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Pickaxe To The Forehead (or PTTF) is a grindcore/pornogrind duo from Saldus, Latvia.

Bio
An idea for a pornogrind band came in July of 2010. At that time two ex-coursemates of Saldus Vocational school (in Latvian — Saldus Profesionālā vidusskola) Edgars Lācis and Rihards Mhitarjans considered to set up a project for the band called Web Developers on Xanax. Eventually the lack of decent equipment, lack of sound mastering skills and dissatisfying budget led to the suspension of the project. Later, in the summer of 2011 guitarist Rihards started a pornogrind solo project with a name Anna’n’Ass, but that as well didn’t last too long due to poor quality of the sound and therefore lack of interest.

The idea for the band returned at the end of March in 2013 when Rihards was finally able to record much better quality material for testing purposes. At the same time it was decided to name project Pickaxe to the Forehead and Edgars Lācis was later invited to do the vocals.

In January 2014 two tracks were finally released ― a demo track The Yolocorpse Disposal Party and another one named Buried Under Toilet Seat. New songs and cover versions are being actively recorded since then.

Curent members
Edgars Lācis — vocals, lyrics, post-processing.

Rihards Mhitarjans — guitar and bass recording (bass line programming in songs where real bass guitar is not used), drum programming, post-processing.

Gear and recording process
A Jackson JS1 guitar tuned to a dropped A tuning is being recorded and processed through VST software. Various VST instruments are used for programmed rums and bass lines. Sometimes a real bass guitar (also tuned to dropped A) is used. Chord CCU1 USB microphone is currently being used for recording vocals.