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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – "Does anyone like it (music) in Korea here? Come down!" Said one of the Jogja Rockets, while waiting for Godbless to be on stage Saturday (10 / 27).

The greetings of the host were suddenly greeted by the laughter of the audience, who realized that it was only a joke. wait for the presence of one of the legendary rock bands of Indonesia.

Shortly after, a rock band led by Ahmad Albar (vocals), Ian Antono (guitar), Donny Fattah (bbad), Abadi Soesman (keyboardist) and Fajar Satritama (dram) immediately warmed the stage with their old songs, "Musicians".

As a group that has "devastated" the scene since the mid-1970s, it is not surprising that the audience has enthusiastically embraced the legendary Indonesian musical life.

About 50% of the participants in mbad karaoke when Godbless played their flagship acts, such as "Lick the Sun," "Black Ants," "Life," and "Our Home," over 50 years old.

This is understandable, given the time when the songs were presented to the public, perhaps they were only 20 years old.

Godbless at the Megadeth concert in Yogyakarta, Saturday (10/27). (CNN Indonesia / Agung Rahmadsyah).

Contrary to the atmosphere that prevailed an hour before Godbless's entry into the scene, the Indonesian scene was packed with hundreds of young men. Dozens of them released energy into the circular pit when the smile barked.

Wolves (as fans call Seringai) collide to celebrate the Distortion Day. Songs like "Program Party Seringai", "Tragedi", "Banned in Bandung" and "Forever" are performed by Arian (vocals), Ricky (guitar). ), Sammy (bbad) and Khemod (drums).

Not only Godbless and Seringai, the event that "acquired" the Kridosono stadium in Yogyakarta, has also been filled by South American rock bands such as Blackout, Elpamas, Koil, Sangkakala, ILP and Edane.

Of course, one of the most eagerly awaited bands by thousands of loyal metal lovers that day was Megadeth, one of the old metal scrap species formed by Dave Mustaine.

A smile at the Megadeth concert in Yogyakarta, Saturday (10/27). (CNN Indonesia / Agung Rahmadsyah).

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At around 8:00 pm, the audience seemed to be moving towards the international scene. By that time, Godbless had just finished his fourth song, there were still many unposted directories.

But the group of men dressed in black, preferring to wait about two hours earlier to find themselves in a great place to witness the "anger" of Megadeth.

"Megadeth, Megadeth, Megadeth," launched the impromptu chorus that night. Dave Mustaine (vocals / guitar), David Ellefson (bbad), Kiko Loureiro (guitar) and Dirk Verbeuren (drums) immediately went on stage.

Unfortunately, it was not the US metal bar that emerged, but a one-minute video of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on a giant stage screen.

In the video, Jokowi expressed his desire to attend, but could not do so because of obstacles. He mentions some of the Megadeth songs that he likes such as "Sweating Bullets", "Ashes in Your Mouth" and "Wake Up Dead".

For me, this atmosphere is rather annoying, since until April 2019 was the period of the election campaign.

I do not know what his real intentions are, I'm too lazy to speculate. Because of my motivation to come to Kridosono that day, I just wanted to take advantage of the sound tornado of the music. I think that about 5,000 people present also had the same motivation.

Megadeth finally took the stage around 22 hours, the band active since 1983 shocked metal fans with the song "Hanggar 18".

The audience was instantly delighted when one of the pillars was chosen for the opening song.

After finishing the first song, Dave Mustaine Cs immediately continued the relay with the songs "The Threat Is Real", "In My Darkest Hour" and "The Doctor Is Calling".

The Quartet, which has already been to Indonesia three times (2002, 2007 and 2017), still seems excellent and "arrogant".

Although the staff is no longer young, the appearance of Megadeth still seems solid and fun. The settings of sound and light are really organized according to the needs of the song. Even the giant screen animation is also punctuated.

After the fourth song, I was only five meters from the stage, I decided to move away to feel the sensation of a sound system with tens of thousands of watts of power.

When the songs "Tornado of Soul", "Symphony of Destruction", "Conquer or Die" and "A Tout Le Monde" were played, the results were even more thunderous and deafening.

It turned out that it was more pleasant to hear loud music from afar because you could feel the details of the sound.

Shortly after, the icon that Megadeth knows, namely Vic Rattlehead, appeared. Vic's presence at the center of the stage was enthusiastically received by the public.

Eventually, the mbad choir became even more out of control while the song "Holy Wars … The Punishment Due" was sung.

Like the Prophet, Mustaine's lyrics in the first part of the song were sung together by thousands of metal worshipers present that night.

"Brother will kill brother, spreading blood across the country. Killing for religion, something I do not understand. Fools love me when I cross the sea and come to foreign countries. Ask the sheep their beliefs; & # 39; Do you kill the order of God? & # 39;. " (FEA)