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{{Short description|American extreme metal band}}
{{About|the music group|other uses|Animal slaughter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Cattle Decapitation
| image             = Cattle Decapitation at Inferno 2016 - 26166510895.jpg
| image_upright     = 1.2
| alt               = 
| caption           = Cattle Decapitation performing at Inferno festival in Norway, 2016
| alias             = Cattle Decap
| origin            = [[San Diego]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Deathgrind]]<ref>Andy Hermann.[http://www.laweekly.com/music/seeing-cattle-decapitation-at-los-globos-just-made-me-a-deathgrind-fan-5324891 Seeing Cattle Decapitation at Los Globos Just Made Me a Deathgrind Fan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201020113/http://www.laweekly.com/music/seeing-cattle-decapitation-at-los-globos-just-made-me-a-deathgrind-fan-5324891 |date=December 1, 2017 }}. ''[[LA Weekly]]''. January 6, 2015.</ref>
* [[grindcore]]<ref>Bayer, Gerd, ''Heavy Metal Music in Britain'' (Ashgate Publishing, 2013), p.60.</ref>
* [[technical death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/68143/Cattle-Decapitation-The-Anthropocene-Extinction/|title=<nowiki>Staff Review: Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction | Sputnikmusic</nowiki>|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=February 23, 2019|publisher=SputnikMusic}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[goregrind]] (early)<ref>{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=mn0000988168 |label=Cattle Decapitation}}</ref>}}
}}
| years_active      = {{Start date|1996}}–present
| label             = {{Flatlist|
* Satan's Pimp
* [[Three One G]]
* Accident Prone
* [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
* War Torn
}}
| associated_acts   = {{Flatlist|
* [[The Locust]] <!-- before adding read: Template:Infobox_musical_artist#associated_acts -->
}}
| website           = {{URL|cattledecapitation.com}}
| current_members   = * Travis Ryan
* Josh Elmore
* Dave McGraw
* Belisario Dimuzio
* Diego Soria
| past_members      = * Scott Miller
* [[Gabe Serbian]]
* Dave Astor
* Michael Laughlin
* Troy Oftedal
* Derek Engemann
* Olivier Pinard
}}

'''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>{{Cite web |title=metalweb interview |url=http://www.themetalweb.com/cattledecapitationinterview.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111116/http://www.themetalweb.com/cattledecapitationinterview.html |archive-date=July 23, 2008}}</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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Cattle Decapitation's first album, ''[[To Serve Man (album)|To Serve Man]]'', came out in 2002 and saw controversy in Germany, where distribution company [[SPV GmbH|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 (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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/nov/19/cattle-decapitation-veggie-burgers-plus-assassin-s/ |title=Cattle Decapitation Veggie Burgers, plus History of San Diego Music Parts 1 thru 7 |last1=Sanford |first1=Jay Allen |date=November 19, 2008 |website=sandiegoreader.com |publisher=San Diego Reader |access-date=December 9, 2008 |archive-date=December 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228000332/http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/nov/19/cattle-decapitation-veggie-burgers-plus-assassin-s/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:CATTLE DECAPITATION @ Rock Al Parque 2018 - 29683320697.jpg|thumb|left|Dave McGraw in 2018]]

