Country of origin: Iraq Location: Baghdad (early); Istanbul, Turkey (mid); New York, New York, United States (later) Status: Active Formed in: 2000 Genre: Groove/Thrash Metal Lyrical themes: Suffering, Hope Current label: Unsigned/independent Years active: 2000-present Acrassicauda (Arabic أكراسكودا) is the latin name of a black scorpion species (Androctonus crassicauda). By the end of 2005, Tony went to Syria in order to work. One year later, Marwan did the same thing. The band reformed there. The band relocated to Istanbul, Turkey.