District Unknown: Metal Band from Kabul, Afghanistan is Inspired by the Movie District 9

You think your band has it rough? P’shaw.

Meet District Unknown from Kabul, Afghanistan. Like Iraq’s Acrassicauda, the band — whose name was inspired by Neill Blomkamp’s 2009 political sci-fi film District 9 — has faced all the challenges you’d imagine, including being told to stop making music by religious extremists. So, basically, you never get to complain about spending time in a fart box again.

District Unknown will be the focus of a new MTVu’s new six-episode series, Rebel Music, which will chronicle the struggles of musical artists from various areas “grappling with elements of social injustice, from the revolution in Egypt, to sexual oppression in India, and to a Mexican drug harbor struggling to reinvent itself as a cultural haven.” The Playlist has debuted a clip from the episode focusing on District Unknown, which you can watch below; unsurprisingly, it’s emotionally intense stuff. You can also check out some of District Unknown’s music here.