In August 2009, Cattle Decapitation parted ways with long-time bassist Troy Oftedal because of "musical and personal differences".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125163 |title=Cattle Decapitation Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement - Blabbermouth.net |work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |access-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816084153/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125163 |archive-date=August 16, 2009 }}</ref> Cattle Decapitation's album ''[[Monolith of Inhumanity]]'' was released in 2012. It received positive reviews upon release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/albumreviews/review-cattle-decapitation-monolith-of-inhumanity.html |title=Review: Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity |access-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101083139/http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/albumreviews/review-cattle-decapitation-monolith-of-inhumanity.html |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thrashmag.com/2012/05/08/cattle-decapitation-monolith-of-inhumanity/ |title=Cattle Decapitation – "Monolith of Inhumanity" Album Review – Thrash Magazine |access-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103214537/http://thrashmag.com/2012/05/08/cattle-decapitation-monolith-of-inhumanity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cattle Decapitation has toured with extreme metal acts including [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]], [[Cryptopsy]], [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]], [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]], [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[Hate Eternal]], [[Krisiun]], [[Revocation (band)|Revocation]], and [[Job for a Cowboy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/tour-dates/job-cowboy-announce-headlining-tour-cattle-decapitation-whitechapel|title=JOB FOR A COWBOY announce headlining tour with CATTLE DECAPITATION & WHITECHAPEL – Metal Injection|date=March 1, 2010|access-date=February 23, 2015|archive-date=February 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223134833/http://www.metalinjection.net/tour-dates/job-cowboy-announce-headlining-tour-cattle-decapitation-whitechapel|url-status=live}}</ref> The band also participated in [[Metal Blade Records]]' Scion A/V Showcase in late 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/188868 |title=SIX FEET UNDER, CATTLE DECAPITATION And More Confirmed For Scion A/V Label Showcase |work=bravewords.com |access-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101221003/http://www.bravewords.com/news/188868 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:CATTLE DECAPITATION @ Rock Al Parque 2018 - 30751280768.jpg|upright|thumb|Travis Ryan in 2018]]
The band spent the majority of 2014 writing ''[[The Anthropocene Extinction]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=22175|title=Cattle Decapitation - Writing Material For New Album|website=Metal Storm|access-date=November 1, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131161319/http://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=22175|url-status=live}}</ref> Alongside the announcement of the album title in May 2015, the band released the first song of the record, titled "Manufactured Extinct".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalblade.com/us/news/cattle-decapitation-to-release-the-anthropocene-extinction/ |title=CATTLE DECAPITATION to release ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' this August via Metal Blade Records |author=Staff writer(s) |date=May 20, 2015 |website=metalblade.com |publisher=[[Metal Blade Records]] |access-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-date=May 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523001243/http://www.metalblade.com/us/news/cattle-decapitation-to-release-the-anthropocene-extinction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was released through Metal Blade on August 7, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-to-guest-on-new-cattle-decapitation-album/|title=PHILIP ANSELMO To Guest On New CATTLE DECAPITATION Album|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152222/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-to-guest-on-new-cattle-decapitation-album/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 30, 2018, two [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] teens were pulled out of a [[Colorado State University]] tour by the police for being "too quiet" and wearing "dark clothing."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://safety.colostate.edu/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180505120526/https://safety.colostate.edu/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-05|title=Safety {{!}} Colorado State University|date=2018-05-05|work=archive.is|access-date=2018-05-05}}</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>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/04/two-native-american-brothers-were-touring-a-colo-college-when-a-parent-called-police-they-say-it-was-racial-profiling/|title=Two Native American brothers were touring a Colo. college when a parent called police. They say it was racial profiling.|last=Swenson|first=Kyle|date=May 4, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 5, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505042517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/04/two-native-american-brothers-were-touring-a-colo-college-when-a-parent-called-police-they-say-it-was-racial-profiling/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation/posts/10155435616901517|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180505120944/https://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation/posts/10155435616901517|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2018|title=(4) Cattle Decapitation – Posts|date=May 5, 2018|work=archive.is|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/cattle-decapitation-announces-new-band-members/|title=Cattle Decapitation announces new band members {{!}} Metal Blade Records|access-date=October 23, 2019|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023093703/https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/cattle-decapitation-announces-new-band-members/|url-status=live}}</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>[https://loudwire.com/cattle-decapitation-eighth-album/ CATTLE DECAPITATION TO BEGIN RECORDING EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525095206/https://loudwire.com/cattle-decapitation-eighth-album/|date=May 25, 2019}}. loudwire.com. GRAHAM HARTMANN. March 25, 2019.</ref> and was released on November 29, 2019.<ref>{{Citation |title=Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/death-atlas-mw0003320403 |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en}}</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>{{Cite web |last=Keenan |first=Hesher |date=2022-11-15 |title=Cattle Decapitation Play the New Track "We Eat Our Young" Live for the First Time, Reveal a New Record Could be Coming May 2023 |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/11/15/cattle-decapitation-play-the-new-track-we-eat-our-young-live-for-the-first-time-reveal-a-new-record-could-be-coming-may-2023/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}</ref>

The band released their eighth album, ''[[Terrasite]]'', on May 12, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Kennelty|url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/cattle-decapitation-announces-new-album-terrasite|title=CATTLE DECAPITATION Announces New Album Terrasite|publisher=Metal Injection|access-date=January 10, 2023|date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>

In mid-April 2025, Oliver Pinard announced his departure from the band in order to focus on [[Cryptopsy]] and his personal life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bassist Oliver Pinard exits Cattle Decapitation to focus on Cryptopsy. |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/47323/bassist-oliver-pinard-exits-cattle-decapitation-to-focus-on-cryptopsy/ |website=Lambgoat |access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref>

