Rise of D
Roadfest
It has
been a great pleasure for me to take part in activities provided by the Korean
Tourism Organization (KTO) as member of 3rd K-POP Supporter group. I
was so excited to see the KTO events after the welcome of 3rd K-POP supporter
with an exciting performance Kaboom! in the jongro-3ga area along with award ceremony
for the last year top 10 bloggers/supporters. I’m happy to say there were (3)
three Pakistani guys and two of them are at top of the list for last year
blogger/supporter. K-POP deeply impacted not even the lives of Korean people
but also “influence” in the lives of the foreigners as well while living in
Korea. I do not know advertisement, store, café, and restaurant without at
least one K-Pop song or celebrity connected. Instead of interest it makes
avoidance.
Recently,
I had a chance to watch a series of exciting performances called Rise of D Roadfest 2014
on 12th April 2014 at MUV Hall in
Seokyo-dong, Seoul.
It's such a wonderful and crazy night! J J J J JThat was my first heavy metal experience of life. J J J J J J J J J J
Definitely it was not the typical style performance
to see in Korea, it was a Rock metal concert. It was exciting eye-opening
performances to change mindset because
whenever I think of music in Korea, I think of Korean K-POP. K-POP extensively listens across
the country and I believe it’s hard to think outside its scope in terms of
other categories. But here across the Korea, K-POP deeply impacted not even the lives of Korean
people but also “influence” in the lives of the foreigners as well while living
in Korea. I do not know advertisement, store, café, and restaurant without at
least one K-Pop song or celebrity connected. I remember the Gangnam style international
presence over the years was an example of attachment and their esteemed love. With that said, I was astonished to experience
metal music in Korea. I knew that it existed, but it was more underground and
appealed to a niche market. I surprised to see Korean people nodding and
bangin’ their heads to ear-deafening metal music.
The Satellights Rock Core K-POP music.
NoEazy Metal Core K-POP music.
Transfixion Hard Core Music
Diablo simply the best.
"SILENT Y" American Style rock music.
Above are some reflections of "Rise of D Roadfest". The crowd was mediocre in size, but the energy they had was intense. The line up included Satellights, NoEazy, Transfixion, Diablo, NATY, Silent Y. Some bands had a serious metal feel such as Diablo while others weren’t as metal such as NATY. Overall, the music had scream-o-elements as well. My favorite was probably the very last performance given by Silent Y. Apparently they were different but had really americano styles. They were playing actual rock n’ roll, and I almost felt like I almost knew all. It was a great feeling! There was even some mosh pitting, which was hilarious!
At the very end, there were raffle with chance to win interesting prices, but luck was on side of other visitor.
The festival was the end of most exciting moments in Korea. It is not definitely last visit of MUV hall and or other similar place around Hongdae.
More Information: http://rodfest.co.kr/, https://twitter.com/rodfest1, https://www.facebook.com/rodfest1
When: April 12, 2014
Where: Yes 24 MUV Hall, Hongdae, Seoul
Type: Metal and Hard Rock Festival
Best: All – Naty-Silent Eye-Diablo-Black Syndrome
Recommendation: Rockers, heavy metal fans, also many other one to explore awareness that K-Pop is not music either culture
