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The depravity doesn’t let up from there, Hayes’ lyrics have an almost surreal, psychedelic quality that first comes off as a bit bizarre, but there a few references to drugs and antidepressants, so this could very well be our protagonist having drug induced hallucinations or at least that’s what I gathered from ‘Cheerleader Corpses’ and ‘Mapplethorpe Grey’. I have a tendency to skip intro tracks, but ‘Jennifer’ is absolutely integral to setting the tone for ‘Prowler’, and I can’t imagine listening to this album without starting off with this track, it’s that effective in creating the atmosphere. One onlooker cries “This is disgusting, it’s pornography”, but a middle aged man who is masturbating as he watches counters with the now famous line “No. We the listeners are given a cold emotionless, but descriptive account of a hypersexual act performed by Jennifer and her friend to a crowd of unsuspecting onlookers courtesy of Microsoft Sam. This intro track is actually one of the more well-known songs on the album, and it’s not difficult to see why. The first of course being in the infamous intro track entitled “Jennifer”. Quite a lot of death metal/grindcore lyrics leave me quite indifferent, but there were actually points in the lyrics where I thought to myself “This is ridiculous”, or “This is messed up” as I read along with the music. These are some of the most well written and genuinely unsettling lyrics that I think I’ve come across in quite some time. This in itself is nothing completely original, but what makes this story engaging is how it is portrayed in the lyrics by vocalist J.R Hayes. The album focuses on the deranged thoughts of the heartbroken and disturbed ‘Prowler’, who is stalking his ex-girlfriend ‘Jennifer’, and displays his increasingly depraved fantasies of getting back with her…so in other words this is the breakup album from Hell. At the time I had a strong taste for well-produced melodic death metal, and this album sounded too muddy and chaotic to my In Flames loving ears and I didn’t really read lyrics back then, but now as a somewhat jaded and cynical 21 year old I’ve developed quite the taste for the more “ugly” sounding subgenres metal has to offer and lyrics are quite a big deal for me now, so I thought I’d take ‘Prowler in the Yard’ out for another spin, and boy what a spin it was.īefore discussing the music, I think it is important to take a look at Prowler’s concept as this is a big part of what makes this album unique. I’m very familiar with this album’s reputation and why it is revered by many, in fact I attempted a listen to it over half a decade ago when I was in high school.
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Not only is it unique in that fact, but it is also one of the few grindcore concept albums out there. It is an album that is credited with bringing grind into the 2000’s, with a more updated, abrasive, and technical sound. ‘Prowler in the Yard’ is seen by many as one of the great milestones in not only grindcore, but in extreme music as a whole.