Their still-ludicrous band name alone has always been a signpost locating Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs on the leftfield margins of the doom scene. Fifth full-length Death Hilarious continues their quest to think differently, packed with heavy riffing but refusing to cleave to any stereotype. This is a record where each song hits with its own character, running according to its own inner logic. Collider and Stitches find them at their most accessible: the former reminiscent of doom-pop pioneers Torche, the latter a catchy glam rock stomper. Opener Blockage smashes the doors down with thrashy power, while The Wyrm’s huge crescendo of an intro swerves into a kinetic hybrid of Kyuss and Lemmy-era Hawkwind. Even when these Geordie heads allow their Sabbathian impu...