Arch Enemy frontwoman Angela Gossow recently spoke out against Revolver magazine’s “Hottest Chicks” issues, accusing the publication and its publisher of denying coverage to bands with female musicians who refuse to participate in the features.
Gossow told The Gauntlet, “It basically came down to Revolver telling us that if you don’t want to be in these Revolver Magazine chicks issues anymore, then they’d make sure Arch Enemy would never be featured in another magazine by their publisher. So we are no longer seen in any magazines by their publisher. We are not a small band so we just don’t give a fuck.”
“Revolver kept exploiting this one picture they had despite several requests not to do that. I had to get very aggressive and threaten to publish emails for them to get the hint,” she added.
“Hottest Chicks in Metal is already sexist just from the title. I hope this all goes away as their are so many women getting into metal and it doesn’t even mean anything anymore. Girls growing up now aren’t seeing a female fronted band as a novelty, but just as something they are growing up with. I am in the second generation of women in metal. Once the third, forth, and fifth generation of women start getting into metal it will be so cool. It takes time though. People need to keep an open mind. You can’t have parents saying that playing this instrument is not for a girl. They need to be more positive and say ‘yeah of course I will buy you a drumkit and you can play the bass in your bedroom as much as you want.'”