Milwaukee’s war metal merchants Pig’s Blood have unleashed their devastating new album, Destroying the Spirit, and it sounds like the absolute end of everything—exactly as it should.

Formed from the ashes of local heavyweights Protestant, Abaddon, and Prezir, Pig’s Blood has spent years perfecting a sound that sits at the intersection of death metal, black metal, and pure sonic annihilation. With this latest full-length, the band delivers 10 tracks of unrelenting extremity that should satisfy even the most jaded metalheads seeking something genuinely punishing.

The audio profile on Destroying the Spirit tells you everything you need to know: nearly maxed-out energy, blazing tempos pushing toward 174 BPM, and virtually zero acoustic elements. This is an album engineered for violence, stripped of all pretense and melody in favor of sheer force. The title track alone clocks in at over three minutes of relentless battery—a statement of intent for the entire record.

What makes Pig’s Blood essential listening isn’t just the brutality. It’s that this level of extremity is coming directly from Milwaukee. The Cream City continues to produce some of the heaviest bands in the country, and Pig’s Blood sits comfortably at the vanguard.

Stream Destroying the Spirit now: https://open.spotify.com/album/6RwfoqD1ReShOAjGZDAqs0

Catch them at Cactus Club when they inevitably bring this carnage to the stage. Your eardrums have been warned.