Reborn (band)

Reborn is a death metal band from Morocco. The band was founded in 2002, and after some initial local success became known more for political than musical reasons, when in April 2003 a Moroccan judge sentenced nine heavy metal musicians from Reborn and two other bands as well as five fans to jail time (between three months and one year) after they were found "in possession of skeletons, skulls, cobras, vipers and 'a collection of diabolical CDs.'"^[2][3] In April, a Casablanca court cut those sentences for three of the nine musicians to 45 days, and acquitted the eleven others.^[4][5]

Reborn
Genres	Death metal[1]
Years active	2002 (2002)–present

According to Reda Zine, one of the founders of the Moroccan heavy metal scene,^[6] "We play heavy metal because our lives are heavy metal."^[7] The band performed at the 2003 Boulevard des Jeunes Musiciens music festival in Casablanca.^[8]

Line-up

Founding members

• Nabil Andaloussi - drums
• Saad Bouidi - bass
• Amine Hamma - guitar
• Abdelsamad Bourhim - guitar
• Nabyl Guennouni - vocals

References

1. Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Rebellion and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam, Mark LeVine, Three Rivers Press
2. Tremlett, Giles (11 March 2011). "Moroccan judge jails metalheads". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
3. "Moroccan heavy metal fans jailed". BBC News. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
4. "World Briefing; Africa: Morocco: Sentences Cut For Metal Rockers". The New York Times. 5 April 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
5. Whitaker, Brian (2 June 2003). "Highway to hell". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
6. Hari, Johann (25 September 2008). "Contra los prejuicios musicales". La Jornada. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
7. Levine, Mark (2008). Heavy Metal Islam. New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-307-35339-9.
8. Hegasy, Sonja (2007). "Young Authority: Quantitative and Qualitative Insights into Youth, Youth Culture, and State Power in Contemporary Morocco" (PDF). The Journal of North African Studies. 12 (1): 19–36. Retrieved 7 April 2011.