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...

Atlantis Spa Jakarta

Atlantis. That legendary island which has proved elusive since it was first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written way back in 360 BC.

But is the search now finally over? Well possibly yes - at least for those looking for a mystical and other worldly experience in the hallowed hunting grounds of Mangga Besar, West Jakarta.

Atlantis Spa Jakarta


Six huge columns are built into the huge edifice, and whilst not as elegant as the Egyptian inspired Oasis, the Atlantis does attract a loyal following despite the stiff competition (sic) in the area (the infamous Hotel Travel is literally only a stone’s throw away).

But for many, the allure of Atlantis is impossible to beat. Or as Thomas More once famously wrote:

Utopia!!! 

Atlantis Spa
Jl. Mangga Besar VIII, no. 3
West Jakarta
Telp: (+62) 21 - 6289275

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