CATTLE DECAPITATION released their latest record, Death Atlas, to critical acclaim in 2019; today, the band has launched a new video for the album track, “Finish Them”. Directed by Nicholas Vidler, the video features live footage from Cattle Decapitation‘s sold-out shows in Melbourne, Australia in early 2020. Watch “Finish Them” now here:
Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: “When traveling to Australia to embark on our Australia/New Zealand/Japan tour in early 2020, we wondered what would await us on their soil as bushfires were raging, claiming the lives of millions of wild animals, altering the lives of many of our fans and citizens of Australia. What we didn’t expect was record turnouts with serious rabid fans that I think just wanted to take their minds off the current state of affairs and do their best to have a good time given the utterly shit circumstances they were experiencing. We quickly organized meet and greets at the last minute and were able to raise well over $25,000AUD for the Cobargo Wildlife Sanctuary, who had pretty much lost everything in the fires. Thanks to the incredible support from our fans down under and through other folks ready to help, they were able to rebuild. We really felt like we had been given a gift by the fans, so we wanted to give back to these people who came out and raged with us by releasing our final music video for ‘Death Atlas,’ which showcases how sick the shows were and how truly amazing our fans are. Look close, maybe you’ll find yourself in the crowd! Looking forward to returning to the stage one day, hopefully soon!”
Produced once again by Dave Otero (flatlineaudio.com), Death Atlas was named one of the best records of 2019 by Decibel Magazine, Metal Sucks, Metal Injection, and many more, and it demands an emotional response. Cattle Decapitation have never shied away from confronting the awfulness wrought upon the natural world by the human race, and Death Atlas is their bleakest offering to date, featuring elements of death metal, grindcore, black metal, sludge, doom, drone – with Travis Ryan’s vocals broader and more fully realized than ever before.
After releasing their latest record, Death Atlas, last year to critical acclaim, CATTLE DECAPITATION are now launching a video for one of the album tracks, “Bring Back The Plague”. Watch the clip here:
Cattle Decapitation‘s Travis Ryan (vocals) comments: “With the cancellation of our ironically titled ‘Europandemic Tour’ and social distancing recommendations set in place, we found ourselves with not much to do. So we figured why not address the elephant in the room in the form of a music video for ‘Bring Back The Plague’ and just film it on our mobile phones instead of with an actual crew. Dave didn’t even have access to a drum kit and nobody is leaving their houses anyways so we decided to lighten the mood with a video. Everything from the band name to the lyrics to the merchandise to the imagery have always been heavily steeped in metaphors and irony always with tongue firmly in cheek, so this new video by David Hall at Uneasy Sleeper may just be our coup de gras…for better, or for worse. Just don’t take it too seriously, we obviously didn’t. After all it is April Fool’s Day so sit back, have a laugh if you can and stay the fuck home.”
Produced once again by Dave Otero (flatlineaudio.com), Death Atlas was named one of the best records of 2019 by Decibel Magazine, Metal Sucks, Metal Injection, and many more, and it demands an emotional response. Cattle Decapitation have never shied away from confronting the awfulness wrought upon the natural world by the human race, and Death Atlas is their bleakest offering to date, featuring elements of death metal, grindcore, black metal, sludge, doom, drone – with Travis Ryan’s vocals broader and more fully realized than ever before.
Australian brutal death titans DISENTOMB and New York death metal legends INTERNAL BLEEDING will be hitting the road in Europe this March and April as part of the CATTLE DECAPITATION headlined “Europandemic Tour”. The trek will run from March 27 – April 17 and covers a large portion of Western Europe and the UK. Additional support on the tour will come from Gloom.
Dates below.
