Cattle Decapitation announce 2009 Fall Tour plans, the departure of bassist Troy Oftedal and more... posted by Travis Ryan on 09-02-2009 15:00
Cattle Decapitation announce upcoming TOUR PLANS, departure of bassist Troy Oftedal and more...
*It is time to announce a few things that have been going on in the Cattle Decapitation camp. First off, we have officially parted ways with bassist Troy Oftedal due to musical and personal differences. There is no bad blood and we wish him the best of luck. Filling in on upcoming tours will be our friend Rahsaan Davis. You may have seen him on our recent tour as Troy left tour early due to a physical ailment.
On to tours… We’ll be hitting the road in late September with Soulfly, Prong and Mutiny Within for a US tour! Starting in our neck of the woods, the tour will lead us across the country, along the east coast and back home. We have a handful of dates already and there are more on the way!
We’re also working on dates for a EUROPEAN tour! We expect that it will happen in the early winter months and we’ll keep you posted on that… Check back to our websites for details as they unfold!
FALL US TOUR WITH SOULFLY, PRONG & MUTINY WITHIN:
Sep 30 2009 - Key Club West - Hollywood, Caligorenia Oct 1 2009 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, Caligorenia Oct 2 2009 - Cane’s - San Diego, Caligorenia Oct 3 2009 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, Caligorenia Oct 4 2009 - The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, Caligorenia Oct 5 2009 - Tom's Warehouse - (CATTLE DECAPITATION ONLY w/LOCALS) - Medford, Oregon Oct 6 2009 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, Oregon Oct 7 2009 - Showbox Theatre - Seattle, Washington Oct 8 2009 - Boise State University (w/BOOK OF BLACK EARTH & locals) - Boise, Idaho Oct 9 2009 - Cervantes Masterpiece - Denver, Colorado Oct 10 2009 - The Blue Goat - Salina, Kansas Oct 11 2009 - The Rock - Maplewood, Minnesota Oct 12 2009 - People's Court - Des Moines, IA Oct 13 2009 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, Illinois Oct 14 2009 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, Michigan Oct 15 2009 - The Rave - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Oct 16 2009 - Harpo’s - Detroit, Michigan Oct 17 2009 - McDuffy’s House of Rock - Dayton, Ohio Oct 18 2009 - Ches-A-Rena - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Oct 19 2009 - Gramercy Theatre - New York City, New York Oct 20 2009 - Recher Theatre - Towson, Maryland Oct 21 2009 - Chameleon Club - Lancaster, Pennsylvania Oct 22 2009 - Orange Peel - Asheville, North Carolina Oct 24 2009 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
SUNDAY - 10/25/2009 CATTLE DECAPITATION Headlining Day 2 of Hell on the Hot Plains Fest (feat. Abolishment, Texas Murder Scene, Victimas, Fields of Elysium and more!!!) @ War Legion Underground 519 SE 10th Ave Amarillo, Texas 79101 ALL AGES!!! Cost: $10 6:00 PM
MONDAY - 10/26/2009 @ Gator’s (Cattle Decapitation w/LOCALS) 1835 E Main St Farmington, New Mexico 87401 ALL AGES!!! Cost: $10 7:00 PM
TUESDAY - 10/27/2009 @ Downtown Greenhouse (Cattle Decapitation w/LOCALS) 15 and 1/2 Agassiz St. Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 ALL AGES!!! Cost:$10 7:00 PM
MORE DATES ARE BEING ADDED!!! CHECK BACK FOR MORE SOON!!!
Don't Kill The Animals - Nebelhexe and Jarboe (also featuring Travis Ryan from Cattle Decapitation)
This is a re-make of the 80's hit by Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Nebelhexe says she always loved the song and the message, and thus really wanted to do a modern cover version of it. She wants to remind us of a great song and a great message. She thus invited US artist Jarboe (ex-Swans) to join the project. Jarboe suggested Travis Ryan from Vegan death-metal band Cattle Decapitation to be a part of it as well. The song was arranged in the studio of Daniel Hill, who also plays with the electro-pop act Magenta. The result is a catchy club version that surely will fill many dance-floors as well as raise awareness for the ethical treatment of animals.
Bonus songs: - Living Trash - Nebelhexe This is a song about the ghastly animal industry from Nebelhexe's album 'Essensual'. - Fallen (Angel) - Nebelhexe A song from her new album 'Dead Waters'.
