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Acrassicauda - Message From Baghdad

from Sociopathic Mixtape, Vol. 4 by Various Artists

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⋘"Message From Baghdad" is one of four tracks found on Acrassicauda's EP "Only The Dead See The End Of The War", which was mentioned during band interviews on the now infamous international metal documentary 'Global Metal', created by the same individual who made "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey".⋙

◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ BAND BIOGRAPHY & INFORMATION ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Take the number of metal bands who sing about war, death and destruction. Subtract it from the number of metal bands with personal experience of such matters. If you arrive at the number minus 345 billion then you’ve done the math correctly.

If you want real talk about war then you should meet the members of ACRASSICAUDA. In the resulting American occupation even more friends and family were killed. Their practice space was blown to bits and they started to receive threats from the death squads that roamed the streets. After leaving everything behind, they were forced to live like refugees running from Baghdad to Syria to Turkey. Several months, people, and filled-out forms later, the band finally arrived in New York, where they recorded the music you hold here in your hands. Acrassicauda met the band Testament backstage at a concert in Turkey, and when they arrived in the United States, found a mentor in Alex Skolnick, lead guitarist, who helped them practice and get ready to record their first EP.

But it wasn’t just individuals who helped the band settle down in the United States, stop running, and finally get back to making music. Companies like ESP, Peavey, Guitar Center, and Yamaha donated gear to Acrassicauda. Inspired by the carnage of the least seven years of their lives, the tracks that are Only the Dead See the End of the War were produced by Alex Skolnick, engineered by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Hatebreed, System of a Down), and co-produced by Nik Chinboukas at Spin Studios in Long Island City. Drawing from their love of Black Albumera Metallica, Slayer, and Sepultura, Acrassicauda have made a record that doesn’t sound like any other metal band out there. These are the bands that gave them the inspiration to continue on until they were able to make their music freely, but Acrassicauda has made an EP of songs that are all their own.

Like a wounded lion roaring in pain, every note and every riff of these songs is born from pain, agony, and strife and that can only stem from the experiences that they themselves lived. But just as they’ve lived their lives in the last seven years, Acrassicauda transcend mere negativity to make a beautiful, angrily hopeful record that’s as real as it comes.


BAND MEMBERS:

FAISAL MUSTAFA - Vocals/Guitar
MARWAN HUSSEIN - Drums
TONY YAQOO - Lead Guitar
FIRAS ALLATEEF - Bass
MUHAMMAD (Mo) AL ANSARI - Guitar


CONTACT INFO:
rachel@acrassicauda.com
Rachelmartinezmcp@gmail.com
alloverbookingtours@gmail.com

lyrics

As I grew bounded to my fate
Rewinding the wounded memories I gained
So weak I can hardly breathe
So sick of their lies, tired of deceit

Is god's will or just a lie
People live and others die
Never had the chance and they never will
Forever doomed as I wonder why

Dead bodies walking coffins
Caged souls locked in prisons
They might forget, but still unforgiving
Fearless zombies walk among the living

Is god's will or just a lie
People live and others die
Never had the chance and they never will
Forever doomed as I wonder why

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from Sociopathic Mixtape, Vol. 4, released May 8, 2013
BAND LINKS:

www.facebook.com/acrassicauda
acrassicauda.com
www.myspace.com/wwwacrassicaudas5com
twitter.com/acrassicauda
www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com
www.npr.org/artists/125472159/acrassicauda
bit.ly/cSQr49
amzn.to/ZmYrMY
bit.ly/YrsMXm

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A DIY project three years in the making, Sociopathic Sound Records has at last experienced its becoming. Emphatic & unrivaled is our collective passion for extreme music. Determined, we seek to change the archaic, exploitative business model(s) of old by shifting focus back to the artists; to bolster growth, abet success, and reinvigorate the entire metal community & all those involved on a whole. ... more

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