Cattle Decapitation Announce New Album After Release Plan Leaks

Cattle Decapitation are on their means again with a brand new album titled Terrasite, however the announcement of the document comes slightly sooner than anticipated after the group’s proposed rollout was spoiled by a Reddit leak.

Speaking by way of their Facebook web page (as seen under), the group revealed, “Recently we posted that we would be revealing all details to the new album next month. Unfortunately, somebody leaked everything onto Reddit a couple days ago and the user has been doing the same to other bands for a while now.”

As a outcome, the band writes, “We have decided to release the announcement that we were going to do for our new album, Terrasite, as it has been an idea that was 8 years in the making, and will most likely require an explanation for proper absorption.”

That mentioned, the band delves into that title, defining “Terrasite” as a noun of each Greek (terra is Latin for Earth) and Greek dissent (sitos is Greek for meals). The precise definition is both 1. a devourer or destroyer of land or earth or 2. Post-Anthropocene humanity.

Vocalist Travis Ryan digs even deeper, explaining, “We’ve all heard the old saying about how the cockroach is so pervasive… so invasive… so insidious… that they could survive a nuclear war… Our previous album, Death Atlas, left the world blackened and lifeless.. or so we thought. It turns out that the carbon-encrusted bodies that adorned the album’s layout and music video (and that resemble the victims of Pompeii that were frozen in time by the Mt. Vesuvius disaster of 79 A.D.) were actually more of a cocoon stage for something much more vicious to come: Humanity 2.0.”

He adds, “On the cover we see the terrasite, aka ‘earth-eater,’ molting from its ootheca. Having lived the tortuous existence of being a human, they have now re-emerged into a new world… saddened… confused… PISSED; rebirthed as a new variant of human disease, now adapted to continue and finish the utter ravaging of its home planet, Earth.”

The band additionally revealed that they’ve devoted the album to the reminiscence of Gabe Serbian, the drummer, guitarist and vocalist for The Locust who died final yr on the age of 44.

The paintings and observe itemizing for the brand new album might be seen under and the band has introduced a May 12 road date for the document by Metal Blade Records. The album was produced by Dave Otero with paintings by Wes Benscoter.

As for his or her future plans, the band provides with a way of annoyance, “The first single off of the album will probably be launched subsequent month. That is, if some fool would not leak it first,” then commenting, “The human is an animal it is best to by no means belief.”

Cattle Decapitation, Terrasite Artwork + Track Listing

1. Terrasitic Adaptation
2. We Eat Our Young
3. Scourge of the Offspring
4. The Insignificants
5. The Storm Upstairs
6. …And the World Will Go On Without You
7. A Photic Doom
8. Dead End Residents
9. Solastalgia
10. Just Another Body