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BAGHDAD - HEAVY METAL REFUGEES

Today we continue the third part of our

Heavy Metal in Baghdad

Trilogy, Heavy Metal Refugees, with the reformed Acrassicauda's first show in exile (and potentially last ever). If you figured Iraq was a shitty place to be a metalhead, a) yes, of course you're right, but b) despite the absence of omnipresent death and carnage, Syria might be somehow worse…

Embattled as it may have been, at least Baghdad had a metal scene that amounted to more than a handful of grown men nervously listening to Metallica on headphones in their bedroom…

We also have a special two-part Practice Space featuring Clockcleaner, Philly's answer to years and years of local go-nowhere pussy music, and new DOs & DON'Ts & Friends with MisShapes, New York's answer to years and years of aggro no-pussy partying. AND we've got two new [music videos](http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Music Videos&r=viceblog) thanks to our connections with Sub Pop. Thanks, connections!