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  • The overlooked metal scene of Asia: Bands that must be checked out!

    You know what? I’ve heard metal from across the world, and honestly speaking, I find the Asian metal scene the most innovative. Yet, the whole thing has been so criminally overlooked; barring a couple of exceptions that fucking it’s criminal!

    The heavy metal scene around the world has largely been concentrated around Western Europe and North America. Barring a couple of exceptions, the rest of the globe just seems to have disappeared from the world!

    That’s shit load of great music that is just being ignored and being underappreciated. Frankly, it’s just mindboggling. I’m just gonna rant some more before getting to the core of my whole argument. People keep inquiring what the best metal bands are, but no one really asks about the scenes.

    Eastern Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, all have their own unique scenes, and honestly pack a lot of flavour in comparison to their more popular counterparts in the West. Before I get down to it let it be known that I’m obviously not dissing on the popularity of North America and Europe in being the poster boys for metal; hell, they invented it!

    We all started from bands like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Slayer, Dream Theater, Amon Amarth, Opeth, Children Of Bodom, Meshuggah, Pantera, etc. You know, the classics, all of which emerged from here.

    But this often willful ignorance, is just a bit too much. Why willful, my dear reader I hear you ask, or at least I think I hear you ask. Well, the ironic thing is, that despite being a welcoming community, metalheads for the majority are a very close minded breed opposed to change or exploration of anything outside their comfort zone.

    But that’s a topic for another time. Here, I’ll mention the Asian countries with metal scenes with killer artistes that’ll blow your brains out. Now, some of these you may have probably heard, but most of it you haven’t. With all bullshit aside, here are my best metal bands from countries across Asia.

    • Best metal bands in Asia:

    • India:
    1. Demonic Resurrection – Progressive death metal/Symphonic metal/Blackened death metal/ Melodic death metal

    2. Paradigm Shift – Progressive metal

    3. Kryptos – Heavy/Thrash/Speed metal

    4. Skyharbor – Progressive metal

    5. Gutslit – Brutal death metal/ Extreme metal

    • Japan:
    1. Dir En Grey – Progressive/Experimental metal

    2. Versailles – Symphonic power metal

    3. Blood Stain Child – Melodic death metal

    4. Maximum the Hormone – Metalcore/ Nu metal/ Hardcore Punk

    5. Onmyo Za – Folk metal/Symphonic power metal

    • China:
    1. Tang Dynasty – Heavy/Progressive/Folk metal
    2. Fu Xi – Folk/ Doom metal
    3. Frosty Eve – Melodic death metal
    4. Yaksa – Metalcore
    5. Black Kirin – Melodic/Blackened death metal/ Folk metal
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    • Israel:
    1. Orphaned Land – Progressive/ Folk/ Melodic death metal/ Death- Doom

    2. Scardust – Progressive metal

    3. Salem – Extreme metal

    4. Distorted Harmony – Progressive metal

    5. Distorted – Melodic death metal

    • Singapore
    1. Rudra – Folk metal/ Blackened death metal
    2. Across the Abyss – Power metal/ Folk metal
    3. Heaven Brought Me Hell – Progressive metal
    4. Deus Ex Machina – Melodic death metal/ Thrash metal
    5. Marijannah – Stoner metal/Doom metal
    • Iran:
    1. Angband – Progressive power metal
    2. Ahoora – Thrash/Power metal/ Experimental metal
    3. Ancient Cavalry – Folk/ Melodic death metal
    4. Farshid Arabi – Heavy metal
    5. 5grs – Progressive thrash metal

    • Indonesia:
    1. Atlantasia: Progressive power metal
    2. Burgerkill – Metalcore/Death metal/Thrash metal
    3. Siksakubur – Brutal death metal
    4. Warkvlt – Black metal
    5. Jasad – Brutal death metal

    • Bangladesh:
    1. Artcell – Progressive metal
    2. Cryptic Fate – Progressive metal
    3. Nawabs of Destruction – Melodic death metal
    4. EF – Heavy metal
    5. Shadow of Doom – Gothic black metal

    • Malayasia:
    1. Necrotic Chaos – Death metal
    2. Massacre Conspiracy – Metalcore
    3. Au Revoir – Heavy metal
    4. Mothflesh – Melodic death metal/ Groove metal
    5. Farasu – Progressive death metal/Thrash metal
    • Pakistan:
    1. Takatak – Progressive metal
    2. Dusk – Death doom/ Progressive thrash metal
    3. Mizraab – Progressive metal
    4. Jangli Jaggas – Symphonic gothic metal
    5. Odyssey – Progressive power metal