Orchestras, choirs and operatic voices: new music and tours from symphonic metal bands with women in the line-up.
Morten Veland's MORTEMIA rework the 1987 Pet Shop Boys hit as symphonic metal, with IMPERIAL AGE vocalist JANE ODINTSOVA singing guest vocals.
SIMONE SIMONS and EPICA curate the Friday of South of HEAVEN Festival in Maastricht on 4 June 2027, with LACUNA COIL and AD INFINITUM first on the bill.
The AD INFINITUM vocalist shares the video for "I'm A Monster", first taste of her crowdfunded solo release "Live From The Apocalypse", due 1 November.
Frontwoman AMY LEE leads the band to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on 16 January 2027 alongside acts like The Offspring and Billy Corgan.
The Tokyo symphonic metal project of vocalist HIMARI TSUKISHIRO teams up with Los Angeles act Kronowski, with a mix by Stratovarius guitarist Matias Kupiainen.