Massive Scar Era
| Massive Scar Era | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Genres | Post-hardcore, heavy metal, folk metal |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | massivescarera |
Massive Scar Era is an Egyptian Heavy metal band. The band formed in 2005 and is based in both Cairo, Egypt and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mascara, shorthand for "Massive Scar Era" is a band that kicked off in 2005 from the scenic seaside city of Alexandria, Egypt. Cherine Amr was driven with the idea of forming a metal band out of her passion for playing guitar and singing since she was a teenager. Due to her Family's restrictions she was only allowed to play music with girls, so the only way for her to play music was to form an all girls band. After a few false starts at maintaining a cohesive band, she found in the violinist Nancy Mounir her musical companion. They clicked straightaway even with their distinct musical backgrounds. Influenced by both metal, classical and Middle Eastern music; the band started to garner interest from audiences who were absorbed by the fusion of all those elements. From 2005, MSE kept on exploring that unique mix of influences, with frequent changings in the remaining members the band was able to write and rehearse a diverse and large number of songs, allowing the style and sound of the band to evolve and establish itself quicker and to develop a sound of their own among the music scene by landing a multitude of local gigs and appearances such as in Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Library of Alexandria) and in the S.O.S. Music Festival.
In 2006 they released their first EP with the name of Reincarnation, the year after Nancy won an award in 2007 at International Independent Music Comptetion held at Biblioteca Alexandrina and in 2009, the group played for the first time in Europe. at Sweden Rock Festival . For the first time with a male drummer. sharing the stage with other bands like In Flames, Kamelot, ZZ Top, Dream Theater, Heaven and Hell, Immortal, Motörhead and Candlemass At the festival. Cherine won 3rd place in Gibson Guitar Competition in 2009 at Sweden Rock Festival
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