PIG DESTROYER have revealed the title of their new album to be Book Burner. The band recently completed self-recording their fifth-full length and first album in over five years at guitarist Scott Hull’s Visceral Sound Studios. Book Burner will see an October 23rd release via Relapse Records and features 19 tracks with a return to the band’s raw, misanthropic sound.

The new album artwork can be seen below:

An in-studio clip documenting the recording process can be seen below:

Pig Destroyer recently announced a series of summer and fall festival appearances in support of their fifth full-length record. The band will be heading to Europe on August 10th to play the Czech Republic’s Brutal Assault Festival and Belgium’s Ieper Fest, followed by a string of Japanese and Canadian dates. Then in November, they are set to headline the UK’s Damnation Festival along with a round of headlining dates.

These shows mark the first live performances with new drummer Adam Jarvis (MISERY INDEX, CRIMINAL ELEMENT) behind the kit.

Dates include:

August

10 - Josefov, Czech Republic -Brutal Assault Fest
11 - Ieper, Belgium - Ieper Fest
22 - Tokyo, Japan - Earthdom
23 - Tokyo, Japan - Extreme The Dojo 30
24 - Osaka, Japan - Extreme The Dojo 30
25 - Nagoya, Japan - Extreme The Dojo 30

September

28 - Calgary, AB - Noctis Fest

November

1 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt (with Blacklisters, Self Loathing)
2 - London, UK - The Garage (with Blacklisters)
3 - Leeds, UK - Damnnation Festival

Pig Destroyer are confirmed for Maryland Deathfest 2013, taking place in Baltimore, MD from May 23rd to 26th.

Thus far, a total of 24 bands are slated to play MDF, they are:

!T.O.O.H.!

AHUMADO GRANUJO

ANTAEUS

AOSOTH

BROKEN HOPE

CARCASS

CONVULSE

GRIDE

INGROWING

INTEGRITY

KOMMANDANT

LOSS

MANILLA ROAD

MIDNIGHT

MORGION

PAGAN ALTAR

PELICAN

PENTAGRAM

PIG DESTROYER

REPULSION

RIGHTEOUS PIGS

VENOM

VINTERLAND

WEEDEATER

The fest will be held at a new venue next year as the previous location, Sonar (home of MDF since 2006), is closing; further details are forthcoming.