Pig Pen - "Rabid Beach"

Photo by Patrick Moore

Pig Pen, the Canadian hardcore band with The Bear's Matty Matheson on vocals, is back with a new single. "Rabid Beach" is fast and heavy, which you would expect from a hardcore band. But Pig Pen ratchet it up a few extra notches from the typical song of that genre. If anything, the song is louder and noisier than usual, and far louder than you'd expect from a band featuring an actor as a lead singer. At one point, it's almost as if the standard hardcore breakdown is trying to happen, but the noise and aggression overpowers it into something new. There's also an insane guitar solo that almost gets overshadowed by a drum break, with both instruments battling it out over dominance. Yeah... Pig Pen are pretty great.

You can watch the video for "Rabid Beach" below. Mental Mentality is due out June 27 on Flatspot Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Pig Pen, check out the band on Instagram.