Regret & the Grave VIDEO now showing on Headbangersblog.com and airing Saturday, 3/21 on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 03-19-2009 01:29
Cattle Decapitation “Regret & the Grave” video premiering on Headbangersblog.com TODAY and on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2 on SATURDAY!!!
The much anticipated video for the epic closing track from The Harvest Floor, Regret & the Grave features some of the thought provoking and frightening themes from the album’s cover art. The video will premiere on HeadBangersBlog.com on March 19th and on MTV 2’s Head Banger’s Ball on March 21st.
Vocalist Travis Ryan comments on the video: “The band recorded it in a real butcher shop in Santa Paula, CaliGOREnia. We were contacted by a fan on MySpace saying we should use his family owned butcher shop. Knowing perfectly well that we could easily make a butcher shop or a slaughterhouse look like a human slaughterhouse, we had to jump at the chance. We shot all day in there and by the end of the shoot it smelled like death. The end result is pretty disturbing which is of course, exactly what we intended.”
“More than simply pushing forward the wall of extreme metal, this is an album that challenges music itself, as well as the shallow way in which humanity views its place in the universe.” Blabbermouth.net
“…one of the most underrated and best grind acts out there.” Hails & Horns
“Cattle Decapitation have the sort of skills that put them squarely at the head of grind’s noisy pack.” MetalSucks.net
“The Harvest Floor is the band’s most brutally intense work to date." Thrasher Magazine
Don’t miss Cattle Decapitation as they criss cross North America for the next few months with some of the best new and veteran metal bands around.
CATTLE DECAPITATION
03/31 Modesto, CA Modesto Virtual 04/01 Portland, OR Satyricon 04/02 Seattle, WA Studio Seven 04/03 New Westminster, BC Metro Hall 04/05 Edmonton, AB The Pawn Shop 04/06 Coaldale, AB The Ventura Bar 04/07 Calgary, AB The Den 04/08 Saskatoon, SK The Roxy 04/09 Winnipeg, MB The Zoo Tour w/ Psyopus, Rose Funeral 04/11 Thunder Bay, ON Kilroy 04/12 Sault St. Marie, ON Odd Fellows Hall 04/13 Sudbury, ON The Townehouse Tavern 04/14 Kingston, ON Time To Laugh 04/15 Montreal, QC Underworld 04/16 Ottawa, ON The Bayou 04/17 Worcester, MA Palladium New England Metal Fest Tour w/ Woe Of Tyrants, Rose Funeral 04/19 Rochester NY Penny Arcade w/ Psyopus 04/20 Wheeling, WV Yesterday's Draught House 04/21 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre 04/22 Sauget, IL Pops Nightclub 04/24 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground 04/25 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm Street 04/26 Austin, TX Emo’s 04/28 Clarksville, TN The Coup 04/29 Danville, VA Plan B 04/30 Fredericksburg, VA KC's Music Alley End Tour 05/01 New York, NY The Studio at Webster Hall w/ Dr. Acula, Rose Funeral 05/02 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheels w/ Rose Funeral, Woe Of Tyrants, Psyopus Tour w/ Gwar, Priestess 05/03 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel 05/04 Orono, ME 103 Ultra Lounge 05/05 Boston, MA House of Blues 05/06 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance 05/07 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock 05/08 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre 05/09 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's 05/10 Traverse City, MI The Terminal 05/11 DeKalb, IL Otto's Niteclub 05/12 East Peoria, IL East Peoria Event Center 05/14 Springfield, MO Remmington's Downtown 05/15 Nashville, TN Exit / In 05/16 Jackson, MS Club Fire 05/17 Knoxville, TN Valarium 05/19 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub 05/20 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans Blackened Fest Tour w/ Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Withered 05/21 New York, NY The Fillmore 05/22 Baltimore, MD Sonar 05/23 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero 05/24 Orlando, FL Club Firestone 05/26 Houston, TX Numbers 05/27 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit 05/29 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre 05/30 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse 05/31 San Diego, CA House Of Blues 06/02 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues 06/03 San Francisco, CA DNA 06/04 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 06/05 Seattle, WA Studio Seven 06/06 Boise, ID Knitting Factory 06/07 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre 06/09 St Paul, MN Station 4 06/11 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 06/12 Cleveland, OH Peabody's 06/13 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre 06/14 Toronto, ON The Opera House 06/15 Montreal, QC Les Foufounes Electriques
UPCOMING TOUR DATES announced including full CANADIAN tour!!! The Harvest Floor VINYL edition details released!!! And MORE!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 03-06-2009 14:01
UPCOMING TOUR MADNESS!!!
