HISTORY OF METAL IN INDONESIA

Indonesia Metal Music History
Category: Music
Embryo born underground rock music scene in Indonesia is difficult to remove from the evolution of pioneer rocker-rocker as a 70s-era predecessors. Call it like God Bless, Gang Pegangsaan, Gypsy (Jakarta), Giant Step, Super Kid (Bandung), Terncem (Solo), AKA / SAS (Surabaya), Bentoel (Malang) to rawe Rontek of Banten. They are the first generation of rockers Indonesia. The term itself is already used underground current magazine since the beginning of the era of 70 - an. The term is used music and lifestyle magazine pioneer from Bandung was to identify the bands that play loud music in a more wild .. 'and .. extreme' for the size of his era. And to be honest, the songs played by the bands mentioned above are not the work of their own songs, but to the foreign bands kind of Deep Purple, Jefferson Airplane, Black Sabbath, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Rolling Stones to ELP . This counterproductive tradition that made history
his name had on the national stage. Call it like El Pamas, Grass Rock (Malang), Power Metal (Surabaya), Adi Metal Rock (Solo), Val Halla (Medan) to Roxx (Jakarta). Also log too, which led to the birth of the first rock record label in Indonesia, Logiss Records. The first product is an album labels
God Bless the third, "Black Ants" was released in 1988 and sold up to 400,000 records in Indonesia.
Towards the end of the '80s, around the world at that time young people are experiencing fever thrash metal music. A development of the musical style that is more extremes more than heavy metal. Bands that became his gods such as Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Megadeth, Kreator, Sodom, Anthrax to Sepultura. Most large cities in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Malang to Bali, scene undergroundnya first born of the extreme music genre. In Jakarta alone metal community first appeared in public in early 1988. Community child metal (the term was not yet popular underground) was used to hang out at the Pid Pub, a small pub in the shopping area Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. According to Krishna J. Sadrach, frontman Sucker Head, besides hanging out, kids who hang out there by Aunt Esther, owner Pid Pub, given the opportunity to get a gig there. Every night of the week there is usually always a live show of the new bands in the Pid Pub and most bands that carry the rock or metal music.
Bands who often hangs out at the scene Pid Pub, among others Roxx (Metallica & Anthrax), Sucker Head (Education & Sepultura), Commotion Of Resources (Exodus), painfull Death, Rotor (Author), Razzle (GN'R) , husky (DRI and MOD), Undertakers, Mortus to Alien Scream (Obituary). Some of the bands on the next trip that splitting into many new bands. Commotion Of Resources was the forerunner sap gothic metal band, while the rough is old embryo death metal band Alien Scream. Additionally Oddie, painfull Death vocalist subsequently form Sic Mynded industrial group in the United States with Rudi Soedjarwo (director, What's With Love?). The rotor itself was formed in 1992 after guitarist cabutnya Sucker Head, Irvan Sembiring Sucker Head feels the concept of music was still less extreme for him.
The spirit that brought its predecessors is still struggling pattern .. old school tradition ', proud to be the band's cover version! Among them all, only the lucky Roxx recording for their first single, "Rock echo". This happens because they are one of the finalists Festival Rock Indonesia Se-to-V. Get a recording contract from the label is obsession is too much time. Instead of recording, demo recordings can be played on the radio they are happy. At that time a regular radio station aired music rock / metal is the Bahamas Radio, Radio Metro Jaya and SK Radio. From some of the radio is probably the most legendary Mustang Radio. They have a program called Rock N 'Rhythm
airs every Wednesday night from 19.00 - 21.00. This radio station even disatroni directly by the Brazilian thrash metal lord, Sepultura, when they came to Jakarta in June 1992. In addition to the medium of radio, mass media often this news rock / metal at that time only HAI Magazine, Tabloid Image Music and Magazines Vista.
Besides hanging out at the Pid Pub every weekend, children's day-to-day metal hanging out in the parking Retna Pharmacies located in Cilandak, South Jakarta. Some young celebrities who once had hanging out together (groupies?) Metal kids, among others, Ayu Azhari, Cornelia Agatha, Sophia Latjuba, Karina Suwandi to Krisdayanti. Actress Ayu Azhari himself even as his wife dipersunting by (late) which is Jodhie Gondokusumo Sap vocalist and also
Rotor former vocalist.
