History Music / Pyrrhon

Pyrrhon is an avant-garde DeathMetal band from Brooklyn. They play a highly chaotic, technical, and dissonant form of death metal, comparable to Music/{{Gorguts}} and Music/{{Ulcerate}} but with an approach more influenced by {{grindcore}} and MathRock. They are also notable for vocalist Doug Moore's highly poetic and misanthropic lyrics, which are mostly extremely cynical and incisive explorations of philosophy and social issues. The band has so far released four full=length albums and three [=EPs=], all to increasing critical acclaim.

*** ''Abscess Time'' is their first full-length to avert the trope, as the closing "Rat King Lifecycle" (8:19) is only the second longest song; "The Cost of Living" (8:42) is longer.

* MinisculeRocking: Some of Pyrrhon's songs are short enough to approach {{Grindcore}} territory. None of the songs on ''Growth Without End'' are longer than 4 minutes, with "Forget Yourself" being less than 90 seconds, and then there's "The Unraveling" suite on ''What Passes for Survival'', whose three songs put together aren't even as long as the next track, "Empty Tenement Spirit". "The Oracle of Nassau" is only 1:26 in length, and their shortest song, "Ashes to Alveoli", is only 33 seconds.

* GenreShift: Several of their songs could qualify as grindcore, and "Eternity in a Breath" is basically a detour into post-metal. "Tennessee" is pretty much a death/DoomMetal or even SludgeMetal song for the first half of its running time, possibly comparable to Music/{{Gorguts}}' "Clouded"; however, it undergoes a SongStyleShift and becomes much faster in its second half.

* LongestSongGoesLast: As of 2022, they do this on three of their four full-lengths; they're less likely to do it on [=EPs=] and demos.

*** ''An Excellent Servant but a Terrible Master'' closes with "A Terrible Master" (8:04).

* LongestSongGoesLast: All three of their albums do this.

* GenreShift: Several of their songs could qualify as grindcore, and "Eternity in a Breath" is basically a detour into post-metal. "Tennessee" is pretty much a death/DoomMetal or even SludgeMetal song for the first half of its running time, possibly comparable to Music/Gorguts' "Clouded"; however, it undergoes a SongStyleShift and becomes much faster in its second half.

** "Trash Talk Landfill" samples Music/TomLehrer from his live introduction to "We Will All Go Together When We Go" (found on ''An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer'') saying, "Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Pyrrhon is an avant-garde DeathMetal band from Brooklyn. They play a highly chaotic, technical, and dissonant form of death metal, comparable to Music/{{Gorguts}} and Music/{{Ulcerate}} but with an approach more influenced by {{grindcore}} and math rock. They are also notable for vocalist Doug Moore's highly poetic and misanthropic lyrics, which are mostly extremely cynical and incisive explorations of philosophy and social issues. The band has so far released four full length albums and three [=EPs=], all to increasing critical acclaim.

* GenreShift: Several of their songs could qualify as grindcore, and "Eternity in a Breath" is basically a detour into post-metal.

* LeadDrummer: Former drummer Alex Cohen is famous for his [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder multitude of projects past and present]], prolific session work, incredible technical ability, and, as of 2017, his online lesson videos.

* LoudnessWar: Averted. Since Colin Marston was involved in the mastering of most of their releases, the dynamic range of their songs are generally at [=DR8=] or higher.

* {{Sampling}}: Mostly of speeches and dialogue from movies. "Down at Liberty Ashes" samples ''Film/TaxiDriver'' in its intro and outro, while "Another Day in Paradise" samples Ned Beatty's famous speech from ''Film/{{Network}}'' about how finance is God.