*We’ll be heading out on another headlining trek and FINALLY we’ll be doing a FULL CANADIAN TOUR!!! That’s right! Years in the making, hundreds of requests gone unfulfilled, Cattle Decapitation will be grinding its way from BC to Quebec! Along these dates we’ll be playing with bands like Psyopus, Rose Funeral, Woe of Tyrants and even a one off fest with our brothers in gore Suffocation! After that, we’ll be meeting up once again with the almighty GWAR!!! That part of the trek will also feature Priestess and it runs right into the one everyone’s been waiting for… The Blackened Fest featuring Mayhem, Marduk, our long-time friends Cephalic Carnage and Atlanta’s Withered! We’re excited to hear that Attila is back in Mayhem (look ma, no pig heads!) and to jam alongside Marduk & Cephalic again and look forward to sharing our brand of depravity with their fans!
03/31/2009 Modesto, California @ Modesto Virtual 04/01/2009 Portland, Oregon @ Satyricon 04/02/2009 Seattle, Washington @ Studio Seven 04/03/2009 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada @ The Metro Hall 04/05/2009 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada @ The Pawn Shop 04/06/2009 Coaldale, Alberta, Canada @ The Ventura Bar 04/07/2009 Calgary, Alberta, Canada @ The Den / MacEwan Events Centre 04/08/2009 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada @ The Roxy 04/09/2009 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ The Zoo
w/PSYOPUS & ROSE FUNERAL:
04/11/2009 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada @ The Den 04/13/2009 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada @ The Townehouse Tavern 04/14/2009 Kingston, Ontario, Canada @ Time To Laugh 04/15/2009 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada @ The Bronson Center (w/SUFFOCATION & WHITECHAPEL) 04/16/2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Underworld 04/17/2009 Worcester, Massachusetts @ The Palladium NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FEST!!!
w/ROSE FUNERAL & WOE OF TYRANTS:
04/19/2009 Rochester, New York @ Penny Arcade 04/20/2009 Wheeling, West Virginia @ Yesterday's Draught House 04/21/2009 Indianapolis, Indiana @ Emerson Theatre 04/22/2009 Sauget, Illinois @ Pops Nightclub 04/24/2009 Amarillo, Texas @ The War Legion Underground 04/25/2009 Dallas, Texas @ The Lounge on Elm Street 04/26/2009 Austin, Texas @ Red 7 04/28/2009 Clarksville, Tennessee @ The Coup 04/29/2009 Danville, Virginia @ Plan B 04/30/2009 Fredericksburg, Virginia @ Kc's Music Alley 05/01/2009 New York City, New York @ Studio at Webster Hall 05/02/2009 Buffalo, New York @ Xtreme Wheels (w/PSYOPUS)
w/GWAR & PRIESTESS:
05/03/2009 Providence, Rhode Island @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel 05/04/2009 Orono, Maine @ 103 Ultra Lounge 05/05/2009 Boston, Massachusetts @ House of Blues 05/06/2009 Poughkeepsie, New York @ The Chance 05/07/2009 Allentown, Pennsylvania @ Crocodile Rock 05/08/2009 Millvale, Pennsylvania @ Mr. Small's Theatre 05/09/2009 Cincinnati, Ohio @ Bogart's 05/10/2009 Traverse City, Michigan @ The Terminal 05/11/2009 DeKalb, Illinois @ Otto's Niteclub 05/12/2009 East Peoria, Illinois @ East Peoria Event Center 05/14/2009 Springfield, Missouri @ Remmington's Downtown 05/15/2009 Nashville, Tennessee @ The Muse 05/16/2009 Jackson, Mississippi @ Club Fire 05/17/2009 Knoxville, Tennessee @ Valarium 05/19/2009 Fayetteville, North Carolina @ Jester's Pub 05/20/2009 Jacksonville, North Carolina @ Hooligans 05/21/2009 Lancaster, Pennsylvania @ Chameleon Club
05/22/2009 Baltimore, Maryland @ Sonar - MARYLAND DEATH FEST!!! 05/23/2009 Spartanburg, South Carolina @ Ground Zero 05/24/2009 Orlando, Florida @ Club Firestone 05/26/2009 Houston, Texas @ Numbers 05/27/2009 San Antonio, Texas @ White Rabbit 05/29/2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico @ Sunshine Theatre 05/30/2009 Tempe, Arizona @ Clubhouse 05/31/2009 San Diego, California @ House Of Blues 06/02/2009 Hollywood, California @ House Of Blues 06/03/2009 San Francisco, California @ DNA 06/04/2009 Portland, Oregon @ Hawthorne Theatre 06/05/2009 Seattle, Washington @ Studio Seven 06/06/2009 Boise, Idaho @ Knitting Factory 06/07/2009 Denver, Colorado @ Gothic Theatre 06/09/2009 St Paul, Minnesota @ Station 4 06/11/2009 Chicago, Illinois @ House Of Blues 06/12/2009 Cleveland, Ohio @ Peabody's 06/13/2009 Detroit, Michigan @ The Majestic Theatre 06/14/2009 Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ The Opera House 06/15/2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada @ Les Foufounes Electriques
*Attn: VINYL COLLECTORS: The limited edition PICTURE DISC LP version of the NEW album “The Harvest Floor” will be available APRIL 14th via METAL BLADE RECORDS!!!
