One of the most unique features about my blog is the special focus I put on female musicians within the sludge, stoner, doom and post-metal sub-genres. Women of Sludge Metal Appreciation Week is a bi-annual feature which showcases the talents of many of these women, and I have gotten some of them to answer my “five question interviews”.

Women of Sludge Metal: An Analysis is an in-depth article that examines women’s roles in metal, and how the women of sludge/stoner/doom/post metal have broken out of those traditional roles. It’s a good read, and it also serves as an introduction to certain aspects of the scene that newcomers may not be aware of.

Join the Women of Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal Group of Facebook. We have an active chat room and a feed that is constantly updated. You never know who you’ll see making posts or chatting with fans!

Below, you will find links to all of the WOSMAW five-question interviews I have done thus far:

PART II:

STEVIE FLOYD of Dark Castle

SOPHIE WILLETT of Alunah

JULIE CHRISTMAS of Made out of Babies/Battle of Mice

KELLY GABANY of Vulture

LAURA PLEASANTS of Kylesa

TAZ CORONA-BROWN AND HEL STERNE of Undersmile

CHIYO NUKAGA of Noothgrush/Graves at Sea/Amber Asylum

AMBER VALENTINE of Jucifer

CLAIRE HORROCKS of Bastard of the Skies

LIZ BUCKINGHAM of Electric Wizard/13/Sourvein

PART III:

BRITTANY “B” FUGATE of Rwake

THERESE LANZ of KEN Mode/Mares of Thrace

ALICIA MORGAN of 13

PART IV:

DANI HAWKINS of Ishmael

KATHLEEN STUBELEK of Circle Takes The Square

AMY HOLIFIELD of House of Capricorn

SINA D’CRIME of Bottom

STEPHANIE of Tinsel Teeth

MINDY KERN of Stasis

ANDREA BLACK of Howl/A Storm Of Light

JENN “LADYEVIL” KILBURN of Sister Caravan

MICHELLE TEMPLE of Black Skies

LORI S. of Acid King

DARCY NUTT of Uzala

CAROL ANN CAT of Nice Cat

Photo courtesy of Laura Pleasants for the second edition of Women of Sludge Metal Appreciation Week, March 2011