Mass & Volume

'Mass & Volume' was written and recorded during the final day of the 'Phantom Limb' sessions with unexpected extra studio time and resources. In the following years, with 'Natasha' being released on its own and Brian no longer being in the band, Pig Destroyer's intentions of releasing 'Mass & Volume' basically evaporated. However, looking back now, 'Mass & Volume' serves as a great epilogue to that particular era of the band.

In 2006, when Pig Destroyer recorded two songs that didn’t make it onto their astounding 2007 album Phantom Limb, they had no way of knowing the tracks would one day become a memorial to a dead friend. As a gesture of kindness to a departed comrade, Mass & Volume is beautiful. As a doom-ridden detour from the group’s typical blitzkrieg, it’s downright ugly.

Perhaps one of the unlikeliest breakouts in metal is PIG DESTROYER. Their superb grindcore blaster "Book Burner" was one of 2012's best slabs and for the band's fans, the long-shelved "Mass & Volume" EP finally sees the light of day. Its main attraction is to expose a different dimension to the...

A review of Mass & Volume by Pig Destroyer, available October 13th in Europe and October 14th in North America via Relapse Records.