*Cattle Decapitation drummer David McGraw now endorsed by Paiste Cymbals!
David has this to say about the new endorsement: “I’m very proud to be a part of the Paiste family! I’m pleased to use cymbals that I know will deliver the goods night after night and that will cut through the sonic wall of gore that is Cattle Decapitation!”
*Cattle Decapitation full album stream on Buzzgrinder.com!
Cattle Decapitation's new album, The Harvest Floor, will be streaming in its entirety exclusively on buzzgrinder.com starting this Friday and ending on Monday. Besides just being able to hear each song in their full, grinding glory, you can read a song by song breakdown by vocalist Travis Ryan. The lyrics on The Harvest Floor are some of his most twisted yet and the explanations should provide some insight on the inspiration for the lyrics.
*Cattle Decapitation wrap up “Regret & the Grave” video shoot!
We would like to thank everyone that showed up for our video shoot on Sunday for the song “Regret & the Grave” which appears on our new album The Harvest Floor! We managed to pull off some serious guerilla style filming right in the middle of a busy park with frightening “shock troopers” walking and pacing around in full regalia and the volunteers helped offset that with their “normal” and toned down looks. We really appreciate all the hard work and waiting around you guys did!!! Special thanks to the main actors Carey Rainey and Christine Simko for putting in the extra hours… THANK YOU!!!
The video should be ready for viewing within a couple weeks, just a couple more scenes to shoot and we’re DONE! Its going to quite a disturbing piece of footage to say the least.
*ATTN: CANADIAN FANS!!! Plans are under way for our first FULL CANADIAN TOUR!!! That’s right! We’ll be traveling from western Canada all the way to the east side playing all the spots in between! PREPARE FOR THE GORE!!!
*The Harvest Floor ALBUM REVIEWS are starting to come in! Need more convincing that this album is for you? CHECK THESE OUT!!!
“It’s a requiem in the slaughterhouse. Guts swamp the floor and Cattle Decapitation are bursting at the seams.” -Decibel Magazine 8/10
"...their music technical enough to cream the pants of those so inclined but steering clear of the monotony trap too many bands are falling into recently." "one brutal and affecting package." - Outburn Magazine 9/10
"...one of the most underrated and best grind acts out there." - Hails & Horns
"...one of the best death metal/grindcore albums of the year." BringOnMixedReviews.com
“The masters of gore-infused death metal are back and better than ever.” ThrashMag.com
"This record is one of - if not THE - proudest piece of work in my career." - Producer Billy Anderson (Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Swans)
*Here’s the Harvest Floor official release dates for the globe!!!
