JAKARTA - After facing various adjustments, the Hammersonic Festival 2026 proved its promise by trying its best for the Hammerheads who still attended NICE, Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) 2, on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, last weekend.
The relocation of the location did not erode the militancy of thousands of extreme music fans from various regions who continued to crowd the festival area.
From the first day, the hot atmosphere was felt when the Australian metalcore unit, Parkway Drive, managed to burn the audience. Winston McCall cs managed to turn the festival area into a sea of people who did massive moshpits.
On the other hand, the Hammersonic 2026 stage also witnessed history for Jinjer. The Ukrainian progressive metal band finally made its debut in Indonesia. Vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk performed stunningly with a clean vocal transition to a deadly growl.
This year's Hammersonic also managed to unite a wide spectrum of hard music listeners. Not only the "black-black" extreme metal lovers, but also the adherents of the emo and pop-punk subcultures.
On the second day, the atmosphere of the festival shifted to a more emotional but still energetic. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, a post-hardcore unit from Florida, USA, successfully brought the audience nostalgic to the 2000s era.
When "Face Down" was played, a mass sing-along broke out - proving that "emotion" is a universal language on stage.
Another surprise came from Knuckle Puck. The band, which is also from the United States, finally tasted the Jakarta stage for the first time. Although there was some doubt about the appropriateness of their genre at the metal festival, the audience gave an extraordinary welcome. The circle pit, which is usually filled with the sound of death metal, this time revolves around the dynamic pop-punk rhythm.
The audience seemed to really enjoy every second of the performance, showing how fluid the boundaries between genres are in the eyes of today's hard music fans.
At the end of the event, Ravel Junardy, CEO of Ravel Entertainment as a promoter, went up on stage to greet the Hammerheads directly. He apologized and thanked the audience for their presence and loyalty.
"I and all the teams here, from the deepest heart, apologize if there is, at least for this year," said Ravel.
"Thank you for your support, without you, Hammersonic would not continue. Only because of you, the real Hammerhead is here, thank you very much," he continued.
He also wants to ensure that his party will continue to ensure that Hammersonic as a big celebration for hard music lovers in Indonesia will continue to run.
"I made Hammersonic, even though there were only 100 people, I will continue," he said.
Hammersonic 2026 has ended, but the echoes of distortion and memories of being together in the moshpit will continue to settle. A proof that the hard music ecosystem in Indonesia is still the most solid in Southeast Asia.
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