Ultimately, it's the divergent atmospheres and textures, the variety of the arrangements and the thoughtful song compositions by mastermind guitarist and primary songwriter Scott Hull that make Head Cage stand out.
Their socially transgressive lyrics and musically daring effort may lose the group some listeners. But reinvention after reinvention they have proven themselves to be a metal group who perhaps even enjoys tormenting their fans and who assuredly are afraid of no one. It is more within their style to illicit fear anyway.
Yes, there are undeniable faults, but Head Cage is nonetheless proof that 21 years later, Pig Destroyer is still one of metal’s most celebrated creative forces for a damn good reason, that’s more than anyone could’ve reasonably asked for.
On Head Cage, the group delivers their signature grind sound but mix in elements of noise, sludge, death metal, doom, hardcore, and a little bit of technical and progressive elements, producing a richer whole.
Unrelentingly harsh and moving deliberately away from previously charted territory, Head Cage might disappoint fans looking for a rehash of former styles and statements, but those excited by Pig Destroyer's journey through new forms of despair and hostility will enjoy hearing their hybrid sound continue to mutate.
Dark Train is a nice speedy introduction, I enjoy the lyrics on this one. Army of Cops has a fun almost djenty groove to it, easy to jump and bounce to. Circle River has a more thrashy mid to fast tempo structure, it's pretty good and I appreciate the variation but it doesn't have as much oomph to it.
The Torture Fields grings the energy back big time, love the Dying Fetus style groove at the end. Concrete Beast is okay, It's well done but I feel like im missing the ferocity. Mt. Skull and ... read more
This is probably one of pig destroyer weakest releases yet. Their newest album head cage leans more into metal-core side this time around. Pig destroyer are known to dwell into different types of genres, so this isn't new but what makes me say this is one of their weakest releases is the standard by your numbers meaty rifts and tons of blast beats. This production on here felt dare I say too clean for pig destroyer. The reasons as to why I love pig destroyer earlier records mainly their holy ... read more
Dark Train is a nice speedy introduction, I enjoy the lyrics on this one. Army of Cops has a fun almost djenty groove to it, easy to jump and bounce to. Circle River has a more thrashy mid to fast tempo structure, it's pretty good and I appreciate the variation but it doesn't have as much oomph to it.
The Torture Fields grings the energy back big time, love the Dying Fetus style groove at the end. Concrete Beast is okay, It's well done but I feel like im missing the ferocity. Mt. Skull and ... read more
Had heard the majority of this before but only finished it now because I didn't wanna sit through another entire pig destroyer album directly after litsening to one. That being said, this is easily their worst I've heard so far even if it still is a good album. It goes for a more basic and stereotypical approach to grindcore that I stay away from and don't like much and the sound is just so generic even if it's still good because, well, it's pig destroyer.
Cocaine straight to the veins! Doesn't do much to stand out but it's just super effective in it's frantic intensity.
1 | Tunnel Under The Tracks 1:21 | |
2 | Dark Train 1:11 | |
3 | Army of Cops 3:18 | |
4 | Circle River 2:45 | |
5 | The Torture Fields 2:55 | |
6 | Terminal Itch 1:13 | |
7 | Concrete Beast 3:21 | |
8 | The Adventures of Jason and Jr 2:12 | |
9 | Mt. Skull 1:37 | |
10 | Trap Door Man 1:15 | |
11 | The Last Song 2:40 | |
12 | House of Snake 7:07 |
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#51 | / | The Quietus |