HeinrichXIII and the Devilgrass Pickers - 13: the Devil's Dozen(Chaos Productions)
A group of good ol’ country boys from Wölfersheim,Germany, Heinrich XIII and the Devilgrass Pickers play a version of old schoolcountry music, which reflects their roots in metal and alternative music. Itused to be a fairly well travelled path from punk, metal and grunge to alt.country, and it’s nearly always been a sincere transition. There maybe a littlehumour in their new songs, but that only mirrors classic country music ingeneral, and there’s no doubt Heinrich and his band are serious musiciansplaying music they love.Listening to “13: the Devil's Dozen”, you wouldn’tguess their country of origin; Heinrich’s got his dark, moody twang down pat,and the musicians around him follow suit. The album arrives fully formed in theshape of “Cold Hearted Girl” a full on country hoedown,with fiddle and mandolin blazing away. “My Ride”begins like a 50-year old burn from a local Tennessee radio station, beforetumbling energetically into something more contemporary – great stuff. Songtitles such as “Hangover” and “Whiskey Yodel No. 2” suggest a fascination with theevils of booze, but the former is a lament, full of regret andself-recrimination. Less so, the latter. www.heinrich13.comwww.facebook.com/Heinrich-XIII-and-the-Devilgrass-PickersSimon M.
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