PLAYLIST series 2, episode 6 - part 2

[Tarantist]

Viva Iranian people in the streets protesting against stupidity.

[danteslasher]

Dubai Metalheads have taken too much advantage of how much more freedom they have than other regions... we aren't united... 2 years ago I could flash the horns at any Metalhead and Id get one back in return... now they'd give you a weird look... they're all in packs now thinking each of them are better than the other...

[slix1991]

it was amazing day !

[SirEdmundBlack]

To ONLYHSV:

Yes many oppose it from a cultural point of view, and they have the right to, but none fought it, it was by government and religious provocation, propaganda and paranoia instigation that the society became scared and violent against Metal music.

As for the lyrics, I don't see anyone objecting to horror movies!! Metal is a form of art and have a dark side, just like horror movies, if someone sing about the devil and picture a satanic view, it doesn't mean they are devil worshipers

[dimmu666satanic]

i agree with Shadi and Hail to Hani al Abadi haha i love that guy ! lol and in my opinion i think that al-jaazzera did very good job when they talked about Metal in middle east but sadly nothing will change ...

[sheqse]

btw, the only country (maybe except from dubai), that you can listen, play,have metal shops and festival of metal is israel.

nobody being arrested for listening to some kind of music, it not such a problam.

but it's al-jaazzera, that never says the the whole true when it is consern to israel.

[march23s]

@sheqse of course

[shadi15]

u know guys the Problem with metal in the Middle east is that ppl see metal here as satanic Worshiping,Drug Dealing,etc...) thay don't know that metal is just a type of music nothing else >_>...I live in Jordan and am a metal head as well ,my Brother is the bassist of Bilocate btw xP

[LeniMeister]

i live in dubai, im 15, i listen to metal and i very accepted. the metal scene is growing, its amazing. and religion can coexist with metal by ALL MEANS!! if its metal its metal. not some fucking anti-religion revolution. \m/ stay heavy

[SirEdmundBlack]

Just for the record, the Metal oppression started in Lebanon in 1994, way before Egypt in 1997 or Morocco in 1998, and it was the CHURCH along with the political authority that started the oppression, because Lebanon is a mixed country with a Christian president, it is NOT a Muslim country, I do not see most Lebanese bands fit in this documentary as Heavy Metal and Islam. But this is what the media wants because its more catchy.

[DARK1111PRINCE]

DOes it really matter ?! they didnt say that lebanon is an islamic country and they didnt say that OTV are muslims you know why because it doesnt really matter we are all in this togather

and about heavy metal islam it was called that way because the book covered a non arab countries like Pakistan so it couldnt be named as heavy metal middle east or heavy metal arab it was called heavy metal islam because those countries in the book have a great amount of muslims around them

[DARK1111PRINCE]

i know because i read the book , i reviewed it and i also met mark and interviewed him and talked to him and at least such ppl as the bands , mark and al jazera are doing their part of supporting metal and rock in middle east what have you done ? !!!

[ONLYHSV]

by the way. the fact that some artist even admit they are competitors to religion is totally unacceptable to most people.

[SirEdmundBlack]

First of all do not be too hostile, I have done alot to Metal in the Middle East, if I do not go under my original name it doesn't mean I haven't done much, Other than the fact that I was Jailed and till this day I go on national TV and fight for metal, and my band is still alive (BLAAKYUM) means I am not standing still. Plus my critics are objective, and doesn't mean the book is bad, I LOVE the book. My problem is with a small misconspetion.

[SirEdmundBlack]

The FACTS are that the Church is the one that started to fight Metal before Muslims ever thought about it, not that there is much difference between any religion to my opinion. Pakistan and Iran are all part of the Middle East politically, and I would have preferred it to be called Heavy Metal in the middle east. THERE IS a misconception in the West about the area, this is all what I am saying.

[ElmisterJorge]

i really don't like this documentary.

[sinshamsh11]

Hail METAL all over the world!!!!!!!

[xskaos]

For metal turning the Volume down is not an option. <<< So TRUE

[ONLYHSV]

weak documentary... in order to analyze and understand the opposition by the vast majority of the society towards heavy metal they should have also shown the other side, the mainstream arab who dislikes this music and what it stands for.

[DARK1111PRINCE]

are you fool or a fool or just fool ?!!

i dont remmber that anyone asked me what i think of amr ediab or any pop music this talks about metal and to show the ppl what is metal what good does it make if you went into the street and asked the public about metal most of them wont know its there and the good ones will say avril and metallica and then they will start talking how metal is bad to our countries while metal is the only honest thing that is left at this time

[ONLYHSV]

insulting me wont change the fact that the vast majority opposes this music. the difference between amro diab and heavy metal is that metal is not just music, its a lifestyle. besides just listen to the lyrics, theyre disgusting to most people.

aljazeera brought up the subject when they mentioned the opposition this lifestyle faces. the least thing they could have done is to show the voices who oppose them.

