The author has curated a space that is about raising women up, and yes, I mean ALL women; … It is beautifully written, rigorously and expertly researched, and fiercely feminist and anti-colonial, committed to our full artistic emancipation. … It's not very often an academic text will move my emotions so much I have tears in my eyes, but this is it. If a heart could be a book, this would be mine.

Dr. Jasmine Shadrack, author of Black Metal, Trauma, Subjectivity and Sound: Screaming the Abyss (2021)

Impressive in its breadth of analysis and erudite in its reasoning, Susana González-Martínez's liberating book provides a dazzling exploration of the possibilities that abound within feminist metal music studies. Along the way, it overthrows established notions of metal's transgressiveness as an art form, in the process revealing itself as essential reading for enthusiasts and academics alike.

Dr. Nedim Hassan, Chief Editor Metal Music Studies