Massive Scar Era

Amr had become interested in Western heavy metal in the late 1990s, when the genre became popular in Egypt even though the police were known to round up fans for harsh questioning.

[6] The band immediately gained notice for its female membership, often with criticism from family members and religious authorities;[5] these struggles were mentioned in the internationally released book Heavy Metal Islam by Mark Levine in 2008.

[7] The band has also faced difficulty in finding gigs and record distributors in their home region due to popular disdain for aggressive music.

[6] The Reincarnation EP gained international recognition, and the band was invited to play the Sweden Rock Festival in 2009.

[11] In 2013 Massive Scar Era was featured in the film Before the Spring, After the Fall, which depicted the participation of Egypt's rock musicians in that country's 2011 revolution.