Data are collected using participant observations and in-depth interviews to the underground musicians. This is performed by examining how this process implicates and connects with all actors involved in this sub-cultural practice. By employing a qualitative approach, this research seeks to expose the cultural processes of the movement which include the production, dissemination, externalization, responses and interpretation of Sundanese death metal as a part of popular music. This can be viewed as a political movement to counter the hegemonic culture by using the main values of the Sundanese, such as silih asah, silih asih, silih asuh (which mean teaching, loving and caring to each other) as a foundation of their movements. ![]() Here, I argue that the social movement of Sundanese death-metal in Bandung is part of sub-cultural practices to keep their identity. This concept is a response to an increasingly blurred identity that caused by hegemonic factors like globalization. The genre is called Sundanese death metal. Some of them constructed their own expressions, which differ from the country of origin. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Indonesian provincial city of Bandung in West Java is a home to the largest death-metal scene in Asia with an estimated 128 active bands (James & Walsh 2015). Abstract This paper describes movements of current metal music in Bandung, Indonesia.
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