Middle East Metal
Posted by RK | Under Too much Metal Saturday Jul 12, 2008I think KD mentioned these guys on a MySpace blog when stuff was all broken
I wanted to link up the trailer to the movie
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2004-2007, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.
To see more: www.http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com/
Looks like we missed the screenings, someone buy the DVD and tell me what you think.

That is fucking cool.
Rage on, guys.
“If we go, we go together…Metalheads forever.”