Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

The year 1990 was the beginning of the end for the pompous hair metal which had dominated the 80s. While grunge would deliver the final, knock-out blow the following year, Pantera would arguably land the first shot with their major label debut, Cowboys From Hell.

Katzenjammer, the latest pop curiosity to blow in from Scandinavia, comes running out of its debut CD with a real screamer. Between them, the women of Katzenjammer Solveig Heilo, Anne Marit Bergheim, Turid Jorgensen and Marianne Sveen produce a circus of sound.

Last weekend, Metallica stopped in town to blow the roof off the Wachovia Center, delivering a two hour set that saw the metal giants affirm their current career upswing.

Last weekend, Metallica stopped in town to blow the roof off the Wachovia Center, delivering a two hour set that saw the metal giants affirm their current career upswing.

The band was born in Summer 2006 from the wicked, foggy minds of Alexander, Luca, Marco and Fabio, 3 of the 4 being former members of the death metal band Helvergr (www.myspace.com/helvergr). The idea was to launch a rude sonic attack in the vein of Black Label Society, Down, and all that heavy Rock stuff, but with a hint of Death Metal and Country music. The result obtained is the six tracks contained in the mini titled Heavy Booze Rock, six pieces of Heavy Rocking Music, composed with the