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Northern Virginia, USA (1997 – present)

Pig Destroyer is a grindcore band based in Northern Virginia, USA first formed in 1997. Combining old school grindcore with doom and thrash elements, Pig Destroyer have pushed the boundaries of the grind genre and gained a large following. Their unique sound is notable for its absence of bass guitar on their studio albums.

The band was formed in 1997 with vocalist J.R. Hayes (former vocalist Enemy Soil), guitarist Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Anal Cunt, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour, and more), and drummer John Evans. John Evans was replaced by Brian Harvey in 1998. Blake Harrison joined the band in late 2006 adding noise and samples to the mix.

The band, in their earlier more ‘politically-charged’ days, had originally wanted to name themselves in protest of law and authority. Believing that “Cop Killer” and “Cop Destroyer” were too obvious in meaning, they eventually settled on “Pig Destroyer” (“pig” being a slang term for the police). Derived from a non-musical source as extreme as the band’s sound, Pig Destroyer’s easily-identifiable logo took form when the emblem from the infamous Answer Me! magazine was disassembled and rearranged.

Relapse signed the band and issued a Pig Destroyer / Isis 7” (PxDx covered the Carcass classics Genital Grinder and Regurgitation Of Giblets) on the label’s Singles Series in July 2000.

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bloodyoctopus wrote:
Tuesday morning

then it's j.r. mistake, it' sounds clearly like "crying" no at all laughing

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CallyJE wrote:
Tuesday morning

the lyric booklet says that its "though I'm laughing inside".

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Wizard-In-Black wrote:
Monday evening

Then the websites probably got the lyrics from the same source, that just happened to be wrong.

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bloodyoctopus wrote:
Sunday afternoon

have you noticed that on Soft Assassin on terrifyer, every website says it's .."though I'm laughing inside" but in the song if you listen carefully he says "crying"

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GRugle wrote:
last week

Borow(DEATH METAL) www.myspace.com/borowww CHECK NEW ALBUM!!!

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RottenCockroach wrote:
last week

listening to PxDx is like sharing warm bed with cold deadgirl - BEST THING IN THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD! [2]

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hatemissile wrote:
11 days ago

listening to PxDx is like sharing warm bed with cold deadgirl - BEST THING IN THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD!

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iiHorror wrote:
13 days ago

loved this band for like 8 years. Prefer the likes of 38 Counts... to Terrifyer and Phantom Limb. Still incredible albums, though

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bloodyoctopus wrote:
13 days ago

@BlackProject NO SHIT

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evrn wrote:
17 days ago

Salvaron mi vida giles qliaos

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BlackProject wrote:
18 days ago

Terrifyer is one of the best grind albums I've ever heard.

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Yikko wrote:
19 days ago

"Phantom Limb is a huge step forward for metal in general." what?

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Yikko wrote:
19 days ago

No > one > actually = cares > what > you = think.

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mathcore16 wrote:
19 days ago

No one actually cares what you think.

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alerdz5 wrote:
24 days ago

Damn, this band doesn't do it for me anymore.. I used to be IN LOVE with them too :( *sigh*

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Gbacardi07 wrote:
24 days ago

Every release is pure genius. Phantom Limb is a huge step forward for metal in general. To the people who disagree; seriously, get the fuck over it. Phantom Limb is grind as fuck.

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FastZombiesRule wrote:
25 days ago

I love J.R.

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FastcoreKid wrote:
last month

Terrifyer is so unbelievable good! Who needs a fucking bass! That's how the sound should be.

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EYEHATEMUSIC wrote:
last month

One of my favourite bands of all time and my favourite grind band. Piss Angel and Junkyard God... are just pure amazing.

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Odio_Ossessivo wrote:
last month

fuckin' grind

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