U.S: Tuesday, January 20th Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Italy: Friday, January 30th Rest of Europe, UK & Canada: Monday, February 2nd Australia: Saturday, January 24th Japan: Tuesday, March 24th
*Check out the some of awesome NEW merchandise we’re going to have on our upcoming southern US tour entitled “KILLING TIL OBLIVION” with Psyopus, Book of Black Earth and Gigan:
Limited Edition The Harvest Floor KILLING TIL OBLIVION tour shirt:
Tooth Enamel and Concrete – This is a brutal new design for one of the songs from our new album The Harvest Floor:
Here’s a cool design from Derek Nau for Apocalypse Nau Designs:
Awesome new design from our friend Farron Loathing:
Alone at the Landfill design from 2006’s Karma.Bloody.Karma:
NEW hoodie design:
If you live along the SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, you can get these designs at one of the dates on THIS TOUR starting JANUARY 21ST!!!:
CATTLE DECAPITATION KILLING 'TIL OBLIVION 2009 w/ Psyopus-Book of Black Earth-Gigan
1/21/09 Santa Barbara, CA @ The Jensen Mainstage 1/22/09 Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome 1/23/09 Berkeley, CA @ Gilman 1/24/09 San Francisco,CA @ Thee Parkside 1/25/09 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory 1/26/09 Tempe, AZ @ The Sets 1/27/09 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad 1/28/09 El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar 1/29/09 Austin, TX @ Red 7 1/30/09 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit 1/31/09 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 2/1/09 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground 2/2/09 Pensacola, FL @ American Legion Post 33 2/3/09 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Coffeehouse 2/4/09 Orlando, FL @ Back Booth 2/5/09 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum 2/6/09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 2/7/09 Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room 2/8/09 Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 2/9/09 Little Rock, AR @ The Village 2/10/09 Dallas, TX @ The Lounge on Elm St. 2/11/09 Farmington, NM @ Gator's 2/12/09 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock 2/13/09 San Marcos, CA @ The Jumping Turtle
*PREORDERS WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY!!! The preorder packages for THE HARVEST FLOOR will only be available for a few more days!!! T-shirt and CD combos for only $20!!!
The Harvest Floor E-CARD NOW AVAILABLE! Cattle Decapitation to film music video this weekend! posted by Travis Ryan on 12-17-2008 12:34
Goddamned humans of earth…
*”The Harvest Floor” E-CARD AVAILABLE!!!
Click image to check out the ecard and forward it to a friend!
*Cattle Decapitation to film music video!!!
We’ll be heading up to an old slaughterhouse in Santa Paula, CA this weekend to shoot the performance footage for the track “Regret & the Grave” from our album The Harvest Floor which will be released on Jan. 20th on Metal Blade Records! The video will be directed by Gary Smithson (High on Fire, Prong, Goatwhore), will feature the band performing under the most dreary of circumstances and a story that touches on the futility of being, the ruining nature of humanity and will be available for viewing around the album’s release! We’ll keep you posted and see if we can’t get some cool behind the scenes photos displayed on our MySpace page soonafter…
*Cattle Decapitation ON TOUR!!!
The NEW ALBUM “The Harvest Floor” will be followed up by a southern U.S. headlining tour entitled KILLING TIL OBLIVION with friends Psyopus, Book of Black Earth and Gigan! Check out the dates for the venue nearest you! Promotional banners are available on our MySpace page, help us promote THE GORE!!!
*Limited Edition “The Harvest Floor” CD + T-Shirt PREORDERS STILL AVAILABLE for a limited time only!!!
In other news…
*Guitarist Josh Elmore featured in GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE!
Cattle guitarist Josh Elmore is featured in the current issue of Guitar World Magazine(with Eddie Van Halen on the cover!!! Read up on what the recording process for “The Harvest Floor” was like, the importance of the special guests and his brand of bizarre “spider-webb-like” riffage. ON STANDS NOW!!!
*Promotional widget for your MY SPACE and FACEBOOK pages! Just scroll to the “SHARE” button and click! Copy the code help promote on your MY SPACE or FACEBOOK page!
“You will lose” -Ivan Drago to Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV
The Harvest Floor PREORDER PACKAGES available NOW!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 12-04-2008 19:42
Cattle Decapitation's KILLING 'TIL OBLIVION TOUR 2009 and other news!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 11-19-2008 10:28
CATTLE DECAPITATION KILLING ‘TIL OBVLIVION TOUR 2009
Cattle Decapitation are extremely pleased to announce their first tour in support of their forth coming release “The Harvest Floor.” This will mark Cattle Decapitation’s first full run of tour dates since 2007 and will be called KILLING ‘TIL OBLIVION 2009.
Killing ‘Til Oblivion 2009 will be a southern U.S. trek including PSYOPUS, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH and up and comers GIGAN (feat. Ex-member of Hate Eternal) to further add to the musical onslaught. A full list of dates are listed below and please visit their homepage and their MySpace site for any changes to any of the dates.
