{"id":1445,"date":"2008-10-30T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2008-10-30T19:19:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T09:19:35","slug":"heavy-metal-infrom-iraq-you-cant-stop-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"Heavy metal in\/from Iraq: You can&#8217;t stop the music!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nobody can stop the music!<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/R4Dn02bR4pg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Tear down the walls \/ Wake up the world \/ Ignorance is not \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1421\">Bliss<\/a> \/ So fed up with the second-best \/ Our time \/ Is here and now<br \/>\nI am the enemy \/ I am the antidote \/ Watch me closely \/ I will stand up&#8230; now<br \/>\nWe will rise \/ Above<br \/>\nStereotype fools \/ Playing the game \/ Nothing unique \/ They all look the same \/ In this sea of mediocrity \/ I can be anything \/ Anything I want to be<br \/>\nI am the enemy \/ I am the antidote \/ Watch me closely \/ I will stand up&#8230; now<br \/>\nWe will rise \/ Above<\/ul>\n<p>There are a number of metal bands <em>from<\/em> Iraq, but fewer <em>in<\/em> Iraq. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/wwwacrassicaudas5com\">Acrassicauda<\/a> (&#8216;Black Scorpion&#8217;) was formed in 2000, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/semideath\">Semi Death<\/a> formed in 2001. Acrassicauda were forced to flee to Turkey, while Semi Death escaped to Jordan. Prior to this, Iraqi metal bands included Scary Crew, Passage and Striker (according to <a href=\"http:\/\/semi-death.blogspot.com\/\">Semi Death<\/a> anyway). Other bands include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/amargimetal\">Amargi<\/a> (formed in 2006, and also forced to flee) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/dogfacedcorpse\">Dog Faced Corpse<\/a> (&#8220;The new &#038; the first death metal band from iraq!&#8221;). While Nutzis in New Zealand were parading before Parliament in Wellington, Corpse played a gig in Baghdad on October 25 with Brutal Impact. A cloying account by <em>USA Today<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/music\/2008-10-29-iraq-heavy-metal_N.htm\">Nothing else matters: Iraqi heavy metal returns<\/a><br \/>\nCharles Levinson<br \/>\n<em>USA TODAY<\/em><br \/>\nOctober 30, 2008<\/p>\n<p>BAGHDAD \u2014 At a private dinner club on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Muthana Mani screamed threats at a wild-eyed crowd of young Iraqis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll see you die at my feet! Eternally I smash your face! Facial bones collapse as I crack your skull in half!&#8221; he roared.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, these kinds of threats in Iraq typically came from members of al-Qaeda, [US forces] or violent sectarian militias. Saturday night, they were directed at 250 Iraqi fans of heavy metal music who fearlessly donned eye shadow, anarchist pendants and black T-shirts and came out of hiding to attend Iraq&#8217;s first metal concert in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the two-hour show, the crowd thrashed about, a sea of sweating bodies and banging heads. They screamed obscenities and broke tables. It was a scene that would have made any American metal fan proud.<\/p>\n<p>It was also another indication of just how much security has improved here. When religious extremists controlled Baghdad&#8217;s neighborhoods, being a member of heavy metal&#8217;s unique subculture could amount to a death sentence, says Mani, 21, the lead singer of Brutal Impact, one of the two bands that played the concert&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even as they recited bloodcurdling calls to violence, however, these headbangers carried a message of unity to fans. Brutal Impact is itself a testament to coexistence with two Sunnis, two Shiites and a Christian among its members.<\/p>\n<p>The second band, Dog Faced Corpse, debuted their original song, Consanguinity. It is a call for brotherhood among Iraqis, explains guitarist Amin al-Jaff.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s name refers to apocryphal reports at the height of the killing in 2006 that militants had stitched a dog&#8217;s head onto a victim&#8217;s headless body&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7129294.stm\">Baghdad&#8217;s refugee rockers<\/a>, Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, December 6, 2007: &#8220;After fleeing the violence in Iraq, the struggling band Acrassicauda has found a home in Turkey.&#8221; | <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com\">Heavy Metal in Baghdad<\/a><\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/homepages.nyu.edu\/~cch223\/usa\/albums\/poisonidea_warallthetime.html\">War All The Time<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/www.iraqbodycount.org\/contribute\/educate\/counters\/col-128x128.js\"\n><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iraqbodycount.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/www.iraqbodycount.org\/contribute\/educate\/counters\/col-128x128.png\"\n  width=\"128\"\n  height=\"128\"\n  style=\"border: none;\"\/><\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Zif4OPkMM_k&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.couragetoresist.org\/\">Courage to Resist<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Who we are and what we do<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the past few years, tens of thousands of service members have resisted illegal war and occupation in a number of different ways\u2014by going AWOL, seeking conscientious objector status and\/or a discharge, asserting the right to speak out against injustice from within the military, and for a relative few, publicly refusing to fight.<\/p>\n<p>While there are those who would like to dismiss war resisters as &#8220;cowards,&#8221; the reality is that it takes exceptional courage to resist unjust, illegal, and\/or immoral orders. For many resisters, it was their first-hand experiences as occupation troops that compelled them to take a stand. For others, &#8220;doing the right thing&#8221; and acting out of conscience began to outweigh their military training in obedience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody can stop the music! 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