Washington, D.C.'s Pig Destroyer combines hardcore with the heaviest of heavy metal, creating one of the most powerful and explosive metallic hybrids to be heard in quite some time. Rising from the ashes of an earlier band, Treblinka, Pig Destroyer was formed at the end of 1997, playing their very first show at American University in Washington, D.C. Further shows in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York City successfully spread the Pig Destroyer gospel to East Coast metalheads, soon followed by a demo and a split 7" single. 1999 saw the release of the group's debut full-length, Explosions in Ward 6, followed up by 38 Counts of Battery and Prowler in the Yard (the latter two issued on the respected hardcore label Relapse). ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide