MP3: Malaysian Metal and government crackdown

My kid brother DJ Carlito, a club deejay who specializes in rare world eclectica, shares the following roundup of goodies on his blog:

I bought 3 awesome heavy metal vinyl LPs from Kuala Lumpur today. When i looked "Malaysian Heavy Metal" up on the internet to find out more background, I learned that it's making quite a controversy again in Malaysia, as it did in the 1990s.

Some news links: Malaysian Authorities Ban Heavy Metal (BBC), Herbal cure for Malaysian metal fans (BBC), and Dissonant Voices.

I found some interesting Asian metal websites, too. Here's the Malay-metal band Mandatory, they do "spiritual metal": Link. Here's some metal from Indonesia (AWESOME!!) Link. A big international list: Link. Some clips of some bands from Malaysia: Link. Also found a great site with Vietnamese death metal and punk: Link.

Idda is the Malay-Metal vixen you see on the left hand side of the image above. Here's her '90s glam metal song
Sembilu Cinta: MP3 Link.

Thanks, Carlito!