Cattle Decapitation

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Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band formed in San Diego, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup includes vocalist Travis Ryan, lead guitarist Josh Elmore, drummer Dave McGraw, rhythm guitarist Belisario Dimuzio, and bassist Diego Soria. Since 2001, none of the founding members remain with the band. Despite not being in the original lineup, Ryan and Elmore are the only constant members on all of Cattle Decapitation's eight studio albums.

History

Cattle Decapitation was formed in 1996 by singer Scott Miller, guitarist Gabe Serbian, and drummer Dave Astor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band put out their first material in 1996 with a demo called Ten Torments of the Damned. Scott Miller left the band in circa 1997 and Travis Ryan joined the band. In 1999 their first EP, Human Jerky, was recorded and in 2000 their second EP Homovore was recorded. The two EPs were both recorded at Double Time Studios with recording engineer Jeff Forrest. Guitarist Gabe Serbian ended up leaving the band 2001 to focus on The Locust. Guitarist Josh Elmore and bassist Troy Oftedal joined the band right after.Template:Citation needed

Cattle Decapitation's first album, To Serve Man, came out in 2002 and saw controversy in Germany, where distribution company SPV refused to handle the album due to its graphic cover.<ref name="Metal page 169">Metal: The Definitive Guide, page 169</ref> The cover of the 2004 album Humanure, featuring a cow excreting human remains, was reportedly censored without permission from the label in some outlets. Record store owners did not display the album, making it difficult for customers to find and buy it.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Dave McGraw in 2018

In August 2009, Cattle Decapitation parted ways with long-time bassist Troy Oftedal because of "musical and personal differences".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cattle Decapitation's album Monolith of Inhumanity was released in 2012. It received positive reviews upon release.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cattle Decapitation has toured with extreme metal acts including Suffocation, Cryptopsy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Deicide, Behemoth, Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Revocation, and Job for a Cowboy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band also participated in Metal Blade Records' Scion A/V Showcase in late 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Travis Ryan in 2018

The band spent the majority of 2014 writing The Anthropocene Extinction.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alongside the announcement of the album title in May 2015, the band released the first song of the record, titled "Manufactured Extinct".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was released through Metal Blade on August 7, 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On April 30, 2018, two Native American teens were pulled out of a Colorado State University tour by the police for being "too quiet" and wearing "dark clothing."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> When the band found out that one of the brothers was wearing Cattle Decapitation T-shirts, they offered the brothers "free guest list spots for life."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In August 2018, the band announced the addition of Cryptopsy bass player Olivier Pinard, as well as the promotion of touring rhythm guitarist Belisario Dimuzio to being a full time member,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> thus making the group a five-piece for the first time. The recording of the seventh studio album Death Atlas began in May 2019,<ref>CATTLE DECAPITATION TO BEGIN RECORDING EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM Template:Webarchive. loudwire.com. GRAHAM HARTMANN. March 25, 2019.</ref> and was released on November 29, 2019.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

In November 2022, the band announced at a concert in Las Vegas that they planned on releasing a new album in May 2023. At the show, they played the new song "We Eat Our Young" from the upcoming, then unnamed album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The band released their eighth album, Terrasite, on May 12, 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In mid-April 2025, Oliver Pinard announced his departure from the band in order to focus on Cryptopsy and his personal life.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In May 2025, Metal Blade Records and NJV Media released the feature-length documentary From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story. The documentary was filmed during the recording sessions for Terrasite and focuses on the production of the album, as well as the history of the band.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Musical style and influences

Graham Hartmann of Loudwire called Cattle Decapitation technical death metal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Metal author and journalist Garry Sharpe-Young once acknowledged the band as "one of the few metal bands whose message hits as hard as their music".<ref name="Metal page 169" />

Band members

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Current

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Former

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Timeline

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Discography

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Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Year Album details Peak chart positions
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Template:Dts To Serve Man — — — — —
Template:Dts Humanure
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Metal Blade
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Template:Dts Karma.Bloody.Karma
  • Released: July 11, 2006
  • Label: Metal Blade
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Template:Dts The Harvest Floor
  • Released: January 20, 2009
  • Label: Metal Blade
 16 — — — —
Template:Dts Monolith of Inhumanity
  • Released: May 8, 2012
  • Label: Metal Blade
 6 32 18 — —
Template:Dts The Anthropocene Extinction
  • Released: August 7, 2015
  • Label: Metal Blade
 — 5 5 100 88
Template:Dts Death Atlas
  • Released: November 29, 2019
  • Label: Metal Blade
 — — 3 116 56
Template:Dts Terrasite
  • Released: May 12, 2023
  • Label: Metal Blade
 — 48 17 — 34
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Box sets

Year Album details
Template:Dts Decade of Decapitation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Contains: To Serve Man, Humanure, Karma.Bloody.Karma, The Harvest Floor, Monolith of Inhumanity

EPs

Year Album details
Template:Dts Human Jerky
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Satans Pimp, Three One G (reissue), Accident Prone (reissue)
Template:Dts Homovore
  • Released: May 2, 2000
  • Label: Three One G
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  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Accident Prone

Split albums

Year Album details
1999 The Science of Crisis (with Armatron and Tic War 1)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: ToYo Records
Template:Dts Cattle Decapitation / Caninus
  • Released: November 24, 2005
  • Label: War Torn Records

Demos

Year Album details
Template:Dts Ten Torments of the Damned
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: independent

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Year Title Album Director(s)
2002 "To Serve Man" To Serve Man Russ Herpich
2004 "Reduced to Paste" Humanure Template:N/a
2009 "Regret and the Grave" The Harvest Floor Gary Smithson
"A Body Farm" Template:N/a
2012 "Kingdom of Tyrants" Monolith of Inhumanity Mitch Massie
"Forced Gender Reassignment"
2013 "Your Disposal"
2016 "Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)" The Anthropocene Extinction
2017 "The Prophets of Loss" Paul McGuire
2020 "Bring Back the Plague" Death Atlas Template:N/a
2021 "Finish Them" Nicholas Vidler
2023 "We Eat Our Young" Terrasite David Brodsky
"Scourge of the Offspring"<ref>Template:YouTube</ref>
"A Photic Doom"<ref>Template:YouTube</ref>
"Solastalgia"<ref>Template:YouTube</ref>

References

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