[外電] And metal is …
The Jakarta Post | Wed, 05/02/2012 12:00 PM
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Global reach: Taiwan metal ban Chthonic performed on Saturday at the
Hammersonic festival in Jakarta.Global reach: Taiwan metal ban Chthonic
performed on Saturday at the Hammersonic festival in Jakarta.Attending the
Hammersonic International Metal Festival, one can find much evidence to
refute the stereotype of a metal fan being a long-haired man playing music
that speaks to “satanic” values, although some would of course agree that
there is nothing wrong with one being so.
First, playing or liking metal does not always mean having ultra-long hair,
although it does look impressive when you are “headbanging”, moving your
torso up and down vigorously to the beat.
The men in local band Noxa, for example, were dressed in a clean-cut, sporty
style, with short-sleeved t-shirts and shorts. Singer Tonny was even sporting
a short, cropped haircut.
Second, it’s certainly not a men’s only world anymore.
Although male eventgoers visibly outnumbered their female counterparts at the
festival that was held in Jakarta on Saturday, there were certainly more than
a handful of the latter also dressed in black t-shirts and yelling out the
lyrics to songs from below the stage.
Local band Dreamer is fronted by a female singer and Taiwanese band Chthonic’
s lineup includes a female bass player, Doris Yeh.
“There are more girls in Taiwan who play metal music, or rock and pop. It’s
not a rare thing for girls to play in bands in Taiwan,” Yeh said after
Chthonic’s set.
Second, there are plenty of colors in terms of lyrics and ideologies.
Although some bands and fans of metal do write and enjoy lyrics about satanic
rituals, there is a much wider variety of interests among the metal community
aside from the music.
Ravel, one of the organizers of the Hammersonic festival, said that themes of
metal songs could range from religion to politics.
“There are themes about religion, Satan, violence, murder, anti-God,
politics, there’s a lot of them … it may sound scary. But the reason why
they sing of those things is because they are dissatisfied with the current
situation ... there are metal bands criticizing religion but they still keep
their religion. They want their religion to become better,” he said.
Thus, differences do exist. Some metal bands sacrifice animals or use animal
blood on stage, while others have members who are vegetarians for ethical
reasons. Some are against religion while some champion it, and some don’t
touch the subject at all in their lyrics.
Several musicians who played the festival expressed somewhat similar opinions
that the fast and hard music style makes it more compatible to lyrics about
extreme or “hard” subjects as well, rather than those about flowers or
bunnies, for example.
According to Ravel, the Indonesian metal community likely has its roots in
the late 1980s from a group of metal lovers who often got together at a spot
in South Jakarta and then proceeded to form bands.
“There was only ‘metal’ at first, then came sub-genres such as the black
metal community, the death metal community, power metal,” he said.
The variety is potentially endless. So what does metal mean to its fans?
“Metal is hard music, it’s a music with a philosophy and one that becomes a
lifestyle … when someone wears a metal t-shirt, you can go around the world
and can be greeted ‘Hey, nice shirt dude, I like the band [or] I don’t like
the band.’ It’s a brotherhood and a community,” Ravel said.
A metal fan who came to the show in Senayan from the greater Jakarta area
said that the music to him symbolizes freedom.
“But I don’t live a scary or extreme life,” he said.
Heri, who came from Kediri for the festival concurred. “I separate my
personal life from the music,” he said.
For Chthonic’s Yeh, metal is something that keeps her coming back for more.
“For now I am still addicted to metal. It’s just like magic. I love when
you are banging your head on stage and the crowd is banging their heads as
well and shouting … I think it’s a very amazing time,” she said when asked
whether she will form a group that plays a different genre of music.
— JP/Dina Indrasafitri
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