Possessed To Headline Obscene Extreme Festival, Cattle Decapitation Announced!

Without death metal's founding fathers, Possessed, Obscene Extreme would be a very different festival indeed.

Forming in San Francisco in 1983, the band dragged thrash metal into darker and heavier places with their classic albums ‘Seven Churches’ and ‘Beyond The Gates’ on Combat Records. Possessed created a whole genre and then faded away like ghosts.

Reforming around vocalist and founder Jeff Becerra in 2007, the original death cult are back and they're writing new material too. Obscene Extreme 2014, prepare yourself for a new chapter in the unholy book of the dead...

Making an overdue return to Obscene Extreme since their debut visit in 2010, furiously outspoken death/grind San Diego outfit Cattle Decapitation have been confirmed to play at Obscene Extreme Festival 2014. Obscene Extreme organisers are proud to welcome the US powerhouse who will take their razor-wire brand of technical death/grind back to Trutnov, Czech Republic to pick up where they left off… filling the pit with teeth, blood and bones.

Having set a terrifying new standard with 2012's ‘Monolith Of Insanity’ – a chaotic slaughterhouse floor of chainsaw riffs and bolt gun drumming – Cattle Decapitation are at their absolute best.

Obscene Extreme 2014, prepare for the slaughter!!!

Obscene Extreme tickets are on sale now – obsceneextreme.cz

CATTLE DECAPITATION: New Video Unleashed "Your Disposal" Summer Slaughter Takeover Continues

CATTLE DECAPITATION has launched a brand new video for "Your Disposal" from their most recent album, Monolith of Inhumanity. The band worked with Mitch Massie once again to create an irreverent, grotesque piece of cinematic artistry.

Notes CATTLE DECAPITATION's Travis Ryan: "Director Mitch Massie has presented us all with a bizarre retelling of the story of Adam and Eve using themes from our latest album Monolith of Inhumanity. Here we see Eve giving birth to humanity, a living, breathing piece of primordial meat birthed into the dirt making its way through the Garden Of Eden, hell-bent on destruction… A clean and conscious monolith foretelling what could be possible given the fact that humans exhibit superior traits of intelligence, instead the earth is flooded with technological fallout and debris by the hands of man. This video is very much a prequel to our other videos ‘Forced Gender Reassignment’ and of course, ‘Kindgom of Tyrants.’"

Fans can view "Your Disposal" now at: metalblade.com/cattledecapitation.

CATTLE DECAPITATION is currently dismantling stages across North America on the seventh annual Summer Slaughter Tour. Presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP and Guitar World, this year’s lineup features CATTLE DECAPITATION alongside The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn and Thy Art is Murder. See remaining dates below:

CATTLE DECAPITATION on The Summer Slaughter Tour

7/30/2013 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

7/31/2013 Old City Courtyard – Knoxville, TN

8/01/2013 House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC

8/02/2013 The Filmore Silver Springs – Silver Springs, MD

8/03/2013 The Palladium – Worcester, MA **no Norma Jean **w/ special guests Unearth

8/04/2013 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

8/07/2013 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY

8/08/2013 Sound Academy – Toronto, ON

8/09/2013 Metropolis – Montreal, QC

8/10/2013 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY

8/11/2013 The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI

8/12/2013 House of Blues – Chicago, IL

8/13/2013 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI

8/14/2013 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN

8/16/2013 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO

8/17/2013 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

8/18/2013 The Venue – Caldwell, ID **Off date w/ Revocation, Aeon, Thy Art Is Murder, Dark Sermon

8/19/2013 Snowbox Sodo – Seattle, WA

8/20/2013 Roseland Ballroom – Portland, OR

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CATTLE DECAPITATION To Release "Your Disposal" 7" Single Band Prepares To Level Stages At Summer Slaughter

CATTLE DECAPITATION will be releasing a 7" single this Summer. "Your Disposal" features the B-side, "An Exposition of Insides," which was previously available only as a Japanese bonus track on the band's most recent album,Monolith of Inhumanity. The single is available (both black and clear vinyl) for order on-line on indiemerchstore.com for $5.50, as well as in a bundle with a T-shirt for $18.99. Pick up your copy of the single HERE, and check out the T-shirt bundle HERE. Fans attending this year's The Summer Slaughter Tour can grab their copy at the band's merch booth throughout the tour.

Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: "We noticed a lot of people were dismayed to find out there was a track available out there on a Japanese version of Monolith of Inhumanity that nobody outside of Japan had ever heard before. When it hit YouTube, that's when we started getting emails from fans. We noticed the lyrics weren't inside that version or available anywhere at all so that gave us the idea of throwing it on a B-side and releasing a 7" vinyl single for "Your Disposal" with the song "An Exposition of Insides!” We feel that Monolith is the mother of all of our releases so far and I thought it'd be funny to make it look like she just squirted out a baby and that's what this little guy looks like. Just in time for Summer Slaughter!"

