Monday, March 22, 2010

Under the Radar: Acrassicauda


Acrassicauda is an Iraqi thrash metal band formed in 2001. They are often credited as being the first heavy metal group to emerge from Iraq. They became well known outside of the local Iraqi metal scene after Vice magazine did a profile of them. They received even greater coverage when they were profiled in a feature length documentary about the band and their troubles in Iraq called, Heavy Metal in Baghdad.

Fun fact: Acrassicauda (the scientific name for black scorpion).

Only The Dead See The End Of The War EP out now on Vice Records

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