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Pig Destroyer gets right to the point, so I will too. This is an outstanding album and will be on a lot of year end best of lists.

Phantom Limb combines bludgeoning grindcore with death metal and a surprising amount of melody. So many grindcore bands play ultrafast and are really brutal, but the songs run together and everything sounds the same. Not so with Pig Destroyer. They can play as fast and aggressive as anybody else, but they temper that with interesting riffs, groovy breaks and changes in tempo.

The album has really short, traditional grindcore style songs that clock in at a minute or so, but also have longer and more intricate songs that are three or four minutes in length. It's the best of all worlds. Phantom Limb is violent and brutal, but also creative, clever and very memorable.