Heavy Metal in Baghdad -- Trailer

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 2003-2006, 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.

Category:

Music

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• weekendamerica
• americanpublicmedia
• publicradio
• radio
• npr
• apm
• heavymetal
• baghdad
• acrassicauda

[blueterrior]

this is the fucking definition of heavy metal, these guys live in the most dangerous country on earth and they're fucking rocking out no matter what! Fuck yea!

[CreepyLizard]

Heavy metal exist in a lot of Muslim countries actually; Bahrain, UAE and even the strictly religious Saudi Arabia has a fair amount of them.

The idea of a metal band forming right in the center of a war zone is what makes this interesting.

[sargentD808]

these mutherfuckers are tough as nails, horns up for life

[solidkingcobra]

Bad ASS.

[slangig]

You can kill a revolutionary

But you can't kill a revolution

Fuck yes

[Duenas411]

heavy metal DOES RULE!!!!!!!!

[EddesHere1]

cooool