LADY BEAST

A classic, tuneful throwback to a simpler but no less heavier time, Lady Beast recalls the finer points of NWOBHM acts like Iron Maiden as well as the more ragged, quick-fire attacks of Thin Lizzy or Motörhead. Active through most of the 2010s, the group hit a stride with the heavy-duty sounds of 2020's The Vulture's Amulet and 2025 follow-up The Inner Alchemist. Emerging from a tight-knit metal scene in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lady Beast was initially the brainchild of singer Deborah Levine and bassist Greg Colaizzi, who'd played in a short-lived ensemble called Long to He...