ROCKET RECORDINGS
Pigs x7’s Black Sabbath-esque stoner rock was essentially a bit of fun that got out of hand. The rising success of the band came as a surprise, perhaps most of all to the band themselves. However, while that carefree sense of fun remains ever-present in their approach, on Viscerals the band feel like a much more serious operation. The monster riffs are still present, touching upon sludge metal via doomy drones and fiery explosions of noise guitar, but there’s a real sense of evolution present as well. It’s an album that feels rooted in golden-era American guitar music (the influence of Melvins, The Jesus Lizard, Butthole Surfers and Sonic Youth is audible) and like those bands, there’s a sense of the unknown that comes along with the cacophonous noise.