TNT Radio NYC

Author: Tim Lessick, Thanhyen Nguyen

TNT Radio NYC aims to explore and celebrate full-length albums from across musical genres, eras and communities. This format is lost in todays algorithmically-oriented musical landscape. Each month, hosts Thanh Nguyen and Tim Lessick take audiences through collected works and dig deep into their story to uncover its impact on society and time.
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TNT #52 - Acrassicauda - Gilgamesh
Episode 4
Monday, 2 February, 2026

This episode takes us on a journey to an album that was nearly 15 years in the making, through a repressive regime and a war. This edition of TNT will focus on Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda, and their 2015 self-released heavy-hitting album, “Gilgamesh.” Often credited as being the first metal band from Iraq, Acrassicauda thrived as a band despite government censorship, death threats, and forced relocation. Vice magazine provides a telling preview of the album, noting that the conditions in Baghdad after the American invasion resulted in the band's music becoming "even more hate-filled and intense and fucked than ever before." Turn this one up loud and strap in.