Author: Stephen

The Pioneers: Trailblazing Women Who Shaped Rock and Metal

“I’m not a woman. I’m a force of nature.” – Court­ney Love When peo­ple talk about rock and met­al his­to­ry, they often start with the men — the icons, the bands, the gui­tar gods.…

April Releases 2025

A Guide For Appari­tions (Air Drawn Dag­ger) Death Becomes Her (Fran­tic Amber) Death­match (Luna Kills) Are We All Angels (Scowl) Release Date — 4 April 2025 Track List 01. Spe­cial02. B.A.B.E.03. Fan­ta­sy04. Not Hell,…

March Releases 2025

Prophe­cy (Edge of Par­adise) Release Date — 7 March 2025 Track List 01. Death Note02. Give it to Me (Mind Assas­sin) Fea­tur­ing Ben V. from Ludovi­co03. Prophe­cy Unbound04. Sad Life of a Rose05. Rogue…

February 2025 Releases

DUÉL (Jin­jer) Release Date — 7 Feb­ru­ary 2025 Track List 01    Tantrum02    Hedo­nist03    Rogue04    Tum­ble­weed05    Green Ser­pent06    Kaf­ka07    Dark Bile08    Fast Draw09    Some­one’s Daugh­ter10  …

January Releases 2025

Apple of my Eye (Nemophi­la) Release Date — 22 Jan­u­ary 2025 Track List 1.Just Do It!2. PROGRESS3. BRAINWASH4. Burn It5. ERROR DETECTION6. Beau­ti­ful days7. G.O.D.8. 赤加賀智-AKAKAGACHI‑9. アナタダレ10. Good as hell quar­tet Fol­low the band…

How Women in Metal Are Shattering Gender Stereotypes

For decades, met­al has been dom­i­nat­ed by men, with aggres­sive riffs, gut­tur­al screams, and heavy break­downs often asso­ci­at­ed with male musi­cians. How­ev­er, women in met­al have been steadi­ly break­ing bar­ri­ers, prov­ing that this genre…

Documentaries on Women in Rock & Metal

If you ever want­ed to know much more about the female trail­blaz­ers in rock and met­al (and oth­er gen­res as some of these cross gen­res), then here are some sug­ges­tions as to doc­u­men­taries, movies…

CRYPTA Parts Ways With Guitarist JÉSSICA DI FALCHI

Cryp­ta have offi­cial­ly part­ed ways with gui­tarist Jés­si­ca di Falchi, the band con­firmed via Insta­gram. A replace­ment has yet to be announced. The band released the fol­low­ing state­ment:

The Donnas: A Biography

The Don­nas are my all-time favourite band. Their music influ­enced my own play­ing and still large­ly still does. They were unique and ground­break­ing and mas­sive­ly under rat­ed in my opin­ion. For those that don’t…