Destroyer [Limited Edition] [Import]

1. Detroit Rock City

2. King of the Night Time World

3. God of Thunder

4. Great Expectations

5. Flaming Youth

6. Sweet Pain

7. Shout It Out Loud

8. Beth

9. Do You Love Me

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Average customer rating: 4.49 stars - Easily the Funnest album this year, but with a soul. Ever-evolving Of Montreal continue to surprise Original, stylish and hand-crafted What it would sound like if The Beatles, Yes, and Pink Floyd had mated Best Psychedelic/Funk/Post-Punk Album of the Naughts

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Of Montreal Manufacturer: Polyvinyl Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Neo-Psychedelia | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Good, the Bad & the Queen New Magnetic Wonder Sound of Silver We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank The Sunlandic Twins ASIN: B000KWZ94U Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

1. Suffer For Fashion
2. Sink The Seine
3. Cato As A Pun
4. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
5. Gronlandic Edit
6. Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger, A
7. Past Is A Grotesque Animal, The
8. Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider
9. Faberge Falls For Shuggie
10. Labyrinthian Pomp
11. She's A Rejecter
12. We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling

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At first they were very twee. Then they were disco-punk, sort of. And now they are one. Kevin Barnes, this enigmatic band's prolific singer-songwriter, wrote and recorded much of this album alone, though he did enlist the help of a few friends (Alabee Blonde, the Late B.P. Helium and Heather McIntosh). Programmed handclaps, looped semi-funky bass and synth washes are the main ingredient on the Athens-based dude's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?. Thankfully, he's still intent on mixing and matching disparate genres at whim, throwing Beach Boys' harmonies atop songs that sound more than a little like a Bowie-Eno collaboration. Lyrically, these might be the most personal songs Barnes has written. Sonically it's solid, but not as fully realized as the band's prior albums. As with any "growing pains" record, Destroyer might not make many new fans, but old ones will be pleased. The real breakthrough number, the song that hopefully hints at the band's next direction, is the twelve minute "Past Is a Grotesque Animal," a lovely and percolating New Wave motorik number that recalls the neon splendor of La Dusseldorf while referencing Georges Bataille. It's really good, and makes the listener fondly yearn for one's college days. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

During the last three years of Montreal have been on a tear: releasing 2004's Satanic Panic in the Attic and 2005's The Sunlandic Twins and spreading their dance party-inducing live shows to the masses. Now, of Montreal have created their masterpiece with Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? It's an irresistible and remarkable album, sounding like a logical extension of the erratic indie-disco sounds of The Sunlandic Twins. However, Hissing Fauna is also the most personal of Montreal album to date, with Kevin Barnes, lead of Montreal songwriter, pouring tremendous amounts of emotion, heartbreak, frustration and elation into its twelve tracks. Written and recorded primarily during what he calls "an insane year," Hissing Fauna sees Barnes adopt a new writing style. It's an unabashedly autobiographical attempt from a songwriter whose early material tended towards characters and story-songs. Barnes continues down the whimsical pop funk path, while changing up its lyrical scope; and Hissing Fauna balances its poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty.

Customer Reviews:

4.49 stars - Easily the Funnest album this year, but with a soul........2007-07-27

At first, I really, really didn't want to like this album after hearing pieces of the songs and thinking it was going to be silly and annoying. I have gone back and forth with Of Montreal, with mixed emotions on some of their albums. I love many of the elephant 6 artists/and other related labels so much, and paid so much attention to bands such as Circulatory System, Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel that I really kept Of Montreal on the shelf.

So I bought this album and braced myself for songs that sounded like psychedelic teeny-bop rollerskating music, telling myself to just have fun. Surprisingly, after listening to the album and finding the songs very catchy and fun and filled with sound, I kept wanting to listen to it and didn't feel that the songs were getting old after each listen. Usually with such a poppy feel, the songs are only a novelty and wear off after two listens, but I realized that the songs had much more depth than I originally anticipated. Every time I listen to the album I noticed things I didn't catch before and also find the lyrics very enjoyable and find heart in each song, making each song amusing and serious in nature at the same time. It's also fun that most of the song titles are impossible to remember, which sucks, because when I talk to my friends I can't remember which songs I like and have to point out my favorite track numbers.

I desperately wanted to give this album 5 stars, and it probably deserves it, but I am not that fond of the end of the album. After the 8th track, the next track really doesn't impress me and sounds like he's imitating prince having sex with himself or something like that. I wanted to like these final 4 tracks, but just didn't think the music was that good and felt like he was just taking a piss on the album. I also can't find a defense for the length of the 7th track, "the past is a grotesque animal," which I think is great for the first half or so, but after a while, it feels like he is just stretching and the material starts to get old. That said, it might be the best album of 2007 as of now.

Ever-evolving Of Montreal continue to surprise.......2007-07-02

Of Montreal (who are really from Georgia, not Montreal) celebrates its 10 year anniversary in 2007 and singer-song writer Kevin Barnes continues to take the band into new adventures and new directions.

"Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyers?" (12 tracks, 52 min.) is at first listen far less accessible than earlier albums, certainly compared to 2005's "The Sunlandic Twins" album. The album starts of tentatively with "Suffer For Fashion", but finds its groove with "Sink the Seine". "Gronlandic Edit" is an irresitable dance-along. The best of the album, however, is to be found on the second half, starting with the 12 min. blow-out "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal", which is the key track for sure. Other highlights are "Faberge Falls For Shuggie", a strange be delightful tune, "She's a Rejector" and the closer "We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling" (nevermind the song title!).

This album is less immediate than earlier albums, but with each listen it grows more and more, and is ultimately more satisfying. I saw Of Montreal at this year's Coachella festival, where they put on a blistering set (in the blistering afternoon heat), playing primarily songs from "Hissing". Just outstanding.

Original, stylish and hand-crafted.......2007-05-12

I've lost count of the wonderful musical influences on this CD and just started to enjoy the trip. I got to know the tunes by listening in the car, but I was missing the incredibly detailed soundscape that the careful mix has produced. What I had thought was a bad drum machine was samples of other sounds manipulated and used as percussion. Every track has sonic pearls combined with catchy hooks, inventive bridges and free-form, wonderfully original material.

The Sunlandic Twins was great, and in my book this sequel has totally delivered on its promise.

Stand-Outs:
Sink the Seine/Cato as a Pun
Gronlandic Edit
Fabergé Falls for Shuggie

'The Past is a Grotesque Animal' is more of an experience than a song!

What it would sound like if The Beatles, Yes, and Pink Floyd had mated.......2007-04-17

Much can be said for a band that joins such genre-bending sounds as Of Montreal does on Hissing Fauna. The shimmery sounds of disco, the experimental psychadelic nature of early Pink Floyd, the progressive pop-rock sound of Yes, mixed with a whole lot of Beatle-esque melody.

What is produced from that mix is an album that sounds as if it is both living in a vintage era, yet years ahead of its time. The individual songs are complex, yet not pompous, and beautiful in their patience. As an album, Hissing Fauna stands up as the best Indie Rock album of the year so far.

Best Psychedelic/Funk/Post-Punk Album of the Naughts.......2007-04-07

This album is the best of 2007 (it will be hard to beat this with later releases throughout the year!)--a truly creative, Surrealistic journey of psychological psychedelic whimsical sexual fantastical magically realistic proportions. Consider it to be a cross between Pink Floyd's 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' and Prince's 'Controversy'--what could be more sublime than that?

Average customer rating: Best release yet Perfection Through Speed and Creativity Really, really good. PxDx does it again A Frenetic, Devastating Wall of Fury

Phantom Limb Pig Destroyer Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Xenosapien Given to the Rising The Apostasy Our Puzzling Encounters Considered Ills of Modern Man ASIN: B000PGTNF2 Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Rotten Yellow
2. Jupiter's Eye
3. Deathtripper
4. Thought Crime Spree
5. Cemetery Road
6. Lesser Animal
7. Phantom Limb
8. Loathsome
9. Heathen Temple
10. 4th Degree Burns
11. Alexandria
12. Girl in a Slayer Jacket
13. Waist Deep in Ash
14. Machete Twins

Customer Reviews:

Best release yet.......2007-07-30

"Phantom Limb" is a refreshing breath of rotten air, after getting "Terrifyer", I didn't think grindcore could get much better - but it has! The songs come off as more mature and still retain their sheer metallic fury, as they tend go on longer than any of their previous stuff. More or less like a continuation of "Terrifyer", just upping the greatness.

Lots of grind kinda rolls right off me, like water on a tarp, but "Phantom Limb" pulls you right in by the ears and rips your spinal cord and brain right out every time I listen to their records. Great lyrics from JR Hayes, (one of the songs is even about my hometown, Alexandria).

The best grind record of the year.

Perfection Through Speed and Creativity.......2007-07-22

Pig Destroyer has always been one of my favorite bands in the grindcore genre. "Phantom Limb" is another reason that they are still making strong, original, and terrifying grindcore. Brian Harvey's drumming is extremely chaotic and fits the music perfectly. Scott Hull is still making devastating and wicked riffs that have no sign of letting up. J.R. Hayes' vocals are great and are very similar to Steve Austin from Today Is The Day. Basically, Pig Destroyer still retains the elements they had that made Terrifyer, but they use it in a way that doesn't simply sound like a clone of that album. This band has talent and loads of creativity in their songs. The band will sometimes play sludgy riffs that are on speed. Also, the band has recruited Blake Harrison from Hatebeak as the noise machine, thus again adding on to the excellence portrayed in "Phantom Limb". Once again, there is no bass, but does such an original band like this need one? Nope.

Pig Destroyer are still strong ever since their inception in 1997, and "Phantom Limb" is proof that they have not given in to musical fads one bit.

Really, really good........2007-07-19

And I'm not even a big fan of grindcore, or a lot of related thrash/black metal type music, for that matter.

Phantom Limb, like a lot of great music, takes more than a few listens to make sense. At first, you will likely hear only the speed. And there is a lot of it; this album is fast. Really fast. I know there is probably quicker things out there, but to the ears of someone (like myself), it's blistering speed.

But, by the third or fourth listen, you start to notice the riffs. They really stand out. And the album, initially seeming so asymmetrical in structure, slowly begins to come together.

