Released 40 years ago
Come Visit The Big Bigot
Severed Heads · 1986
70 min · 17 tracks · industrial music
A collage of disorienting samples and mechanical beats creates a haunting atmosphere that defines industrial music's experimental edge.
Top tracks — play these first
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Dead Eyes Open — The opening track sets a chilling tone with its eerie sound collages and relentless rhythm, encapsulating the album's experimental ethos.
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Come Visit the Big Bigot — This title track highlights the band’s provocative lyrical themes alongside a driving beat, making it emblematic of their confrontational artistic style.
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Twenty Deadly Diseases — The track combines unsettling samples with a hypnotic groove, reflecting the album's exploration of darker themes through an avant-garde lens.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album's innovative sampling and layered sound create a unique industrial experience, though its cohesion is somewhat uneven.
What we noticed
- The album features a dense layering of samples, with tracks often shifting abruptly between different soundscapes and textures.
- Several tracks incorporate spoken word elements that are interspersed with mechanical beats, creating a disjointed yet cohesive narrative.
- The use of silence and abrupt transitions is prevalent, with some tracks ending suddenly or fading out unexpectedly, contributing to the unsettling atmosphere.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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8/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- provocative samples that challenge norms
- chaotic soundscapes for deep focus
- unexpected transitions keep engagement
- short tracks invite repeat listens
- late-night exploration of the unconventional
Maybe skip if you
- seeking straightforward melodies
- prefer polished, mainstream production
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 1986, Come Visit The Big Bigot was Severed Heads' third studio album and marked a pivotal moment in their artistic development. Following their previous album, Bad Mood Guy, this record showcased a deeper embrace of sampling technology and complex soundscapes, solidifying their position within the burgeoning industrial music scene.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Throbbing Gristle· Skinny Puppy· Cabaret Voltaire
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Dead Eyes Open 6:05
- 2 Petrol 5:42
- 3 We Have Come to Bless This House 3:55
- 4 Oscar's Grind 4:37
- 5 Mambo Fist Miasma 5:10
- 6 Come Visit the Big Bigot 3:27
- 7 Twenty Deadly Diseases 3:38
- 8 Army 3:44
- 9 Phantasized Persecutory Breast 3:01
- 10 Casey's Ion 3:03
- 11 Propellor 6:19
- 12 FM Stations Blow Up 0:14
- 13 Confidence 6:04
- 14 Sam Loves You 2:58
- 15 Strange Brew 4:42
- 16 Harold and Cindy Hospital 2:56
- 17 Legion 4:55
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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