Prosiding The 4th International Conference on Indonesian Studies: “Unity, Diversity and Future” “SETAN” BUKAN “SATAN” MENGINTERPRETASIKAN “SATAN” DALAM BLACK METAL DAN DEATH METAL INDONESIA Yuka Dian Narendra Mahasiswa Doktoral Program Cultural Studies FIB UI Dosen Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, Bintaro, Tangerang
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[email protected] Abstract Satanism has been one of the central issue in discorse of Heavy Metal. Since the British Heavy Metal band “Venom” released their 1982 album entitled “Black Metal,” Black Metal emerged as a new form of extreme Metal. Black Metal affiliated itself with Satanism as some of its musicians associated themselves openly with Anton La Vey’s Satanic Church. In Norway, Black Metal musicians and fans had been persecuted with church arsons, as they openly expressed their hatred towards Christianity. As Viking descendants, Norwegian Black Metalheads launched the campaign to restore their ancestor’s pagan religion. In Indonesia, Satanism is simply interpreted to ghosts and occultism; and “Darkness” is being explored locally as mysticism depicted in horror movies. In a sense, it is ghost-like scary, rather than evil. Those themes were then mixed with Islamic influenced eerines inscribed in the Quran, resulting Jasad (Corpse), Makam (Grave), Siksakubur (Punishment from the grave), Almarhum (Deceased), Wafat (Pass Away), Purgatory, and many more, for band names. Albeit the stylistic similarities they shared with the international acts from the same genre, the Indonesian Black and Death Metal have strongly constructed their very own articulations which differs them from the Western world. Metal Kasundan and Kejawen Black Metal exemplify how the influx of global popular culture blend with local articulations of underground Metal.