Queens Of Noise

The Queens Of Noise were born in february, 2011. Roxy, being nostalgic of dirty Rock’N'Roll sounds of the ’70s, undertook the venture of creating a band who could pay homage to the first all female american band, which twisted the history of rock: The Runaways.

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Country: Italy
History: 2011 – Present
Status: Active
Style: Tribute to The Runaways

Biography:
The Queens Of Noise were born in february, 2011. Roxy, being nostalgic of dirty Rock’N'Roll sounds of the ’70s, undertook the venture of creating a band who could pay homage to the first all female american band, which twisted the history of rock: The Runaways. Looking for the right members to retrace the deeds of Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Sandy West and Jakie Fox, she run into Eve, Taly, Astrid and Kery, all maidens whose veins are filled with the energy of distortions.

And so the Queens Of Noise project got under way, destined to emit long run noise pollution.

Lineup:
Taly (as Cherie Currie) – Vocals
Roxy (as Joan Jett) – Rythm guitar
Eve (as Lita Ford) – Lead Guitar
Kery (as Jakie Fox) – Bass
Astrid (as Sandy West) – Drums

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Queens Of Noise @ MySpace

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Girlschool

Formed in the ’70s, Girlschool was undoubtedly ahead of their time. This all-female band from South London came along a full ten years before the glam metal glory years of the late ’80s. The music of Girlschool was punk tinged heavily with metal (or visa versa), combining unforced aggression with an easy good-natured attitude. Their greatest successes occurred in Europe and their native England in the early ’80s. They never seemed to connect with a mass American audience, although Girlschool has many diehard fans here as well. Anyone who ever saw them in concert walked away impressed – for no matter what else you might say about Girlschool, they could most certainly deliver loud, glorious rock and roll with passion and virtuosity.

Country: United Kingdom
History: 1978 – Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal

Biography:
Formed in the ’70s, Girlschool was undoubtedly ahead of their time. This all-female band from South London came along a full ten years before the glam metal glory years of the late ’80s. The music of Girlschool was punk tinged heavily with metal (or visa versa), combining unforced aggression with an easy good-natured attitude. Their greatest successes occurred in Europe and their native England in the early ’80s. They never seemed to connect with a mass American audience, although Girlschool has many diehard fans here as well. Anyone who ever saw them in concert walked away impressed – for no matter what else you might say about Girlschool, they could most certainly deliver loud, glorious rock and roll with passion and virtuosity.

Back in 1977, Enid Williams (bass) and Kim McAuliffe (guitar) both lived on the same street in South London. Their friendship went back to their school days together, and 1977 found them board with their day jobs – Enid was still in school, but would later work for a small bakery, and Kim was working in a bank – and looking for something better. They decided upon a career change, and formed an all-girl rock act called Painted Lady, with Kim playing guitar and Enid on bass. Along with Deirdre Cartwright on lead guitar and someone remembered only as Tina on drums, the foursome sporadically played some gigs on the local club scene; however, the band never seemed to gel and soon broke up. Kim and Enid decided to try it again, and somewhere during this period they met up with American Kathy Valentine (guitar). Kathy, who reportedly lacked the requisite UK work visa, had to scamper back to the US to join up with fellow Austin, Texas guitarist Carla Olson and form the Textones, before eventually playing bass with the Go-Go’s.

Kathy’s departure created an opening at lead guitar which in March of 1978 was filled by Kelly Johnson. Denise Dufort joined on as drummer. The women changed their band’s name to Girlschool – and class was officially in session. Girlschool hit the road, touring smaller venues throughout the UK, as well as across the channel. In December of 1978 they released their first single, “Take It All Away,” on the independent City Records label. The record reached the ears of Doug Smith, then the manager of the hard rocking English band Motorhead, who contacted the women of Girlschool and signed on as their manager. Girlschool supported Motorhead on their subsequent tour promoting their “Overkill” album in the spring of 1979. Girlschool toured extensively in the UK and Europe throughout 1979, first with Motorhead, and then with bands such as the Welsh heavy metal troupe Budgie. In December, 1979, Lemmy, the front man of Motorhead and a good friend to Girlschool throughout their career, set up a rehearsal / audition for Girlschool which was attended by Gerry Bron, the president of Bronze Records, the home of Motorhead, Uriah Heep and Juicy Lucy, among others.

