Despite the exhortations of much extreme metal that life isn’t worth living there are things left to get excited about. One of them is the upcoming album from Pig Destroyer, their first since dB’s 2007 album of the year Phantom Limb.

News flash: the new album from Relapse is called Book Burner and we’ve secured the first studio footage and cover art. We’re not sure if the title refers to Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel Farenheit 451 but we do have a look at some of the workings at guitarist Scott Hull’s Visceral Sound Studios in Alexandria, Virginia.

The video was shot on Blake Harrison’s iPhone and shows new addition Adam Jarvis tracking drums and the band abusing their livers in fine fashion. The Pig Destroyer fridge is packed with more beer than a spring break hotel room; Jarvis swigs from an industrial-sized bottle of Jack Daniels and Scott Hull appears to enjoy energy drinks.

Five years is a long time. We’ve elected a new president and seen part of the nation tire of him; sort of got out of a recession and closed in on our 100th issue. Hull, who once sported a military regulation cut, now has long hair. Time has passed. So to those who’ve been playing and replaying Prowler In The Yard, get ready for your geek out moment of the week. Enjoy and tell the band what you think on Facebook. Then mark October 23 on your calendar.

so far, and i've played everything on bandcamp today, 38 counts of battery wins for me.
fucking melvins, carcass and dark angel covers?! WICKED
the rest of the album slays too though

i don't have enough pig destroyer in my collection, i'll fix this soon ha ha

Are Nasum playing NZ? Go.

I don't really like the artwork. It looks like a preteen boy in a dress. hell maybe it is.

PxDx have always been very capable at doomy stuff. Starbelly added a nice twist to Prowler and is one of the reasons why it's so great IMO. Natasha is neat too. I hope there are couple of similar tracks on this album.

I already said starbelly... maybe you didn't read that far into the thread. I also meantioned their cover of the melvins and sure in parts of other songs there are doomy parts. But Natasha is not a good representation of PD's sound. As in if someone is just getting into them I wouldn't suggest that song since out of their entire discography there are only 2 other songs similar.

And where the hell did you get that sig from? Cause I don't remember any of that, I'm just assuming you created it.

Phantom Limb stinks, but that being said the album art alone makes me wanna buy this right now.

How can you say it stunk? It was Decibel's album of the year.

Girl in the Slayer Jacket was worth the price of admission for me.

I kinda went off grind for a bit, but I should probably check Terrifyer out sometime.



One of the reviews for Phantom Limb describes the lyrics as ‘teenage angst’ or something similarly pejorative, but I thought this song was a good example of the strength of the lyrics. Simple and straight forward yeah, but dark as hell, especially with the implication of childhood abuse at the end.

Yeah, it means it was Decibel's album of the year.

That's like saying "I like this and someone else does too; therefore it's good, and everyone must like it". Of course he can say it stinks; it's called an opinion.

How can you say it stunk? It was Decibel's album of the year.
Does this even mean anything?


Yeah, it means it was Decibel's album of the year.

a pretty well respected metal magazine here in America.