I knew I liked it immediately after the first listen. I was exhausted, sure, but I couldn't wait to see what I'd discovered by the fourth.

It's certainly worth the effort. There's a lot going on in these tracks.

PxDx does it again.......2007-06-28

This is an amazing album! I was kinda iffy about it cause I like every singe PxDx album there has been normally a band will release a record which isn't too good, but for PxDx case that wasn't it. This CD is brutal and beautiful I love it. JR's lyrics are one of the reason why PxDx is my fav band of all time. If you are a fan of Pig Destroyer then get this album as soon as you can. And real quick cause I know some people have asked this at best buy it is an edited cover but when you open it you will get the original booklet just they had to edit it to be in the store. This CD is just crazy I give it 5/5 once again this band as blown me away they keep getting better and better if your a fan of really heavy metal, grind, and in the mood for some crazy lyrics then check these guys out and buy this album!

A Frenetic, Devastating Wall of Fury.......2007-06-20

If you haven't heard Pig Destroyer before: buy this CD. Now. This is some of the most punishingly heavy music you'll ever hear. Tons of bands play fast and furious just for the sake of being fast and heavy. Pig Destroyer seem to have another agenda on their minds... playing fast, complex, brutal music is just the means for achieving the creepy discomfort their music invokes. This isn't soothing, pretty music. It's no wonder their last album was titled "Terrifyer". Another thing that sets this band apart is the masterful songwriting, memorable riffs, and more riffs stacked on top of riffs. The amount of killer melodies and riffs on one Pig Destroyer cd would keep most sub-par bands in business for a decade. Very few bands can write music that is this aggressive yet is memorable and structured. Most bands end up just playing a bunch of unintelligible noise, Pig Destroyer is something entirely different and you need to hear this NOW.

Average customer rating: Kiss Meets The Wizard of Ez Started the Kiss Craze for Me KISS in their Prime! ...and with this album , KISS struck gold! They came from Outta Space

Destroyer Kiss Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Love Gun Rock and Roll Over Kiss Dressed to Kill Hotter Than Hell ASIN: B000001EL3 Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

1. Detroit Rock City
2. King Of The Night Time World
3. God Of Thunder
4. Great Expectations
5. Flaming Youth
6. Sweet Pain
7. Shout It Out Loud
8. Beth
9. Do You Love Me?
10. Bonus Track 1

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With their 1976 album Destroyer, the band's fifth release in two years, Kiss began to expand their fan base by shedding a bit of their edge, taking on a more melodic sound and a less menacing image. The Peter Criss ballad "Beth," written for his wife, is the most sentimental love ballad the group ever recorded, and songs like "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout It Out Loud" had the kind of arena-rock punch that kept subscriptions to the Kiss Army at an all-time high. Despite, or because of, the blatantly commercial direction the band seemed to be heading in, 1976 was the most creatively rewarding period in its lengthy career. In addition to releasing Destroyer, the band pumped out the equally touted album Rock and Roll Over, which included the pounding "Take Me" and the groovin' "Calling Dr. Love." The only finer year was 1978, when the band starred in the classic B-grade flick Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park. --Jon Wiederhorn

Album Description

Digitally remastered Japanese reissue of the band's top 201976 album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to theinitial pressing only. Nine tracks, including the top 10smash 'Beth', plus the classics 'Do You Love Me', 'Shout ItOut Loud' and 'Detroit Rock C

Customer Reviews:

Kiss Meets The Wizard of Ez.......2007-07-24

Though certainly no longer a Kiss fan (between the ages of 11 and 16, I indeed was one), this is the one Kiss album still in my collection. The band really grew up musically on Destroyer, producing several pure rock gems ("Detroit Rock City" and "King of the Nighttime World"), a bit of psychedelia ("God of Thunder"), a surprising hit ("Beth")and a few indisputably great teen anthems ("Shout It Out Loud" and "Flaming Youth"). The rest of the songs are listenable, though "Great Expectations" plummets into sentimentality--a rarity for Kiss. The production job by Bob Ezrin is typically heavy-handed but, let's face it, the group's first three plodding studio albums warranted serious studio magic, and Ezrin certainly doesn't disappoint with all manner of tricks in his sonic arsenal. The walkie-talkie on "God of Thunder" is simply a stroke of genius. Plus, a sensational cover. Kiss obviously learned a great deal from the Ez, as their next two albums (Rock and Roll Over and Love Gun) were quite good, though perhaps without the insistent sheen of Destroyer.

Started the Kiss Craze for Me.......2007-06-05

As a 10-year-old boy in 1978, I discovered a cassette tape with a very interesting cover. It was Destroyer, by Kiss. I gave it a listen, listened again, and then could not/would not stop listening. This for me was the beginning of truly enjoying Rock music. From drawing pictures, to carrying the lunch box, I was one of the Kiss Army. I recommend this CD to anyone that loves Kiss, or is just interested in what the fuss was all about. For all the glitz, showmanship, and gimmicks... at the end of the day, it was the music that started it and the music that carried the band through. I don't think there is a bad song in the group. Sweet Pain and Do You Love Me have always been two of my favorite Kiss songs, yet there is something to enjoy in each of the others. Yes, even Great Expectations, which I have to admit, I really like.

KISS in their Prime!.......2007-05-30

Destroyer is excellent. Arguably the best Kiss record. It has it all. "Detroit Rock City" "King of the Night Time World" "God of Thunder" of course "Beth" and "Shout it Out Loud" - and my favorites "Sweet Pain" and "Flaming Youth" and "Do You Love Me". This saw Kiss hit their first snag with Ace as he was replaced by Dick Wagner on "Sweet Pain" and "Beth". But, oh well. Bob Ezrin was a genius on this. This record made Kiss bigger than life. The songs matched their personas. These songs because the soundtrack for their shows and generations of fans. It is interesting to think what would have happened if Kiss had followed up this record with another Ezrin produced album...?

...and with this album , KISS struck gold!.......2006-11-25

After the release of the legendary "Alive!", Kiss went back into the studio to make a great follow-up. That studio follow-up is "Destroyer". It's hard to say if this is Kiss's best studio album, since their works from 1974-1977 were all great. Whatever your point of view is, this is a true work of art in the KISS catalogue. It's got some of their greatest anthems and their most popular song, the ballad "Beth". If you've ever bought a Kiss compilation album, you've probably noticed several tracks from this album on there, because there will definitely be at least a few. The only problems here are that because some tracks are so great, others pail in comparison. Also, the fact that Space Ace was M.I.A. in several tracks brings it down.
"Detroit Rock City" 10/10: When I heard the edited version on "The Very Best of Kiss", my first Kiss album, I didn't know the opening newscast. However, that just builds up the suspense for what is probably the greatest KISS song ever! Strong guitar attack with some cannon drumming!
"King of the Night Time World" 10/10: Although the end is kinda repetitive, this song is a definite feel-good rocker.
"God of Thunder" 10/10: Dark 'n' dirty riff with one of Gene's greatest performances. This song became legendary, pure and simple.
"Great Expectations" 5/10: Sorry, but this is a song that goes in the wrong direction. It has a little bit of a weird feel to it, and that's about it.
"Flaming Youth" 9/10: There are some keyboards thrown in to this anthemic rocker. It's got a cool riff, too, and is one of the better songs on the album.
"Sweet Pain" 8/10: While this is a very good song, the riff keeps going and the chorus repeats itself a little, too much.
"Shout It Out Loud" 10/10: One of the definitive Kiss rockers. Great guitars, bass and drums all the way and the lyrical/vocal delivery just adds to its greatness!
"Beth" 10/10: A sweet and gentle ballad that rounds out the feel of the album perfectly. I'm glad to hear Peter Criss's vocals on this song, as it's one of the few songs he does sing.
"Do You Love Me?" 10/10: This one has a swanky strut of a feel to it, and is all-around awesome.
"Bonus Track 1, aka Rock and Roll Party" 7/10: I don't know what this is, except it's a minute-and-a-half-long track. Paul mumbles the first part but then you can hear him belt out "Let's have ourselves a rock and roll party!". Whenever I wanna just keep this album running, I let this one play.

Overall: 89/100: This one gets a solid B+ for some really great tracks. However, some aren't as good as others but "Destroyer" is still an excellent studio album from Kiss. All fans should definitely own this, and all new-comers to Kiss should pick this one up, as it is highly recommended.

They came from Outta Space.......2006-11-05

When Destroyer album was coming in 1976.Paul,Gene,Ace and Peter started the biggest and the hottest rock'n roll explosion on earth.The best studio album kiss was created with standards like detroit rock city with sounds from the local dishplocker has made several times after for example the video of poison "nothing but a good time" was made at the local bars dishplocker.The single hit shout it out loud is one of the best rocksongs ever and of course Beth.The first ballad kiss was created gave them a grammy this year.

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Duet All Night Long Reel Big Fish , and Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer Manufacturer: Reignition ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Long Sleeves | Sleeve Length Browse (feature_browse-bin) | Refinements | Apparel Similar Items: Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer One More Bullet Friend or Foe? ASIN: B000LRZ0EI Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

1. Ask - Reel Big Fish
2. Dress You Up - Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer
3. Lyin' Ass Bitch - Reel Big Fish
4. Dont You Want Me - Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer
5. It's Not Easy - Reel Big Fish
6. Say Say Say - Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer

Average customer rating: Not bad prepare to be obliterated Need you read this, it's PIG DESTROYER!

Painter of Dead Girls Pig Destroyer Manufacturer: Robotic Empire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: 38 Counts of Battery Prowler in the Yard Terrifyer Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope Phantom Limb ASIN: B0001907CQ Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

1. Hymn
2. Taskmaster
3. Black Centipede
4. Immune To Life
5. Fuck You Up And Get High (Dwarves)
6. Contagion
7. Blank Dice
8. Blonde Prostitute
9. Patterns Of Failure
10. Reflection Fetish
11. Dark Satellites
12. Purity Undone
13. Forgotton Child
14. White Sand
15. Painter Of Dead Girls
16. Down On The Street (Stooges)
17. In The Meantime (Helmet)

Customer Reviews:

Not bad.......2006-09-13

Not too bad. If you like this kind of music you may like this CD.

prepare to be obliterated.......2004-04-15

This is the 1st PxDx cd ive purchased, and i think its great. sure its only 19 minutes but it does the job and feels like more. the dwarves, stooges, and helmet covers are awesome, i'd even say their version of "meantime" is better than the original. one beef i have with this is the vocal quality. jr hayes writes some amazing lyrics and can actually sing but on a lot of tracks he's very distorted. scott hull is such an amazing guitarist, you don't even care that these guys don't have a bass player. if you already own the splits these songs are on its still worth buying for the extra tracks and the live footage on the enhanced portion, in which during one song jr actually breaks the mic but keeps screaming without it, making little difference. pretty amusing, lots of goodies here and definitely worth the money. made me a fan.