In an interview twenty years later with Dave Ling in Classic Rock Magazine (December 18, 1999), Gerry Bron stated, “I went to an early rehearsal and was surprised how well [Girlschool] played their instruments – how terribly chauvinistic of me. None of them were particularly good looking, although from a distance Kelly Johnson looked like that Charlie’s Angels’ actress, Farrah Fawcett, but there was something about them…”

Going into the ’80s armed with a solid UK fan base and a recording contract in their pocket, Girlschool went into the recording studio with producer Vic Maile and recorded their debut album, “Demolition”. Supported by four singles – “Emergency”, “Nothing To Lose”, “Yeah Right,” and particularly, “Race with the Devil” – “Demolition” charted in the top 30 in England. The album was not released in the US. The band’s earliest material might best be described as raw and aggressive. The lyrics most often turn the tables on the male metal bands by objectifying boys; however, there is an underlying theme of fun present – the band plays it serious, yet never takes itself too seriously nor acts too tough.

1981 was a very good year indeed for Girlschool in England. Their follow up album, “Hit And Run”, also produced by Vic Maile, established Girlschool as a top rock act in the UK by hitting number 5 on the album charts. A collaborative EP recorded with Motorhead, “St Valentines Day Massacre,” (released under both the names Motorschool and Head Girl) peaked at number 5 on the singles’ chart. The song “C’mon Let’s Go” entered the top 40 before the end of the year. Girlschool also supported rock giant Rainbow on its European “Difficult To Cure” Tour.

“Hit And Run” was released in America – the following year – on Stiff Records. The US version was actually a compilation of the first two British releases. The album did not chart nationally in the US, where the only female-powered acts seemingly receiving any amount of commercial radio airplay were in the new wave/pop genre, e.g. Blondie and the Go-Go’s. Reviewers in the US, however, generally hailed the effort. Billboard Magazine had this to say (4/3/82):

One has the feeling from this LP that if Girlschool was in a battle of the bands with, say the Scorpions and Krokus, this four-woman group from England … would blow the Europeans right off the stage. This is an all-female band that doesn’t have to play second fiddle to any macho guitar heroes. They’re just as good, if not better. And when you turn down the volume a little, you can hear some really nice pop songs here. Best cuts: “Watch Your Step”, “Not For Sale”, “Yeah, Right” and “The Hunter”.

In early 1982, Enid Williams left the band, the first of several personnel changes which would plague Girlschool. Enid was replaced by Gil Weston-Jones, who had previously played bass for the punk band The Killjoys. Girlschool entered the studio to record their third album, “Screaming Blue Murder”, with a new producer, Nigel Gray, who had produced or engineered the first three albums by the Police. The result was a solid metal effort, but the album failed to chart as successfully in the UK as had their previous effort, “Hit And Run”.

In spring, 1983, Girlschool toured the US supporting the Scorpions. The group was finally making inroads in America. That summer, the band went back into the studio, opting for a more commercial sound for what would be their fourth album, “Play Dirty”. Noddy Holder and Jim Lea of the legendary rock outfit Slade were brought in to produce the effort, which marked a growing desire within Girlschool to gain a commercial foothold in the American market. The album would chart at a relatively disappointing number 66 in the UK, where Girlschool’s move toward a more commercial sound served to alienate their old fans, while ultimately failing to increase their exposure. Worse yet for the band, what was a strained situation already was about to become even more strained. Following the release of “Play Dirty”, lead guitarist and vocalist Kelly Johnson left Girlschool, effectively halting any plans to tour America in support of the new album. A successful US tour at this point for Girlschool might have served to elevate the band to American chart success, but it was not to be.

Adding insult to injury, with Kelly Johnson gone, Bronze Records failed to extend the band’s recording contract to include a follow up album. Similar situations have broken up many bands before and since; however, the remaining Girlschool members, Kim McAuliffe (guitar/vocals), Gil Weston-Jones (bass) and Denise Dufort (drums), carried on and soon replaced Kelly with two new members, both from the band She – Australian born Cris Bonacci (lead guitar) and Jackie (aka Jacqui) Bodimead (vocals & keyboards). As might be expected, the inclusion of a keyboard player was a giant step towards a more mainstream metal sound – this was the ’80s after all. The augmentation of the group with keyboards could easily be understood considering the band’s search for a label with muscle in America, not to mention the immense success being enjoyed by male bands that Girlschool could easily compete with, not to mention pop metal acts such as Heart and Pat Benatar.