3/27 Vienna, AT @ Escape Metalcorner
3/28 Annaberg-Buchholz, DE @ Alte Brauerei
3/29 Warsaw, PL @ Poglos
3/30 Odansk, PL @ B90
3/31 Kassel, DE @ Goldgrube
4/1 Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden
4/2 Hannover, DE @ Chez Heinz
4/3 Hamburg, DE @ Indra
4/4 Slagelse, DE @ Slagelse Musikhus
4/5 Rotterdam, DE @ Baroeg
4/6 Oberhausen, DE @ Kulttempel
4/7 Mannheim, DE @ MS Connexion
4/8 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosie
4/9 Antwerp, BE @ Kavka
4/10 Southampton, UK @ The Loft
4/11 London, UK @ The Garage
4/12 Leicester, UK @ The Y Theatre
4/13 Sheffield, UK @ Corporation
4/14 Leeds, UK @ The Key Club
4/15 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
4/16 Manchester, UK @ Rebellion
4/17 Dublin, UK @ Voodoo Lounge
Shot during summer and fall 2019, this elaborate music video showcases the striking universe of Wes Benscoter’s art in conjunction with the concepts brought into play by Cattle Decapitation in stunning 4K glory. The video is the culmination of a fruitful 18 year long relationship between the band and the world renown artist and is the first ever music video of his vastly expansive career, which includes having worked with such metal mainstays as Slayer, Kreator, Dio, Nile, Autopsy, Broken Hope, among many others. Having worked with him for so many years and being admirers of his 2009 award-winning short film, “Hold Your Fire”, the band was honored to take this next step with him and seize this opportunity to give the world something special: an emotionally captivating short film by one of the top masters of timeless metal art.
Cattle Decapitation‘s vocalist and art director Travis Ryan had this to say about this first-of-its-kind event: “When Wes told me he would be down to do a music video for us, my jaw dropped. Having a music video that is completely married to the album artwork and color palette was something I had always wanted to do but never thought it could be a reality. As you can see from our lyrics, there’s not a lot of hope floating around, so when he offered up his creative hands for a music video, we snapped to it, and along the way, it became a much more formidable force by taking the form of a short film. This worked perfectly, considering the last 12 minutes of the album not only make up two tracks that become one long emotional journey with enough monolithic peaks and valleys to rival the Andes of Argentina to the Rockies of Colorado, but the tracks themselves scream for such a treatment. The scope of the video matches the scope of the album ‘Death Atlas‘, which is meant to be listened to from beginning to the end in its entirety as is the video. Wes Benscoter has proven that he is a master of art, incorporating various mediums into one disastrously beautiful extinction-level art film.”
Wes Benscoter comments: “I’ve never had any real interest in doing a music video until we started planning the photos for the album layout and I thought man, this could be a great opportunity to make the kind of film I like. Grim, atmospheric, and topical. Created with a mix of old-school practical effects, some digital tricks and an insane amount of sand and fog. I used every trick in the book to try to do justice to Cattle‘s apocalyptic nightmare soundtrack.”
Watch “The Unerasable Past” A Short Film by Wes Benscoter – featuring the album tracks “The Unerasable Past” and “Death Atlas” – now at: youtu.be/MmYcFP1vTdk
Death Atlas will purge the Earth on Black Friday, Nov. 29th, 2019 via Metal Blade Records. The previously released tracks, “One Day Closer to the End of the World” and “Bring Back the Plague”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/cattledecapitation – where Death Atlas can also be pre-ordered in the various formats.
Death Atlas track-listing
1. Anthropogenic: End Transmission
2. The Geocide
3. Be Still Our Bleeding Hearts
4. Vulturous
5. The Great Dying
6. One Day Closer to the End of the World
7. Bring Back the Plague
8. Absolute Destitute
9. The Great Dying II
10. Finish Them
11. With All Disrespect
12. Time’s Cruel Curtain
13. The Unerasable Past
14. Death Atlas
Starting today, Cattle Decapitation head out on the road in North America for a headlining tour featuring Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, and Vitriol – see below for all dates!
Cattle Decapitation “The Geocidal Tendencies Tour” dates w/ Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, Vitriol
Nov. 22: Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room *
Nov. 23: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill *
Nov. 24: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
Nov. 25: New Orleans, LA @ The Parish @ House of Blues *
Nov. 26: Orlando, FL @ The Abbey *
Nov. 27: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * +
Nov. 29: Atlanta, GA @ Hell @ Masquerade * +
Nov. 30: Richmond, VA @ Canal Club *
Dec. 1: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
Dec. 2: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
Dec. 3: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore *
Dec. 4: Toronto, ON @ Opera House *
Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Metro *
Dec. 6: Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater %
Dec. 7: Denver, CO @ The Oriental % +
Dec. 8: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater %
Dec. 10: Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater %
Dec. 11: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red %
Dec. 12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent/ Decibel Pre-Party %
Dec. 13: Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club %
Dec. 14: Fresno, CA @ Strummers %
Dec. 15: Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre %
Dec. 17: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox %
Dec. 18: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom %
Dec. 19: Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver %
Dec. 20: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House %
Dec. 22: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick %
*=Full of Hell
+=No Author & Punisher
%=Primitive Man
On Black Friday 2019 (November 29th), CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their long-awaited 9th studio album, Death Atlas, via Metal Blade Records. Listen to the new single, “Bring Back the Plague”, here:
The previously released track, “One Day Closer to the End of the World”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/cattledecapitation – where Death Atlas can also be pre-ordered.