Need you read this, it's PIG DESTROYER!.......2004-04-07

Be fooled not by impotent reviews, if you like Pig Destroyer or grindcore you should like this. The album is actually titled "Painter of dead girls" (I got my copy from verydistro.com, I recommend all music purchases be from this site, they have a massive variety of heavy music to choose from-hxc, metalcore, metal, punk, grind, etc.- and are as cheap as anywhere else plus they usually send sample CD's, stickers, mags, or whatever else). First of all, anyone seriously into grind or Pig Destroyer knows quality is always before quantity and, in this case, you can count on quality. The running time might not be that long but it's still good. If you know Pig Destroyer then you know what to expect: wicked screams, brutal riffs, sick drumming, JR's insane lyrics (given there are only lyrics available for about half of the tracks), and substantial ammounts of grind. All of these are present, as well as a nice cover of Helmet's "In the mean time". The only element listeners might find reduces this album is it's sound quality. However, it's not bad. If you are a fan of the genre then you know you appreciate the music not because it's attractive. This CD is raw Pig Destroyer, not pretty and fixed up but delivered straight brutal and insane. This ones for the fans. If you cant appreciate it, you aint no f**king fan. Pig Destroyer are among the elite of todays extreme music makers.

Average customer rating: This apocalypse rocks. Epic, true heavy metal! Hell is Unleashed!!!! Hell has been destroyed!!

Hell Destroyer Cage Manufacturer: DA Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Paradise Lost The 8th Sin Systematic Chaos Overture of the Wicked Unia ASIN: B000PFU9C4 Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. Descension 2. Hell Destroyer 3. I Am The King 4. The Circle Of Light 5. Christ Hammer 6. Born In Blood 7. Abomination 8. Inauguration 9. Rise Of The Beast 10. Cremation Of Care 11. Bohemian Grove 12. Final Proclamation 13. From Death To Legend 14. Legion Of Demons 15. Betrayal 16. Fall Of The Angels 17. Fire And Metal 18. Beyond The Apocalypse 19. The Lords Of Chaos 20. Metal Devil

Product Description

This CD is Produced, Engineered, Recorded, and Mixed by Richard "The Guru" Carr and Mastered by 2 time Grammy Award Winner Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, CA. Cage's music is best described as new rock metal with influences of the likes of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Queensryche. This CD is a must for metal fans.

Customer Reviews:

This apocalypse rocks........2007-07-29

It's hard not to note the Judas Priest similarities but there is so much more here. JP never had this kind of double bass drumming and Peck's vocals are sheer power. Tight dueling guitar leads that were obviously learned from the Tipton/Downing school of shred, this album just asks for descriptives. Smokin, scorching, whiplashin', old school in all the best ways, pure metal for the freak who remembers when it was invented. Missing the days of intense power metal that had you banging your head so hard your eyes almost popped out? Here it is revisited.
The story is loosely based on the book of Revelation done in DC comic style. Goofy but well done. A great buy.

Epic, true heavy metal!.......2007-06-27

Get this, crank it up and prepare to scream along. Catchy, simple-yet-clever songs with Sean Peck's best vocal performance to date. Also, an epic storyline that puts a slight sci-fi twist on the book of Revalations. Fave songs include but are not limited to "I Am The King," "Abomination," and "Born from Blood."

Hell is Unleashed!!!!.......2007-06-15

Wow!!! This album is fow Judas Priest should sound today!!! This album, tells the story of the Apocalypse through the eyes of Sean Peck, possibly the greatest vocalist in metal today. Great album layout too. This is my pick for album of the year. Buy or Burn in Hell!!!!!!

Hell has been destroyed!!.......2007-06-04

Cage is back and put Hell on a slow simmer!, they pick up where they left off..."Darker Than Black" this easily rates right up there. The title tune being the best you won't be disappointed with the other tracks. If you thought you had to leave the US for some good metal...know now you can stay in the good 'ole US of A, with this San Diego band. They can give all those want-to-be-metal bands a lesson in REAL METAL. Sean Peck has got to be the best power vocalist of the 21 century, he has the range and power that has not been heard since Rob Halford back in the "Sad Wings of Destiny" days.The twin guitar attack of Anthony McGinnis & Dave Garcia is far better than Tipton-Downning of today.If you are a true Metal Head you should add this CD to your collection today along with "Unveiled, Astrology and of course "Darker Than Black".

Average customer rating: Cheers to the last CD Groundbreaking Album Unique not awful Great if you're in the mood.

