Author: Team Uber

In the past, the role of women in heavy metal has been criminally underplayed in what has been traditionally a male-dominated musical genre and societal force. However, we use the term “in the past” both cautiously and deliberately, because, slowly and inexorably, the tide has been turning, as women have proven themselves more than capable of overcoming the male dominance which has perceptively inhibited their progression, and have now reached the point – as artists such as Angela Gossow, Alissa White-Gluz, Lauren Tate, Justine Jones, Melissa Bonny, Tatiana Shmailyuk, among so many others, have demonstrated, and continue to do so – that they can stand chest to chest, face to face, toe to toe with their male counterparts and declare, loudly and proudly, “bring it on because I AM as good, if not better, than you”.