Not how far from Retna Pharmacy, other locations are often used as rehearsal location is Studio One Feel which is the rehearsal studio and arguably the most legendary bands nearly all rock / metal long been routine practice capital here. Besides Pid Pub, an alternative venue where underground rock bands
gig at the time was the Black Hole and restaurants Manari Open Air Museum Satria Mandala (forerunner Poster Café). Despite that, performing arts and music events MA campus often also in the "infiltration" by the metal bands. Some of the historical pensi include Pamsos (SMA 6 Bulungan), PL Fair (SMA
Pangudi Sublime), Kresikars (SMA 82), the University campus music events
National (Housing), Gunadarma University, University of Indonesia (Depok), Unika Atma Jaya Jakarta, Indonesia Institute of Technology (Serpong) to Jayabaya University (Pulomas).
Berkonsernya two international metal supergroup in Indonesia, Sepultura (1992) and Metallica (1993) gives considerable contribution to the development of a type of metal bands in Indonesia. Not long after Sepultura successful "burn" the Jakarta and Surabaya, speed metal band Roxx released self-titled debut album under their
Blackboard label. This cassette album would be one of the Indonesian classic speed metal album of the 90s era. The same thing is also experienced by the rotor. Metallica phenomenally successful opening concert for two consecutive days at the Lebak Bulus Stadium, rotor and then thrash metal release of the first major label in Indonesia, Behind The 8th Ball (AIRO). Capitalize recommendation from Metallica's tour manager and honors the 30 million dollars twice a Metallica concert opening, the rotor personnel (minus drummer Bakkar Bufthaim) exodus to the land of Uncle Sam to speculate. Sucker Head himself recorded late in releasing the debut album than the band
rest of their contemporaries. After the major local label, Aquarius
Musikindo, just at the beginning of 1995 they released the album .. The Head Sucker '. Sucker Head Until now there were already released four albums.
Of such a long journey underground rock in the country, perhaps in the first half of the new 90-anlah started many scenes formed underground in the real sense in Indonesia. In Jakarta alone consolidation massive metal scene centered in Block M in early 1995. At that time most of the kids metal often
seen hanging on the 6th floor game center Blok M Plaza and at a famous restaurant franchise there. Their activities other than hang out is the exchange of information about local bands daninternasional, CD barter, buying and selling t-shirts metal to plan for organizing the concert. Some others choose to hang out in the basement of Block Mall which happened to be located underground.
In this era of massive hype metal music is loved the more extreme subgenre of death metal, brutal death metal, grindcore, black metal to gothic / doom metal. Some bands are more glossy name in this era is Grausig, Trauma, Aaarghhh, Skull, Delirium Tremens, Corporation of Bleeding, Adaptor, Betrayer, sadistic, Godzilla, and so on. Skull grindcore band in 1996 even as the band recorded the mini album was first released independently in Jakarta with the title .. It's A Proud To Vomit Him '. The album was recorded in a professional manner at Studio Triple M, Jakarta with sound engineer Harry Widodo (previously had handled Roxx album, Rotor, Coil, Puppen and PAS).
1996 also had recorded the birth of the first underground music fanzine in Jakarta, brainwashed zine. The first edition appeared brainwashed by displaying 24 pages and profiles Grausig cover band Trauma, Betrayer and Delirium Tremens. In the type of computer operating system based on Windows 3.1 and the lay-out cut n 'paste a traditional, brainwashed and then reproduced 100 copies with copy machines writer's own brother. In subsequent editions of this brainwashed too hardcore bands, punk and even ska. After rising to four photocopied edition, in 1997, had brainwashed printed magazine-style professional with cover
full color. Until 1999 only strong brainwashed rises to seven editions, before finally in 2000 the author initiated the e-zine format on the internet (www.bisik.com). Similar media that is more consistent rises in Jakarta include Morbid Noise zine, zine Guerrilla, Rottrevore zine, zine Cosmic and
so on.
