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A Brief History of Female Guitarists in Japanese Metal
. Things are looking pretty good for women in metal right now Fifteen years on from the breakthrough of symphonic metal, female vocalists have been making major in-roads into an array of subgenres:. You might even say the novelty's worn off However, away from the microphone, things are not so rosy.
. Outside the sanctuary of all-woman lineups, female guitarists are exceedingly rare in Western (and Australian) metal As with any sweeping generalisation, there are obviously exceptions: Laura Pleasants (Kylesa), Samantha Escarbe (Virgin Black), Simone Dow (Voyager ) and Lori S. Acid King to name a few. Still, the fact remains, in the West, women guitarists are in more or less the same position today that Doro Pesch and friends were in 20 odd years ago.
So, are things any different out east? Well, considering how the Japanese establishment basically told feminism to sod off back in the 1970s, you might be surprised. Far away from the saccharine horror of Babymetal's "kawaiicore", the "girls' metal" revolution is afoot.
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