Abstract: El libro 'Bienvenidos al Sabbath' ofrece reflexiones en torno a la apreciación de la música metal y la vigencia del underground que contribuyen a la construcción de una teoría del metal. Además, recopila ensayos inéditos junto a una antología de las entrevistas, crónicas y reseñas sobre rock & metal hechas por el autor durante los últimos 20 años.

Abstract: This study looks at female musicians performing in subcultural rock genres commonly considered non-gender-conforming, such as punk rock, heavy metal, noise, and experimental. Twenty-four interviews were conducted with female musicians who reflected on their experiences as musicians. Themes emerged on women’s patterns of entry into music, barriers they negotiated while playing, and forces that may push them out of the music scene. Once women gained a musician identity, their gender functioned as a master status. They negotiated sexism when people questioned their abilities, assumed men played better, expected them to fail, held them to conventional gender roles, and sexually objectified them. Normative expectations of women as primary caregivers for children, internalization of criticism, and high personal expectations are considered as factors that contribute to women’s exit from musical careers. This research closes with suggestions for how more women and girls can be socialized into rock music.