The most extreme tour of the year has returned with its most devastating and anticipated lineup yet. The 7th annual Summer Slaughter Tour, presented by Indie Merch Store, ESP and Guitar World, is now officially slated to run from July 19th through August 24th. It features such heavyweights as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon and more. See dates below:

CATTLE DECAPITATION

The Summer Slaughter Tour w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder

7/19/2013 Regency Ballrom – San Francisco, CA

7/20/2013 House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA

7/21/2013 The Observatory/Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA

7/24/2013 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
7/25/2013 The Scott Inn – Austin, TX
7/26/2013 House of Blues – Dallas, TX

7/27/2013 House of Blues – Houston, TX
7/28/2013 Vinyl Music Hall - Pensacola, FL **Off date w/ Aeon, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Revocation**
7/30/2013 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

7/31/2013 Old City Courtyard – Knoxville, TN

8/01/2013 House of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC

8/02/2013 The Filmore Silver Springs – Silver Springs, MD

8/03/2013 The Palladium – Worcester, MA **no Norma Jean **w/ special guests Unearth

8/04/2013 The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

8/07/2013 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY

8/08/2013 Sound Academy – Toronto, ON

8/09/2013 Metropolis – Montreal, QC

8/10/2013 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY

8/11/2013 The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI

8/12/2013 House of Blues – Chicago, IL

8/13/2013 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI

8/14/2013 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
8/16/2013 Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
8/17/2013 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
8/18/2013 The Venue - Caldwell, ID **Off date w/ Revocation, Aeon, Thy Art Is Murder, Dark Sermon
8/19/2013 Snowbox Sodo – Seattle, WA
8/20/2013 Roseland Ballroom – Portland, OR

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Cattle Decapitation: Another Great Video Clip "Forced Gender Reassignment"

San Diego, California Death Metal/Grindcore band  Cattle Decapitation has posted a new "awful" video clip for the track "Forced Gender Reassignment". The song appears at "Monolith of Inhumanity" released in May 8th, 2012 through Metal Blade Records. The video which can be seen below is not suitable/safe for work (NSFW).

01. The Carbon Stampede

02. Dead Set on Suicide

03. A Living, Breathing Piece of Defecating Meat

04. Forced Gender Reassignment

05. Gristle Licker

06. Projectile Ovulation

07. Lifestalker

08. Do Not Resuscitate

09. Your Disposal

10. The Monolith

11. Kingdom of Tyrants

Caution, contains shocking images

CATTLE DECAPITATION: Monolith Of Inhumanity Streaming In Its Entirety Band Added To Shockwave Festival Tour 2012 Lineup

Today MetalSucks will help you kick off your weekend in veggie-gorging progressive grind style with an exclusive stream of CATTLE DECAPITATION’s Monolith Of Inhumanity. Set for a North American release on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, the 11-track long player is an achievement that stands out as one of the most volatile, ambitious, and impossible-to-pigeonhole records of 2012.

Produced by Dave Otero of Denver's Flatline Audio, Monolith Of Inhumanity sees the band investigating inventive new techniques in songwriting without abandoning their signature formula of confrontational audio wreckage. Conceptually, the record revolves around a potent distaste for contemporary civilization and the damage wrought in the name of progress. In addition, Monolith Of Inhumanity features a host of guests including Mike Majewski of Devourment (guest vocals on "Projectile Ovulation"), Lenard Leal of Cephalic Carnage (backing vocals by on "A Living, Breathing Piece of Defecating Meat"), The Cephalic Carnage Community Men's Choir, consisting of all current Cephalic members and alumni Jawsh Mullen and Zac Joe (gang choir vocals on "The Carbon Stampede"), and ambient and noise interludes by Los Angeles' most extreme decimator of sound, John Wiese.

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In related news, CATTLE DECAPITATION will crush souls on this Summer’s Shockwave Festival Tour 2012 announced earlier this week. The band will be joined by Fear Factory, Voivod, Misery Index, Revocation, Havok, Dirge Within, Last Chance To Reason, Vildhjarta, The Browning and Forged In Flame. Tickets are on sale TODAY at THIS LOCATION.

Comments vocalist Travis Ryan: "It’s been a great start of the year for us what with the new album already getting great reviews from fans and press and all, but we're very excited for the announcement of this kick ass USA tour. It marks our return to Canadian soil after a three- year absence and is looking to be an extremely heavy hitter. Very honored to be asked by the Shockwave Festival to be a part of it!"

In the meantime, the band is currently bringing their audio pummel to the stage on the Occupation Domination 2012 tour alongside Origin, Decrepit Birth, Aborted, Rings Of Saturn, Battlecross and more! 

