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Egyptian Metal (AP story)

I will find this place on the outskirts of Cairo. I will meet these tattooed, eye-liner folks. And I will thrash with them. -Thrashin Badger

Egypt’s heavy metal scene emerging
OMAR SINAN
Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt – The music was loud and the tattooed fans were wild, dancing and swaying in flashing strobe lights to the crashing sounds of heavy metal songs. Suddenly, the music stopped. The band leader grasped the mike and announced: “It’s prayer time.”

No one left to pray. Everyone stood by the stage and waited, as the band paused its music while a nearby mosque began the call to prayer from a loudspeaker. Then the music resumed.

Welcome to Egypt’s heavy metal scene, making a tentative comeback in a conservative Muslim society nine years after a government crackdown amid allegations of satanic worship, drug use and group sex among the upper-crust youthful fans.

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