It has been five years since Heavy Metal music last graced the city of Baghdad when Acrassicauda played a hotel gig under extreme security. (For More details on that band's struggle in Pre/Post War Iraq, see Heavy Metal in Baghdad in the Forge-Tube)
Now, like the titanium clad, bullet ridden, phoenix rising from the ashes it is, Iraqi metal is back and better than ever. Gracing a crowd of 250 headbanging fans from the area, Brutal Impact and Dog Faced Corpse tore up their modest venue literally and showed everyone the resilience and strength heavy metal can give to a people who have long suffered at the hands of tyranny. To any Iraqi that may read this, and to all metal heads, keep the horns high!
An MSNBC report on the event
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