Category Archives: Heavy Metal In Williamsburg

Heavy Metal In Brooklyn: Acrassicauda’s Record Release Show This Tuesday

Posted by on March 5, 2010

Imagine living in a bombed out wasteland where you could be persecuted just because of how you look. But enough about Brooklyn. Actually, Iraqi refugees Acrassicauda have settled in the outer borough, and in advance of making their first-ever festival appearance at the Scion Rock Fest next Saturday, they’ll be playing a show this coming […]

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Acrassicauda Play First North American Show

Posted by on January 22, 2010

Last time we checked in with Acrassicauda, the subject of 2007’s Heavy Metal in Baghdad, the Iraqi band had successfully fled Iraq for Syria. They’ve come a long way since then, culminating in last night’s performance at dingy Brooklyn bar/venue The Charleston.  The performance, for friends and family only, was the band’s first-ever performance in […]

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