Music Review: Pig Destroyer- "Phantom Limb"

One of my favorite bands in the last ten years has to be Pig Destroyer. Their 2001 release "Prowler in the Yard" is one of my top favorite cds of all time. Pig Destroyer, for those who many not know, are a grindcore band that has become quite popular in what is the new mainstream. The new mainstream being of course, what was the old underground. Underground music, or indie/unknown music is what made up much of the low-key clubs, and concert halls of the early to mid 90's. The most famous bands that have come out of the old underground are: Cannibal Corpse, Sore Throat, Napalm Death, and Ax Cx. These bands, although not on the top pop charts (excluding Napalm Death's Scum) have made an impact upon their set genre, even the ones they have created, and spanned out.
Anyhow, "Phantom Limb" is a cd that comes close to what you can expect of a great Pig Destroyer album. This is pure grindcore, and leaves nothing out of the imagination/ Perhaps a prime exacmpple of a decent grindcore band not from the eighties, Pig Destroyer's "Phantom Limb" is perhaps their best cd after "Prowler in the Yard". Pig Destroyer's violent lyrics, and fast blast beats almost make it the genre Death Metal, but the vocals are where the true mastery of grindcore appeals to the fans. This album reminds me much of early Napalm Death (pre Diatics) and much reminds of me of what I love about Pig Destroyer. The guitars are cleaner, as are the vocals from their last album. The only downside of this album is that it can get somewhat repetitive, and it can drag in the areas between the middle of the album, but aside from tiny flaws, it is perfect. I recommend this album for anyone who wants to get into the grindcore sub-genre, or who is already a fan of the sub-genre. This album was released just about a week ago, and is worth picking up at your local record store, amazon.com, or the iTunes store.




image from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/PhantomLimb.jpg. Cover to the Pig Destroyer album "Phantom Limb". Buy this CD at the ITunes Store for only $9.99, or Amazon.com for $14.98 new, or as low as $9.50 for a used copy.
For samples of their music, check out their official mypsace page at www.myspace.com/therealpigdestroyer. There you can here tracks from the newest cd "Phantom Limb" released June 12th 2007.

If you have never heard of Pig Destroyer before, I do recommend you pig up their "Prowler in the Yard" and "Phantom Limb" together. Other albums from Pig Destroyer include: "Painter of Dead Girls" and "38 Counts of Battery";both older, but excellent albums worth owning. You will find these albums, and more from the above-named artists at the mentioned stores in the above paragraphs.

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