#27 - Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse

With humble beginnings in Pig Destroyer guitarist Scott Hull’s bedroom, Agoraphobic Nosebleed quickly took on a life of its own in the underground. While having rarely played live the band’s first decade was prolific to say the least, featuring several splits, EPs, and full-length releases. The formula was effective: “micro-length” arrangements combined with programmed drum parts at insanely fast tempos and tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek lyrical concepts.

2009 stands as an anomaly for the band. Much of their catalog by this time captured the band with an almost improvised, raw intensity but perhaps lacked weight. However, Agoraphobic Nosebleed’s fourth album would retain many of these same elements while also making room for dynamics, hooks and song lengths that surpassed a two-minute runtime. The inclusion of the band’s newest member and Salomé vocalist Kat Katz is the standout, whose performance brought their sound to a new level of extremity listeners didn’t realize was possible. One thing was clear, this was a new era for Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

This week on Riff Worship, Austin & Dylan are joined by their longtime friend Justin Swindle to discuss Agorapocalypse

Recommendations:

• Body Void - Atrocity Machine
• Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
• The Murder Mansion (1972)
• Krieg - Ruiner
• Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings
• Leprechaun (1993)
• Selenoplexia - Exalt and Despair
• Dinosaur Jr. - Dinosaur
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

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