Scarab (band)
| Scarab | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Cairo , Egypt |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | http://www.scarabegypt.com/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Al-Sharif Marzeban | |
| Sherif Adel | |
| Mohamed "Bombest" El Sherbieny | |
| Hatem El Akkad | |
Electric guitar |
Tarek Amr |
| Sammy Sayed | |
Scarab is an Egyptian death metal band from Cairo that was formed in 2006.
history
After the band Hatesuffocation was founded in 2001, released two EPs and split up in 2006, their members decided to found a new group under the name Scarab that same year. After a first EP was released in 2007, the group recorded their debut album Blinding the Masses in 2009 . In the same year the group also played at the German With Full Force and the Dubai Desert Rock Festival. After the album was self-released in the same year, the release of the next album Serpents of the Nile was planned for 2011 , but this has still not happened. Since 2009 the group has been under contract with Osmose Productions , which is where the debut album was re-released.
style
According to Aly Hassab El Naby from chroniclesofchaos.com , the band on Blinding the Masses process influences from various death metal bands such as Morbid Angel , Behemoth , Cannibal Corpse and Nile . The band grab ancient Egyptian sounds and processed and their subject matter, as the symbol ankh , in their songs.
Discography
- 2007: Valley of the Sandwalkers (EP, self-published)
- 2009: Blinding the Masses (album, self-published)
Web links
- Official website
- Scarab at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SCARAB. History. scarabegypt.com, accessed August 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Scarab (8) - Blinding The Masses. Discogs , accessed August 10, 2014 .
- ↑ SCARAB Announce Track Listing And Title For Upcoming Album "Serpents Of The Nile". metality.net, accessed August 10, 2014 .
- ↑ zMETALlica: Scarab Signs To Osmose Productions and Discusses New Album. metalunderground.com, accessed August 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Aly Hassab El Naby: Scarab - Blinding the Masses. chroniclesofchaos.com, accessed August 10, 2014 .