Pig Destroyer’s Blake Harrison dies, age 48
nme.comBlabbermouth). He appeared on the band’s 2002 album ‘Phantom Limb’ along with 2012’s ‘Book Burner’ and 2018’s ‘Head Cage’. No official cause of death has been revealed at the time of writing.The band took to their official Instagram page to confirm Harrison’s passing and pay tribute to the vocalist. “Blake Hollingsworth Harrison has been our spirit animal for over 20 years,” began their post. “In the early oughts, Blake’s band Daybreak and Pig Destroyer were both fledgling bands of malcontents fighting to establish our footprint in the scene.A post shared by Pig Destroyer (@pigdestroyerofficial)They continued: “Eventually, Blake joined PD in early 2004 helping with merch on the Grind Over UK tour.
Thus began a creative brotherhood and friendship that would span over two decades, across many countries, and over several albums.
Blake joined PD as our full time sound designer in the space leading up to Phantom Limb. From there we all learned together how to make a band work.
We all shared the same values and basic beliefs in what we were doing while quickly becoming a tight family.“Everyone that knew Blake loved Blake.
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