The battle of the bands United We Rock’s winner SCARAB will be performing at With Full Force festival in Germany on July 5th 2009, as part of their grand prize. The contest reward also included a slot to play live at Dubai Desert Rock Festival earlier this year.

With Full Force is a yearly 3-day metal festival held in Leipzig (Germany), whose 16th edition will be held from July 3rd-5th, with over 70 bands, headlined by MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA, SOULFLY to name a few.

Scarab, from Cairo (Egypt), won the United We Rock online battle of the bands earlier this year, giving them the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at both Dubai Desert Rock Festival on March 6th and With Full Force early afternoon of Sunday, July 5th.

Formed of a combination of different musical tastes and personalities, Scarab stand as a united musical entity. The music is heavy, powerful, raw and brutal yet melodic, while the lyrical theme is mainly about spirituality, theories and philosophy in how they perceive the world around them.

Despite the many barriers and financial problems the band has faced, 2008 has been a major leap for the band with the Recording of their first full length album entitled Blinding The Masses, considered a continuation over Valley of The Sandwalkers.

Scarab comments: “We are very excited to be playing with great bands that have influenced us for years now and defiantly looking to have the German metal fans see, feel our music and agree to it. We have a message of globalizing metal and having a unity regardless of what culture you’re from. WFF and CSM granting us the chance to showcase our music is a dream come true. This will mark history in the metal world for us coming from Egypt.”

Continuously witnessing the enormous potential of unknown artists spread across the Middle East, Desert Rock’s organizers Center Stage Management (CSM) decided to develop their annual local battle of the bands formerly known as Shamal, into a greater opportunity called United We Rock. The latter would give the chance to unsigned Arab and German bands to perform at both Desert Rock and With Full Force festivals, established in the hard rock capitals of South West Asia and Europe: Dubai and Germany.

The finalists’ biographies, photographs, videos and original songs were uploaded online enabling visitors to elect the opening act who will perform at both festivals, an all expenses paid trip to Dubai and Germany.