PIG DESTROYER — Explosions in Ward 6 (review)

PIG DESTROYER — Explosions in Ward 6 album cover Album · 1998 · Grindcore Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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The PIGS must be DESTOYED! And PIG DESTROYER is here to do the job. PIG DESTROYER formed back in 1997 after J.R. Hayes (Enemy Soil, guitarist Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour, Anal Cunt) and drummer John Evans decided to get together and making some freekin’ noise! After releasing a demo and split with Orchid in 1997, they unleashed their debut album EXPLOSIONS IN WARD 6. Well, if album is what you wanna call it. Like much hardcore punk, this grindcore album follows suit and crams 19 tracks in a total time span of 18:57, but while most of these are under a minute long, the finale “Pixie” clocks in at a staggering 6 minutes and 4 seconds.

While PIG DESTROYER are one of the more famous pure grindcore bands in the biz, on this debut they infuse a little sludge and thrash metal into the mix. The guitar tones are more grungy and with a more deepened bass sound than what other grindcore acts usually incorporate but PIG DESTROYER leave no doubt that this is indeed the sound of a grindcore band complete with all the earache inducing techniques turned up to 11 and beyond. J. R. Hayes screams his vocal chords raw and Scott Hull’s guitar is about as distorted and caustic as possible. The music is the typical aggressive as hell noisefest and while i can’t understand any of the lyrics as they are shouted beyond recognition, this is supposedly political with a few spoken skits thrown in about horrible things in the baby delivery WARD in a hospital.

The only track that really stands out is “Pixie” as it is given time to breath and this is the most sludgy chugga-chugga track with thrash elements here and there for good measure. The remaining short but sweet tracks are aggressive as hell and try to pack in as much noise in every possible second as possible with alternating screaming vocals and guttural death growls. This is practically a forgotten beginning for PIG DESTROYER as the album seems to be very hard to come by these days and ignored in favor of the following more popular albums like “Prowler In The Yard” and “Terrifyer,” but this is a decent slice of grindcore with elements of sludge, thrash and screamo all battling it out. A decent but not outstanding debut.
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Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great review, I've only heard Prowler in the Yard but this sounds really good. I'll have to check this one out.

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