[ameraudi]

Why must they show the voices who appose??

It's not JUST metalheads they appose, they appose all those who dare to be different in the slightest way.

Just as they have turned my life a living hell for not being SAUDI enough and naming me the "amrikiya"...I have tried to live by their rules and found myself miserable..Always stay true to your self and do NOT bother with mainstream approval.

I could walk into a mall with a pretty abaya and scarf but with black boots, jeans, black Tshirt, dark hair

[ONLYHSV]

its not about music in general. i personally like house/electro but metal is more than music. if a singer starts singing so much about death and to kill your parents (not all but many metal songs) do you really think its awkword that people hesitate to accept this kind of music? often disagree with arab society because in my eyes they are often too narrowminded but there are limits.

[ameraudi]

or even red hair, black eyeliner (NOT BLACK EYESHADOW EVEN) and a few SMALL lether bracelettes and so called main stream think I'm a devil worshiper!!! It's all bullshit...don't judge by appearance...I mean did you know that most of the most deadly and deranged people in history were considered COMPLETELY normal by their family and neighbours?

I listen to Metal as well as many other genre's of music but it doesn't mean I'm the devil or that I hate my religion, I'm a proud muslim and a do gooder!

[ONLYHSV]

as to why they should show these voices. well aljazeera brought up the subject of the opposition metal faces. a fair and objective analysis requires to show both sides so you can make your own picture. in the video you get the impression that the governments made a crackdown on metal simply for political reasons, which might even be true since arab governments are very oppresive. still it doesnt change the fact that lots of people oppose it from a cultural point of view.

[DARK1111PRINCE]

well man if they went to part of the goverments and asked them or some relgious ppl i then agree with you but to go on the street and everyone against metal ask him what he thinks that wont work at all i mean i would love to know the view of the poilce about this and the relgoius parts of the country but i cant care more or less about some guy in the street who get his thoughts and facts from what he watchs on t.v shows

[DARK1111PRINCE]

as for the lyrics well in metal you need to know that most of the time the words are codes like when they say kill you they dont really mean killing you or when they say god they dont really mean god some times they reffer to those who use relgions for their own sake and dont really care what the relgion says

[DARK1111PRINCE]

but sadly the public only look at the words without looking at the theme of the song or the album as the red might refer to love or to blood and death or pain . and sometimes it can consdered as a royal color as you can see the meanings are difrance but you cant rlly tell which one of them the writer means unless you take a look at the song theme and understand it , this things is not really famous in the araic music thats why they never thought of that but in metal many bands use it

[SirEdmundBlack]

Yes many oppose it from a cultural point of view, and they have the right to, but none fought it, it was by government and religious provocation and propaganda and paranoia instigation that the society became scared and violent against Metal music.

As for the lyrics, I don't see anyone objecting to horror movies!!! Metal is a form of art and have a dark side, just like horror movies, if someone sing about the devil and picture a satanic view, it doesn't mean they are devil worshipers

[locomotive147]

rock the fuck on!

[Citrusxxl]

NERVECELL - Impressive as always, rock on boys...and congrats for holding the torch high, slay them all at the Festivals in Europe this summer!!!

[alimetalhead]

We will survive, Long live Metal.

[walidch]

No actually music is NOT forbidden in Islam and the Arab world and has never been. Only certain idiots translate it (for their own benefits) as something thats forbidden by the religious books.

Music has always been encouraged there.

As for metal music, it's been forbidden in certain arab/islamic countries for satanic-related reasons. Politicians trying to force people into forgetting how they're being fucked by politics on a daily basis, keeping them busy with "satanism" and all that bull.

[march23s]

@walidch so even if you're muslim,you're allowed to liscen to metal?

[walidch]

@march23s of course!!! Metal is just music and there's millions of Muslim musicians all over the world, since the dawn of time. However, many Arab countries impose a ban on Metal for political and brain-washing purposes but it has nothing to do with Metal & Islam.

[march23s]

@walidch well then rock n roll

[LikeAPossum]

No wonder it's forbidden. Wasn't music was supposed to be forbidden in Islam?

[TheRoadMurder]

nope!!

[Evatarma]

Nope!! It's only ignorante ppl who start forbidding metal and some music in general stating this act in the name of islam...

it's why we suffer out there!

[shadi15]

no its not