Sarah Burke

Oh, you're a pop star.

Oh, you're a country artist.

You got streamed into a thing.

And so they don't even know at 12 years old that I can scream too.

One of my favorite death metal bands in the world today is a band from Wales called Venom Prison.

And they have one of my favorite songs in death metal came out a few years ago is called uterine industrialization.

And it's about body autonomy for women.

And the lead singer is a woman called Larissa.

And when I played for people and then I tell them that's a woman singing growling, they can't believe it.

But,

Who knows what death metal would have been like if more women were allowed to or, you know, inspired to be in it.

Because Larissa and Venom Prison are one of the best death metal bands in the world, in my mind.

It's not like I'm some great activist about it, but it's moreover that I just had to change how I held myself responsible and accountable for my role in it.

And I can't complain about things being bad.

If I'm in the industry with all these other people in the industry, well, if not us, then who?

I have a label called No Dad Records.

And the first artist I signed is a punk band called Mermaid Island.

My friend Alex, she's the singer.

Yeah, I actually didn't sign Alex because she's a woman singer.

I signed it because Alex writes unbelievable songs and pulls it off.