Blake Harrison, who played samples, noise, and other sound design in Pig Destroyer as a full-time member between 2006 and 2022, has died, Blabbermouth.net reports. The band issued a statement on social media commemorating Harrison, writing, “Everyone that knew Blake loved Blake. Light bent around him. You only had to meet him once. We in Pig Destroyer are forever grateful for the time we’ve been able to share with him.” A cause of death was not provided. Harrison was 48 years old.
Harrison was a punk rock fan from his early teens, eventually joining the bands Daybreak and Triac before working behind-the-scenes with Pig Destroyer from 2004. He entered the fold as a full-time electronics musician (and raucous addition to the stage show) as the band recorded its 2007 album, Phantom Limb. He went on to play on 2012’s Book Burner, 2018’s Head Cage, and the 2020 EP The Octagonal Stairway, as well as taking up the bass for the 2016 EP Mass & Volume.
Outside Pig Destroyer, Harrison played in outfits including Zealot R.I.P. and the H. P. Lovecraft–inspired ambient project Tentacles of God; he also collaborated with Matmos, on 2020’s The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, and, more recently, with bands including Sunrot and Blacklisters.
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