I have been a headbanger for 22 years and this story has the HEAVY METAL themes of rebellion and strength under adversity notched up to 11. Playing metal in Baghdad is too surreal to believe. I can’t wait to catch this doco at the local indy cinema. I don’t think any metal band has ever shown this amount of courage for their art. FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (in Baghdad) WE SALUTE YOU!

Does your ignorance influence you to make such baseless assertions, or did listening to such baseless assertions lead to your ignorance?

Either way your ridiculous post seems detrimental to an intelligent discussion (and your cause).

Metal is an excellent way for young men to release their aggression.
Far from being sick or violent some of the best socially conscience themes have been in metal music.
There are some violent themes in the music but unlike gangsta rap metal heads realize that it is just fantasy and horror and don’t live violently .
metal also takes a high degree of musical competence to ply unlike rap, dance, most pop music so it gives kids a sense of discipline and how hard work pays off.
though I love all music (except most rap and opera) I still pull out some of the better metal LPs i bought in my youth and enjoy them.
Iron maiden was good only for their first two LPs ...the ones most fans haven’t heard of with singer Paul Dianno.  They came up with everything they did afterwards on those two lps and the musical excellence of those two LPs still shines thru.

Er… was that first comment intended as irony? It’s hard to tell.