_Book Burner_ comes after a lengthy five year silence. Alright, that is not completely true. In 2008, Pig Destroyer released a weird ass sludge album which further alienated fans already ruffled with their slide to more mainstream pastures. _Book Burner_ resets everything. Alright, that is not completely true. While pretty much always having support from large labels and publications, Pig Destroyer never seems to soften. If _Book Burner_ is a testament to anything, it is the band's ability to write tracks with aging maturity but play their instruments like immortal youth.

Like most Pig Destroyer albums, this one is gone before one realizes it. More than _Phantom Limb_, the songs on _Book Burner_are fired at the rate of a machine gun. It is hilarious to look at the track number and feel one has time traveled through a record. At a slim 30 minute running time, Pig Destroyer takes the intensity of a 60 minute sludge record and presents the concentration at twice the speed. This is where things get started. This is where bones get broken.

One of Pig Destroyer's strongest assets is their ability to lock into grooves. While I enjoy their frenetic deathgrind, which sometimes takes the shape of a hornet cloud, it is their moments when everything, despite its location, moves in one direction that make songs like "The Diplomat" work in exquisite ways. Much like earlier tracks such as "Machete Twins", Pig Destroyer works the best when they all run towards the same location. These moments of harrowing bliss contrast the sheer brutality of the rest of the album. They are the cherries on this deathgrind cupcake.

Pig Destroyer has been slowly gaining more recognition and fan support. If I were forced to, I would say they are closer to mainstream metal than most. It is still hilarious to think about short tracks of explosive terror as being mainstream. This shit rules. Give me a wall so I can kick a hole in it.