon Jovi and with Skid Row and Europe in the folder.

A live gig in Düsseldorf (Germany) was broadcasted live on television on 1989 January the 5th, before they returned to the studio later this year to record “Rev It Up”. It was released in July 1990 and entered the UK Chart at No 20. Highest position on US Chart was #52, surely not the one EMI was expecting. While in “Vixen” the band members (mostly Kuehnemund and Gardner) participated in the composition process of 5 out of 11 songs, in its sophomore the number grew up to 10.

The singles “How Much Love”, “Love Is A Killer” and “Not A Minute Too Soon” were in the set lists of the tours following the album release and in the video “Revved Up”, a six clip compilation.

The tours included headlining shows, an unplugged concert for the MTV, and opening gigs for bands such as Kiss and Deep Purple. It was after their European tour with Deep Purple in April 1991 when the band called it a day due to musical differences and management issues.

In 1997 some Vixen members tried a comeback. Drummer Roxy Petrucci reformed the band again with Janet Gardner at the mic and rythim guitar and Gina Stile in the position of Kuehnemund, who later sued the band for copyright infringement. This lineup toured the States in 1997 with Rana Ross on the bass, and released an album “Tangerine” in 1998 on CMC International, with a grungy sound strongly different to the one trademarked by the original Vixen. All their songs where co-written by Gardner and Stile, and the bass was recorded by Mike Pisculli. Again they toured across their country, this time with Roxy’s sister Maxine on bass. The former bassist Share Pedersen joined her husband’s Dogs D’Amour and also formed Bubble with him.

This comeback attempt didn’t last too much, and in 1998 the band splitted up for the second time, but in 2001 it was Kuehnemund’s turn to reform the band she founded twenty years ago. The new Vixen incarnation consisted of Jan, Janet Gardner, Roxy Petrucci and Pat Holloway. But it was again not a pleasant comeback, as the lineup changed completely amid the U.S Voices Of Metal tour with only Kuehnemund holding the band’s name and quickly recruiting Jenna Sanz-Agero (Jenna Piccolo) as vocalist, Lynn Louise Lowrey on the bass and Kathrin “Kat” Kraft on the drums to complete the tour.

This lineup, currently together, in 2006 released a new studio album entitled “Live & Learn” (Demolition Records) and a live album and DVD called “Extended Versions”, recorded in Sweden Rock Festival in 2005. Before this, the classic formation reunited for a special show at VH1′s “Bands reunited” in 2004. Following its broadcast, EMI re-released the first two Vixen albums.

The current Vixen plans include recording a new studio CD and major tour promotion in 2009. A special remix with bonus tracks and a DVD of the Sweden Rock’ 05 concert, entitled “Live In Sweden” will be released in Europe.

Lineup:
Jenna Sanz-Agero (Jenna Piccolo) – Vocals
Jan Kuehnemund – Guitar, backing vocals
Lynn Louise Lowrey – Bass, backing vocals
Kathrin “Kat” Kraft – Drums, backing vocals

Former members:
Janet Gardner – Vocals, guitar
Liza Carbe – Bass, backing vocals
Tamara Ivanov – Guitar, backing vocals
Pia Maiocco – Bass, backing vocals
Laurie Hedlund – Drums, backing vocals
Roxy Petrucci – Drums, backing vocals
Share Pedersen – Bass, backing vocals
Gina Stile – Guitar, backing vocals
Rana Ross – Bass, backing vocals
Maxine Petrucci – Bass, backing vocals
Pat Holloway – Bass, backing vocals
Noelle Bucci – Vocals
Gayle Erickson-DeMatoff – Bass, backing vocals
Cindy Boettcher – Keyboards, backing vocals
Marlene Peterson – Drums, backing vocals
Nancy Shanks – Vocals

Session musicians:
Richard Marx – Keyboards on “Vixen”
Michael Alemania – Keyboards on “Rev It Up”
Mike Pisculli – Bass, backing vocals on “Tangerine”
Chris Fayz – Keyboards on “Live & Learn”
Randy Wooten – Keyboards on “Live & Learn”
Paulie Cerra – Saxophone on “Live & Learn”
Robert Lear – Bagpipes on “Live & Learn”

Discography:
1988, “Vixen” (LP)
1990, “Rev It Up” (LP)
1998, “Tangerine” (LP)
2006, “Live & Learn” (LP)
2006, “Extended Versions” (Live LP, 2006)

Related links:
Vixen official site
Vixen @ Wikipedia
Vixen @ Metalmaidens.com
Neil’s Vixen page

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