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Technical Tuesday – “Hi, yes, I was interested in Cattle Decapitation?”

Posted by Witness to the Void on May 15, 2012 in Now Playing | 0 comments

“Cattle Decapitation? I think this probably isn’t the right department… ”

Actually, this is exactly the right department, especially for some feedback about the decapitation of cattle. Or Cattle Decapitation, more precisely. These guys have been the buzzword around the TDM laboratories and on this particular Technical Tuesday I would like to look into the albums a bit…in the order that I heard them myself.

Review: Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor

Posted by Witness to the Void on May 13, 2012 in CD Reviews | 0 comments

CATTLE DECAPITATION
The Harvest Floor (2009)

USA, Metal Blade Records, Technical Deathgrind

This is an article I wrote a few years past for the then-current release of The Harvest Floor. I thought it seemed particularly relevant with the recent release of the new Cattle Decapitation album Monolith of Inhumanity, which TDM will be doing a staff review on shortly. This was printed in a publication with approximately five readers that considered themselves fans of metal – one of them being me – hence, the intended audience is not the normal TDM clientele. Aside from the very last sentence, the article remains as it was originally printed.

Cattle Decapitation: That band ain’t right, I tell you what…

Posted by Goshuggist on Apr 20, 2012 in Now Playing | 4 comments

I’ve been rather hesitant to discuss Cattle Decapitation for some time now. If there was ever a band that so singularly personified love/hate for me, it would be this Californian four piece. Across their releases since 2002′s ‘To Serve Man’, they’ve singlehandedly made historic strides for the entire genre of deathgrind, introducing progressive and even melodic elements in a genre that has always emphasized anything but. However, the band’s lyrical theme and overarching message unnerves me to no end. Not so much that every single one of their songs is a flowery way of saying ‎’All humans should die! Except us, of course.’ (which doesn’t help) but more to the harsh reality that whether their vegan message is simply hyperbolic or actually as narrow-minded as it first appears, it hasn’t inspired much of anyone to stop eating meat. In fact, reading the vast majority of their lyrics make me want to eat even MORE meat, then send a video tape of my feast directly to the band.