Girlschool signed with giant Polygram’s subsidiary Mercury Records, past home of the Runaways. Their next album, 1985′s “Running Wild”, was produced by Nick Taubor, whose credits to that point included Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Marillion and UFO. “Running Wild” was meant for the American market, and in fact was released only in America, not in the UK. Girlschool spent the majority of 1985 on the road touring the US with Deep Purple, before embarking on a tour of India and the Pacific Rim. Upon returning home to the UK in the autumn, however, the band decided that what the band had become was not right – it was not what they wanted the band to be. Keyboardist Jackie Bodimead was bounced from Girlschool. The band was down to four members, not to mention a more guitar-based metal band feel, once and forever.

In December ’85 they toured Britain with Blue Oyster Cult. For what seemed to them to be for the first time in ages, the women of Girlschool enjoyed playing live again, and immediately regained a sense of passion and commitment to their craft. Said Kim McAuliffe at the time, “We took a long hard look at what we wanted and decided it was time to put some glam and razzamatazz back into our music, rather like it was the early ’70s. Everyone these days seem so pretentious and boring.”

In February 1986, Girlschool signed to GWR Records and soon after teamed up with the original Brit glam rocker himself, Gary Glitter, to record a new version of his 1973 UK #1 hit, “I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am).” For their first GWR album, Girlschool reunited with producer Vic Maile, who had been behind the controls for their first two albums. Fans of the group’s older, rawer sound were made ecstatic by 1986′s “Nightmare At Maple Cross”, as the new album contained nine new and powerful Girlschool originals. The album – and American fans – would have to wait almost a year for a US release.

In 1987, bassist Gil Weston called it quits, leaving Girlschool after five years in order to get married. As usual, Girlschool carried on. Her replacement on bass was Tracey Lamb, who had previously played with the bands Rock Goddess and She (with Cris Bonacci and Jackie Bodimead). Girlschool played some US gigs and appeared on television here and in Europe.

In early 1988, Girlschool began working with producer Andre Jacquemin (best known as Monty Python’s record producer) on their next album, which would be called “Take A Bite”. The album was released in Europe in November and early in 1989 in the US. As the band braced for the inevitable promotional tour of North America, commitment dwindled and following a trip to Russia with Ronnie Dio and Black Sabbath, the band broke up.

In ensuing months Kim McAuliffe would work with punk singer Beki Bondage and present the UK cable television show Raw Power. Kim and original Girlschool bassist Enid Williams teamed up with Brit punk rocker Toyah Willcox under the name She Devils for the Women In Music Festival in London in 1990. In the summer of 1991, Kim McAuliffe and Enid Williams, joined by Toyah and Girlschool drummer Denise Dufort, toured the UK billed as the Strangegirls.

In 1992, Girlschool reunited with yet another bass player, Jackie Carrera (ex of the Flatmates). The resulting album, 1992′s self-titled and self-produced “Girlschool”, released on Progressive Records, was more polished than their late ’80s efforts, but definitely still in the metal vein.

The 1990′s would see numerous Girlschool compilation albums – and no less than three live albums – released. The King Biscuit Flower Hour: In Concert, a live recording of a January 12, 1984 Nashville, Tennessee Girlschool show, released in 1997, is highly recommended, as is “The Collection”, a re-mastered 2 CD set featuring some classic Girlschool music.

In 1995, founding member Kelly Johnson returned to Girlschool for some gigs throughout the UK and Europe and recorded the CD “Girlschool: LIVE”, which features the new cuts “Little Green Men” and “Knife”. Kelly departs again, and in 2000 original bassist/vocalist Enid and lead guitarist Jackie Chambers joined and in ´2002 they released the “21st Anniversary – Not that Innocent” album, recorded three years earlier with the previous line-up, now with the addition of two new tracks, “Coming your Way” and “Innocent”. Since releasing their latest album “Believe” Girlschool have been playing headline europian gigs, festivals and with Alice Cooper in Spain, and support to Motorhead on tour in the U.K.

2008 saw the release of their new album “Legacy” featuring some special guests including Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Ronnie James Dio & Tony Iommi amongst others and an around the world DVD in 2009 for the 30th anniversary of the original and longest running all female rock band in the world. The band spent time in studio re-recording their classic 1981 album “Hit and Run”, during 2011. The new version of the LP, titled “Hit and Run Revisited”, was released on 26 September 2011 to celebrate the original album’s 30th anniversary.

