Industrial Queens – Female-Fronted and All-Female Industrial Metal Bands You Should Know

Indus­tri­al met­al has long been dom­i­nat­ed by heavy dis­tor­tion, pound­ing beats, and harsh vocals—but don’t think for a sec­ond that it’s just a boys’ club. From fiery vocal­ists to full-throt­tle all-female bands, women have been shak­ing the foun­da­tions of the genre for decades. Whether you’re into raw aggres­sion, dark atmos­pheres, or cyber­punk vibes, here’s my guide to the most badass female-front­ed and all-female indus­tri­al met­al bands.

Female-Fronted Industrial Metal Bands

These artists are redefin­ing pow­er and pres­ence with every scream, growl, and melody.

Otep – Rev­o­lu­tion­ary and polit­i­cal­ly charged, Otep Shamaya deliv­ers bru­tal nu-met­al with indus­tri­al ele­ments.

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Gen­i­tor­tur­ers – Shock rock and BDSM aes­thet­ics meet indus­tri­al heav­i­ness, led by the fierce Gen.

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Die So Flu­id – Front­woman Grog brings a blend of alt, goth, and indus­tri­al met­al.

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Mag­got Heart – Raw, edgy, and led by Lin­néa Ols­son, this band brings post-punk grit into the indus­tri­al fold.

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I:Scintilla – Brit­tany Bindrim leads this elec­tro-indus­tri­al met­al hybrid.

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Ego Like­ness — This Dark­wave / Indus­tri­al project by Don­na Lynch and Steven Archer blends indus­tri­al dis­tor­tion with dance and elec­tron­ic music.

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San­ta Hates You — German/Italian band formed in 2007. The band mem­bers were Ital­ian vocal­ist Jinxy and the front­man of Project Pitch­fork, Peter Spilles, cred­it­ed as PS.

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The Birth­day Mas­sacre — The Birth­day Mas­sacre has been described as a “Dark­wave ensem­ble that com­bines elec­tron­i­ca, goth and new wave. The band have also been described as Nu met­al, Indus­tri­al and Elec­tron­i­ca. No mat­ter where you per­son­al­ly place them, I feel they deserve to be men­tioned in the Indus­tri­al genre.

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In This Moment — The band have been described as blend­ing ele­ments of alter­na­tive met­al, indus­tri­al and met­al­core. They are one of the stand out bands in this genre with impres­sive stage shows and a blis­ter­ing sound that rocks you to your very core.

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Vel­cra — Hail­ing from Fin­land, the band blend­ed dis­tort­ed indus­tri­al gui­tars with EDM sam­ples to cre­ate their sound.

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Sin7sinS – Dutch out­fit blend­ing sym­phon­ic, goth­ic, and indus­tri­al met­al with pow­er­ful female vocals.

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Drain STH – Heavy grunge/metal with indus­tri­al influ­ences from Swe­den. (All female!)

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My Ruin – Tair­rie B leads, blend­ing indus­tri­al ele­ments with groove/alt met­al

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Infect­ed Rain – Lena Scis­sorhands fronts this Moldovan met­al band — they mix nu, indus­tri­al, and met­al­core ele­ments

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Mankind Is Obso­lete – Front­ed by Natasha Cox, blend­ing indus­tri­al, met­al, and dark­wave.

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There are many many more to explore, and I haven’t even touched on the bands that have male vocals but female musi­cians, like Till Lin­de­mann, as an exam­ple. Rest assured that I will deep dive into many of these bands and write fea­tures on them, so please stay tuned for that.

Let me know in the com­ments which of these bands you like and, if you have any you would add to this list.

As always, Stay Fierce, Stay Loud and Stay Met­al.