29 September 1996 marked the beginning of a new era for the development of underground rock in Jakarta. Exactly on that day indie music event held for the first time in Poster Café. The event called "Underground Session" is held every other week on a weekday evening. Café owned by legendary rocker geeks
Ahmad Albar is a lot of bearing and rearing of new indie music scene that plays different music genres and more varied. The birth scene Brit / indie pop, ska explosion phenomenal era 1997 - 2000 to the historic mass brawl between the mass fraction Jakarta to Bandung happened in this place. Gum,
Brain The Machine, Stepforward, Dead Pits, Bloody Gore, Straight Answers, Frontside, RU Sucks, Fudge, Jun Fan Gung Foo, Be Quiet, Bandempo, Kindergarten, RGB, Burning Inside, Sixtols, Looserz, HIV, Planet Earth, Hospital, Fable, Hairpins, Naif, Toilet Sounds, Agus Sasongko & FSOP is a fraction of bands .. full 'gig there.
March 10, 1999 is the day of the death scene Poster Café forever. On that day for the last time music events held there (subnormal Revolution) that led to the mass riots between punk with people to effect the destruction of several cars and show his teeth in local police disperse the crowd. Poster Café dissolution even beyond expectations delivered many alternative venues for each of the indie music scene. Butterfly Café in Bulungan used ska scene, Pondok Indah Waterpark, 2000 GM Gueni café and café scene in Cikini for Brit / indie pop, parakeets De Javu Club in Menteng for gigs punk / hardcore and indie pop. Lately BB's Bar a super-narrow in Menteng often hired to show garage-rock, mellow new wave punk rock is now being hot, like The Upstairs, grin, The Brandals, C'mon Lennon, Killed By Butterfly, Sajama Cut,
Devotion and more. Among them, perhaps the most .. neutral 'and used cross-yangterletak Nirvana Café scene in the basement of Hotel Maharadja, South Jakarta. Precisely in this place, last January 13, 2002, Puppen history .. kill 'em in a historic concert titled, "Puppen: Last Show Ever", a series of Bandung band's final show before it broke up.
Scene Punk / Hardcore / Brit / Indie Pop
Invasion music grunge / alternative and the release of the album Kiss This Sex Pistols in 1992 was enough to trigger a powerful tool in delivery of new bands that do not play metal music. For example, the community band Pestol Aer Young Offender beginning their work often cover Sex Pistols songs complete with dress-up and punk haircut mohawknya. Interestingly, the next trip, circa 1994, Aer Pestol then change the direction of their music into the band that brought the genre of british / indie pop a la The Stone Roses. It is said that this historic event
later became a significant moment for the development of the british scene / indie pop in Jakarta. Before disbanding, in mid-1997, they had released their debut album titled ..... Jang Doeloe '. Early generations of brit pop scene include the band's Hospital, Wondergel, Planet Earth, Orange, Jellyfish, Hairpins, Room-V,
Parklife to Death Goes To The Disco.
Aer Pestol was not the first punk band, the capital city in 1989 had spawned punk / hardcore pioneers who often plays Antiseptic numbers belong to Black Flag, The Misfits, DRI until the Sex Pistols. Lukman (Waiting Room / The Superglad) and Robin (Sucker Head / Noxa) is an alumnus of the band as well. In addition to frequent gigs in Jakarta, Antiseptic also had a gig at the legendary rockfest Bandung, Hullabaloo II in late 1994. Antiseptic own debut album titled .. Finally 'new release eight years later (1997) by DIY There are also alternative bands like Ocean that play a la Jane's Addiction and others, unfortunately they could not release the tape.
In addition, in early 1990, Jakarta also print punk rock band The Idiots that originally duets cover songs of The Exploited. Not much different from Antiseptic, just nine years later, The Idiots released their debut album titled .. Living Comfort In Anarchy 'via indie label Movement Records. Community-
from punk / hardcore are mushrooming in Jakarta in the era of the 90s. In addition to Young Offender community before, there are also communities South Sex (SS) in the Radio Dalam, subnormal in Kelapa Gading, Semi-People in Duren Sawit, Brotherhood in Slipi, Locos in Blok M to SID Gank in Rawamangun.
