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In the early 1990s, psychobilly started to drift into a new direction: Metal elements melted into the genre, which made it interesting to a broader audience and scene. Mad Sin definitely played a major role in this development - and so did their album "A Ticket Into Underworld“ retrospectively: It might be one of their roughest long players, lacking almost entirely the classic rockabilly rhythms. If their previous album "Break the Rules“ was the testing ground for this new sound, "A Ticket Into Underworld“ went full force: a gloomy dark atmosphere characterizes most of the songs, heavy riffs and Mad Sin typical bass lines carry Köfte DeVilles hiccup vocals, metal growls and screams - and this sets the basic tone of the record. The song "Mad Filthy Undead“ is a whirlwind of an opener with sharp guitar riffs. The slap-bass on "Hell-A-Vision Shock“ cuts energetically into the song and in "Real Wild Child“ Mad Sin pay tribute to Iggy Pop. With "Meattrain at Midnight“ and "Psychotic Night“ the