Voice of Baceprot Step into a Curious New Spotlight
The trailblazing Indonesian all-female metal trio are set to return to Australia for the Good Things Festival with new music and a new perspective to ...
Indonesian hijab-wearing metal band performs in Japan
An all-female, hijab-wearing heavy metal band from Indonesia captivated the audience at their first ever performance in Japan. The trio named Voice of Baceprot was formed in 2014 in West Java. They are known for music that challenges religious and gender norms. Their songs feature anti-war themes and social issues such as women's rights and environmental ...
Off The Wall With Voice Of Baceprot
For Voice Of Baceprot, mere existence is an act of disruption. The all-female trio from the small Indonesian village of Singajaya has made waves in the world of heavy music all while wearing hijabs and performing songs with lyrics in Sundanese. Last summer they became the first Indonesian band to play Glastonbury and now they’re ambassadors for a new Warped ...
BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year?
Challenging gender and religious norms is something Firda Marsya Kurnia is comfortable with, as lead vocalist and guitarist in the all-female, hijab-wearing heavy metal band Voice of ...
“As rip-snorting a set of Priest, Maiden and Sabbath-inspired metal as you’ll get at Glastonbury.” Voice of Baceprot bring the steel to Somerset’s summer spectacular
With very little in the way of pure heavy metal at this year's Glastonbury, the sight of three teenage Indonesian girls being one the sole representatives could be looked at as an example of ...
Indonesia’s creative industry making waves as artists, musicians and developers shine globally
JAKARTA: In an achievement for Indonesia’s creative industry, heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot (VoB) have become the country’s first music act to play at the prestigious Glastonbury Festival in ...
Shattering stereotypes: Indonesia’s all-women metal band Voice of Baceprot rocks Glastonbury
The trio had to battle prejudices and family opposition to become the first Indonesian act to perform at the iconic UK ...
Glastonbury 2024: here are the biggest headlines from Friday
Metal trio – and NME Cover stars – Voice of Baceprot became the first Indonesian band to play at Glastonbury, kicking off the day’s entertainment at the Woodsies ...
Indonesia’s hijab-wearing metalheads play Glastonbury
The three girls started making metal music at high school, but they never thought they could make history for Indonesia at ...
Glastonbury live: Friday with Dua Lipa, LCD Soundsystem, Idles and more – as it happened
Voice of Baceprot reviewed! How best to open a festival? Some winsome, gently cooed folk ballads, to ease hungover punters into the day? That’s one option, but the schedulers at Woodsies have ...
Voice of Baceprot: Indonesia’s female metalheads get set for Glastonbury
The Indonesian female metal band Voice of Baceprot are worried about their upcoming performance at Glastonbury in the west of England, but not because they’ll be playing in front of thousands in ...
Indonesian Muslim metal band Voice of Baceprot take peaceful brand of thrash metal to Glastonbury
Voice of Baceprot are a devoutly Muslim all-female thrash metal band hell-bent on shattering the genre's masculine image and misconceptions about ...
Meet The 30 Under 30 Stars And Athletes Breaking Stereotypes And Empowering Their Generation
From a hijab-wearing Indonesian metal band to singers, actors and athletes: Meet Asia’s rising stars who are shattering stereotypes and making ...
From a Heavy Metal Band in Hijabs, a Message of Girl Power
Voice of Baceprot has electrified audiences and built a large following in Indonesia. The group is also winning fans ...
Indonesian trio Voice of Baceprot generates high-voltage metal
The female trio, whose members formed the band as teenagers, has steadily gained national and international recognition for its genre-expanding ...
Interview – ‘Music lets us be the real versions of ourselves’: Indonesian Muslim metalheads Voice of Baceprot
With sturdy riffs and Rage Against the Machine-style funk bass, the young female trio have accrued millions of listeners – and are devoted to calling out violence against ...
In Indonesia, 3 Muslim Girls Fight for Their Right to Play Heavy Metal
Voice of Baceprot, a rising metal band made up of three teenage girls, is challenging entrenched stereotypes about gender and ...
Headbangers in hijabs: inside Indonesia’s heavy metal scene
From hijab-wearing female metal band Voice of Baceprot to the Hammersonic music festival that includes prayer breaks, Indonesia’s metalheads show that ‘the devil’s music’ doesn’t have to ...
The schoolgirl thrash metal band smashing stereotypes in Indonesia
Taking Rage Against the Machine and Slipknot as inspiration, three Muslim teenagers are blasting their way into the Asian music scene as Voice of ...
Indonesia’s hijab-wearing Muslim heavy metal group VoB smashes stereotypes
The all-girl group Voice of Baceprot may have won over fans in their hometown, but many others still believe their focus should be on religion, not ...
Indonesia’s hijab-wearing Muslim metal group challenges stereotypes
GARUT, Indonesia (Reuters) - With their heads covered with Islamic headscarves, the three members of the Indonesian band VoB ("Voice of Baceprot" or "Noisy Voice") do not look like your typical ...