While the scene releases of classic punk / hardcore Jakarta is a compilation album Walk Together, Rock Together (Locos Enterprise), which releases early 1997 and contains among other singles from the band Youth Against Fascism, Anti Septic, Straight Answer, Dirty Edge and so on. The compilation album of punk / hardcore classic Another One Still, Still Proud (Movement Records), which contains the singles from Sexy Pig, The Idiots, Cryptical Death to Out Of Control.
London scene
In early 1994 there were around London music studio which became the forerunner of the legendary underground rock scene there. His name Studio Reverse Sukasenang located in the area. The establishment of this studio was conceived by Richard Mutter (then drummer PAS) and Helvi. When growing Reverse then expanded its business with
open distribution (acronym of the distribution) that sell CDs, tapes, posters, t-shirts, and many other imported accessories. Apart from distribution, Richard also had formed an independent label 40.1.24 that their first release in 1997 is a compilation CD titled "Masaindahbangetsekalipisan." Indie bands who participated in this compilation include Burger Kill, Puppen, Papi, Rotten To The Core, Full of Hate and Waiting Room, as the only band from Jakarta.
Bands that had been raised by the community Reverse between PAS and Puppen. PAS alone in 1993 made history as the first Indonesian band released the album independently. Their mini-album titled "Four Through The SAP" sold a 5000 tape a short amount of time. Mastermind who gave birth to the idea of ​​releasing the album independently PAS is a (late) Samuel Marudut. He was Music Director of Radio GMR, a rock radio station in Indonesia, which often play a recording demos amateur rock bands from Bandung, Jakarta and surrounding areas. Tragically, in early 1995 Marudut found dead at the residence of Krishna lifeless Sucker Head in Jakarta. To his surprise, his death, according to Krishna, accompanied by the song The End from the album Best of The Doors who dialed the tape in the room Krisna. Meanwhile Puppen established in 1992 is one of the pioneers of local hardcore until his death in 2002 had released three albums, Not A Pup EP (1995), MK II (1998) and Puppen s / t (2000). Then followed the Pure Saturday with a self-titled album. The album was later assisted by Hai Magazine promotion. Kubik also experienced the same thing, by way of a bonus 3 track cassette album before release.
A little to the east, still in London as well, we'll find a community that became the epicenter of underground metal in there, Berung Edge community. Previously in this area could stand a lot of studios Palapa raising meritorious underground bands rock body, Forgotten, Sacrilegious, Sonic Torment, Morbus Corpse, Tympanic Membrane, Infamy, Burger Kill and so on. Here, then, in early 1995 the first music fanzine published in Indonesia named Revograms Zine. Dinan editor, Sonic Torment is a vocalist who has a unique single titled "Talking Machete". Revograms Zine was recorded three times and all of the material appeared to discuss contents bands metal / hardcore local and international.
Then later taklama indie fanzine like Swirl, Thirteen, Burning Borders, and others enliven indie media. Ripple and Trolley emerged as a subculture magazine that discusses trends Bandung lifestylenya jug. Trolley bankrupt in 2002, while Ripple magazine pocket change from the standard magazine format. While generally photocopied fanzine is still continue to exist. He cried in Dublin not only advanced extreme music but also indie pop scene. Since Pure Saturday came, the indie pop or alternative bands, like Cherry Bombshell, Sieve, White Rice up to date as the Milo, Mocca, Homogenic. Similarly, the ska scene actually existed long before the big ska trend. Bands like Noin Bullet and Agent Skins have long carried this musical genre.
Anyone who has witnessed the underground rock concert in Bandung must not forget the famous GOR Saparua to various corners of the country. For indie bands, venues like the building is full of sacred magical power. Bandung any band out if you have the .. godfather 'here yet Afdhal it. Artifacts underground subculture most legendary Bandung is witness some phenomenal rock show convening such as Hullabaloo, noisy until Bandung Bandung Underground. The number of spectators every occasions over quite spectacular, between 5000 - 7000 spectators! Admission only to be traded with all the fantastic prices by scalpers. Maybe this is a separate record of the unsolved to date in Indonesia for the size of underground rock show.
