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From 2006 until 2017, ''Revolver'' annually published a feature/calendar of the "Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock" (known as "Hottest Chicks in Metal" until 2011).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Pinsonneault |first=Julie |date=2007-03-19 |title=Women in Metal - Article - Stylus Magazine |url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/women-in-metal.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322143838/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/women-in-metal.htm |archive-date=March 22, 2007 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=[[Stylus Magazine]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Kim |date=2011-11-03 |title=The Never-Ending Debate Over Women in Metal and Hard Rock |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/the-never-ending-debate-over-women-in-metal-and-hard-rock/247795/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> Because ''Revolver'' did not feature many female acts in their magazine outside of the feature (at the time), it was perceived as, and frequently criticized for being, [[Sexism|sexist]] in its portrayal of women in rock and metal.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2007-03-19 |title=Portrayal Of Women In Metal Media: Sexy Or Sexist? |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/portrayal-of-women-in-metal-media-sexy-or-sexist/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-30 |title=Headbangers' Brawl 9/30: Two Metal Chicks Take On Revolver Magazine {{!}} Metal Insider |url=https://metalinsider.net/columns/headbangers-brawl/headbangers-brawl-930-two-metal-chicks-take-on-revolver-magazine |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Loye |first=Kristy |date=January 12, 2016 |title=Sexism In Music Media: The Problem No One Wants to Address |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/sexism-in-music-media-the-problem-no-one-wants-to-address-8060415 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Houston Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2015-02-23 |title=IN THIS MOMENT's MARIA BRINK: 'Just Being Sexy Will Get You Nowhere' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/in-this-moments-maria-brink-just-being-sexy-will-get-you-nowhere/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> In February 2010, [[Angela Gossow]], then-vocalist of [[Arch Enemy]] and a former participant in the feature, slammed ''Revolver'' for featuring an image she did not want used in the 2010 "Hottest Chicks" feature, and called it "an embarrassment for female musicians, who actually are musicians."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2010-02-23 |title=ARCH ENEMY Singer Calls REVOLVER's 'Hottest Chicks' Movement 'An Embarrassment For Women' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/arch-enemy-singer-calls-revolver-s-hottest-chicks-movement-an-embarrassment-for-women/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, the "Hottest Chicks" feature began attracting growing criticism and controversy
The feature was last published in the April/May 2017 issue,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hottest Chicks |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/artist/hottest-chicks |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref> after which it was discontinued, following ''Revolver''{{'s}} acquisition by Project M Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2019-12-29 |title=KOBRA AND THE LOTUS Frontwoman 'Wasn't Sad' To See REVOLVER's Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock' Issue Go Away |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kobra-and-the-lotus-frontwoman-wasnt-sad-to-see-revolvers-hottest-chicks-in-hard-rock-issue-go-away/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Woman Tone: Is The Guitar Industry Sexist? |url=https://guitar.com/features/woman-tone-sexist-industry/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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