Heavy Metal in Baghdad is the title of a movie premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The YouTube description as well as the website (linked above) for the film and band describe their struggle to survive as a heavy metal band, having suffered from an oppressive regime, having a glimmer of hope for freedom after Hussein’s fall, and then feeling ‘trapped’ between an occupying army and the ‘terrorists’ (word used by band member in trailer) now.
The band is called Acrassicauda, here they perform: