19. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb (2007)
Of grind royalty, Pig Destroyer take no prisoners, and get down and weird on Phantom Limb. An experimental album of sorts, Phantom Limb is longer than your typical grindcore album, it delves into the realm of sludge and doom, all the while maintaing that sense of urgency and unadulterated anger that grindcore is known for. Scott Hull's guitars are gnarly limbs slamming down on the listener, all the while J.R. Haye's vocals spit out vile poetry, appropriately mature compared to many other grindcore bands. The album also has some lovely John Dyer Baizley art for the cover, which is one of the reasons I went with this Pig Destroyer album. My theory of John Baizley art displayed on the cover usually means a great album has held up, and while I may come to enjoy Book Burner more in time, this is one hell of an album, a very different experience from the fucked up love affair his other band, Agoraphobic Nosebleed is.
Favorite Tracks: Rotten Yellow, Jupiter's Eye, Cemetery Road, Phantom Limb, Loathsome, Fourth Degree Burns, Waist Deep In Ash, The Machete Twins