Metal in Iraq

Vice Magazine + VBS.tv just sent out their newsletter and in it was their documentary on Iraq’s only heavy metal band, Acrassicauda. If you’ve got 84 minutes, you’ll find cameos from Gideon Yago and a great perspective on youth culture in a violent setting. Vice did such an excellent job here on several levels. First of all the coverage of just getting into Iraq in 2006 was harrowing. I could tell they were excited by the threat... Read More