''Pigmartyr'' (2004) is an

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Raymond Watts Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>. Watts was an early member and p ...

, a.k.a. PIG. This was the first album he signed as "Watts" instead of "PIG". The First copies (approx. 500) were signed and numbered by Raymond Watts. The album was remastered and rereleased through

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under the title Pigmata in 2005, as a PIG album, with three additional tracks mixed by

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Album information

Raymond Watts' first release since 1999's ''

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'', ''Pigmartyr'' is a bit of a departure from typical Pig material. Gone are most of the bombastic string sections and orchestral influence, ''Pigmartyr'' takes a turn toward the hard rock side, and has a much more raw and stripped down feel. The album was largely recorded in London, UK with a number of collaborators, including a duet ("Take") with glamorous UK rockchick Harry (aka

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) and a couple of co-writes ("Situation" and "Here To Stay") with

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. ''Pigmartyr'' was originally planned as a PIG band album under the title ''Lust for Lard''. After a series of drawn-out recording sessions and release date changes, it was eventually released by

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as a "Watts" album in summer 2004.

Track listing

Original UK release

# "Suck Spit Shit" 5:28 # "Here To Stay" 3:33 # "Reject" 3:53 # "Situation" 3:39 # "Kundalini" 5:44 # "Vitriol Vice and Virtue" 5:16 # "Take" 5:04 # "Arbor Vitate" 4:33 # "Stage Slut" 4:20 # "Junky" 6:03

Remastered US release

# "Suck Spit Shit" – 5:29 # "Here To Stay" – 3:31 # "Reject" – 3:51 # "Situation" – 3:38 # "Kundalini" – 5:46 # "Vitriol Vice & Virtue" – 5:15 # "Take" – 5:01 # "Arbor Vitate" – 4:33 # "Stage Slut" – 4:20 # "Junky" – 6:04 # "God Rod" – 5:27 # "On the Slaughterfront" – 6:46 # "Filth Healer" – 5:21

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, programming * Martin Eden – bass, programming, backing vocals * Steve White – guitars, programming * Jules Hodgeson – guitars *

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– drums *

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– backing vocals *

- re-mastering with *

– additional programming on "Situation" and "Here To Stay" *

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– vocals on "Take" * Bryan Black – backing vocals on "Junky" * Oliver Grasset – additional programming on "Junky" * Jules Cooper – additional guitars

Album information

Under

, Pigmartyr was not mastered and many people could not get the album. It was soon remastered and re-released under

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under the

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moniker and a new title, Pigmata. Raymond recorded three bonus songs for the album as well as having

mix them. The album went on to become a rather large success at Metropolis Records, keeping the #1 spot on Metropolis' best seller list for several weeks.

References

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