The most isolated metal band in the world, Southeast Desert Metal, take on everything from genocide to climate change
Red earth stretches out to the horizon, occasionally broken up by scorched bushes and trees. The sky above is a rich blue, free of clouds. Wild horses and cattle aimlessly wander the land. In this remote desert town of Santa Teresa, 80km south-east of Alice Springs, temperatures regularly rise above 50C in the summer and drop below zero in the winter. Known as Lytentye Purte (pronounced jinga porta) to the local Arrernte people, it is a place steeped in history, where Indigenous culture thrived for 40,000 years before a Catholic mission was founded there in the 1950s.
Among the close-knit community of 500 residents are members of Southeast Desert Metal, one of the most exciting and politically potent bands to recently emerge from the country. This month, they celebrate the release of their second album, Break the Silence: a power metal thumper with striking harmonies and guitar solos that can sound like a swarm of attacking bees. Racism, genocide, rape, climate change, heartache and the problems of government are just some of the themes it explores.
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