CATTLE DECAPITATION KILLING 'TIL OBLIVION 2009 w/ Psyopus-Book of Black Earth-Gigan
1/21/09 Santa Barbara, CA @ The Jensen Mainstage 1/22/09 Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome 1/23/09 Berkeley, CA @ Gilman 1/24/09 San Francisco,CA @ Thee Parkside 1/25/09 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory 1/26/09 Tempe, AZ @ The Sets 1/27/09 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad 1/28/09 El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar 1/29/09 Austin, TX @ Red 7 1/30/09 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit 1/31/09 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 2/1/09 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground 2/2/09 Pensacola, FL @ American Legion Post 33 2/3/09 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Coffeehouse 2/4/09 Orlando, FL @ Back Booth 2/5/09 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum 2/6/09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 2/7/09 Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room 2/8/09 Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 2/9/09 Little Rock, AR @ The Village 2/10/09 Dallas, TX @ The Lounge on Elm St. 2/11/09 Farmington, NM @ Gator's 2/12/09 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock 2/13/09 San Marcos, CA @ The Jumping Turtle
*More CATTLE DECAPITATION 2009 tour dates including the entire US, Europe and MORE will be announced as they come in!
*The new album “The Harvest Floor” PRE-ORDER packages featuring VINYL and exclusive T-SHIRT packages will be announced in DECEMBER! Check back for details!
*A NEW “The Harvest Floor” E-card and NEW homepage intro both featuring another BRAND NEW TRACK will be released soon! Keep checking back to our sites for details as they unravel!
*NEW widget for your MY SPACE and FACEBOOK pages! Just scroll ONCE to the left to the“SHARE” button and click! Copy the code help promote on your MY SPACE or FACEBOOK page!
In other news…
*Cattle Decapitation BURGERS!
You heard that right! Tucked away in San Diego’s South Park community is Hamilton’s Pub and Café whom now boast a delicious veggie burger called the “Cattle Decapitation”! Inspired by the local veggie gore band of the same name, the burger’s homemade all-vegan patty is a scrumptious mix of black beans, garlic, corn, potatoes and Hamilton’s secret mix of spices! Add some lettuce, tomatoes, onions and vegan PCS sauce (stands for Phil Collins sucks!), this burger is simply the best damn veggie burger in town and is rapidly becoming their best seller! Comes with excellent homemade pub chips and a bonus side of vegan sweet coconut curry sauce!
If you live in San Diego or are visiting soon, stop by and grab one! Hamilton’s Pub & Café 1517 30th St (between Beech St & Cedar St) San Diego, CA 92102 (619) 238-5637 www.hamiltonstavern.com
The Cattle Decapitation burger:
Travis gorging out:
From the Hamilton’s menu:
From the ordering screen:
Cattle Decapitation announce NEW ALBUM details!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 10-31-2008 02:17
CATTLE DECAPITATION announces details of NEW ALBUM! Brand new MP3, album title, track listing & cover art!
We’re FINALLY done with all the finishing touches of our new album and we feel we’ve finally done it! Sonically, the band has managed to finally capture and accentuate its live intensity that we’ve become known for and has created one hell of an album from start to epic finish! Conceptually, its misanthropy shall go unmatched. This is it, humans... ferocity at its finest.
The album is called “The Harvest Floor”, a title Travis has been kicking around in his head and working towards for the last 2 albums and will arrive as an enhanced CD and there will also be a picture disc LP version that comes with a giant poster! The actual title refers to the area of a slaughterhouse where the animal (of course in our case it always means the HUMAN) begins the agonizing process of death, usually done with a bolt to the forehead or a slice to the throat. “The Harvest Floor” is a fitting title for an album laden in gore and the anti-human metaphors and sentiments CATTLE DECAPITATION fans have grown to know and love.
Artwork by Wes Benscoter shows the outside of a large slaughterhouse/factory of doom and gloom with the general public being herded inside to meet their demise. The inside of the album layout reveals what’s really inside that slaughterhouse: our misanthropic heroes of GORE (not core) at another hard day of work! Combined with the amazing artwork and conceptually brutal layout, the CD version of The Harvest Floor also contains an enhanced portion which sports an I-pod ready documentary titled “Pandemic: The Damnation Epic – The Making of “The Harvest Floor” which, simply put, makes “The Harvest Floor” an apocalyptic multimedia epic!