Had been called as a barometer of underground rock in Indonesia, Bandung is a city that offers a million clever ideas for the progress of the national scene. Distributions boom that swept across Indonesia today is spearheaded by the city. The success of indie albums selling tens of thousands of pieces of the band experienced Sam also started from this city. Even Burger Kill, Indonesian hardcore band who first signed a contract with a major label, Sony Music Indonesia, also grew up in this city. Not to mention the Trolley magazine (RIP) and Ripple is like to be reincarnated in today's Aktuil, remain loyal to the largest portion of their coverage for local bands indie cool of Koil, Kubik, Balcony, The Bahamas, Blind To See, Rocket Rockers, The Milo , Teenage Death Star, Communal to The SIGIT Please check webzine Bandung, Death Rock Star (www.deathrockstar.tk) to prove it. Original, this one city is not no death!
Scene Jogjakarta
City student was nicknamed formal, but who would have thought that this city was also one of the strongest underground rock scene in Indonesia? Well, let's take a little history. Underground metal community is one of Jogjakarta Jogja Corpsegrinder. This community had issued a metal fanzine Human Waste, Megaton magazine and legendary metal event held there, Jogja Brebeg. To date the event has been held ten times! Underground metal bands from the old town, among others, Death Vomit, Mortal Scream, Impurity, Brutal Corpse, Mystis, Ruction.
For scene punk / hardcore / industrial her bounce around early 1997 tersebutlah name Sabotage, Something Wrong, Noise For Violence, Black Boots, DOM 65, Teknoshit to the most recent, Micha. As for the scene indie rock / pop, some of the names that should be highlighted is the Seek Six Sick, Bangkutaman, Strawberry's Pop to The Monophones. Moreover, the coolest ska band ever born in Indonesia, Shaggy Dog, also comes from this city. Shaggy Dog is now contracted to EMI later even was busy concert touring around Europe for 3 months! This warm city recorded also held Parkinsound, an electronic music festival, the first in Indonesia. Parkinsound 3 held on July 6, 2001 last of which displays Garden Of The Blind, Mock Me Not, Teknoshit, Fucktory, Melancholic Bitch up
Evil Machines.
Surabaya Scene
Underground rock scene in Surabaya began with the growth and development of independent bands homage to death metal / grindcore around mid-1995. The history begins with the formation of Surabaya Expo event (sort of DKI Jakarta Fair - Red) where underground metal bands such as, Slowdeath, Torture, Dry, Venduzor, Bushido gig at a music event in the event.
After the event, each band is then agreed to set up an organization called the Independent. Base camp of the organization as a means of unifying purpose of the establishment and the means of information dissemination between musicians / underground metal bands that time was concentrated in the area Ngagel Mulyo or rather the band's studio Retri Beauty (death metal band with all the personnel girls, now RIP - Ed) . Members of the organization which is the origin of the formation of underground metal scene in Surabaya was deliberately limited to only about 7-10 bands only.
The plan at that time was the first independent underground rock concert in Youth Park, but this plan has failed because of busy consolidating the scene. After getting clear and start growing underground metal scene in Surabaya at the end of December 1997 the organization officially disbanded Independent. This effort to expand the network to the less-insulated bulkhead or become fragmented communities.
In the final days before the dissolution of the Independent organization, division record label had released several albums of bands death metal / grindcore Surabaya. For example Slowdeath's debut album is titled "From Enthusiasm to Sordid Mindless Self-Destruction" (September 96), the debut album Dry titled "Under The Veil of Religion" (97), Brutal Torture "Carnal Abuse" Death "Cemetery of Celerage" up's debut album Fear Inside
titled "Mindestruction". In the following years then underground metal in Surabaya flooded-releases album's release Growl, Thandus, Holy Terror, Kendath to Pejah.
Instead Independent and then formed Surabaya Underground Society (SUS) is right around New Years Eve 1997 on the campus of the University of 45, when held event berserk I. It was in Surabaya also has a lot of new bands popping up with the flow of black metal. One of the old death metal band that is, dry and then move the concept of music as black metal music influences pouring in Surabaya at that time.
