Metal Queens Podcast

Lead vocalist and songwriter Lyric Hollar joins Steve Richards for a deep dive into the world of Lyric Noel . Lyric shares her journey from discovering her voice at five years old to becoming the frontwoman of a rapidly...

Emily Wolfe joins Steve Richards on Metal Queens Podcast for a wide-open conversation about her new single “Power,” her forthcoming album, guitar, desire, authenticity, touring, TOOL, Black Sabbath and the evolution of...

Darkness. Transformation. Folklore. Doom. Alice of Mothertomb joins Metal Queens Podcast to talk about the band's crushing debut album Dying to Live . We explore the band's Northern Michigan roots, the tragic ice storm...

What happens when pain, vulnerability, powerful melodies, and heavy music collide? Vanessa from Black Heart Society joins Steve Richards on Metal Queens Podcast for an honest conversation about gothic/alt metal...

What happens when resilience becomes music? Astrum Lux Lucis of One World (R)evolution joins Metal Queens for an honest conversation about four decades in music, surviving the reasons to quit, reinventing yourself...

Chelsea Wolfe has spent nearly two decades turning darkness into something beautiful. On this episode of Metal Queens Podcast, Chelsea talks about The Dark —a deeply personal album about transformation, letting go...

Sofia Frasz of Forgotten Shrine joins Metal Queens Podcast! Folk-metal duo Forgotten Shrine are preparing to unleash their ambitious concept album Nox Aeterna on November 6, 2026. Sofia Frasz takes us inside the album's...

Holly F. Royle of DISCONNECTED SOULS is on Metal Queens Podcast! Holly takes us inside the band's cinematic, progressive and electronic approach to metal, discusses the new “The Bystander” guitar & bass playthrough...

Vocalist and lyricist Helle Bohdanova joins Steve Richards to discuss IGNEA's upcoming album Monumental , arriving October 23, 2026 via Napalm Records. Helle takes us inside an album inspired by nostalgia...

On this episode of Metal Queens Podcast , Steve Richards welcomes Rachel Cartwright , lead vocalist of Kansas City melodic hard rock and alternative metal band ATYPICAL . Rachel talks about the band's unexpected...

Symphonic metal artist Talia Hoit joins Steve Richards on the Metal Queens Podcast to discuss her new album When The Skies Fall , out now via SAOL. Talia discusses her unique “piano confessional” songwriting process...

Patience joins Steve Richards on the Metal Queens Podcast to talk about her incredible journey from musical theatre to becoming the frontwoman of Los Angeles-based metal band Mortalis . With a BFA in musical theatre and...

Los Angeles rising star MADiSON ViOLETT joins the Metal Queens Podcast! We talk about her journey into modern metal, her debut single “Circling,” the evolution of her sound, the influence of 2000s post-hardcore, her...

Alexandra, the voice and songstress behind Echos , joins Steve Richards for a deeply personal conversation about turning pain into music. For Alexandra, songwriting is a sanctuary—a place to make sense of difficult...

SICKSENSE vocalist Vicky Psarakis joins Steve Richards for The Metal Queens Podcast to talk about the band's new chapter and upcoming EP Funerals . Arriving independently September 25, Funerals finds SICKSENSE pushing...