Deathcountry is a country music genre, best described as traditional country music with a morbid anarchist Punk rock and Psychobilly attitude. Big influences include Hank Williams III and Johnny Cash's "American Recordings." Important artists include Hank Ray, CoffinShakers, Undead Syncopators, Those Poor Bastards, Zeno Tornado, Elliott Brood and Sons of Perdition. Recording labels includes Suzy Q Records, Gravewax Records, and One Million $ Records. The music style is reminiscent of traditional Country/Hillbilly/Folk music from the 1930s and 1940s in the United States, in the way of Jimmie Rodgers or Hank Williams. Deathcountry is an alternative to pop and radio Country and the reactionary Nashville Sound. Deathcountry uses the classic instruments of country music: guitar, upright bass, banjo, fiddle and steel guitar. The lyrics are about social misfits and outlaws, morbid and bizarre topics as well as death and rebellion . The Deathcountry scene has deep roots in Punk and Rockabilly circles, with some of its roots in a few early punk bands like The Mekons and GG Allin, who dabbled in country and western. The Cramps also had Country influences, along with their rockabilly, [ - ]

Deathcountry is a country music genre, best described as traditional country music with a morbid... [ + ]