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- Summary: The sixth full-length for the Virginia grindcore band is its first in six years and features guest appearances by Full Of Hell's Dylan Walker, Agoraphobic Nosebleed's Richard Johnson and Kat Katz.
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- Record Label: Relapse Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Hardcore Punk, Death Metal, Grindcore
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Sep 10, 2018Ultimately, 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.
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Sep 10, 2018One of the year’s best and most urgent metal records, Head Cage is a fitting counterpart to another essential bit of 2018 heaviness, Thou’s Magus.
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Sep 10, 2018Eery other song on the album has great lines that are now more easily understandable to boot. Pig Destroyer may have switched from a chainsaw that cuts quickly to a hacksaw that takes a bit longer, but they’re still creating phantom limbs, and the blood and viscera are still present.
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The WireSep 21, 2018Pig Destroyer explore transgression on their sixth album by creating a new narrative that begs for more careful introspection about who we are and the world we live in. [Oct 2018, p.60]
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Oct 19, 2018Across Head Cage’s 12 tracks (yes, 12, not 25), Pig Destroyer focus not on being the fastest, loudest, craziest band on Earth, but on simply doing it better. They still do all of the aforementioned better than anyone else (Dark Train, Trap Door Man), but more often than not, they take that intensity and lock it into steadier groves, shifting moods and hookier riffs.
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Sep 11, 2018A more focused sonic direction would have been more potent and a more adventurous one would have been more exciting. Still, every track delivers a bruising and it’s hard to imagine anyone interested in the group being disappointed by the album.
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Kerrang!Sep 10, 2018Finally adding a bassists to PD's ranks has robbed them of some of their personality. [8 Sep 2018, p.53]
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