Only lasted less than a few months, SUS in the same year hit a split in it. Bands black metal wing and then split to form a new vessel called ARMY OF DARKNESS is a base location in Karang Rejo. In contrast to black metal, death metal bands then decided not to join to form a new organization. Later in the month of September 1997 held at IKIP event berserk II Surabaya. This event and then record their own history as the most successful event in Surabaya at that time. 25 bands death metal and black metal look from morning to evening and watched by approximately 800-1000 people. Spirits, black metal band from Bekasi also perform at the event as the band's invitation.
Extreme metal scene in Surabaya at that time was mostly dominated by bands of black metal than death metal / grindcore. They are also more intense in the event held a black metal because of the large number of black metal bands that emerged. Recorded after a successful black metal event held in Surabaya like ARMY OF DARKNESS I and II.
Exact date of June 1, 1997 inferno underground community formed the base 178 is located in the Dharma Husada (Prof. DR. Moestopo, Red). In a somewhat similar to home-shop (commercial) was noted there are several business divisions, namely, distribution, music studios, indie label, fanzine, cafe and event organizer for events in Surabaya underground. Events ever in the title by 178 Inferno among others, STOP THE MADNESS, HIGH VOLTAGE I & II to BLUEKHUTUQ LIVE.
Underground rock bands who now shelter under the banner 178 Inferno among others, Slowdeath, The Sinners, Severe Carnage, System Sucks, Freecell, Bluekuthuq and so on. Metal fanzine community origin INFERNO 178, Surabaya named POST MANGLED first published at that time in the event I HIGH VOLTAGE at Airlangga University campus appearance in punk rock and metal. The event was classified as less successful because at the same time also held an event black metal. Unfortunately, it is also accompanied by stagnant MANGLED Zine POST cultivation process that never issued the latest edition now.
So, to anticipate stagnant or information gaps in the scene, was born later HARDLINE newsletter first published in February 1999. Photocopied newsletter format that has a number of 4 page extensively covered various musical activities underground metal, punk to HC not only in Surabaya alone but more broadly. Positive responses were much more they come precisely from outside Surabaya itself. For some reason, they think the public underground rock in Surabaya less appreciative and minimal support for an independent publication of the fanzine or newsletter. Until the end of his life HARDLINE newsletter has been published up to the 12th edition.
Division of indie label 178 Inferno least until about 10 releases album still use the name as the name of their label independent. Entering a new year of 2000 and 178 Inferno Productions label officially produced album oldest punk band in Surabaya, The Sinners, entitled "The event Hatred". Next label
178 Inferno will be more concentrated to release products categorized as non-metal. As for the special label death metal / brutal death / grindcore Bloody Pigs Records was formed later by Samir (now guitarist SKULL) Slowdeath second album titled "Propaganda" as the first project which is also coupled with a single promo concert at Café Flower Slowdeath around September 2000, which was attended by 150 - an audience. This album was recorded sold out while still in limited numbers only. Sold 200 copies without rest.
Malang Scene
City of cold air taken about three hours drive from Surabaya's underground rock scene appeared to have a "hot" since the beginning of the decade of the 90s. Tersebutlah name Total Suffer Community (TSC) is a driving force for the rise of the underground rock community in Malang since early 1995. Members of this community consists of a wide range of inter-scene musician, but his dominance remains
only metal kids. Underground rock concert that was first held in the city of Malang is also organized by this community. The event titled Underground Music Parade is held at Sasana Asih YPAC on July 28, 1996 by featuring local bands such as Carcass Malang (grindcore), Ritual Orchestra (black metal), dying (death metal), Knuckle Head (punk / hc) , Grindpeace (industrial
death metal), No Man's Land (punk), The Babies (punk) and also bands from Surabaya, Slowdeath (grindcore) and The Sinners (punk).