Destroyer's Rubies Destroyer Manufacturer: Merge Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Boys and Girls in America The Crane Wife Shut Up I Am Dreaming Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) ASIN: B000E1158G Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. Rubies
2. In Your Blood
3. European Oils
4. Painter In Your Pocket
5. Looters' Follies
6. 3000 Flowers
7. Dangerous Woman Up To A Point, A
8. Priest's Knees
9. Water Colours Into The Ocean
10. Sick Priest Learns To Last Forever

Amazon.com

Updating AM radio's finer country-rock moments, Destroyer's Rubies showcases a new trend for Destroyer fans--the full-band, ensemble approach. The album succeeds when could-seem contrived Nashville-inspired themes and sounds (baritone saxophones, electric pianos, quoting Jim Reeves) mingle with full melodies and New Pornographer contributor Dan Bejar's self-styled lyrical phrasing. Happily, this results in a music that's totally appealing. Standouts are "European Oils," featuring some of the most gorgeously layered guitar runs and one of the best solos Bejar's recorded yet; "Painter in Your Pocket," a lovely, thoughtful, pure-pop exploration; and opener "Rubies," a song that's all at once soaring and antiphonal as well as introverted in its demo-recorded coda. The album reveals a spectrum of moods without chaos: There's ballsy rocker "3000 Flowers," breezy The Sea and Cake-at-their-finest "Watercolours into the Ocean," and grandiose psychedelia à la Buffalo Springfield on "Sick Priest Learns to Live Forever." In drawing on the theatrical, macro-orchestrations reminiscent of Scott Walker and expanding on the slapdash, quirky, musical humor of the Red Krayola's Mayo Thompson, this album reaches another peak for Bejar and is one of Destroyer's best works yet. --Gabi Knight

More of Dan Bejar and Destroyer

Your Blues	This Night	Streethawk: A Seduction
Mass Romantic	Electric Version	Twin Cinema

Album Description

Vancouver's Dan Bejar returns with his sixth full-length under the moniker Destroyer. As expected, it's a thoroughly unexpected collection of clever pop music that takes no prisoners. "Destroyer's Rubies" weaves a narrative of loves won and lost, missed opportunities, and artistic integrity familiar to Destroyer fans. Bejar's Dylanesque flair for biting wit and his nods to the glamorous and bombastic folk approach of early T-Rex and Bowie distance Destroyer from the more straightforward pop of his other band, The New Pornographers, without sacrificing any of the tunefulness of that band's approach.

Customer Reviews:

Cheers to the last CD.......2007-06-12

Great music, no doubt about that one and not much one can add to the rave reviews. Cheers to that!

This CD however comes with copy-protection that makes you unable to listen to it on your computer or ipod. that is just about the most stupid thing a publisher can do - so cheers to the last cd I'll ever buy from MERGE RECORDS. As far as I'm concerned, not labelling the cover as a scrambled / copy protected cd is simply [....].

Groundbreaking Album.......2007-01-13

This is simply a groundbreaking thoroughly distinct album. The taste is acquired but you simply can't deny its genius

Unique.......2007-01-10

A very unique sound that is unlike any other band. It is nice to hear something so original and not just a copy of someone elses style. If you listen to the whole album at once some of the songs to sound the same however. But there are many standout songs that I listen to again and again.

not awful.......2006-12-30

Even for the most enthusiastic fans of New Pornographers, 'destroyer's rubies' has none of that groups passion or skill. This is Robyn Hitchcock meets Go-betweens, with the self-conscious zaniness of Bowie at his worst and a couple of Pink Floyd progressions thrown in. The lyrics are pretty common college stuff. No big deal really, but it's not awful.

Great if you're in the mood........2006-11-04

This album is a bit more accessible than previous works by Destroyer. I find I have to be a bit more in the mood for it as the album as a whole is very much the same. If you want to buy this because you think it is like The New Pornographers, don't. It is just as good, just a different style.

Average customer rating: Nostalgic and Beautiful You haven't heard this album? Your Blues! Album of the year New sounds, yet stamped all over with Bejar's mastery Jarring and Fantastic

Your Blues Destroyer Manufacturer: Merge Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Streethawk: A Seduction Shut Up I Am Dreaming Return to the Sea Ys Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? ASIN: B0001EFV72 Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

1. Notorious Lightning
2. It's Gonna Take An Airplane
3. An Actor's Revenge
4. The Music Lovers
5. From Oakland To Warsaw
6. Your Blues
7. New Ways Of Living
8. Don't Become The Thing You Hated
9. Mad Foxes
10. The Fox And The Hound
11. What Road
12. Certain Things You Ought To Know

Amazon.com

On Your Blues, Dan Bejar, the crazily-talented Canadian singer-songwriter and sometime member of supergroup New Pornographers, returns to his earlier, multi-tracked, Paul McCartney-as-a-poststructuralist self. The result is lovely. This is pop music that revels in cagey wordplay and references to other songs and art in a manner that's almost completely unpretentious. It's postmodern and deliciously decadent, but more in an '80s way than a self-consciously Brechtian or Symbolist one. The best part is that Bejar puts so many hooks in each song, it's difficult to avoid bad puns involving bait and tackle shops. Songs such as "Don't Become the Thing You Hated" and "The Music Lovers" are MIDI folk-rock, the joyous soundtrack to cultural apocalypse. Fans of Serge Gainsbourg, Marc Bolan, Young Marble Giants, Style Council, Felt, Magnetic Fields, and the Aluminum Group, step right up! Your Blues is easily among the best pop albums of 2004. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Nostalgic and Beautiful.......2007-01-12

Destroyer's Rubies got a lot of attention in 2006, and deservedly so, but I found it somewhat inconsistent: the last few songs on that album were just missing the magic of the first part. But that same kind of magic fills every track on this earlier record.

