BMTH live in Jakarta 2024

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This time around Ravel gets it right and BMTH (Bring Me The Horizon) are headlining the Nexfest festival in Jakarta which also features Babymetal. In this format there is no seating - which makes for a much more intimate experience - although you do have to arrive really early if you want to pick a spot right up close to the stage.  We arrived about six hours before BMTH were scheduled to start their performance and bought plenty of drinks to stay hydrated in the tropical afternoon heat (mind you, some of those were Iceland vodka mix!) This was a gig I had long been looking forward to - especially after the debacle last year. Not everyone likes BMTH of course. For deathcore fans the band sold out. For metal heads the band is not purist enough. And for the wider mainstream audience, the band is too heavy. You can't please everyone of course but there are few bands in the rock world which can match the sheer emotional velocity of BMTH. To bring metal and even aspects of metalcore t...

Kismet Cafe, Ubud

Opened by an American lass, who presumably has fallen in love with Bali (and who can blame her?), Kismet Cafe is a pleasant little cafe located on a narrow side street which takes you to the famous Nomad Restaurant at one end.


Kismet Cafe, Ubud

Kismet is an unusual name and is apparently derived from Turkish, Urdu or Persian, meaning fate or destiny, a predetermined course of events.Very apt I would think for most foreigners who end up in Bali - and other parts of Indonesia for that matter; not so much a predetermined decision but something which just seems to happen to us...


Kismet Cafe, Ubud

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