---
title: "Acrassicauda"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/acrassicauda"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
country: "Iraq"
formed: 2001
---

# Acrassicauda

**Acrassicauda** is a heavy metal band, from Iraq, active 2001 to present.

Acrassicauda is an Iraqi thrash metal band formed in 2001 in Baghdad and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. It is often credited as the first heavy metal group to emerge from Iraq. The original band consisted of four members and played concerts during the rule of Saddam Hussein. They became well known outside of the local Iraqi metal scene after a Vice magazine profile, and received even greater coverage with a feature-length documentary about the band and its troubles in Iraq called Heavy Metal in Baghdad. Their first extended play was released in 2010, and their debut studio album Gilgamesh was released in 2015.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrassicauda

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Acrassicauda |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Iraq |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Releases in catalog | 4 |

## Genres

[Groove Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/groove-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | [The Black Scorpion](https://themetalnet.com/album/c14a7e59-a9db-4085-aad7-2d8f9b8f29ae) | EP |
| 2006 | [The Damascus Demos](https://themetalnet.com/album/a9008625-eeea-435f-899e-1e4837a22b96) | EP |
| 2010 | [Only the Dead See the End of the War](https://themetalnet.com/album/4cc6f699-75f4-4ffc-808b-84109a9dde77) | EP |
| 2015 | [Gilgamesh](https://themetalnet.com/album/fa9e13b7-d92d-484d-a89b-29fb80315061) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acrassicauda
- x: https://twitter.com/Acrassicauda
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Acrassicauda/8156
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORHY2R-JGv12rx_oihUEYA

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/acrassicauda](https://themetalnet.com/band/acrassicauda). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt