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.

[@dishanknayal6118]

This is what vice used to be!!! This is one of my favorite documentary...🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@head58t]

Two of those guys were my terps in 2003, good dudes, hope they are safe.

[@MeerkatADV]

Faisal now lives in the US.

[@carl5192]

Long live Iraqi metal!!

[@danielstokker]

This is the most metal band in the world

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

I’m Iraqi, love metal!!! Never ever seen this. In North Iraq we use oud and bag pipe in our metal.

[@carl5192]

@@sukaenacornelius9285 Yea brother! Rock on!

[@DeicideAmon]

They should interview Seeds Of Iblis

[@pietromontagnini3789]

Great Guys.

[@itscrazytrevor]

@cwotd "If I don't play drums as hard as I, can I'm gonna kill someone!" Acrassicauda quote

[@coltwilson3271]

Is this band still alive? If so, where can we see them?

[@Jzargo9630]

the name of the band is Acrassicauda

[@ewee4735]

NOW THAT'S METAL 🔥🤘🔥

[@TheShowgin]

That's fucking awesome

[@JoseHernandez-re9yf]

Sorpredente y brutalllll😈

[@Aref964]

❤❤

[@nikhilthankachan8032]

Link plz send me

[@supermonkeywtf09]

noice

[@andreaavila5715]

2006

[@vedadtr3509]

They are in jail now....

[@fayhaalbalaje3630]

Vedad Traljo in jail for what ?

[@vedadtr3509]

I asked the same question lol

[@macias7125]

no they're not

[@Hasan_bsabes]

No bro, they're in usa now!

[@somerandomguy8725]

@@Hasan_bsabes oh, thank god

[@ran1052]

وتفك هايه صدوك!

[@TheDandyFella]

yes lady

[@ran1052]

@@TheDandyFella T^T

[@iqm4574]

There ain't no band in iraq as far as i kn

[@identity2257]

@@iqm4574 then you dont know much bud

[@iqm4574]

@@identity2257i Check out metallum regularly and most the bands here are disbanded years ago

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

vice cia news to the rescue.

[@freshfrozen3035]

These guys are every teenagers in Iran from 1960s-2006/7

[@gtaddict3666]

Iraq 🇮🇶

[@identity2257]

No one asked?

[@joetamson4054]

have they been beheaded yet!