Iraqi Rock Group Welcomed to US by Metallica (VIDEO)

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It was a heavy metal miracle. Acrassicauda had been through hell as a rock band in wartime Baghdad. Its practice space was bombed. Its members were branded Satan worshipers and received death threats for making Western-style music. Then they suffered through two purgatorial years as refugees in Syria and Turkey, killing time and dreaming of....

Acrassicauda, an Iraqi Metal Band, Moves to America - NYTime

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It was a heavy metal miracle. Acrassicauda had been through hell as a rock band in wartime Baghdad. Its practice space was bombed. Its members were branded Satan worshipers and received death threats for making Western-style music. Then they suffered through two purgatorial years as refugees in Syria and Turkey, killing time and dreaming of rockin

One band moves its metal out of Iraq (International Herald Tribune)

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HEAVY METAL MIRACLE In Baghdad their practice space was bombed. Now Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band, has found refuge in America.