Acrassicauda Crowd Funding New Full-Length Album

Iraqi metal outfit Acrassicauda - which was the subject of the "Heavy Metal In Baghdad" documentary - is now finally recording a full-length album.

The band has launched a crowd funding campaign for the release, and you can find all the available perks and make a donation at Kickstarter.com here. Acrassicauda comments:

"The new album takes the band’s signature thrash and doom metal into new territory, digging into their Middle Eastern roots. Allies and fans can get music, merch, DVDs, and personalized rewards to take part in the campaign.

"Breaking away from the old adage of politics, exile, war, death and destruction, Acrassicauda’s new take on things brings a breath of fresh air into the lives of the band members and allows them to break away from the past traumas and uncertainties of war torn Iraq.

"The new album pays homage to the ancient Mesopotamian civilization using the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient poem written in the Acadian language in the 3rd millennium BC, originally inscribed on 12 tablets in cuneiform script. Delving into themes of exotic journeys, life and death, love, the divine, success and failure, the Epic of Gilgamesh has much in common with the experiences of the band —it is a humble yet honest comparison. The LP is an ode to the modern Iraq, a home from which they are exiled today."