US grindcore band Pig Destroyer recently turned up on television, with their music being used as a torture device in an episode of MacGyver.
It’s no secret as to how television executives view music by metal bands. In fact, its long been a trope for many writers that if they want to make it clear that someone is something of a tough customer, just show them listening to heavy metal!
As the years have gone on, heavy metal has usually found itself showing up in TV shows as something of a punchline – a crying shame when you consider that many of the genre’s musicians are just as musically talented as any other.
However, US grindcore band Pig Destroyer recently got their five minutes of fame, with their song ‘The Bug’ showing up on MacGyver.
As Revolver notes, Pig Destroyer took to Facebook to share a clip of the scene recently, which shows two characters in what is ostensibly a prison cell. Before long, a voice sounds over the PA system, and the band’s music fills the cell.
Serving as something of a torture device, this brief snippet of the band’s music is clearly a horrifying experience, with both characters forced to put their hands over the ears to escape the confronting sounds.
Check out the footage below.
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Check out Pig Destroyer on MacGyver:
As comical as the scene appears to be, it might have actually taken influence from the real-life examples of musical torture that the CIA used in their “enhanced interrogation program.”
As Mic noted back in 2014, songs by the likes of Marilyn Manson, Deicide, Eminem, Queen, David Gray, and even the theme tune to Barney And Friends had been used to torture prisoners over the years.
“If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken,” explained U.S. Psychological Operations team member Sgt. Mark Hadsell. “That’s when we come in and talk to them.”
Check out Pig Destroyer’s ‘The Bug’:
