''Painter of Dead Girls'' is a compilation album by the

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band

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. It features songs from their Gnob and Benümb splits as well as a cover of the

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song " In the Meantime". J. R. Hayes once said that he did not remember the lyrics to the first seven tracks, and that he could not decipher them. Said lyrics have now been found and are available online. The cover art was done by Chris Taylor of Pg. 99. The iTunes version of ''Painter'' excludes the three cover songs.

Track listing

All lyrics written by J. R. Hayes. All music written by Scott Hull, except where noted. #"Hymn" – 1:37 #"Taskmaster" – 0:45 #"Black Centipede" – 0:30 #"Immune to Life" – 0:28 #"Fuck You Up and Get High" ( Dwarves cover) – 0:33 #"Contagion" – 0:16 #"Blank Dice" – 0:27 #"Blonde Prostitute" – 0:55 #"Patterns of Failure" – 1:25 #"Rejection Fetish" – 1:38 #"Dark Satellites" – 0:51 #"Purity Undone" – 0:34 #"Forgotten Child" – 1:31 #"White Sand" – 0:27 #"Painter of Dead Girls" – 0:49 #"Down in the Streets" (

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cover) – 3:45 #"In the Meantime" (

cover) – 3:01

Personnel

J. R. Hayes Pig Destroyer is an American grindcore band formed in 1997 in Alexandria, Virginia. The band was formed by vocalist J. R. Hayes, guitarist Scott Hull (musician), Scott Hull and drummer John Evans. Pig Destroyer is one of the most well-know ...

–

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Scott Hull –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Brian Harvey –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Chris Taylor – artwork

References

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