Brother Cesare, a 62 year old monk from Milan hinterland, has a heart of metal and is the lead singer in a heavy metal band. The monk fell in love with metal some 15 years ago when he attended a Metallica concert. Brother Cesare, also known as Brother Metal, started playing and recording cassettes, firstly with “lighter” metal
music, but gradually he realised that what really moved him was the
hard core.

“Five minutes after meeting Brother Cesare I decided to go ahead,
because he manages to convey so much energy, that other musicians and
youngsters often don’t manage to express,” lead guitarist, Cesare
Zanotti, told Reuters.

Brother Metal recently appeared in the Gods of Metal festival in Italy,
along with giants such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Slayer, playing
to a crowd of leather-clad hard-core metal fans.
Brother Metal always wears his tradition brown robe and sandals.

Recently, Brother Metal has released his second album called ‘Misteri’ (Mysteries). The songs lyrics deal with real world issues like alcohol, drugs and about religion.

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Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

Born out of a basement rehearsal space in Baghdad, Acrassicauda (Latin for “Black Scorpion”) is Iraq’s only heavy metal band. Tutored by music instructor and guitar virtuoso Saad “Yngwie” Say and inspired by western bands like Metallica, Slayer and Slipknot, they began writing and playing metal in 2001. They soon learned that their dream of performing live in Iraq was going to be no easy task.

Read more about the band and the film here

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