CATTLE DECAPITATION - Occupation Domination 2012
w/ Origin, Decrepit Birth, Aborted, Rings Of Saturn, Battlecross [remaining dates]
5/04/12 Ruby Room - San Diego, CA
5/05/12 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
5/06/12 The Whisky a Go-Go - Hollywood, CA
5/07/12 Slidebar - Fullerton, CA
5/08/12 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
5/09/12 Plea For Peace Center - Stockton, CA
5/10/12 The Alley - Sparks, NV
5/11/12 Branx - Portland, OR
5/12/12 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
5/13/12 The Venue - Boise, ID
5/14/12 In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
5/15/12 The Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
5/16/12 People's Court - Des Moines, IA
5/17/12 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN

5/18/12 The Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS

CATTLE DECAPITATION - Shockwave Festival Tour 2012 Presented By Full Metal Jackie

w/ Fear Factory, Voivod, Misery Index, Revocation, Havok, Dirge Within, Last Chance To Reason, Vildhjarta, The Browning, Forged In Flame

7/06/2012 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

7/07/2012 Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC

7/11/2012 Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB

7/12/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

7/13/2012 The Rave – Milwaukee, WI

7/14/2012 Kool House – Toronto, ON

7/17/2012 Imperial Theater – Quebec City, QC

7/18/2012 Club Soda – Montreal, QC

7/20/2012 Northern Lights – Clifton, NY

7/21/2012 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY

7/22/2012 Reverb – Reading, PA

7/25/2012 Palladium – Worcester, MA

7/26/2012 Empire – Springfield, VA

7/29/2012 Tebala Shrine – Rockford, IL

8/02/2012 Nakai Hall – Window Rock, AZ

8/03/2012 The Marqee Theater – Tempe, AZ

8/04/2012 House Of Blues – Hollywood, CA

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Cattle Decapitation - "Monolith of Inhumanity"

"Monolith of Inhumanity", the follow-up to 2009's monumental "The Harvest Floor", shows Cattle Decapitation continuing right where they left off. The musical evolution of the band continues with just enough changes to keep the listener on their toes throughout the blast, gore and eerily melodic proceedings. "Monolith" will continue to cement Cattle's legacy as one of the most influential and important bands in extreme music. As MetalSucks.net puts it: "Cattle Decapitation have the sort of skills that put them squarely at the head of grind's noisy pack."

Monolith Of Humanity  is due out on May 4th in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, May 7th throughout the rest of Europe and the 8th in North America. The band has released their  first video for "Kingdom Of Tyrants".  The awesome video clip can be seen below!

 

Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity LP (Metal Blade Records)

Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity CD (Metal Blade Records)

 

Cattle Decapitation: "Monolith Of Humanity" Awesome Video Released

Cattle Decapitation will be releasing their new album, "Monolith Of Humanity", on May 8th "one day earlier internationally" via Metal Blade. The band has released their  first video for "Kingdom Of Tyrants".  The awesome video clip can be seen below!

CATTLE DECAPITATION - New Track Streaming, Artwork Revealed, Album Title

CATTLE DECAPITATION's new album will be called Monolith Of Humanity The album features an artwork from artist Wes Benscoter. Monolith Of Humanity  is due out on May 4th in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, May 7th throughout the rest of Europe and the 8th in North America. 

The new track 'A Living, Breathing Piece Of Defecating Meat' can be heard in the player below.

Three years have lapsed since the last CATTLE DECAPITATION offering. In that time, the band toured the globe, reaped a legion of new devotees and have now written their most palatable, yet abrasive record to date. Titled Monolith Of Inhumanity, CATTLE DECAPITATION manage yet again to forge another beautiful deathscape that will leave fans of 2009's The Harvest Floor breathless, bloodied and spent.

Monolith Of Inhumanity is CATTLE DECAPITATION’s fifth studio offering on Metal Blade Records. Set for North American release on May 8, 2012, the record was produced by Dave Otero of Denver's Flatline Audio and sees the band exploring innovative new techniques in song writing and general musical progression without abandoning their signature formula of confrontational audio wreckage and self-loathing lyrical content. Artwork was handled by Wes Benscoter. The culmination of Benscoter's unearthly abilities fused with vocalist Travis Ryan's demented views have once again proven to be memorable and fitting for what the music holds in store for the listener.

In addition, CATTLE DECAPITATION have also collaborated with famed pop culture artist Tom Bunk for a very special art project that will be available at the BAND'S WEBSTORE. Tom is best known for his work for the 1980s Garbage Pail Kids trading cards and MAD Magazine, and has created an incredible GPK-inspired CATTLE DECAPITATION trading card set that must be seen to be believed.

Monolith… will further reinforce CATTLE's legacy as one of the most influential and important bands in extreme music. As MetalSucks.net put it: "CATTLE DECAPITATIONhave the sort of skills that put them squarely at the head of grind's noisy pack."

To check out the band’s first single, “A Living, Breathing Piece Of Defecating Meat,” as well as cover art and pre-order packages, head over to the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE. 

Monolith Of Inhumanity Track Listing:

01. The Carbon Stampede

02. Dead Set On Suicide

03. A Living, Breathing Piece of Defecating Meat

04. Forced Gender Reassignment

05. Gristle Licker

06. Projectile Ovulation

07. Lifestalker

08. Do Not Resuscitate

09. Your Disposal

10. The Monolith

11. Kingdom of Tyrants

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