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Although rooted in Hard Rock , Afrockaine could bring new atmospheres to their music and became one of the best rock bands in the country especially after releasing their first album in 2012 called Nomad .

Born in Algeria , Afrockaine made a mixture of different influences and elements of African-Algerian music , alternative Metal and modern Rock. Focusing on the multi influenced singer with a vibrating voice.

Youness Kacimi ElHassani, the guitarist Sidali Chaib thought of starting a rock band giving it the name of Afrockaine which stands for the addiction to the African Rock. After that , the outstanding

Drummer Said Tamache,the bassist Hakim kaddouri and the guitarist Mehdi Haddouche joined the band then Afrockaine had officially started in 2009.The band's name started to be famous so it could be distinguished from other local bands.

After producing new songs with a unique taste like ''welcome to Lamadrague''and ''southern saharian road''.After 3 years of hard work, Afrockaine welcomed the new talented drummer Khadir Ahmia (EL-K) and the bassist Isslem Aidi to release the 1st Album. Not only the local radio shows and TV channels noticed • their remarkable genre but even some international like '' Lesinrocks ,Beur FM , brunorizzato wordpress ,Metalpapy ,Roswen '' and others.To give a new taste to that formula , the precussionist Lamine Bouzar joined to support the band with the africain rythmes and late after the guitarist Ahmed Kacimi Elhassani and the bassist Nazim Laggoune joined the crew.Afrockaine made a new single with video clip called '' Avancez '‘ Feat the rapper Dr Kadi in 2014 and another single with the late famous '' T34'' Rock band singer Khaled Louma in 2015 which is going to be in Afrockaine's coming Album in 2017. Afrockaine tries to bring a new touch with Rock, African and Algerian music all melted in the same pot.

Europe Tour

2019 - 2020

After the release of our second album, "Revival," we embarked on an exhilarating European tour in 2019, gracing various venues across cities like Hamburg, Luxembourg, Paris, Lille, Kiel, and Itzehoe.

This tour became a captivating exploration of our cultural fusion in music, infusing our Algerian-inspired rock with innovative sounds.