Bands I Miss - Drain STH

I'd like to give props to a band I really miss...Drain STH. Drain was an all female metal band, but don't let that fool you. Even by today's standards of female fronted metal, such as Otep and Nightwish, and the plethora of metal bands these days in general, Drain could never be classified as a "chick band".

These four ladies, from Stockholm, Sweden (hence the "STH"), may look like supermodels, but they sounded more like metal gods. They had an enormous influence on me in the nineties, and still do to this day. They are true "rock goddesses"!

From the raspy, yet highly melodic and very ear pleasing vocals of Maria Sjöholm, to the melodic metal maelstrom of guitar riffs from Flavia Canel, it's obvious these ladies know their metal. The back beats from the rhythm section wouldn't be complete without Anna Kjellberg on bass, or Martina Axén on drums and backing vox, either. All together, it is a simple yet perfect formula for raw, in your face metal. 

I am glad to see these ladies are still doing things, at least according to http://www.metaladies.com/bands/drain-sth/ .
According to them, Flavia has stopped playing guitar, but is now managing some kick butt bands. Anna plays bass for kool bands like Opiates for the Masses. 

Martina, whose voice is a bit "sweeter" than Maria's, sang with Snake River Conspiracy for a while, and is now doing solo stuff. Though I have always preferred a little raunchiness in vocals, like Maria's, Snake River is a pretty awesome band too. I guess it's a "Heart" thing, you know. I always preferred Ann's strong voice to Nancy's mild one, but both are Kool!

As for Maria, well, when you marry Toni Iommi, I suppose you have all the music you need right there, now don't you? I understand she is no longer doing anything musical, but, hey...she has Tony to take care of!

Does anyone else miss these awesome femme fatals as much as I do? If you can't be bothered to comment, at least give me a +1 for bad ass female musicians! Did you EVER see these ladies live? They had the stage presence of, well, no comparison, really. We need a reunion tour so you can check it out for yourselves! 

http://www.metaladies.com/bands/drain-sth/
https://www.facebook.com/DrainSTH?fref=ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EVtBRO_FxYQ