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Regular visitors to D.U., as well as grindcore fans, will recognize J.R. Hayes as our occasional columnist and the vocalist of Pig Destroyer. J.R. is also the vocalist of a brand-spanking-new band Continue reading Virginia Creep: new band from Pig Destroyer singer (video)
Infernal War from Poland has a new record coming out, which is of interest to J.R. Hayes; he has sung Infernal War’s praises before, for D.U. The band has released two Continue reading J.R. Hayes from Pig Destroyer on Infernal War
The following are excerpts of tangents that J.R. went on from the latest “Musical Darwinism” session, 2014. Death metal vs. grindcore Explaining the difference between grindcore and death metal to Continue reading In conversation with J.R. Hayes
In the latest edition of this column, we went “in the listening room” with J.R. from Pig Destroyer and played him some records. Here are excerpts from his first impressions Continue reading Musical Darwinism with J.R. Hayes
While reviewing a pile of grindcore CDs in the last installment of his “Musical Darwinism” column, J.R. Hayes took us to school on three more bands he’s totally into: Antigama Continue reading In conversation: Antigama, Evil Army, Sex Prisoner
A389 Records, which we previously talked to about one of its anniversary festivals, has another one coming up on January 17 and 18, 2014, for its 10th anniversary. When we Continue reading A389 10th Anniversary fest
In this second “grindcore edition” of the column, J.R. from Pig Destroyer brought over a stack of CDs from his collection and talked about them. Hummingbird of Death Show Us Continue reading Musical Darwinism with J.R. Hayes
Pig Destroyer played one of the outside, uncovered stages at the “former Sonar Compound,” and had a few guest vocalists come up and sing tracks from Book Burner with them, Continue reading Photos from MDF XI—May 24, 2013
In this grindcore edition of Musical Darwinism, we played J.R. Hayes some records, and he played us some records. Here are his first impressions of and comments on each, with Continue reading Musical Darwinism with J.R. Hayes
In conversation with J.R. Hayes, excerpted from the last “Musical Darwinism” session: When I was hangin’ out with [one of the guys from Relapse], I was like, “Tell me about Continue reading In conversation: Infernal War