A Gender-Perspective Look at Metal Scenes from the Colombian Media: Metal to the Bone

Jesus Antonio Cordoba Romero
Jesus Antonio Cordoba Romero

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Abstract

The global metal scene has established itself as an imminently masculine space while also building its image as a musical scene and community where fraternity and inclusion prevail among its members: the people who listen to and experience metal music. Metal to the Bone, in seven years of coverage highlighting the women who are part of metal scenes worldwide, has attempted to reveal that this co-optation of the metal scene by the male gender persists to this day. This has necessarily led to distorting the metal community’s characterization of itself as a fraternity and a safe place for all. Through interviews and research, it reveals the gender gap in participation in metal bands and the existence of a series of barriers that prevent and do not allow women to experience metal culture safely and without obstacles.

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Jesus Antonio Cordoba Romero. 2026. \u201cA Gender-Perspective Look at Metal Scenes from the Colombian Media: Metal to the Bone\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 25 (GJHSS Volume 25 Issue A3).

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