Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

First I mpression/ E xpectation: The album would sound like Bruce Spring steen-meets-Willie Nelson. The Real Thing: The 'Man In Black' is back and this is his third posthumous album since his death in 2003. Cash ac tually was a pioneer of country music and the album is a portrayal of his jour ney across America in spreading country music.

It probably comes as no great surprise to the fans of Shelton Hank Williams, aka Hank III, that the artist who confounds country music conventions and tours on a split personality country-metal bill, does things his own way. Whether its sticking up his middle finger at Nashville and its most hallowed grounds, the Grand Ole Opry, or feuding with his own record label, Hank III does m ...

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