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░ ██ ██ Artist: Pigsty ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Planet of the Pigs 2.01 █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-02-14 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Bizarre Leprous Production ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ On Pigsty's latest full-length, which I picked up █
█ at MDF VII, the Czech grinders mix it up a bit █
█ more than previous efforts 'The Return' and 'Pigs █
█ are Back.' Don't get me wrong, this beast still █
█ grinds and thrashes your face to a pulp, but █
█ there's definitely been more thought put into █
█ these songs than previous efforts and the band has █
█ grown in leaps and bounds here since the EP █
█ 'Living Dead Stars.' █
█ Opener 'Inspection Report' sets the stage for the █
█ bludgeoning, with an apocalyptic opening riff and █
█ then we're hit with a quick acoustic break, then █
█ BOOM! The grind hits you in the face like a brick. █
█ The production is very clear and is easily the █
█ clearest production of any of their releases, but █
█ still maintains an edge of rawness. After the █
█ opener, we move into 'Brand-New Dawn,' which is █
█ much more like older Pigsty. From there, the riffs █
█ and drums just simply destroy. The humor is still █
█ intact, with song titles like 'Santa's Last Ride' █
█ and 'Demon Alcohol,' the latter being the best █
█ song on the album with its random psychedelic █
█ interludes, which easily bring to mind Cephalic █
█ Carnage's quirky jazz ramblings. All songs are █
█ well-written and it's obvious that Pigsty are █
█ ready to take it to the next level. A problem with █
█ a lot of grindcore is many of the songs tend to █
█ sound so similar, but Pigsty has remedied that █
█ with all songs standing out on their own. █
█ There will certainly be old fans who will not be █
█ happy with some of the stylistic changes they have █
█ made here, but these changes do not completely █
█ keep an old listener from enjoying this new disc. █
█ The vocals are the only thing that I could see █
█ someone not being able to get into because of █
█ being shouted instead of the normal grind/gore █
█ squeals and grunts. Grindcore purists/elitists █
█ might not be able to get past this small █
█ intricacy, but this is a welcome breath of fresh █
█ air in the genre. █
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░ 1. Inspection Report 3:37 ░
░ 2. Brand-New Dawn 2:23 ░
░ 3. Untranslatable 3:08 ░
░ 4. Time Has Come 2:48 ░
░ 5. Demon Alcohol 4:46 ░
░ 6. Santa's Last Ride 2:28 ░
░ 7. Just a Playground 3:43 ░
░ 8. Pure Business 2:43 ░
░ 9. It's Too Easy 3:35 ░
░ 10. Reborn 3:05 ░
░ 32:16 ░
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