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Cattle Decapitation announce upcoming tour with Soulfly, Prong; departure of bassist Troy Oftedal
An update from Cattle Decapitation front man, Travis Ryan: “It is time to announce a few things that have been going on in the Cattle Decapitation camp. First off, we have officially parted ways with bassist Troy Oftedal due to musical and personal differences. There is no bad blood and we wish him the best of luck. Filling in on upcoming tours will be our friend Rahsaan Davis. You may have seen him on our recent tour as Troy left tour early due to a physical ailment.”
Cattle Decapitation has been keeping busy throughout 2009 supporting what has been unanimously declared by press and fans as their best record, The Harvest Floor. This fall will be no exception. San Diego’s finest death/grind torch bearers have just confirmed an October tour with legendary metal acts, Soulfly and Prong.
Travis Ryan comments, “We’ll be hitting the road in late September with Soulfly, Prong and Mutiny Within for a US tour! Starting in our neck of the woods, the tour will lead us across the country, along the east coast and back home. We have a handful of dates already and there are more on the way! We here at Cattle Decapitation are all about diversity. So when we were asked to do the Soulfly/Prong tour we said "why not!?" I for one am very excited to see Prong. I've never seen them live and when I was in 7th and 8th grade they were one of my favorite bands! True, a very interesting lineup, but that's awesome as our last couple albums have proved we definitely like to switch things up to keep things interesting.”
Keep your eyes peeled for the second video from the album. The band has completed filming for A Body Farm. Fans can check out their previous video for Regret And The Grave HERE.
“This record is one of - if not THE - proudest piece of work in my career. For such a complex album, things came together nearly perfectly.” producer Billy Anderson (Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Neurosis, High on Fire, Eyehategod)
“Lyrically and musically, The Harvest Floor is an impressive work of art…there’s a sophistication to every aspect of this album that wasn’t present on earlier efforts.” Alternative Press Magazine
“…their music technical enough to cream the pants of those so inclined but steering clear of the monotony trap too many bands are falling into recently.” 9/10, Outburn Magazine
“This isn’t just some angry metal band, these are musicians and artists out to create something genuine or die trying.” CraveOnline.com
“More than simply pushing forward the wall of extreme metal, this is an album that challenges music itself, as well as the shallow way in which humanity views its place in the universe.” Blabbermouth.net
“Cattle Decapitation have the sort of skills that put them squarely at the head of grind’s noisy pack.” MetalSucks.net
CATTLE DECAPITATION
08/14 Lompoc, CA Alberto's Pizza
08/15 Modesto, CA Pizza Factory
08/16 Ventura, CA The Knights Of Columbus
Tour w/ Intronaut
08/28 Sherman Oaks, CA The Cobalt Cafe
08/29 San Marcos, CA The Jumping Turtle
Tour w/ Soulfly, Prong, Mutiny Within
09/30 Hollywood, CA Key Club
10/02 San Diego, CA Cane's Bar & Grill
10/03 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk
10/04 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
10/07 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre
10/09 Denver, CO Cervantes Masterpiece
10/10 Salina, KS The Blue Goat
10/14 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
10/16 Detroit, MI Harpo's
10/17 Dayton, OH McDuffy's House Of Rock
10/19 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
10/20 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
http://www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation
Cattle Decapitation comments on numerous upcoming tours!
Cattle Decapitation comments on numerous upcoming tours!
On the heels of their fastest selling and most critically acclaimed album to date, The Harvest Floor, Cattle Decapitation will be criss-crossing North America with everyone from GWAR, to Marduk & Mayhem, to label mates Rose Funeral, Woe of Tyrants and will be appearing at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA.
Vocalist Travis Ryan comments, “We’ll be heading out on another headlining trek and FINALLY we’ll be doing a FULL CANADIAN TOUR!!! That’s right! Years in the making, hundreds of requests gone unfulfilled, Cattle Decapitation will be grinding its way from British Columbia to Quebec! Along these dates we’ll be playing with bands like Psyopus, Rose Funeral, Woe of Tyrants and even a one off fest with our brothers in gore, Suffocation! After that, we’ll be meeting up once again with the almighty GWAR!!! That part of the trek will also feature Priestess and it runs right into the one everyone’s been waiting for…The Blackened Fest featuring Mayhem, Marduk, our long-time friends Cephalic Carnage and Atlanta’s Withered! We’re excited to hear that Attila is back in Mayhem (look ma, no pig heads!) and to jam alongside Marduk & Cephalic again and look forward to sharing our brand of depravity with their fans!
