Happy to share!
And yeah, she does this quite a bit. Here’s an older post I made with a video from the same show where she takes over from her older sister (the guitarist): https://beehaw.org/post/8827160
Lol, she’s also been doing it since she was a child, and it’s actually kind of funny to go back and see stuff like their Back in Black cover from ten years ago when she was eleven and doing it already.
Whoa, I completely forgot about that. I was just on a Dio kick yesterday and ended up posting a few songs.
Sorry about that! Didn’t mean to repost.
Yeah, even when it comes to Dio (the band) and Sabbath, this is probably one of my favorite songs with him on vocals.
Stargazer, this, and Egypt (The Chains Are On) from The Last in Line also work well as a kind of unofficial “trilogy” due to their lyrical themes and general sound, blending in synths and guitar with some Middle Eastern influences.
I also really like Yngwie’s cover as well.
Nah, nowhere near as bad as the psycho billionaires. Doesn’t seem to actually have much controversy at all, other than spending a fortune on yachts and using them for celebrity parties.
Outside of that, he seemed to be pretty reclusive and contributed a lot of funding to the arts, conservation, and scientific research.
I think him being a musician did actually impact things positively. Maybe the knowledge that art can bring people together helped, I don’t know. Then again, I don’t know what he was like in person, but he seems relatively “normal” for a billionaire.
Not the level of Chuck Feeney, but still okay.
Just had a thought … egotistical billionaries … do any of them have any musical background? Like, do they play instruments at all?
Paul Allen (of Microsoft, not American Psycho) was a pretty good guitarist. Picked one up at sixteen after listening to Hendrix, so played for most of his life.
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name is what I consider quintessential Maiden. Everything from Harris’ bass to Dickinson’s incredible vocals.
While I was initially going to put Black Sabbath (the song) here as well, I think War Pigs is far better option.
The composition, the lyrics, Ozzy’s voice, and every instrument feeling distinct and getting its own little bit of spotlight. It’s just a fantastic song in so many respects.
There are a few others, but I’m just sticking with those two for now.
Thanks for this.
Very funky, I like it.
(after all I’d also say that about some Black Sabbath stuff, so it’s very clear I have no idea what I’m talking about)
Lol, nah. Everyone just has their own perspective on what makes something “heavy enough” to be heavy metal.
As extreme metal got more, well, extreme (also the name of a hair metal band, ironically) audiences grew to have different expectations.
It’s funny, actually. There was a time when thrash was “too extreme”. Then the next extreme subgenre and then that subgenre’s subgenre and that subgenre’s subgenre’s subgenre.
Now Metallica is “too tame” for some people.
It’s all pretty arbitrary, IMO.
No one can even agree on what the first metal song was. Was it Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf or something by Sabbath or Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Was it Helter Skelter by the Beatles?
Ask the internet and everyone says something different.
As long as we enjoy what we listen to, that’s all that really matters.
But they never released anything but a demo, so I’d say they don’t count and BlackLace gets the honor indeed :D
Lol, maybe. But I’m sure they were both preceded by some random woman who sounded amazing, took to the stage and killed it, and we’ll never hear her voice or learn who she was. We’ll probably also never hear the real first heavy metal song that some random band probably played in a pub and annoyed the shit out of everyone.
CALL OF THE WIIIIIIIIILD! Damn, now I got that stuck in my ear :D
Hah. I’m glad you like it. I know you mentioned you don’t like traditional metal, but just in case you or anyone else is interested, Marta Gabriel from the band Crystal Viper (Witch’s Mark for a sample song) did an entire tribute album for a bunch of lesser known female artists/one hit wonders from the '80s, including Call of the Wild. It’s not all that different from the original (only real difference is the addition of some male vocals), but you can hear more of Doro’s influence on her as well.
Edit: This comment got longer than I expected. Apologies! (Also, I hope it only shows up once because I was getting an error submitting it at first.)
I believe BlackLace formed around a year or so before Warlock, though they both released their debut albums in '84 (I’m not sure which was actually released first, but I think it was Warlock). BlackLace had a demo album floating around before that, but nothing official.
There’s also Girlschool who released their first album in 1980, with a great cover of Race With The Devil.
Later did some stuff with Lemmy from Motörhead as well.
I think finding “the first” of anything when it comes to bands and genres like these is impossible to answer definitively.
Sexism was a pretty big factor in why many female bands never came out from underground.
That and also the “hard rock vs. heavy metal” argument, which I tend to stay away from.
I think it’s fair to say Warlock is the first majorly successful female-fronted metal band, but there’s always been stuff happening that doesn’t hit the airwaves or get more than a small, niche group of followers.
They weren’t the first, but still definitely one of the best.
And somehow, she still manages to belt it out without much issue after nearly four decades. (In good company there, with Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford.)
Oh, man. Nice.
Completely slipped under my radar, so thanks for posting this (especially as someone who listens to female-led metal more than pretty much anything else).
Her voice reminds me a tiny bit of Melody from Liliac (though not nearly as raspy).
Also, yeah. Sounds like there’s a little Doro influence in there a bit, like the other commenter mentioned. (Maybe there’s just a touch of evil in her mind.)
Lol, not necessarily wrong.
I find with power metal, the lyrics are either glorious or a bit silly. Sometimes both (Gloryhammer was great at this).
Legit one of my favorite songs with Dio on vocals.
The entire album is great, honestly, but this song has always been my favorite.
Yngwie Malsteem’s cover/tribute is fantastic as well.
There’s a lot of high notes in pretty much anything from Kiske-era Helloween, particularly on the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums. Halloween is a nice example.
Similarly, a lot of stuff by Judas Priest when Rob Halford is on vocals, with Painkiller being a perfect example.
But Geoff Tate is one of the best, IMO, perfectly encapsulated in Queen of the Reich.
I don’t know that any of them are the “highest” I’ve heard, exactly, but Geoff Tate is probably up there.
Yeah, then they fucked up and trained EddieAI 2.0 on some new art and we got the Dance of Death cover.
They had to roll back to 1.5 after that, unfortunately.