cacophonic

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It starts with Mad Woman, whose opening instrumental presents a more organised, melodic version of Sabotage's cacophonic climax.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

With Peligro, Dead Kennedys issued the 1981 “In God We Trust, Inc.,” an eight-song release that added increased tempos to the band’s cacophonic creations — in the best possible way.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Throughout all 55 minutes, a cacophonic set of sampled voices—from Geraldo Rivera to Rick James—interpenetrates with Lamar’s, so that the album is constantly producing a dizzying sense of unstable perspective.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2018

In the story “The Astonished Woodchopper,” she combines discordant family history with real-time slapstick conversation to capture the cacophonic exhaustion of a wedding.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2017

The night was shot through by billows of cannon fire, and the din of laboring engines, guns, and rent metal was a cacophonic climax to the Seaboard League's first decisive victory over the inland invaders.

From The Barbarians by Emshwiller, Ed