Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs on CD CD from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs is available for home delivery with Vinyl Records London, only £35 +P&P The fifth album from Newcastles riff wizards Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs is defined by calculated aggression and selflacerating lyrics. Its startling bonuses include playful synth work and the appearance of a giant from hiphop. With its title juxtaposing absurdity and seriousness, this is Death Hilarious.Whereas 2023s Land Of Sleeper was conceived as an immersive headphones experience, this time Pigs strove for something more directly hostile. We wanted it to be a slap in the face, grins producer and guitarist Sam Grant. That objective came, in part, from playing so many gigs over the last couple of years. The band felt welloiled and ripe to give listeners at home the kind of pummelling their audiences receive.Death Hilarious does bring in some big surprises, particularly the track Glib Tongued, which has guest bars by ElP from Run The Jewels. When bassist JohnMichael Hedley unwittingly wrote what his bandmates considered their equivalent of a hiphop number, Pigs set their sights high and secured a blistering contribution from one of the worlds greatest rappers. Thats not to say Pigs have pivoted to numetal. Death Hilarious is a diversely punishing record which shapeshifts through Sabbathian doom, grotesquely minimalist noise rock and cyclical postmetal fortissimos. Pigs continue to push themselves, too. Incongruous synthesiser solos appear where guitar histrionics would usually fit. Piano tracks lurk in the mix, adding nearsubliminal depth to the maelstrom. Stitches is like Motrhead trying to perform glam rock with a tipsy keyboardist. Then theres the 100mph pace of cosmicthrash opener Blockage. Distorted licks flying from the amplifiers of Grant and lead guitarist, Adam Ian Sykes, while the rhythm section sizzle behind. With all that power running through its veins, Death Hilarious is easily going to be one of the best rock albums of 2025…and that is no joke