SERENA CHERRY
NO ONE HAS their finger on the pulse of modern metal quite like Serena Cherry. The lead singer and guitarist of post-hardcore dissidents Svalbard writes songs savaging the patriarchy, examining topics from harassment at gigs to female objectification, and she’s out to create a safer, fairer and more inclusive scene for everyone. After another triumph in third album When I Die, Will I Get Better? – which was No.4 on Hammer’s 2020 Albums Of The Year – we asked Serena for the greatest takeaways so far of her thought-provoking career.
FEMALE REPRESENTATION CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING
“A big thing for me in figuring out how to do vocals was seeing other women do it. I saw Arch Enemy at Download in 2003. Angela Gossow came out and did this mighty roar, and it was one of the first times I had ever heard