In May 2025, [[Metal Blade Records]] and NJV Media released the [[Feature film|feature-length]] [[Documentary film|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>{{Cite web |last=Keenan |first=Hesher |date=2025-05-12 |title=Cattle Decapitation Release a Two-Hour Documentary on the Making of 'Terrasite' |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/05/12/cattle-decapitation-release-a-two-hour-documentary-on-the-making-of-terrasite/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2025-05-12 |title=CATTLE DECAPITATION Shares Two-Hour Documentary 'From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/cattle-decapitation-shares-two-hour-documentary-from-this-flesh-a-cattle-decapitation-story |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==
Graham Hartmann of ''[[Loudwire]]'' called Cattle Decapitation [[technical death metal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham|date=2012-11-07 |title=Cattle Decapitation Exit Tour After Alleged Sucker Punch by Six Feet Under's Chris Barnes |url=https://loudwire.com/cattle-decapitation-exit-tour-after-alleged-sucker-punch-by-six-feet-under-chris-barnes/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</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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{{col-2}}
=== Current ===
* Travis Ryan – vocals {{small|(1997–present)}}, keyboards {{small|(1997–2019)}}
* Josh Elmore – lead guitar {{small|(2001–present)}}
* Dave McGraw – drums, percussion {{small|(2007–present)}}
* Belisario Dimuzio – rhythm guitar {{nowrap| {{small|(2018–present; touring 2015–2018)}} }}
* Diego Soria – bass {{nowrap| {{small|(2025–present; touring 2018)}} }}

{{col-2}}

=== Former ===
* Scott Miller – lead guitar, vocals {{small|(1996–1997)}}
* [[Gabe Serbian]] – drums, percussion {{small|(1996–2001)}}, lead guitar {{small|(1997–2001)}} ({{small|died{{nbs}}2022}})
* Dave Astor – bass {{small|(1996–2001)}}, drums, percussion {{small|(1997–2003)}}
* Troy Oftedal – bass, piano {{small|(2001–2009)}}
* Michael Laughlin – drums, percussion {{small|(2003–2006, 2007)}}
* Derek Engemann – bass, keyboards {{small|(2010–2017)}}
* Olivier Pinard – bass {{small|(2018–2025)}}

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==Discography==
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist       = Cattle Decapitation
| Image        = 
| Caption      = 
| Studio       = 8
| EP           = 4
| Music videos = 8
| Option       = 1
| Option name  = Split albums
| 1Option      = 1
| 1Option name = Demos
}}

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Album details
!class="unsortable" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" data-sort-type="number"| [[Top Heatseekers|US<br/><small>Heat.</small>]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=Cattle Decapitation |chart=Heatseekers Albums}} |title=Cattle Decapitation – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" data-sort-type="number"| [[Independent Albums|US<br/><small>Indie.</small>]]<br/><ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=Cattle Decapitation |chart=Independent Albums}} |title=Cattle Decapitation – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" data-sort-type="number"| US<br/><small>Hard<br/>Rock<br/></small><ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=Cattle Decapitation |chart=Hard Rock Albums}} |title=Cattle Decapitation – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" data-sort-type="number"| US<br/><small>''Billboard''<br/>200<br/></small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/cattle-decapitation/chart-history/billboard-200 |title=Cattle Decapitation – Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212031215/https://www.billboard.com/music/cattle-decapitation/chart-history/billboard-200 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER-albums">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Cattle+Decapitation&do_search=do|title=Discographie Cattle Decapitation|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=April 13, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101092517/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Cattle+Decapitation&do_search=do|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

!{{dts|2002-7-30|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[To Serve Man (album)|To Serve Man]]''
* Released: July 30, 2002
* Label: [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
| — || — || — || — || —
|-

!{{dts|2004-7-13|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[Humanure (album)|Humanure]]''
* Released: July 13, 2004
* Label: Metal Blade
| — || — || — || — || —
|-

!{{dts|2006-7-11|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[Karma.Bloody.Karma]]''
* Released: July 11, 2006
* Label: Metal Blade
| — || — || — || — || —
|-

!{{dts|2009-1-20|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[The Harvest Floor]]''
* Released: January 20, 2009
* Label: Metal Blade
| 16 || — || — || — || —
|-

!{{dts|2012-5-8|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[Monolith of Inhumanity]]''
* Released: May 8, 2012
* Label: Metal Blade
| 6 || 32 || 18 || — || —
|-

!{{dts|2015-8-7|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[The Anthropocene Extinction]]''
* Released: August 7, 2015
* Label: Metal Blade
| — || 5 || 5 || 100 || 88
|-

