38 Counts of Battery is a compilation album by the grindcore band Pig Destroyer, which was released on November 28, 2000 through Relapse Records as part of their Underground series of albums and reissues. The recording collects nearly every release the band issued up to this point in time, including their debut Explosions in Ward 6 album, their splits with Orchid and Isis, and their 1997 demo tape.

38 Counts of Battery
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 28, 2000[1]
Recorded1997–1998
GenreGrindcore
Length39:59
LabelRelapse
Pig Destroyer chronology
Isis / Pig Destroyer split
(2000)
38 Counts of Battery
(2000)
Prowler in the Yard
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
Exclaim!favorable[3]

Track list

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All tracks are written by J. R. Hayes, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Deflower"0:28
2."Tentacle"0:52
3."Yellow Line Transfer"1:03
4."Under the Fingernails"0:43
5."Elfin"0:32
6."Unwitting Valentine"0:29
7."Oven" (Melvins Cover)1:20
8."Three Second Apocalypse"0:40
9."Treblinka"0:50
10."Fingers in the Throat"0:37
11."My Fellow Vermin"0:41
12."Endgame"0:41
13."One Funeral Too Many"0:52
14."Higher Forms of Pornography"0:55
15."Honeymoon"0:37
16."Alcatraz Metaphors"0:27
17."Flesh Upon Gear"1:05
18."Pixie"6:06
19."Genital Grinder/Regurgitation of Giblets" (Carcass Cover)2:38
20."Exhume to Consume" (Carcass Cover)3:35
21."Burning of Sodom" (Dark Angel Cover)2:39
22."Delusional Supremacy"0:24
23."Alcatraz Metaphors"0:30
24."Treblinka"0:23
25."Seven and Thirteen"0:21
26."Scouring the Wreckage"0:45
27."Torquemada"0:34
28."Frailty in Numbers"0:47
29."Suicide Through Decay" (Demo Version)1:01
30."Dark Satellites" (Demo Version)0:35
31."Seven and Thirteen" (Demo Version)0:22
32."Flag Burner" (Demo Version)2:28
33."Delusional Supremacy" (Demo Version)0:26
34."Martyr to the Plague" (Demo Version)0:27
35."Ruination" (Demo Version)0:25
36."Synthetic Utopia" (Demo Version)0:40
37."Monolith" (Demo Version)0:34
38."Frailty in Numbers" (Demo Version)1:11

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ "38 Counts of Battery".
  2. ^ Bromely, Adrian (2001-03-13). "Pig Destroyer - 38 Counts of Battery". chroniclesofchaos.com. Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2019-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Pratt, Greg (2001-02-01). "Pig Destroyer - 38 Counts of Battery Review". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2019-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)