Rockumentary ` `` Between the Ashes '' features Baghdad 's only heavy metal band . And the film 's surreal scenes of Iraqi metallers writhing in a makeshift mosh pit against the shabby genteel backdrop of a hotel function room -- in the middle of the afternoon -- underline the pathos of the reality in which the band exists . Band members struggle to make music , face hostility for long hair , rock t-shirts . Film shows American metal fans writhing in a makeshift mosh pit in a genteel hotel . The band faces a tough choice : stay in Iraq or flee to Iraq .
Rockumentary ` `` Between the Ashes '' features Baghdad 's only heavy metal band . Band members struggle to make music , face hostility for long hair , rock t-shirts . Film shows American metal fans writhing in a makeshift mosh pit in a genteel hotel . The band faces a tough choice : stay in Iraq or flee to Iraq .