Saturday, 8 November 2025

South East Asian Rock and Metal Playlist

title: South East Asian Rock and Metal Playlist description: Probably pushing the accepted definitions of South East Asia, Rock and Metal. date: 2025-11-08 lastmod: 2025-11-08 tags: music youtube playlist rock metal

South East Asian Rock and Metal Playlist

This was quite difficult to make. There are a lot of different groups and singers that I like. I have aimed for variety.

Playlist Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdExAWayyzLvW_x218Uc0Zdfx-k9tuGZ

Babymetal - Megitsune

https://youtu.be/cK3NMZAUKGw?si=WAppwgW15KGgm4Bo

Are Babymetal actually metal? Or are they just an idol unit grafted onto some metal music production company. I don’t really care. They are metal enough for me.

Recently they been on a tear and doing a bunch of collabs with other bands.

with Tom Morello!

https://youtu.be/hkij4LvACZ0?si=0sbZTf5FYit_HFqn

and ElectricCallboy, this one is a bit of a bop. Or possibly a deranged Eurovision entry.

https://youtu.be/EDnIEWyVIlE?si=N8ns7y-oQQhIg_KN

Sakura Gakuin were the unit Babymetal were part of before they became Babymetal. Here is an example:

https://youtu.be/OS190K_H69Q?si=jniTgy2dNwwcud58

Anyway I love this song and I still play it when I need a boost coming in to work.

BAND-MAID - Thrill

https://youtu.be/Uds7g3M-4lQ?si=ns3jjNWKBLzFF3Cw

They’re a rock band who dress as maids. I don’t know why.

Here is one of their more recent songs, live:

https://youtu.be/5I6VV4HYnW8?si=8GZNNLKp---HykbD

Would I go to see them live? Heck yes.

烏牛欄大護法 - 官方MV ft. 何韻詩

( CHTHONIC - Millennia’s Faith Undone)

https://youtu.be/Wil6crOV6DU?si=CLH9mIR-4f_M1emc

Taiwanese black metal. I have no idea what they are singing about and suspect I don’t really want to know. Possibly FFVII summons?

Synsnake - Saturn In The Loop

https://youtu.be/Fzkj6ywgjJQ?si=Iy6jOkfoJdABXiZI

South Korean electronic metalcore. Give it a while to kick in.

롤링쿼츠 - 피어리스

(Rolling Quartz - Fearless)

https://youtu.be/5Vp1of6Z0ro?si=Z8Hrr9Q4jNN-q9M2

3.8 Million views! Though not actually the song I was looking for. I thought they were mor epower metal.

I may have been thinking of this Xena Warrior Princess cosplay:

https://youtu.be/c9ZqoqCPyd0?si=A-1SZBCB7jTnQzsP

Who knows?

マキシマムザホルモン - 予襲復讐

(Maximum the Hormone - Pre-attack Revenge)

https://youtu.be/beN5ep5MrdY?si=pKcKim8e-PPd00GP

MTH are huge. Proper Japanese metal.

They did this collab with one of my other favourite bands:

https://youtu.be/teRgh01Xb1U?si=-c5jgxs3uE9Fddt3

I’m not quick sure what genre they are, the seem to move between rock, metal, screamo and something else.

Both these songs have about 30M views.

Bloodywood - Expect A Riot

https://youtu.be/Gsy5sJy5_34?si=pJIIZ_kwvDtVl1ue

Recently did a collab with Babymetal. They seem to be channelling RATM. I’m not really sure how this made it on to my list but too late now.

NECRONOMIDOL - Ritual

https://youtu.be/9j7mDS5vn9Y?si=Q6ZVA1AE3fx2gFjX

I love Necronomidol. Goth Idols!

Here’s a song about death in a toilet:

https://youtu.be/2kBK33DvIoM?si=V8LI5UILe27KZXW_

and here is a song about saving the world:

https://youtu.be/vVacOaFbrdE?si=rBOIgq6ujkvrmn1D

Utsu-P - I Thought I Was An Angel

https://youtu.be/UvUJbhxUKT8?si=LoaNjh9e3suwxXTw

Utsu-P is one of the heavier vocaloid music producers and this one uses the voice of Hatsune Miku who is the Taylor Swift of computer generated pop stairs (no AI involved)

Miku does a lot of different styles:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs5vrZZybIi-AWIAF-Lt-23clxfTzE-1J&si=BbH55of0hCikXh_N

including Goth:

https://youtu.be/-_e1NARdYLA?si=4AkAjBmSaBuV0Pwo