List No. 300!!!!!
Holy F@ck...Hard to believe I've been on Sputnik long enough to make 300 g@ddamn lists. What to do other than highlight the amazing, groundbreaking Ladies of Nu Metal. Either Femaie-fronted or all Female Nu Metal Bands. Bands 1 through 5 are pretty well known; the remaining are less so. |
| 1 |  | Kittie
Spit
From London, ON. Active since 1996. All female band. Originally formed by Fallon Bowman and Mercedes Lander, with guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander and bassist Tanya Candler. Currently led by Morgan and Mercedes Lander, and still releasing great albums (Fire) and performing. |
| 2 |  | Drain STH
Freaks Of Nature
From Stockholm, Sweden. Active from 1993 to 2000, but only stepped into Nu Metal in 1999 with this album. All female band. Included Maria Sjöholm (Tony Iommi's wife), Anna Kjellberg, Flavia Canel, and Martina Axen. Sadly disbanded. |
| 3 |  | Otep
Sevas Tra
From, Los Angeles, CA. Active from 2000 to 2024. Led by frontwoman Otep Shamaya. Many great albums released over the 24 year period. |
| 4 |  | Guano Apes
Proud Like A God
From Göttingen, Germany. Active from 1994 to 2006, and 2009 to present. Consider them nu metal adjacent, but their sound fits in pretty well. Fronted by the enigmatic Sandra Nasić. |
| 5 |  | Evanescence
Evanescence
From Little Rock, AR. Active from 1994 to present. Another nu metal adjacent band lumped in. Fronted by the incredible Amy Lee. |
| 6 |  | Human Waste Project
E-lux
From Los Angeles, CA. Active from 1993 to 1998. Fronted by Aimee Echo, a champion of the early nu metal scene. |
| 7 |  | My Ruin
Speak and Destroy
From Los Angeles, CA. Active from 1999 to present. Enough cannot be said about the tenacious and formidable Tarrie B, the former lead singer of Manhole and Tura Satana. Not only an extremely aggressive, harsh female vocalist - but an incredible rapper as well. |
| 8 |  | Eths
Autopsie
From Marseille, France. Active from 1996 to current day, intermittently. Fronted by Candice Clot (predominantly) or Rachel Aspe. |
| 9 |  | Exilia
Underdog
From Milan, Italy. Active from 1998 to present. Led by the sultry vocalist Masha Mysmane. Stepped into the nu metal arena around 2003. A whole discography full of great albums. |
| 10 |  | Wicked Wisdom
Wicked Wisdom
From Los Angeles, CA. Active from 2002 to 2006, and 2021 to present. Led by the fierce Jada Pinkett Smith (as Jada Koren). |
| 11 |  | Spike 1000
Waste of Skin
From Bakersfield, CA. Active from the early 1990's to ~2001. Led by Shannon Harris, an aggressive vocalist not too dissimilar from Tarrie B. Disbanded shortly after release of this album. |
| 12 |  | theSTART
Shakedown!
From Los Angeles, CA. First known as Hero, and active from 1998 to present. Aimee Echo's band after disbanding Human Waste Project - and including Jaimie Miller and Mike Smith from Snot. A mix of nu wave/nu metal. |
| 13 |  | Defenestration
One Inch God
From Northamptonshire, UK. Active from 1999 to 2004, and 2024-present. Led by Gen Tasker, with clean and harsh vocals similar to Kittie. |
| 14 |  | SugarComa
Becoming Something Else
From Romford, Essex, UK. Active from 1999 to 2004. A mostly female band including vocalist Jessica Mayers, bassist Heidi Fisk, and guitarist Claire Simson. |
| 15 |  | Infected Rain
Judgemental Trap
From Chișinău, Moldova. Active from 2008 to present. Fronted by the dynamic Elena Cataraga (Lena Scissorhands). Early demo and EP had strong Slipnot-esque aspects. |
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