Track Listing: 1. The Gardeners of Eden 2. A Body Farm 3. We are Horrible People 4. Tooth Enamel & Concrete 5. The Ripe Beneath the Rind 6. The Product Alive 7. In Axetasy 8. Into the Public Bath 9. The Harvest Floor 10. Regret & the Grave
No strangers to guest appearances, CATTLE DECAPITATION have enlisted some old friends for guest vocals including Ross Sewage (Impaled/Ludicra) and Dino Sommese (Dystopia/Asunder). The band is also very pleased to announce there is a special appearance by Jarboe (Swans), lending her beautifully haunting voice to the epic death dirge “The Harvest Floor”. Jackie Perez Gratz (Grayceon/Amber Asylum) graces a couple tracks with her electric cello and Los Angeles noisician John Wiese also lends his electronic/atmospheric expertise to the album further separating the band from the typical “cookie-cutter” approach applied all too often by today’s extreme acts.
The Harvest Floor shows a return to the engineering and production skills of Billy Anderson (Mr. Bungle, Melvins, Swans) with a combination of drum recording by Zach Ohren (All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth) to create a modern but unique sound that is disturbingly pummeling. Holed up in Sharkbite studios in Oakland, CA for nearly a month away from the punishing light of day, CATTLE DECAPITATION hid in the depths and have sprouted new hell with the masterpiece that is… The Harvest Floor.
*PRE-ORDER packages will be announced in DECEMBER! Check back for details!
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UPCOMING CATTLE DECAPITATION SHOWS! posted by Travis Ryan on 10-29-2008 11:41
*We'll be filming a video at our Che Cafe show on Halloween in San Diego! We're asking everyone in the area to come out to the show and dress like a zombie if you can and get up front, go nuts and show us your stuff!!! HALLOWEEN NIGHT October 31st CATTLE DECAPITATION Bumbklaat Crime Desire Ritual Torture & Shoot em in the Head @ Che Cafe 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093 ALL AGES!!!!!!!
*Cattle Decapitation to headline November to Dismember fest in ONTARIO, CALIGORENIA!!!
Sat. Nov.8th NOVEMBER TO DISMEMBER FEST: Cattle Decapitation Dolemite Project Ivebeenshot Graf Orlock Landmine Marathon Bedlam of Cacophony and NINE more bands!!! ALL AGES Only $10!!! @ The Granada Theater 303 Euclid Ave. Ontario, CA 91762
*Cattle Decapitation to appear on Instintos Radio Show 102.5 Stereo Frontera in Tijuana, now Fusion in Baja California Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California We will be appearing on the Instintos Radio show in Tijuana, Mexico on October 29th to hang out and play a couple of tracks from our new album and talk about our upcoming show in Tijuana on November 1st! If you live in the area, tune into 102.5 Stereo Frontera in Tijuana, now Fusion in Baja California Mexico at 8:00pm!!!
Cattle Decapitation 2008 Studio Report - Part 2!!! posted by Travis Ryan on 09-04-2008 23:17
Cattle Decapitation has uploaded their latest 2008 IN-STUDIO VIDEO REPORT installment to their MySpace and on YouTube!
“In-Studio Video Report #2: Guitars & Bass” shows a sneek peek behind the tracking of the guitars and bass guitars for their 4th Metal Blade Records release available in January 2009! At the helm of the recording console is none other than Billy Anderson (“Karma.Bloody.Karma”, Melvins, Mr. Bungle). Recorded in August of 2008, the forthcoming album has already shaped up to be the most unrelenting release yet for the four-piece as well as the most dynamic in terms of technicality, brutality and production. The band delivers their unique brand of spastic, gory, grinding death with a much more modern and updated production approach entirely and we’re positive the fans' lust for newer and better Cattle will be more than satiated! The album title as well as the complete track listing, album artwork & MP3 will be revealed soon!
*We've been added to the WAR! ON EVERYTHING! Oakland show headed by Impaled and featuring Phobia, Malignancy, Ilogicist and Maruta!
*We're knee deep in the studio in Oakland, CA recording our new album right now (which is coincidentally directly accross the street from the club we're playing at) and will be playing this show as we're finishing up the mixing! Come check it out, we'll play a bunch of new songs for your asses!
Impaled, Cattle Decapitation, Phobia, Malignancy, Illogicist, Maruta Friday August 22, 2008 @ The New Oakland Metro 630 3rd St. Oakland, California 94607
