Serena Cherry

Serena Cherry

Serena Cherry is the co-lead vocalist and guitarist with British post-hardcore band Svalbard. She also leads Noctule – a Skyrim-themed black metal band – and writes about music, video games and theme parks. She is endorsed by Jackson Guitars.

Articles by: Serena Cherry

Serena Cherry smiling on stage

I front a metal band and this is what it's like having hundreds of phones pointed at you every night on stage (spoiler: it's really weird)

By Serena Cherry published

Serena Cherry, frontwoman of British extreme metallers Svalbard, opens up on the experience of having your every move documented on stage

Metal video games

The 20 most metal videogames ever

By Rich Hobson published

Doom, Skyrim, Brutal Legend - we dug through videogame history to pick out the most metal-friendly games of all time

Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy in 2008, next to a photo of Svalbard’s Serena Cherry

"You cannot underestimate the impact of seeing a woman blaze a trail right before your eyes." Why Arch Enemy’s Angela Gossow means so much to me – and to women in the metal scene

By Serena Cherry published

Svalbard singer/guitarist Serena Cherry writes about the impact Arch Enemy’s formidable ex-vocalist had on her life

Skyrim

11 years since its release, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may well be metal's most influential game ever

By Serena Cherry published

Skyrim remains one of modern gaming's greatest achievements - and metal bands can't stop writing songs about it

Top 10 Mono songs as chosen by Svalbard's Serena Cherry

By Serena Cherry published

Svalbard's frontwoman picks her very favourite Mono songs ahead of the band's 20th anniversary

We got two of metal's best frontwomen to take down some angry sexists

By Serena Cherry, Djamila Azzouz published

Svalbard guitarist/vocalist Serena Cherry and Ithaca frontwoman Djamila Azzouz respond to the idea that there's no place for women in metal

Black Sabbath

The days of big metal bands are gone and that's a good thing: an open letter to Steve Souza

By Serena Cherry published

Exodus' Steve Souza has criticised modern metal for a lack of "iconic bands." Svalbard vocalist Serena Cherry has some words for the old-school thrasher

Svalbard standing on a bridge

Feminism, abortion and revenge porn: Inside Svalbard's new album

By Serena Cherry published

Svalbard vocalist Serena Cherry reveals the stories behind the songs on new album It's Hard To Have Hope

The band Svalbard

Svalbard's Serena Cherry slams companies who enforce unpaid internships

By Serena Cherry published

Svalbard vocalist Serena Cherry has written Metal Hammer an essay titled The Grinding Halt of Social Mobility, following the release of new song Unpaid Intern