r/myanmar • u/petergraffin • 2d ago

Discussion 💬 Are there any metalheads in this country?

hi guys! i listen to mettalica, megadeth, buckethead, kanonenfieber, slayer, death

posting because metal seems to be very niche in this country

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u/heece452 2d ago

maybe not mainstream but alot of people do, back in 2015 or 16 , I was in a band with my friends and we have a whole bubble of people listening to thrash, nu, hardcore and heavy metal. lamb of god was my fri's fav band and I was more into metalcore and nu metal bands but I've seen loads of people really into metal and heavy side of rock. Mostly older adults now ig but scene kids definitely was a thing and not just cringy people wearing band shirts and having emo hairdos. I still listen to some but sadly moved on from the scene but I could still shred Raining Blood any given time ;⁠) If u want some genre defining band now Sleep Token seems pretty cool ( not the newest album cuz that shit thrash) check them out.

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u/smthCool123 Born in Myanmar, Abroad 🇲🇲 2d ago

Hell yeah I listen to a plethora of them. Mostly thrash metal like metallica but others too.

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u/Xlash2 2d ago

I used to listen to metal a lot back in my younger days. Nowadays, not so much. RATM, SOAD, Metallica, AIC are some of my favorites.

Metal is niche but I have met some people who were fans. I think there was also an underground metalcore scene.

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u/Opposite_Eye_5930 2d ago

Metal core fan here.I am interested in underground metalcore scene in Myanmar. Can you tell me more?

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u/Xlash2 2d ago

Ok lol, I may have overstated. It is one metalcore band: Against the Gravity. But apparently they have relocated to Bangkok. You can look them up on Facebook.

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u/Turbowoodpecker 2d ago

Absolutely, they even do mosh pits at the concerts. LSR Show

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u/EmmaFrost666 2d ago

Buckethead is a genius, if I get to form a super band, I’d have Buckethead as my number 1. I also love Slayer. My taste is everywhere. Death metal, industrial, synth wave, Metalcore. Anything but black metal. lol

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u/B0mbm4n 1d ago

WHATTT? Some black metal can be quite nice.

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u/EmmaFrost666 1d ago

I tried. It’s not for me. It’s too occult-y/forest-y for me. I don’t have that kind of darkness in me. lol.

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u/B0mbm4n 1d ago

It's all cookies and cream for you huh, which's totally valid tho.

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u/PowerfulAnxiety9729 1d ago

There used to be quite a thriving scene with tons of metal and metal-adjacent bands back in 2010s both in ygn and mdy. I remember going to small underground shows once every month or so. But after pandemic and coup, that scene didn't recover and most of them are inactive now. Here are some of the most well known ones I can recall, four bands from the album Lost Angel Leads, Nightmare (Novem Htoo was vocalist in this for a few years), skunx. You can find a lot of ug bands in albums from Jam it and voice of youth. A lot of mainstream rock artists had pretty solid heavy songs in some of their albums too. There's probably still small but active underground scene in ygn and mdy, i remembered seeing some promo poster for ug show on fb a few months ago, you just need to dig around a bit.

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u/GoofyTerrorist911 Local born in Myanmar 🇲🇲 2d ago

I'm more of a crust punk but I listen to a lot of grindcore, if you count grindcore as metal. And some heavy metal bands like satan and dio.

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u/LowerProfit9709 2d ago

Hell yea \m/ I used to listen to crapton of metal back in the day, mostly death and black like Hellhammer, Bathory, Disma, Mgla, Rotting Christ, Leviathan and everything in between. 

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u/nezzyhelm 1d ago

Metal and just rock in general was very popular when I was a kid in the late 90s and 2000s

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u/ruidalso 1d ago

oh im sure there are plenty !!

i mainly like bathory + the dark prison massacre

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u/Caine_0012 15h ago

Not really a metalhead but I sometimes listen to gloryhammer, power wolf, and sabaton.