Some other bands worthy of Malang give credits include Sacred, Perish, Genital Giblets, and certainly Santhet Rotten Corpse. The last band is actually a pioneer style brutal death metal in Indonesia. Their debut album
titled "Maggot Sickness" as it was shocking metal scene in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Bali as a solid composition and quality of the recordings are top notch. Lately the band has split into two and one of the guitarist and founder, Adyth, moved to London and formed Disinfected. Born in this city for the second time in Indonesian music fanzine. His name is a zine Mindblast
published by two scenester, Afril and Samack the end of 1995. Afril itself is ex-vocalist Grindpeace that now exist in the crust-grind band department, Extreme Decay. While the pioneering indie label that still survive and remain productive in Malang release is Confused Records
Scene Bali
Speaking underground scene in Bali again we will find the metal community as a forerunner. First mover is community Corpsegrinder 1921 Bali Denpasar. Participate exist in it, among others, Dede Suhita, Putra Pande, Age Grindcorner and Sabdo Moelyo. Dede is the editor of the magazine, published in Megaton metal
Jogjakarta, Putra Pande is one of the pioneers of metal webzine Indonesia
Corpsegrinder (now Anorexia Orgasm) since 1998, Age is the first distro entrepreneurs in Bali and Moel is the guitarist / vocalist of death metal band ethnicity, Eternal Madness active underground concert there. Name is taken from the 1921 actual duration metal music program broadcast weekly on Radio Cassanova, Bali
runs from 19:00 until 21:00 pm.

Early 1996 was broken community and each individual their own ways. Moel with EM Enterprise on October 20, 1996 the first major underground concert in Bali called Total Uyut in GOR Ngurah Rai Airport, Denpasar. Bali bands performing include Eternal Madness, Superman Is Dead, Pokoke, Lithium, Triple Punk, Phobia, Asmodius to Death Chorus. While the outer bands Balinya is Grausig, Betrayer (Jakarta), body, Dajjal, Sacrilegious, Total Riot (Bandung) and Death Vomit (Jogjakarta). The concert was a success suck about 2000 people in the audience and until now the annual underground rock festival there. One of
Alumni Total current Uyut huge success all over the archipelago was the origin of punk band Kuta, Superman Is Dead. They even became the first punk band in Indonesia contracted sixth album by Sony Music Indonesia. Bali indie bands of today that stand out include Navicula, postmen, The Brews, Telephone, Blod Shot Eyes
and of course Eternal Madness is preparing to release their third album in the near future.
Entering the era of the 2000s indie scene Bali increasingly stretched. SID's success inspired other bands Bali to try harder, yet concretely SID already proved that the band .. native people 'was able to conquer the music industry cruel capital. To support bands Bali, drummer SID, Jerinx and some of his friends then opened The Maximmum Rock N 'Roll Monarchy (The Max), a music pub in the Poppies, Kuta. Often held regular rock show at this place.
Indonesia Indie Era of the 2000s
How is the movement of Indonesian independent music scene of the 2000s era? The presence of Internet technologies and e-mails clearly made a major contribution to the development of this scene. Access to information and communication are wide open to create a network (networking) is increasingly widespread among communities in Indonesia. Bands and new communities are emerging with offering a wider range of musical styles. Trend indie label releasing albums vying local bands are also encouraging, at least this is a worthwhile effort to documenting the history of the decades ahead.
What is interesting now is the dominance of the use of idioms .. indie 'and not the underground to define a non-mainstream music scene locally. Had been a polemic and debate klasikmengenai term .. indie or underground 'is in the homeland. Some see the term .. underground 'the bias due to the fact the more days the more underground bands that .. sell-out', whether it be contracted to a major label, change the style of music for the sake of the business or sell the album sold tens of thousands of pieces. While some prefer to use the idiom indie as more .. elastic 'and, for example, more friendly for bands that did not play the style of extreme music. Although impressed more compromise, the term indie was later also increasingly being used by the national media, much
abandon the term orthodox .. underground 'it said.
Amid the debate he called indie / underground, major label or indie label, hundreds of new band was born, dozens of indie labels busy to release albums, thousands of distro / clothing shop opened in Indonesia. Infrastructure non-mainstream music scene is also becoming established from day to day. They seemed no longer concerned about the polarization-major indie labels increasingly substantial. Playing music as freely as possible while having more fun being .. commander 'today.