Playing Hard Living Loud

Side Blog for celebrating women in metal and my personal favourite bands.

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Posted 2, October, 2025

Big 3 of symph metal: battle of the Dutch vocalists!

Who is your favorite vocalist? (vote for the voice, not the music connected to it)
Floor Jansen (Nightwish)
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Simone Simons (Epica)
See Results

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Posted 19, November, 2024

black-arcana:

#simone simons

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Posted 19, June, 2024

a black and white gif of Simone Simons, a white woman with long hair, singing against a white background

Simone Simons gesturing with her hands as she sings passionately

Simone Simons moving her hands through her hair and over her face

ALT

In Love We Rust - Simone Simons (x)

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Posted 29, January, 2023

Women of Metal by Tim Tronckoe

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Posted 17, November, 2022

black-arcana:

Epica ➤ Rivers
20th Anniversary live show

#simone simons

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Posted 23, October, 2021

x–daughters-of-darkness–x:

👋 BYE BYE 👋

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Posted 17, October, 2021

x–daughters-of-darkness–x:

Simone speech in Epica’s first live show, with an audience present, since the pandemic hit (Alcatraz Festival, August 2021)

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Posted 14, June, 2021

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Posted 13, June, 2021

forhelvede:

Simone’s outfits during the Omega concert
So wonderful to see a show again!! I just wish it was longer, lol.

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Posted 13, May, 2021

metalgirlsedit:

Throwback: Simone Simons of Epica performs in concert at Headliners Music Hall on November 23, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Credits: Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)