!{{dts|2019-11-29|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[Death Atlas]]''
* Released: November 29, 2019
* Label: Metal Blade
| — || — || 3 || 116 || 56
|-

!{{dts|2023-05-12|format=y}}
|align=left| ''[[Terrasite]]''
* Released: May 12, 2023
* Label: Metal Blade
| — || 48 || 17 || — || 34
|-
! colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart<!-- or was not released in that territory-->.
|}

===Compilation albums===
*''Medium Rarities'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Sacher|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/long-rumored-cattle-decapitation-rarities-compilation-finally-coming-this-fall/|title=Long-rumored Cattle Decapitation Rarities Compilation Finally Coming This Fall|publisher=[[BrooklynVegan]]|access-date=September 20, 2018|date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920234821/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/long-rumored-cattle-decapitation-rarities-compilation-finally-coming-this-fall/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Box sets===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
! Year
! Album details
|-

!{{dts|2014}}
| ''Decade of Decapitation''<ref>{{cite web|author=Chuck Armstrong|url=https://loudwire.com/vital-vinyl-cattle-decapitation-decade-of-decapitation/#:~:text=Metal%20Blade%20Records-,Cattle%20Decapitation%20%2D%20'Decade%20of%20Decapitation',gallery%20to%20see%20what's%20inside.|title=Cattle Decapitation's Travis Ryan Discusses 'Decade of Decapitation' Box Set|publisher=[[Loudwire]]|access-date=December 1, 2023|date=November 24, 2014}}</ref>
* Released: 2014
* Label: Metal Blade
* Contains: To Serve Man, Humanure, Karma.Bloody.Karma, The Harvest Floor, Monolith of Inhumanity
|}

===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
! Year
! Album details
|-

!{{dts|1999}}
|align=left| ''Human Jerky''
* Released: 1999
* Label: Satans Pimp, Three One G (reissue), Accident Prone (reissue)
|-

!{{dts|2000-5-2|format=y}}
|align=left| ''Homovore''
* Released: May 2, 2000
* Label: Three One G
|-

!{{dts|2000}}
| ''¡Decapitacion!''
* Released: 2000
* Label: Accident Prone
|}

===Split albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
! Year
! Album details
|-
!1999
|''The Science of Crisis'' <small>(with Armatron and Tic War 1)</small>
*Released: 1999
* Label: ToYo Records
|-
!{{dts|2005-11-24|format=y}}
| ''Cattle Decapitation / Caninus''
* Released: November 24, 2005
* Label: War Torn Records
|}

===Demos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 
! Year
! Album details
|-

!{{dts|1996}}
| ''Ten Torments of the Damned''
* Released: 1996
* Label: independent
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and director
! Year
! Title
! Album
! Director(s)
|-

|2002
| "To Serve Man"
| ''[[To Serve Man (album)|To Serve Man]]''
| Russ Herpich
|-
|2004
| "Reduced to Paste"
|''[[Humanure (album)|Humanure]]''
| {{n/a}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 2009
| "Regret and the Grave"
|rowspan=2| ''[[The Harvest Floor]]''
| Gary Smithson
|-
| "A Body Farm"
| {{n/a}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 2012
| "Kingdom of Tyrants"
|rowspan=3| ''[[Monolith of Inhumanity]]''
| rowspan="4" | Mitch Massie
|-
| "Forced Gender Reassignment"
|-
|2013
| "Your Disposal"
|-
|2016
|"Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)"
|rowspan=2| ''[[The Anthropocene Extinction]]''
|-
|2017
|"The Prophets of Loss"
| Paul McGuire
|-
|2020
|"Bring Back the Plague"
|rowspan=2|''[[Death Atlas]]''
| {{n/a}}
|-
|2021
|"Finish Them"
| Nicholas Vidler
|-
| rowspan="4" |2023
|"We Eat Our Young"
| rowspan="4" |''[[Terrasite]]''
| rowspan="4" | David Brodsky
|-
|"Scourge of the Offspring"<ref>{{YouTube|id=ksCKFkioYL8}}</ref>
|-
|"A Photic Doom"<ref>{{YouTube|id=HfeZniCvaXs}}</ref>
|-
|"Solastalgia"<ref>{{YouTube|id=JZJJKAV2BpI}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/cattle-decapitation/ Cattle Decapitation] at [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
* {{AllMusic |class=artist |id=mn0000988168 |label=Cattle Decapitation}}

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