Rockumentary ` ` Heavy Metal in Baghdad '' features Iraq 's only heavy metal band . Band members struggle to make music , despite demands for long hair , and T - shirts . `` We went over to find the band , '' he said . Film shows Iraqi metal fans writhing in a makeshift mosh pit in a genteel hotel . The band faces a tough choice : stay in Iraq or flee to Europe .
Rockumentary ` ` Heavy Metal in Baghdad '' features Iraq 's only heavy metal band . Band members struggle to make music , despite demands for long hair , and T - shirts . Film shows Iraqi metal fans writhing in a makeshift mosh pit in a genteel hotel . The band faces a tough choice : stay in Iraq or flee to Europe .