Acrassicauda

Acrassicauda (the black scorpion in Latin) is an Iraqi Thrash metal band formed in Baghdad in 2000. It is the first band to have released a demo in Iraq. The band nevertheless gained fame thanks to the 2007 documentary retracing their history: Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The band's members fled the violence of Baghdad to Syria, then to Istanbul. The band's story is the subject of the documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad by Canadians Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi. The film was presented in September 2007 at the Toronto Festival. They also appeared in the documentary Voices of Iraq.