Fans can also enter now for a chance to win a limited edition signed collector’s bundle by pre-saving Death Atlas on Spotify or Apple Music! The collector’s bundle is limited to 300 copies and includes: 2LP “Blood Moon” vinyl, CD, cassette, signed 11″ x 17″ lithograph, custom Death Atlas wall clock, giant 42″ x 64″ post-apocalyptic wall map, album art t-shirt. The album will be automatically added to your Spotify or Apple Music collection on street date for immediate listening. Enter here: metalblade.com/cattledecapitation
Cattle Decapitation have never shied away from confronting the awfulness wrought upon the natural world by the human race, and Death Atlas is their bleakest offering to date. The cover art says it all: a stooped, skeletal Grim Reaper carrying the burnt-out husk of our planet on his back. “The core concept of this record is humanity’s insignificance despite what we’ve convinced ourselves,” explains vocalist Travis Ryan. “That’s kind of why this album cover takes place in space, to remind you that ‘the universe always finds a way to purge’. In the grand scheme of things, our species is merely a fleeting thought.” This imagery is backed up with a ferocious soundtrack, which includes elements of death metal, grindcore, black metal, sludge, doom, drone – with Ryan’s vocals broader and more fully realized than ever before.
Art by Wes Benscoter
Produced once again by Dave Otero (flatlineaudio.com), Death Atlas also features a number of guests: Laure Le Prunenec (Igorrr, Ricinn), Riccardo Conforti (Void of Silence), Dis Pater (Midnight Odyssey), Jon Fishman (Phish) – plus, brass instrumentalists from Ottone Pesante. The end result of these experimentations and collaborations is one of the most devastating records of 2019, and it demands an emotional response.
As the band prepares to tour and hopefully reach places they have yet play, what Ryan wants listeners to take away from Death Atlas is clear: “I want people to be shocked into thinking more about their futures, their loved ones, the pain they’re potentially subjecting their future generations to. Everyone just seems to live in the now with no care for tomorrow, and that’s incorrect thinking, as far as today goes. Don’t make tomorrow a cancelled check.”
Death Atlas track-listing
1. Anthropogenic: End Transmission
2. The Geocide
3. Be Still Our Bleeding Hearts
4. Vulturous
5. The Great Dying
6. One Day Closer to the End of the World
7. Bring Back the Plague
8. Absolute Destitute
9. The Great Dying II
10. Finish Them
11. With All Disrespect
12. Time’s Cruel Curtain
13. The Unerasable Past
14. Death Atlas
Cattle Decapitation European tour dates w/ Osiah
Oct. 28: Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Oct. 29: Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux’s
Oct. 30: Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
Oct. 31: London, UK @ ULU
Nov. 1: Manchester, UK @ The Bread Shed
Nov. 2: Sint Niklass, BEL @ Masters of Grind Fest
Nov. 3: Oberhausen, DE @ Kulttempel
Nov. 4: Aarau, CHE @ KiFF
Nov. 5: Leipzig, DE @ Bandhaus
Nov. 6: Munchen, DE @ Backstage
Nov. 7: Mannhein, DE @ MS Connexion
Nov. 8: Gießen, DE @ MuK
Nov. 9: Aalborg, DNK @ Aalborg Metal Fest
Cattle Decapitation “The Geocidal Tendencies Tour” dates w/ Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, Vitriol
Nov. 22: Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room *
Nov. 23: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill *
Nov. 24: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
Nov. 25: New Orleans, LA @ The Parish @ House of Blues *
Nov. 26: Orlando, FL @ The Abbey *
Nov. 27: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * +
Nov. 29: Atlanta, GA @ Hell @ Masquerade * +
Nov. 30: Richmond, VA @ Canal Club *
Dec. 1: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
Dec. 2: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
Dec. 3: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore *
Dec. 4: Toronto, ON @ Opera House *
Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Metro *
Dec. 6: Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater %
Dec. 7: Denver, CO @ The Oriental % +
Dec. 8: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater %
Dec. 10: Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater %
Dec. 11: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red %
Dec. 12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent/ Decibel Pre-Party %
Dec. 13: Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club %
Dec. 14: Fresno, CA @ Strummers %
Dec. 15: Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre %
Dec. 17: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox %
Dec. 18: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom %
Dec. 19: Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver %
Dec. 20: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House %
Dec. 22: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick %
*=Full of Hell
+=No Author & Punisher
%=Primitive Man
On Black Friday 2019 (November 29th), CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their long-awaited 9th studio album, Death Atlas, via Metal Blade Records. To hear the first single, “One Day Closer to the End of the World”, please visit: metalblade.com/cattledecapitation – where Death Atlas can also be pre-ordered.