Your Blues is filled with wonderful bits of melody, great singing, and fantastic lyrics (hey, it's Destroyer - what did you expect?), but the aspect of this music that continually impresses me is the instrumentation. The use of midi-sounding horns and keyboards creates a sad and moving kind of 80s nostalgia. Highlights include The Music Lovers and the title track. Highly recommended

You haven't heard this album? Your Blues!.......2006-02-28

I've become a huge Destroyer fan within the past 3 months. Bought Your Blues first and I put it in the stereo and thought nothing of it. I could'nt look past Bejars strange voice. Once 'Don't Become the Thing You Hated' came on I was hooked. Good message. Then onto 'Mad Foxes'. Whoa! His lyrics are genius, but I've come to realize most of them make absolutely no sense. Nice formula. Since I understand Destroyer a little more and I've heard much more, Dan Bejar has become one of my musical heroes. He's good with tNP as well. 'Ballad Of a Comeback Kid' gives me chills. His music in general gives good vibes to all who I've let listen. Your Blues is most definately one of a kind.

Album of the year.......2004-12-28

I can't remember where it was that I heard about this record, but since then, I have come to own every other Destroyer album, even the ones no longer available. While there are great songs on every album, Bejar really hits stride on Your Blues. I grew up in the 80's with bands like OMD, Pet Shop Boys, Echo & the Bunneyman, Dream Academy etc..., so this praise may rest in my ongoing quest to return to the summer days of my youth, where keyboards orchestrated every note and syllable that flowed from my radio or walkman. For Bejar, comparisons to Bowie are always going to be made, but I really don't find this as such a bad thing. Indie bombastic, tiny operas trapped inside pop songs, warm fuzzys...I really don't know how to describe the way this album makes me feel other than it does remind me of the warm Summer days of 1988 when I was experiencing my first girlfriend. It reminds me of the smell of Summer grass in the thick afternoon heat, as I rode my bicycle over to her house. It reminds me of the anticipation of the kiss I would receive before I left (I wasn't quite old enough to really want to experience anything else). The music on this album is the soundtrack to the time between your first kiss and the loss of innocence that it would soon bring. This is that time between, when you did not yet realize that your innocence was ending. "There are Certain Things You Ought to Know"; one of them is that this is beautiful music.

New sounds, yet stamped all over with Bejar's mastery.......2004-05-02

Dan Bejar never ceases to [expletive] me. The man is mad, and I love it. He is to music what Charlie Kaufman is to film, yet I love his original stamps of work and find them oddly close to my heart. The lyrics bite you on the lips after enticing you to kiss them. Bejar's voice, clear as a one-sided mirror. Destroyer at its catchiest and most eccentric best, the album is refreshingly clean in sound, yet more romantic and hollow-haunting than "This Night" and "Streethawk: A Seduction."

The more there's not to get, the more you're magnetically drawn into Bejar's black holes. Just let it flow or let it go. This music is like nothing else, beyond organic. Without being pretentious, Destroyer sends out signals, bleeps from aliens, that life out there is more nirvanic than what exists here.

So far, I've only listened to it 3 times, but I love it. This one's a keeper.

Jarring and Fantastic.......2004-03-20

OK, I'm a superfan. That said, when I first heard songs on this album, I was disappointed, I was thinking this was going to be "This Night" part II, fantastic at points, but as a whole left wanting. After I finally got the entire album and gave it a few spins, I have to say that I was wrong with my initial judgment. This album is just too much to get in a single listen, in that way it is more like "Streethawk: A Seduction". I started out with a couple of songs that were accessible. "Its Gonna Take an Airplane", with a sing song melody, synth flute, and hushed vocals found it's way inside my head almost instantly. The song "Your Blues" contains a signature coda, with the repeated plea "Lord know's I've been trying" over a background of synth, muted Coronet, and delayed piano, again it's infectious. After I had tackled the accessible ones, other more obtuse songs started to rise up and force me to take notice. "Notorious Lightning" is a standout, posing scenes of young players and their frivolities, with the music building to an anthemic shout of "and someone has to fall, before someone goes free!", possibly freed from the bonds of their immaturity. In many ways it reminds me of Streethawk's absolutely brilliant "The Bad Arts", except Bejar now realizes there is no need for an actual explosion. The instrumentation of the album is limited to synths and a nylon stringed guitar, which at times give the album a feeling that it came from 1984 not 2004, "Certain Things You Ought to Know" could have replaced The Dream Academy's version of "Please Please Please" on the Ferris Bueller's soundtrack. Once again Bejar lyrically drops props to the giants upon whose shoulders he stands, in this one we get from my untrained ears... Fleetwood Mac, The Smiths, and possibly Elvis Presley by way of the Pet Shop Boys, and Willie Nelson.