Sources: Girschool official, Girschool at the wikipedia

Lineup:
Kim McAuliffe – Guitar, lead and backing vocals
Enid Williams – Bass, lead and backing vocals
Jackie Chambers – Guitar, backing vocals
Denise Dufort – Drums, backing vocals

Former members:
Kelly Johnson – Guitar
Ghislaine ‘Gil’ Weston – Bass, backing vocals
Cris Bonacci – Lead guitar, backing vocals
Jackie Bodimead – Lead vocals, keyboards
Tracey Lamb – Bass, backing vocals
Jackie Carrera – Bass, backing vocals

Discography:
1980, “Demolition” (LP)
1981, “Hit and Run” (LP)
1982, “Screaming Blue Murder” (LP)
1983, “Play Dirty” (LP)
1985, “Running Wild” (LP)
1986, “Nightmare at Maple Cross” (LP)
1988, “Take a Bite” (LP)
1992, “Girlschool” (LP)
2002, “21st Anniversary: Not That Innocent” (LP)
2004, “Believe” (LP)
2008, “Legacy” (LP)
2011, “Hit and Run Revisited” (LP)

Related links:
Girschool Official
Girschool @ MySpace
Girschool Forum
Girschool @ Facebook

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Kirmizi

Blood, fire, love, lust, anger, excitement, strength, courage and danger … They all have the same color, Kirmizi (red)… The band describes their character as KIRMIZI and reflect their hard and brave stance to their music.

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Country: Turkey
History: 2005 – Present
Status: Active
Style: Heavy Metal

Biography:
Blood, fire, love, lust, anger, excitement, strength, courage and danger … They all have the same color, Kirmizi (red)… The band describes their character as Kirmizi and reflect their hard and brave stance to their music.

Kirmizi is founded by Idil Cagatay and Asli Polat at 2005 and consist of 5 women musician; Idil Cagatay (Voclas), Asli Polat (Drums), Ecem Otgucuoglu (Bass Guitar), Burcu Ozdereli (Electro Guitar) and Saba Arat (Electro Guitar).

Kirmizi has released their first maxi single at March 2010, then released their debut album named “Isyan” (Riot) at March 2011. “Isyan” is labeled by RedRec Music, the band’s own record company.

“Isyan” has 8 songs, lyrics and music by Idil Cagatay, arranged by Idil Cagatay and Asli Polat, who are also the album producers.

Kirmizi was Ozzy Osbourne’s personal choice as an opening band at Istanbul Concert 2010. Same year they were the only band invited from Turkey to one of the biggest European festivals, Festival Mundial, Tilburg, Netherlands. Band also had too many live performances in different festivals and organizations in Turkey.

In year 2010 Kirmizi have shot 2 videos for maxi single songs, “Veda Etme” (No Farewell) and “Kirmizi” (Red). Debut album’s first video was shot to the song “Cekilin Basimdan” Kirmizi featuring Hayko Cepkin (most famous brutal vocal of Turkey)

Kirmizi shares their internal riot with the audience by their lyrics that express the character naming the band and original sound without being tied to any type.

Lineup:
Idil Cagatay – vocals
Asli Polat – drums
Ecem Otgucuoglu – bass
Burcu Ozdereli – electro guitar
Saba Arat – electro guitar

Discography:
2010, “Isyan” (LP)

Related links:
Kirmizi @ Facebook
Kirmizi @ MySpace
Kirmizi @ Twitter

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The UnioN

The UnioN is a female solo project created by Azul Far, a dedicated musician that found her passion in metal and electronic music on her teenager years, when she started playing electric guitar. The project began in 2008.

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Country: United States
History: 2008 – Present
Status: Active
Style: Gothic, Heavy Metal

Biography:
The UnioN is a female solo project created by Azul Far, a dedicated musician that found her passion in metal and electronic music on her teenager years, when she started playing electric guitar.

Since then she started several projects along with other musicians, also attending to music schools. but school did not really fulfill her musical needs, nor did the bands or projects she belonged to.

Then, after moving finally to Denver, CO, she found at last the space and time she needed, away from people and family to create what is now The Union.

