Long-running San Diego, California deathgrind outfit CATTLE DECAPITATION will release its tenth studio album, “Terrasite”, on May 12 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2019’s “Death Atlas” was once again produced by Dave Otero (ALLEGAEON, KHEMMIS, ARCHSPIRE),with artwork by longtime collaborator Wes Benscoter (VADER, KREATOR, BLOODBATH, HYPOCRISY).
“Terrasite” is dedicated to the memory of Gabe Serbian.
Terrasite (noun)
/ˌterə ˌsīt/ (terr·a·site)
“terra-“ (Latin = “earth”) + “-sitos” (Greek = “food”) Definition:
1. A devourer or destroyer of land or earth.
2. Post-Anthropocene humanity
Comments vocalist Travis Ryan: “We’ve all heard the old saying about how the c**kroach 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.
“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.”
Cover art by Wes Benscoter
“Terrasite” track listing:
- Terrasitic Adaptation
- We Eat Our Young
- Scourge Of The Offspring
- The Insignificants
- The Storm Upstairs
- …And The World Will Go On Without You
- A Photic Doom
- Dead End Residents
- Solastalgia
- Just Another Body
CATTLE DECAPITATION is:
- Travis Ryan / Vocals
- Josh Elmore / Lead guitar
- Belisario Dimuzio / Rhythm guitar
- Olivier Pinard / Bass
- David McGraw / Drums
“Death Atlas” featured 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.
