The Top 22 Female Heavy Metal Singers of All Time

The role of female heavy metal vocalists has received much attention throughout the years. Many brilliant female artists pushed the part too far and broke a lot of stereotypes about what these females could perform in the heavy metal music genre.

Vocalists are well-known characters because they strive to be the center of attention. We have compiled a list of the finest female heavy metal vocalists of all time.

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Tarja Turunen
0:58 - Gabriela Gunčíková
1:20 - Lita Ford
1:37 - Cristina Scabbia
2:01 - Anneke Van Giersbergen
2:23 - Amanda Somerville
2:43 - Lzzy Hale
3:04 - Angela Gosgow
3:29 - Doro Pesch
3:49 - Sabina Classen
4:09 - Laura Guldemond
4:31 - Yamashita Saki
4:51 - Liv Kristine
5:10 - Sharon Den Adel
5:33 - Wendy O. Williams
5:56 - Alissa White-Gluz
6:19 - Re: NO
6:38 - Janet Gardner
6:53 - Clementine DeLauney
7:11 - Simone Simons
7:31 - Floor Jansen
7:57 - Leather Leone

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[hemlock]

Tatiana Shmailyuk needs to be on this list.

[maartencautereels]

Floor. No competition for pure vocal ability and technique.

[Wombatmetal]

Floor at 21, no Tatiana or Su-metal, hard to take the list seriously

[madDdog]

If only you had made the top 25, you could have included Tatiana from Jinjer and Brittney Slayes from Unleash the Archers, and rounded out the whole list with Marcela Bovio :) \m/

[jaysmith]

You left out Brittney Slayes and Tatianna Shmayluk - a complete fail.

[BaphoRez]

My fav is 黒猫 (Kuroneko) from Onmyo-za.
other names:
Mari Hamada
Fuki (Unlucky Morpheus)
Brittney Slayes (Unleash The Archers)
Keiko Terada (SHOW-YA)
Maria Brink (In This Moment)

[Mrlovebitten]

While I understand and respect the time you took to make this list I would like to say that especially with the rising popularity of bands that are not only female lead but a full female band lineup from the country of Japan have been stirring up interest in the rock and metal scene as of late and as a old school metal head these singers are definitely putting in the work as well and I hope that you can check their contributions to their respective genres because this world is full of great talent that most people don’t even know exist and these ladies deserve a chance to shine like the others in your list hence why I won’t complain about the list itself and who’s on it or not just that there are so many other women in rock and metal that people realize and it’s growing witch is a good thing

[haroldcrown]

I’m sorry Tarja is good but she is a one trick opera pony. And Floor at 21?

[SrFranciscoDAnconia]

Charlotte Wessels?
Noora Louhimo?
Elize Ryd?
Otep Shamaya?

[AussieDave]

This is pretty ordnary list Floor at 22 what?

[Sammy]

Tarja and Simone Simons so my favorites ❤ all the time !

[escapistwishmaster]

I'm missing Anette Olzon, Elize Ryd and Maria Brink

[kevintanza]

Leather Leone 👏🏻 Such an amazing vocalist. Very underrated.

[denisgagne]

Charlotte Wessels has to be on this list

[SolitaryReaper-yelf]

Where is Tatiana Shmayluk? She is the metal goddess. Floor should be in top 2. Tatiana #1, Floor #2, Tarja #3, Aliisa #4

[rolandconnor]

Tarja sings like she is trying to catch up with the musicians. Who created this atrocity? Floor is # 1 but not best Heavy Metal, best Singer, period!

[ZachComa]

No Tati, Brittney Slayes, Vicky Psarakis, Lauren Hart, Otep?

[robstrang]

it is all in the Eye of the Beholder when you post such a numbered List. Next time do not rank the Singers

[jeffwellman]

This is lame, no Brittney Slayes or Tatianna Shmayluk. Horrible list.

[carlsandberg]

Top ten non-growlers: 1 Tarja Turunen 2 Floor Jansen 3 Noora Louhimo 4 Sharon den Adel 5 Amy Lee 6 Seraina Telli 7 Doro Pesch 8 Lita Ford 9 Lizzy Hale 10 Wendy O. Williams.