Heavy Metal in Baghdad
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Uploaded by ArtsAllianceAmerica on Jun 2, 2008
http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com
ON DVD 6/10/08!
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a documentary feature film that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for a deadly black scorpion native to Iraq) from the fall of Saddam Hussein to their escape from Iraq. The band members - Firas (bass), Tony (lead guitar), Marwan (drums) and Faisal (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) - were bred on American heavy metal albums, learning to speak English by listening to Slayer, Metallica and Slipknot. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible preposition, 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.
Directors Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to find Acrassicauda, Iraq's most famous heavy metal band. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around Acrassicauda while they 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.
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these are not musicians , they are war heros
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doesnt matter wath music. its proven it draws people together
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1:24 fuck yes! Slipknot!
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after watching this I have more respect for iraqis now rock on!
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@Tacom4ster lol.
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The soldiers there are basically centurions.
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this band is a real inspiration man!
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@OneProvidence fuck you im muslim and i say fuck you dickhead!
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Most bands just sing about bloody war, but this band lives it...
dante4d 1 year ago 65
metal is colorblind and a dirty mutt born of all races! \m/
aMULSIVE 10 months ago 10