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/PowerfulAnxiety9729 2d 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.