Benedictum

San Diego’s Benedictum formed in 2005 and was more or less discovered by Dio guitarist Craig Goldy, with another Dio player, bassist Jeff Pilson, producing the band's debut album Uncreation. Vocalist Veronica Freeman is quite a find -- unlike most women vocalists in metal (the majority of which are of in the graceful gothic metal category, the rest of which go for the other extreme of death metal), Freeman's voice is pure metal, powerful and confident (the inclusion of not one, but two Dio-era Black Sabbath covers gives a good indication of her style, as well as the band's direction). Now four albums in, the band hasn't hit the big time but has maintained a solid career.

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