Altered States of America
Agoraphobic Nosebleed · 2003
19 min · 99 tracks · grindcore
A chaotic barrage of frenetic blasts and absurdist themes envelops listeners in a relentless grindcore experience.
Top tracks — play these first
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Ark of Ecoterrorism — At just thirteen seconds long, this track exemplifies the album's unabashed brevity while delivering a powerful critique of environmental destruction and terrorism.
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Fuck Your Soccer Jesus — This track stands out for its provocative title and confrontational lyrics, challenging religious hypocrisy through shock value, typical of Agoraphobic Nosebleed's approach.
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Crawling Out of the Cradle Into the Casket — With a blend of unsettling imagery and relentless speed, this track encapsulates the album's themes of mortality and societal decay within an intense sonic experience.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- relentless bursts of chaos
- short, shocking auditory experiences
- absurdist themes for adventurous listeners
- ideal for quick energy boosts
- for intense workout sessions
Maybe skip if you
- prefer lengthy, immersive tracks
- seek melodic or calming sounds
Where this album fits
- Career context
- When 'Altered States of America' was released in January 2003, Agoraphobic Nosebleed was establishing themselves as key players in the underground grindcore scene. This album followed their critically acclaimed release 'Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Drugzz', showcasing an evolution towards even more experimental and extreme soundscapes paired with provocative lyrics addressing societal issues.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Napalm Death· Pig Destroyer· Anaal Nathrakh
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Spreading the Dis-Ease 0:56
- 2 Ark of Ecoterrorism 0:13
- 3 Living Lolita Blowjob 0:12
- 4 Thawing Out 0:15
- 5 The Need for Better Body Armor 0:09
- 6 Freeze-Dried Cemetery 0:20
- 7 Children Blown to Bits by the Busload 0:12
- 8 Scoring in Heaven 0:13
- 9 Fuck Your Soccer Jesus 0:05
- 10 Guided Tour 0:22
- 11 Honky Dong 0:08
- 12 Famous Last Words 0:18
- 13 Osaka Milk Bar 0:17
- 14 Drive by Blowjob on a Bicycle 0:12
- 15 Ten Pounds of Remains 0:07
- 16 Utter Mental Retardation and Reversal of Man 0:15
- 17 Neotropolis Euphoria 0:08
- 18 Snitch Olympics 0:16
- 19 Crawling Out of the Cradle Into the Casket 0:15
- 20 Removing Locator Tooth 0:06
- 21 Aum Shinrikyo 0:04
- 22 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 0:04
- 23 The Tokyo Subway Gassing 0:04
- 24 The Star of David 0:04
- 25 Shintaro Ishihara and the Rape of Nanking in World War 2 0:05
- 26 Mahikari 0:12
- 27 Micro-Tidal Wave 0:04
- 28 Crop Dusting 0:12
- 29 LSD as a Chemical Weapon 0:14
- 30 Illegal Manufacture 0:08
- 31 Drugging the Control Group 0:10
- 32 Alice in La La Land 0:04
- 33 Apocalypse as Mescaline Experience 0:10
- 34 The Artifical Religious Experience 0:06
- 35 The First Day of Sodom: Pussy Hair Prayer Rug 0:05
- 36 The Second Day of Sodom: Distortion in Eden 0:04
- 37 The Third Day of Sodom: Serpent of the Gay Pride Rainbow 0:04
- 38 The Fourth Day of Sodom: Snaking Adam's Black Apple 0:04
- 39 The Fifth Day of Sodom: Like a Cretin on Christmas Eve 0:04
- 40 The Sixth Day of Sodom: Boston Hardcore Caligula 0:05
- 41 The Seventh Day of Sodom: Fantasizing Hydrahead 0:07
- 42 The Eight Day of Sodom: Lamb of the Rotisserie God 0:04
- 43 The Ninth Day of Sodom: Holiday Bowl Full of Asshole 0:04
- 44 The Tenth Day of Sodom: Enter the House of Feasting 0:05
- 45 The Eleventh Day of Sodom: Passing Blunts and Cunts at Relapse 0:05
- 46 The Twelfth Day of Sodom: When Taking a Shit Feels Sexy 0:07
- 47 Poland Springfield Acidbag 0:19
- 48 Rectal Thermometer 0:11
- 49 Lemonade and a Snickers Bar 0:05
- 50 Necro-Cannibalistic Tendencies in Young Children 0:08
- 51 Bombs With Butterfly Wings 0:09
- 52 Watching a Clown Point a Gun at a Small Dog (reprise) 0:16
- 53 Mosquito Holding Human Cattle Prod 0:24
- 54 For Just Ten Cents a Day... 0:25
- 55 Mental Change(s): Altered Consciousness 0:06
- 56 Radical Modernism 0:04
- 57 Human Enhancement 0:04
- 58 Juxtaposed Impacts 0:04
- 59 Unprecedented Experiment 0:38
- 60 Transparent Enclosure 0:09
- 61 Bong Hit Wonder 0:08
- 62 Opening to Personals AD by Richard Johnson 0:14
- 63 Relapse Refusing U.N. Weapons Inspectors 0:09
- 64 Neural Linguistic Programming 0:12
- 65 The Fag vs. The Indian 0:05
- 66 Black Metal Transvestite 0:18
- 67 Debbie Does Dishes 0:04
- 68 Marine Pornography (For Whale Cock Skateboards) 0:18
- 69 Keeping a Clean Kennel 0:04
- 70 Baby Mill, Part 1 (Born and Sold Into Child Slavery) 0:07
- 71 Firearms for All Faiths 0:12
- 72 Domestic Solution 0:04
- 73 Definition of Death 0:39
- 74 Discolored 0:10
- 75 Scott Hulk on Intramuscular Steroids 0:09
- 76 4 Leeches (40,000 Leeches) 0:55
- 77 Group Taking Acid as Considered Conspiracy Against the Government 0:06
- 78 Small Room and a Six-Pack 0:06
- 79 Deviant Arousal 0:06
- 80 Unbound by Civilized Properties 0:08
- 81 They All Burned! 0:12
- 82 Shotgun Funeral 0:04
- 83 Homophobic Assbleed 0:05
- 84 Exacting Revenge on Pets 0:08
- 85 Baby Mill, Part 2 (White Russian) 0:07
- 86 Narcoterrorist Megalomaniac 0:25
- 87 Releasing a Dove From a Ghetto Rooftop 0:08
- 88 Bipartisan Buttfuck 0:14
- 89 Bent Over the Cross 0:25
- 90 A Chance at Reprisal 0:15
- 91 Altered Ego 0:17
- 92 Pin the Tail on the Donkey 0:21
- 93 Latter Day Mormon Ritual 0:18
- 94 5 Band Genetic Equalizer, Part 3 0:21
- 95 Absurd Boast 0:10
- 96 Burning Social Interest 0:11
- 97 Whore Torn Vet 0:10
- 98 Obi Wan Kaczynski 0:12
- 99 Placing a Personal Memo on the Boss's Desk 0:13
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