Average customer rating: THIS IS ART!!!! Outstanding Horror Grindcore friggin the best ever Frightening and brilliant musicanship.

Prowler in the Yard Pig Destroyer Manufacturer: Relapse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Terrifyer 38 Counts of Battery Painter of Dead Girls Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope Altered States of America ASIN: B00005LPTM Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

1. Jennifer
2. Cheerleader Corpses
3. Scatology Homework
4. Trojan Whore
5. Ghost Of A Bullet
6. Heart And Crossbones
7. Strangled With A Halo
8. Intimate Slavery
9. Mapplethorpe Grey
10. Evacuating Heaven
11. Tickets To The Car Crash
12. Naked Trees
13. Sheet Metal Girl
14. Preacher Crawling
15. Pornographic Memory
16. Murder Blossom
17. Body Scout
18. Snuff Film At Eleven
19. Hyperviolet
20. Starbelly
21. Junkyard God
22. Piss Angel

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS ART!!!!.......2007-03-02

Best grind album I've ever heard, the whole album flows together like one amazing song. Some of the darkest ,most f****d up music ever made, period.

Outstanding.......2007-03-01

I didn't like this album at first, but soon this album grew on me like my own body weight did. Outstanding album, can be compared to the comedic style of Dane Cook except for one important thing. This album grows on you after a couple of listens while still remaining a great album for many more years to come. Dane Cook's comedy style you will love asap but he will get old on you after like a few years. So therefore, who's better, Dane Cook or Pig Destroyer? I'd take Pig Destroyer!!! No offense to Dane Cook :P he's cool also.

Horror Grindcore.......2007-02-13

Another sick and twisted cd by some grindcore kings,these guys are great!!
if your fans of Necrophagia,The Red Cord..you will like these guys.True Girndcore sickness,if you like this one i recommend you get Terrifyer from pig destroyer,Too Fast,and Sick!!!

friggin the best ever.......2007-01-10

if you don't like this cd you're probably one of those people who say "i can't even understand what he's saying. why doesn't he just sing?" and you're an idiot for even thinking about looking at a cd by a band called pig destroyer. if you listen to anything heavy (and by heavy i don't mean korn) i think you have to like this cd. it's amazing, it's demented, and it's like nothing i've ever heard. just listening to it you get a vibe that can only be described as " oh my god i'm listening to a serial killer scream at me about all his crazy sadistic fantasies" then you read the lyrics (which are genius and J.R. should get some sort of award for them) and you're scared for the rest of your life. this cd is important and is a must have for any fan of extreme music.

Frightening and brilliant musicanship........2006-03-27

This is one of the best metal bands of the 2000's. I was not a big fan their vocal style but they suit the raw, uncomfortable themes of the songs. Dirty and violent.

Average customer rating: Mesmerizing Loved the Album Excellent condition and prompt delivery Unbe-efing-lievable amazing music

Streethawk: A Seduction Destroyer Manufacturer: Misra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shut Up I Am Dreaming The Crane Wife Yellow House The Gulag Orkestar Ys ASIN: B00005CENP Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. Streethawk I
2. The Bad Arts
3. Beggars Might Ride
4. The Sublimation Hour
5. English Music
6. Virgin With A Memory
7. The Very Modern Dance
8. The Crossover
9. Helena
10. Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sea Of Tears)
11. Strike
12. Streethawk II

Customer Reviews:

Mesmerizing.......2006-11-05

From the moment this album starts, you can't stop listening. It's outstanding. Far better than any of his other albums.

Loved the Album.......2006-03-24

I would highly recommend this album...it has a retro feel, but is so much more. Lovely.....

Excellent condition and prompt delivery.......2006-03-19

Not much to say - great condition, and very prompt delivery. The way it should be...

Unbe-efing-lievable.......2003-03-28

I bought this album at a Destroyer show and I didn't know what to expect when I got it, I had only heard 3 songs by Bejar, "Jackie", "Breakin' the Law", the best 2 songs on The New Pornographers Mass Romantic Album, and "The Sublimation Hour" which I had downloaded from the Misra Records website. While the show suffered from poor sound (Message to Dan "Oh please have Destroyer open for the New Pornographers for the spring/summer 2003 tour") the songs were amazing, especially the first song "Strike" with the band coming into a frenzy that I was simply not prepared for, and the encore of "The Bad Arts", the best song I have seen live since being introduced to "Deeper into Movies" at The Fillmore in 1997. Since the purchase of this album I have become Destroyer's #1 Super Fan in San Francisco, almost everyone I have played this album for either buys it or begs for a copy, after which it does not leave their CD player, it really is that good. There is not a weak song on this album, there are classic lines, classic hooks, explosions, its all there. Play it loud, play it soft, just play it, best album in a decade.

amazing music.......2002-11-04

destroyer is possibly one of thhe most amazing bands i have heard in my life.dont let the name fool you,this is not a crazy death metal band,only a simple band with some of the most amazing vocales and instrumental riffs i have ever heard.they need to be heard to be appreciated!!!check out Street Hawk named Desire,then email me youre opinions!!!...

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9. Extended Versions [Live]
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Rock Music

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