Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a 2007 rockumentary film following filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi as they track down the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda amidst the Iraq War. In 2003, the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda were the subject of a Vice magazine article. With the magazine's help, they were able to stage a sell-out show in 2005 despite the recent ousting of Saddam Hussein. Filmmakers from Vice returned to Iraq in 2006 to track down the band. Upon their return, they discovered the multitude of death and destruction, including rehearsing studios destroyed by bombs. Candid interviews with the band members allow an insight into a subsection of society steeped in American pop culture and the hostilities this attracts. The film was shot over three years. Filming locations included Baghdad and Erbil in Iraq; Beirut, Lebanon; and Damascus, Syria.
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Don't you feel like a lucky bastard after watching this?
"Rockets destroyed my rehearsal room," whoa.
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