Report: Heavy Metal Making A Cautious Comeback In Egypt

December 20, 2008

Reuters reports: Heavy metal musicians and fans, once branded as dangerous Satanists by the Cairo government, are making a quiet comeback in deeply conservative Egypt, where they are trying to avoid missteps that sent hard rock music to the gallows in the mid-1990s.

It has taken heavy metal artists and fans years to crawl back to the limelight and in the meantime a new generation of rockers has emerged, playing safe and imposing self-censorship to avoid accusations of devil worship.

Moanis Salem, 28, whose band Invaders was formed in 2006, said he has had no problems with the police or complaints from the cultural center.

"We are not playing tracks of a blasphemous nature or glorifying Satan. We are not seeking trouble," he said.

Read the entire report from Reuters.

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