* ShoutOut: They are named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism Pyrrhonism]], the first known philosophical school of scepticism, which taught the pursuit of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia eudaimonia]] (εὐδαιμονία, a state of excellence and inner wellbeing brought about by exercising virtue, wisdom, and rationality) by achieving [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataraxia ataraxia]] (ἀταραξία, a state of equanimity) through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch%C3%A9 epoché]] (ἐποχή, suspension of judgement). A Pyrrhon is, by extension, a follower of Pyrrhonism. In turn, Pyrrhonism is named for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho Pyrrho of Elis]] (Πύρρων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, ca. 360 BCE-ca. 270 BCE), who is credited as the first Greek sceptic philosopher and the founder of Pyrrhonism. However, as Pyrrho left no surviving writings, and even the writings of his pupil Timon of Philus only survive in fragments, the contents of Pyrrho's own philosophy are to some extent a matter of hearsay and conjecture.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: A hard 10, often reaching into 11 territory.

Pyrrhon is an avant-garde DeathMetal band from Brooklyn. They play a highly chaotic, technical, and dissonant form of death metal, comparable to Music/{{Gorguts}} and Music/{{Ulcerate}} but with an approach more influenced by {{grindcore}} and math rock. They are also notable for vocalist Doug Moore's highly poetic and misanthropic lyrics, which are mostly extremely cynical and incisive explorations of philosophy and social issues. The band has so far released three full length albums and three [=EPs=], all to increasing critical acclaim.

* StartMyOwn: Doug Moore has several, namely Weeping Sores (his avant-garde death/doom project with Steve on drums) and Glorious Depravity (his OSDM project with members of Mutilation Rites and Woe). Subverted with Imperial Triumphant, as Alex and Erik were not founders, and Imperial Triumphant also predated Pyrrhon.

* PurpleProse: Most of their lyrics, though they're much better written than most examples of this trope. They're almost like Music/DeathspellOmega or Satanism.

* MetalScream: Doug Moore employs a mixture of traditional death growls and high pitched shrieks reminiscent of black metal. He also sometimes uses cleaner, shouted vocals somewhat reminiscent of Music/{{Neurosis}}, like on "Tennessee".

* PurpleProse: Most of their lyrics, though they're much better written than most examples of this trope. They're almost like Music/DeathspellOmega without the SesquipedalianLoquaciousness or Satanism.

Pyrrhon is an avant-garde DeathMetal band from Brooklyn. They play a highly chaotic, technical, and dissonant form of death metal very comparable to other bands in the genre like Music/{{Gorguts}} and Music/{{Ulcerate}}. They are also notable for vocalist Doug Moore's highly poetic and misanthropic lyrics, which are mostly extremely cynical and incisive explorations of philosophy and social issues. The band has so far released three full length albums and three [=EPs=], all to increasing critical acclaim.

* CapitalismIsBad: A recurring theme in the lyrics, especially on ''What Passes for Survival'', is the soul sucking nature of modern consumerist society. Most clearly expressed in "The Invisible Hand Holds a Whip", about corporate corruption, and "The Happy Victim's Creed", which is basically about an office drone.

* TheFifthRanger: Caroline Harrison, their longtime cover artist; the band has repeatedly stated that she is an unofficial member due to her uncanny knack for coming up with cover art that flawlessly evokes a given album's themes and general deep understanding of what the band is about.

* {{Sampling}}: Mostly of speeches and dialogue from movies. "Another Day in Paradise" opens with a sample from ''Film/{{Network}}''.

* TakeThat: "Goat Mockery Ritual" is one of these to extreme metal bands (in particular, black metal bands) who appropriate Satanic and Nazi-esque imagery purely for shock value without understanding what those symbols really mean or even living up to their own hype, as well as a more general one to certain aspects of the black metal fandom.

* EpicRocking: Some of their songs are pretty long. Examples include "Flesh Isolation Chamber" (8:24), "A Terrible Master" (8:04), "White Flag" (9:42), "Eternity in a Breath" (8:17), "The Mother of Virtues" (10:36), and "Empty Tenement Spirit" (12:03).

* GreenAesop: Not explicitly, but environmental destruction is one of the many human evils they write about. "Empty Tenement Spirit" is arguably a portrayal of the worst case scenario for climate change, while "The Mother of Virtues" rails against human reproduction as a driver of environmental decimation.