The project began in 2008, and started recording the album in summer of 2009 at Virtual Studio in Denver CO., finalizing in winter of this year, 2011.

Lineup:
Azul Far – vocals, guitars, bass & programming

Discography:
2011, “HUL2H” (LP)

Related links:
The UnioN official site
The UnioN @ Facebook

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HellArise

HellArise is a Brazilian all female band that play 100% pure Heavy Metal. Trying to add to their songs a little bit of the members’ influences (especially Heavy, Thrash and Death Metal), the band comes up with an aggressive way of playing and composing.

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Country: Brazil
History: 2009
Status: Active
Style: Heavy, Thrash, Death Metal

Biography:
HellArise is a Brazilian all female band that play 100% pure Heavy Metal. Trying to add to their songs a little bit of the members’ influences (especially Heavy, Thrash and Death Metal), the band comes up with an aggressive way of playing and composing.

HellArise’s first rehearsal was in May 9th, 2009. The bands was founded when Renata Petrelli (guitars) left the band Hellgard and started, for the last time, looking for girls to an entire new heavy metal Band.

The first girl called to join the new group was her chords partner in Hellgard, Fernanda Lira (bass), who accepted immediately.

After that, through mutual friends, Renata met Mirella Max who, ever since, takes care of drumsticks with precision.

Flávia Morniëtári, partner at Mackenzie University and Heavy Metal concerts, was asked to be the lead vocals on the band (because of her versatile voice), who accepted to try it after a first rehearsal.

The second guitarist, Bianca, was found through the internet, but joined the band for only three rehearsals. After a month and two tests, Laís Salomão was invited to be the 5th element in the band.

During the second semester of 2009, HellArise girls played some gigs, the first one with an own composition already, named “My Outrage”. After 4 gigs, they decided to focus on new songs to a coming EP.

In January 2010, HellArise was forced to dismiss Laís, because of her several activities (such as studying, work, sports, etc) and her little time to focus on the band. After 4 months without a guitarist and a concert with their friend Marcos Rava (to raise money for their cd), the girls decided to make some tests in order to finally find a new guitarist.

After some tests, Marilia Brito (Sweet Shadow) was invited to join the group by the end of June.

Their Demo cd was recorded during April and May with their friend, musician and band producer Eduardo Murai, and was released in the beginning of July, with Marilia on the new line-up already.

This release was sent for some bands in Europe and their MySpace was released at the same time, in August/2010.

In February, Fernanda left the band because of divergences in musical and artistic directions; Patrícia Schlithler was called up to assume the position of bassist in the band.

At the moment, the HellArisers are in pre-production for their debut album and playing some gigs – even playing some new songs at them – and promoting their Demo, released in 2010.

Lineup:
Flávia Morniëtári – vocals
Renata Petrelli – guitars
Aline Fernandes – guitars
Patrícia Schlithler – bass
Mirella Max – drums

Former members:
Fernanda Lira – bass
Bianca – guitars
Laís Salomão – guitars
Marília Simöes – guitars

Discography:
2010, “Human Disgrace” (Demo)

HellArise Official
HellArise @ Myspace
HellArise @ Reverbnation
HellArise @ Twitter
HellArise @ LastFm
HellArise @ Facebook
HellArise @ YouTube
HellArise @ Fotolog
HellArise @ Orkut

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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: 2006-2010
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.

On 2010 drummer Erik Röjås replaced Emlee, being the first time that the band left its all-female formation.

Since the line-up was solidified, the band has made two tours to Russia, the latest one in September 2011, as well as a successful gig at Sweden Rock Festival 2011, which was also broadcast on the Swedish National Radio program P3 Rock Live.

The bands debut EP “Wrath of Judgement” is digitally released worldwide. The music video for title track for the EP has in one year gained over a 100.000 views on youtube. At the end of 2011 the band started the pre-production of their second EP, to be produced by Ralph Santolla (Death, Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth). The new ep is set to be released in Spring 2012, along with a new video.

Lineup:
Mary Säfstrand – Guitar
Elizabeth Andrews – Vocals
Sandra Stensen – Bass
Mio Jäger – Guitar
Erik Röjås – Drums

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

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

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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. On 2001 Yesica Castela reformed the band entirely again, leaving definitively the all-female formation to be the only girl in the band, together with Luis (bass), Angel (drums) and Gonzo (guitar).

Last All-female 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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