http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuTuAVJrF8
Heavy metal is thought of to be a highly dominated male community that consists of head banging, screaming, and guys being very brutal some harsh lyrics. It is not one of my favorite things to listen to, but of course I had to with my father whenever he was working out in the house. The head banging music was used to help pump up him and his friends. Looking back on it now I understand why they listened to this genre of music, it gets you motivated.
Within recent years, women have been gaining respect in this community and are becoming well known.Heavy metal is now viewed as not being gender binding, it is open to everyone and anyone. Bands like Vixen, Girlschool, and Meanstreak, just to name a few, started gaining their respect in the 1970s-1980s. Today bands like Kittie, Scarlet Sins, and Evanescence have taken over the heavy metal scene. To a great amount of people I'm sure that these bands have not been heard of, besides Evanescence, but these girls are going against the common view of a heavy metal band. Instead of guys screaming the girls are. The women are playing the bass and guitar and drums just as well as, or maybe in better in some cases, than the men of heavy metal bands do.
The link that is posted is of the band called Kittie. They have become popular in recent years and is an all female group. They still stick to dressing very feminine, but usually in all black. But listen to their music and you will soon find out that they can definitely play just as well as the boys. Their screaming lyrics along with the subtle female voice at times gives dynamic to the songs and adds to the meaning of the lyrics. At first listen you would not think that this was a group of females if you did not know. This group is helping to break the gender binding that are being put onto some communities in the world.
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