The band settled on their name after deciding 'Cop Killer' or 'Cop Destroyer' were too heavy-handed but maintained a staunchly anti-authoritarian political stance in their early material. All of the members had been in other extreme bands, Hull playing with Anal Cunt and Agoraphobic Nosebleed and the other members briefly collaborating in hardcore band Treblinka before forming Pig Destroyer. Pig Destroyer was formed in Alexandria, Virginia in 1997 by drummer John Evans, guitarist Scott Hull, and vocalist J.R. Lineup changes and stylistic shifts would mark later material, as the band moved from their grindcore beginnings into doomier sludge and even sound collage-like experiments on later releases like 2008's Natasha and 2014's Mass & Volume. 2001 brought Prowler in the Yard, a high-water mark for focus and intensity for the band.

In 2000 the band signed to Relapse Records, which would be their home for the next decade and beyond. Pig Destroyer's output was prolific early on, with multiple lesser releases, 7's, and compilation appearances bridging more fully formed albums. punk circles, touring and releasing splits with contemporaries like Orchid, Gnob, Converge, Isis, Drop Dead, and other highly respected grind and hardcore bands. The band quickly became highly active in D.I.Y. Playing without a bassist in their earlier phases, their sound was a noisy and unhinged take on grindcore elements, with short and complex songs, dual vocals, spazzy blastbeats, and occasional hints of metallic hardcore.

East coast grindcore band Pig Destroyer formed in the late '90s and quickly joined a wave of bands who would define the sound of extreme music over the following years.

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