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NHK WORLD-JAPAN · 01 Jun 2025

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 ...

STEREOGUM · 06 Mar 2025

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 · 03 Dec 2024

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 ...

METAL HAMMER · 30 Jun 2024

“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 ...

THE STAR · 30 Jun 2024

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 ...

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST · 30 Jun 2024

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 ...

NME · 29 Jun 2024

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 ...

BBC · 28 Jun 2024

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 ...

THE GUARDIAN · 28 Jun 2024

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 ...

ALJAZEERA · 24 Jun 2024

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 ...

ABC · 20 Jun 2024

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 ...

FORBES · 15 May 2024

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 ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES · 01 May 2024

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 ...

THE WASHINGTON POST · 16 Aug 2023

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 ...

THE GUARDIAN · 17 Jul 2023

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 ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES · 02 Sep 2017

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 ...

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST · 24 Aug 2017

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 GUARDIAN · 09 Jun 2017

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 ...

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST · 31 May 2017

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 ...

REUTERS · 29 May 2017

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 ...