Derek Ward

Derek’s Note: Since it’s The Brother’s birthday week, I’m letting him choose the track.

I am feeling shifty at 44 and so I bring you a mashup of Behemoth’s Ov Fire and the Void and Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.

I don’t know why I love Japanese female metal bands. But I do. I so do.

UPDATE: Apparently part of the fun of queueing up my Metal Tuesday posts is sometimes the video goes away prior to publishing. And, I can’t find it through normal means. If I can get an updated video link, I’ll update this post.

For those of you who follow Metal Tuesday, you know I have an affinity for female-fronted metal bands. So, when this article from AltPress showed up in my feed, I was suitably impressed.

• Metal is no longer a man’s world. All across the genre’s many subcategories, from folk to black metal, powerful female figures are putting their stamp on a genre that’s finally coming to terms with the inclusivity of the present day. Where symphonic icons Nightwish and Within Temptation blazed the trail for female leaders to step toward center stage, new blood such as SKYND and Ad Infinitum have taken the torch and run with it. *

My only quibble is that they didn’t include Charlotte from Delain.

This is a pretty good one off their newest album.

This is another excellent Japanese metal band. With a guitarist in a mecha suit. I know the Japanese can do straight metal bands (Mary’s Blood comes to mind), but I’m starting to think those are the exception.

A good song by a new to me band.