Jakarta (Reuters) - The female members of the Indonesian band Voice of Baceprot have performed on venues across the country, from the United States to France, rocking intense metal music and donning Islamic headscarves. However, this week is making them anxious.

The group will make history on Friday when they perform at the world's largest music festival, Glastonbury in England, with acts like Coldplay and Shania Twain.

Far from their native hamlet of Garut in the West Java province of the vast Southeast Asian country, this is the greatest stage the young women have ever experienced.

"We represent not just the voice of Baceprot, but also our nation," 23-year-old bassist Widi Rahmawati told Reuters.

The band called the Voice of Baceprot, which means "noise" in English, has garnered praise from former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello for their bold guitar strums and complex drumming. They have also been on the cover of Britain's New Musical Express magazine.

The three have set out to dispel the myths that Muslim women are submissive and frail or that Muslims in general are violent extremists, in addition to the music. stated 24-year-old musician and singer Firda Marsya Kurnia.

Ninety percent of Indonesia's 270 million residents are Muslims, making it the biggest Muslim-majority country in the world. Despite certain pockets of conservatism, the country is secular and the great majority of its citizens practice a moderate version of Islam.

According to Marsya, the band sings about female empowerment, the ecology, and laments a preoccupation on appearance rather than music.

The band was formed in 2014 after Widi, Marsya, and 24-year-old drummer Euis Siti Aisyah met in an Islamic school. As children, Widi said, they were surrounded by Islamic and Indonesian pop music.

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Their discovery of the American band System of a Down's album "Toxicity" led them to fall in love with metal. They claimed that their school guidance counselor, who they listened to it on, was their greatest ally.

Marsya claimed that after experiencing an adrenaline high, they began creating original songs.

Dealing with stigmas, both domestically and internationally, is the most challenging task for Voice of Baceprot, according to Marsya.

Widi referred to the headscarves and added, "In our village, metal is considered satanic—not suitable for women, let alone women in hijabs."

According to Marsya, her relatives previously advised her to look into an Islamic healing ritual in an attempt to get rid of her metal addiction.

"In the beginning, we felt like we did not have a home to go back to," she explained.

They were previously dubbed militants by someone in a U.S. audience, she claimed. "It was as if we were criminals."

Marsya announced that the three will be working on a new album and a song called "Mighty Island" that was about corruption in Indonesia after Glastonbury. She said that they also hope to create a network of budding musicians back home.

Marsya stated, "We'd like to empower the community there."