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....
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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
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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.
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