“The Harvest Floor” is their 5th full length CD and most impressive release to date. A perfect example of Deathgrind music done well, Cattle Decapitation encompasses a variety of styles into their sound creating a virtual rollercoaster ride effect. Deep guttural growling vocals and high pitched screams spew forth gore-laden lyrics from front-man Travis Ryan as the diverse guitar style of Josh Elmore and the monstrous bass sound of Troy Oftedal are accompanied by their new drummer David McGraw, who takes Cattle Decapitation to a whole new level of extreme speed and brutality. Joining the quartet are guest vocal appearances by Ross Sewage (Impaled/Ludicra) and Dino Sommese (Dystopia/Asunder) who add more layers of insanity to the mayhem. Jarboe (Swans) lends her haunting voice to the title track, and Jackie Perez Gratz (Grayceon/Amber Asylum) graces a couple tracks with her electric cello, giving the CD an eerie aura at times. The combination of all these elements results in an album that further separates the band from the typical approach applied by some of today’s extreme metal acts.
The 10 track schizophrenic CD runs a little under 40 minutes and features an enhanced portion that sports an iPod ready documentary titled “Pandemic: The Damnation Epic – The Making of The Harvest Floor”. The CD layout reveals the true carnage that the cover image by horror artist Wes Benscoter only hints at, and the lyrical content will further reveal the band’s misanthropic perspective. Cattle Decapitation’s “The Harvest Floor” is an apocalyptic multimedia epic that should not be missed!
TRACKLIST:
1. The Gardeners Of Eden
2. A Body Farm
3. We Are Horrible People
4. Tooth Enamel And Concrete
5. The Ripe Beneath The Rind
6. The Product Alive
7. In Axestasy
8. Into The Public Bath
9. The Harvest Floor
10. Regret & The Grave
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