Cattle Decapitation

Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from

Cattle Decapitation
San Diego, California, formed in 1996. The band's current
lineup includes vocalist Travis Ryan, guitarists Josh Elmore
and Belisario Dimuzio, bassist Olivier Pinard, and drummer
David McGraw. Cattle Decapitation have released seven
albums, the most recent being Death Atlas, which was
released on November 29, 2019.[5]

Contents
Cattle Decapitation in 2016
History
Background information
Lyrical themes
Origin San Diego, California,
Members
U.S.
Timeline
Genres Deathgrind[1] ·
Discography
grindcore[2] · technical
Studio albums
death metal[3] ·
Compilation albums
goregrind (early)[4]
EPs
Split albums Years active 1996–present

Demos Labels Satan's Pimp · Three

Music videos One G · Accident Prone
· Metal Blade · War Torn
References
External links Members Travis Ryan
Josh Elmore
Dave McGraw
History Belisario Dimuzio

Founded in 1996, the band started with an entirely vegan Olivier Pinard
lineup. Only two current members are vegetarian, namely
Past members Scott Miller
Travis Ryan and Josh Elmore.[6][7]
Gabe Serbian
The 2002 album To Serve Man saw controversy in Germany, Dave Astor
where distribution company SPV refused to handle the album
Michael Laughlin
due to its graphic cover.[8] The cover of the 2004 album
Humanure, featuring a cow excreting human remains, was Troy Oftedal
reportedly censored without permission from the label in Derek Engemann
some outlets. Record store owners did not display the album,
making it difficult for customers to find and buy it.[9] Website cattledecapitation.com
(http://cattledecapitatio
n.com)
 Former member Gabe Serbian was a member of the band The
Locust.[10] 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".[8] In August 2009, Cattle
Decapitation parted ways with long-time bassist Troy Oftedal
because of "musical and personal differences".[11] Cattle
Decapitation's album Monolith of Inhumanity was released in 2012.
It received positive reviews upon release.[12][13]
Dave McGraw in 2018
Cattle Decapitation has toured with extreme metal acts including
Suffocation, Cryptopsy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Deicide,
Behemoth, Hate Eternal, Krisiun and Job for a Cowboy.[14] The band also participated in Metal Blade
Record's Scion A/V Showcase in late 2012.[15]

The band spent the majority of 2014 writing a new record.[16] The tracking
for the album was announced to have been completed on February 14,
2015. On May 20, 2015, Cattle Decapitation announced the title of the new
record was The Anthropocene Extinction. Alongside this announcement the
band released the first song of the record, titled "Manufactured Extinct".[17]
It was released through Metal Blade Records on August 7, 2015.[18]

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."[19] 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."[20][21]

In August 2018, the band announced the addition of Cryptopsy bass player
Olivier Pinard, as well as the promotion of touring rhythm guitarist Travis Ryan in 2018
Belisario Dimuzio to being a full time member,[22] thus making the group a
five piece for the first time. The recording of the seventh studio album
Death Atlas began in May 2019, and was released November 2019.[23]

On January 10, 2023, the band announced their eighth album, Terrasite, will be released on May 12.[24]

Lyrical themes
Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals, the abuse of the
environment and touch subjects such as misanthropy and genocide of the human race. Much of the band's
music is based on putting humans in the situations that animals are subjected to, for example animal testing,
slaughter, etc. The band's lyrics are largely concerned with human impact on the environment, the ethics of
eating meat and animal rights.

Ryan comments: "Josh and I are what you would call "vegetarian". We've tried and tried to be as up front
about that as possible but the entire media world thinks we are hardline vegan, which in turn trickled down
to fans and we're just not. I've been vegan at points but I try to be as correct as possible and point blank,
there's times on tour where I just don't know if what I've been given to eat has eggs or dairy in it and the
road is rather unfriendly to us. We aren't afforded the luxury of going to a Whole Foods at 3 am after a
show. At that point it's fucking Taco Bell or something disgusting. You're driving down the road burning
fossil fuels and your vehicle is covered in the carcasses of insects and sometimes birds and other animals.
So how far does one take it? This is why I can't claim vegan. I live my life with as much compassion as I
can for others, the environment and the animals though. At home it's much easier."[25]

Members
Current Former

Travis Ryan – vocals (1997–present)
Josh Elmore – lead guitar (2001–present)
Dave McGraw – drums (2007–present)
Belisario Dimuzio – rhythm guitar (2018–
present; touring 2015–2018)
Olivier Pinard – bass (2018–present)
Dave Astor – bass (1996), drums (1997–
2003)
Gabe Serbian – drums (1996), guitars
(1997–2001) (died 2022)
Scott Miller – guitars, vocals (1996)
Troy Oftedal – bass (1996–2009)
Michael Laughlin – drums (2003–2006, 2007)
Derek Engemann – bass (2010–2017)

Timeline

Discography
Cattle Decapitation
Studio albums discography
Studio albums 7
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Music videos 8
Peak chart positions
EPs 4
US US
Year Album details US US
Hard Billboard GER Split albums 1
Heat. Indie. [30]
[26] [27] Rock 200
[28] [29]
Demos 1
2002 To Serve Man — — — — —
 Released: July 30, 2002
Label: Metal Blade

Humanure
2004 Released: July 13, 2004 — — — — —
Label: Metal Blade

Karma.Bloody.Karma
2006 Released: July 11, 2006 — — — — —
Label: Metal Blade

The Harvest Floor

2009 Released: January 20, 2009 16 — — — —
Label: Metal Blade

Monolith of Inhumanity
2012 Released: May 8, 2012 6 32 18 — —
Label: Metal Blade

The Anthropocene Extinction

2015 Released: August 7, 2015 — 5 5 100 88
Label: Metal Blade

Death Atlas
2019 Released: November 29, 2019 — — 3 116 56
Label: Metal Blade

Terrasite
2023 Released: May 12, 2023 — — — — —
Label: Metal Blade

"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums
Medium Rarities (2018)[31]

EPs

Year Album details

Human Jerky
1999 Released: 1999
Label: Three One G

Homovore
2000 Released: May 2, 2000
Label: Three One G

2000 ¡Decapitacion!

Released: 2000
 Label: Accident Prone

Split albums

Year Album details

Cattle Decapitation / Caninus

2005 Released: November 24, 2005
Label: War Torn Records

Demos

Year Album details

Ten Torments of the Damned
1996 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 —

"Regret and the Grave" Gary Smithson

2009 The Harvest Floor
"A Body Farm" —

"Kingdom of Tyrants"
2012
"Forced Gender Reassignment" Monolith of Inhumanity
Mitch Massie
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
2021 "Finish Them" Nicholas Vidler

Rock music
portal
United States
portal
California portal

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External links
Official website (http://cattledecapitation.com)
Cattle Decapitation (http://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/cattle-decapitation/) at Metal Blade
Cattle Decapitation (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000988168) at AllMusic

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