Cattle Decapitation have never shied away from confronting the awfulness wrought upon the natural world by the human race, and Death Atlas is their bleakest offering to date. The cover art says it all: a stooped, skeletal Grim Reaper carrying the burnt-out husk of our planet on his back. “The core concept of this record is humanity’s insignificance despite what we’ve convinced ourselves,” explains vocalist Travis Ryan. “That’s kind of why this album cover takes place in space, to remind you that ‘the universe always finds a way to purge’. In the grand scheme of things, our species is merely a fleeting thought.” This imagery is backed up with a ferocious soundtrack, which includes elements of death metal, grindcore, black metal, sludge, doom, drone – with Ryan’s vocals broader and more fully realized than ever before.
Produced once again by Dave Otero (flatlineaudio.com), Death Atlas also features a number of guests: Laure Le Prunenec (Igorrr, Ricinn), Riccardo Conforti (Void of Silence), Dis Pater (Midnight Odyssey), Jon Fishman (Phish) – plus, brass instrumentalists from Ottone Pesante. The end result of these experimentations and collaborations is one of the most devastating records of 2019, and it demands an emotional response.
As the band prepares to tour and hopefully reach places they have yet play, what Ryan wants listeners to take away from Death Atlas is clear: “I want people to be shocked into thinking more about their futures, their loved ones, the pain they’re potentially subjecting their future generations to. Everyone just seems to live in the now with no care for tomorrow, and that’s incorrect thinking, as far as today goes. Don’t make tomorrow a cancelled check.”
Art by Wes Benscoter
Death Atlas track-listing
1. Anthropogenic: End Transmission
2. The Geocide
3. Be Still Our Bleeding Hearts
4. Vulturous
5. The Great Dying
6. One Day Closer to the End of the World
7. Bring Back the Plague
8. Absolute Destitute
9. The Great Dying II
10. Finish Them
11. With All Disrespect
12. Time’s Cruel Curtain
13. The Unerasable Past
14. Death Atlas
Cattle Decapitation will begin their world tour in support of Death Atlas this November/December, with a headlining trek across North America. Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, and Vitriol will also join the bill, making this one show not to be missed! See below for all dates.
Cattle Decapitation Global Warmup Tour
Oct. 28: Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Oct. 29: Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux’s
Oct. 30: Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
Oct. 31: London, UK @ ULU
Nov. 1: Manchester, UK @ The Bread Shed
Nov. 2: Sint Niklass, BEL @ Masters of Grind Fest
Nov. 3: Oberhausen, DE @ Kulttempel
Nov. 4: Aarau, CHE @ KiFF
Nov. 5: Leipzig, DE @ Bandhaus
Nov. 6: Munchen, DE @ Backstage
Nov. 7: Mannhein, DE @ MS Connexion
Nov. 8: Gießen, DE @ MuK
Nov. 9: Aalborg, DNK @ Aalborg Metal Fest
Cattle Decapitation “The Geocidal Tendencies Tour” dates w/ Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, Vitriol
Nov. 22: Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room *
Nov. 23: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill *
Nov. 24: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
Nov. 25: New Orleans, LA @ The Parish @ House of Blues *
Nov. 26: Orlando, FL @ The Abbey *
Nov. 27: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * +
Nov. 29: Atlanta, GA @ Hell @ Masquerade * +
Nov. 30: Richmond, VA @ Canal Club *
Dec. 1: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *
Dec. 2: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
Dec. 3: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore *
Dec. 4: Toronto, ON @ Opera House *
Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Metro *
Dec. 6: Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater %
Dec. 7: Denver, CO @ The Oriental % +
Dec. 8: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater %
Dec. 10: Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater %
Dec. 11: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red %
Dec. 12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent/ Decibel Pre-Party %
Dec. 13: Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club %
Dec. 14: Fresno, CA @ Strummers %
Dec. 15: Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre %
Dec. 17: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox %
Dec. 18: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom %
Dec. 19: Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver %
Dec. 20: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House %
Dec. 22: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick %
*=Full of Hell
+=No Author & Punisher
%=Primitive Man