CATTLE DECAPITATION
03/31/2009 Modesto, CA Modesto Virtual
04/01/2009 Portland, OR Satyricon
04/02/2009 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
04/03/2009 Vancouver, BC The Metro Hall
04/05/2009 Edmonton, AB The Pawn Shop
04/06/2009 Coaldale, AB The Ventura Bar
04/07/2009 Calgary, AB The Den / MacEwan Events Centre
04/08/2009 Saskatoon, SK The Roxy
04/09/2009 Winnipeg, MB The Zoo
tour w/ PSYOPUS & ROSE FUNERAL
04/11/2009 Thunder Bay, ON The Den
04/13/2009 Sudbury, ON The Townehouse Tavern
04/14/2009 Kingston, ON Time To Laugh
04/15/2009 Ottawa, ON The Bronson Center w/ Suffocation & Whitechapel
04/16/2009 Montreal, QC Underworld
04/17/2009 Worcester, MA The Palladium New England Metal and Hardcore Festival
tour w/ ROSE FUNERAL & WOE OF TYRANTS
04/19/2009 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
04/20/2009 Wheeling, WV Yesterday's Draught House
04/21/2009 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
04/22/2009 Sauget, IL Pop’s
04/24/2009 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
04/25/2009 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm Street
04/26/2009 Austin, TX Emo's
04/28/2009 Clarksville, TN The Coup
04/29/2009 Danville, VA Plan B
04/30/2009 Fredericksburg, VA KC's Music Alley
05/01/2009 New York City, NY Studio at Webster Hall
05/02/2009 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheels w/ Psyopus
Fights of Spring
w/GWAR & Priestes
05/03/2009 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
05/04/2009 Orono, ME 103 Ultra Lounge
05/05/2009 Boston, MA House of Blues
05/06/2009 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
05/07/2009 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
05/08/2009 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
05/09/2009 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
05/10/2009 Traverse City, MI The Terminal
05/11/2009 DeKalb, IL Otto's Niteclub
05/12/2009 East Peoria, IL East Peoria Event Center
05/14/2009 Springfield, MS Remmington's Downtown
05/15/2009 Nashville, TN The Muse
05/16/2009 Jackson, MS Club Fire
05/17/2009 Knoxville, TN Valarium
05/19/2009 Fayetteville, NC Jester's Pub
05/20/2009 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
05/21/2009 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Blackened Fest
featuring Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage & Withered
05/22/2009 Baltimore, MD Sonar Maryland Death Fest
05/23/2009 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
05/24/2009 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
05/26/2009 Houston, TX Numbers
05/27/2009 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
05/29/2009 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
05/30/2009 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse
05/31/2009 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
06/02/2009 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
06/03/2009 San Francisco, CA DNA
06/04/2009 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
06/05/2009 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
06/06/2009 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
06/07/2009 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
06/09/2009 St Paul, MN Station 4
06/11/2009 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
06/12/2009 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
06/13/2009 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre
06/14/2009 Toronto, ON The Opera House
06/15/2009 Montreal, QC Les Foufounes Electriques
Attn: VINYL COLLECTORS: The limited edition PICTURE DISC LP version of the NEW album The Harvest Floor will be available APRIL 14th via METAL BLADE RECORDS!!!
Cattle Decapitation drummer David McGraw now endorsed by Paiste Cymbals!
David has this to say about the new endorsement: “I’m very proud to be a part of the Paiste family! I’m pleased to use cymbals that I know will deliver the goods night after night and that will cut through the sonic wall of gore that is Cattle Decapitation!”
*Cattle Decapitation is now on TWITTER.COM!!! Visit www.twitter.com/cattledecap and add us up to get up to the minute Cattle Decapitation info!!!
*Cattle Decapitation is now with INDIEMERCHSTORE.COM!!!
Check out our page, a few designs are up and more are on the way!!!
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COMING SHORTLY:
*The “Regret & the Grave” music video and its airing dates!
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Cattle Decapitation to be part of Blackened Fest tour with Mayhem & Marduk
California’s most brutal goregrinders, Cattle Decapitation, will join fellow extreme metal veterans, Mayhem, Marduk and Cephalic Carnage, as well as black metal newcomers, Withered, on this summer’s Blackened Fest. The tour will kick off on May 21st in New York at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza and wrap up in Montreal, QC on June 15th. This is one of the most extreme tour packages of the year and is no doubt one you do not want to miss!
BLACKENED FEST
w/ Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, CATTLE DECAPITATION, Withered
05/21 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
05/22 Baltimore, MD Sonar Maryland Deathfest click to buy tickets
05/24 Orlando, FL Club Firestone click to buy tickets
05/26 Houston, TX Numbers
05/27 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit click to buy tickets
05/29 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
05/30 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse click to buy tickets
05/31 San Diego, CA House Of Blues click to buy tickets
06/02 Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
06/03 San Francisco, CA DNA click to buy tickets
06/04 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre click to buy tickets
06/05 Seattle, WA Studio Seven click to buy tickets
06/06 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House click to buy tickets
06/07 Denver, CO Gothic Theater click to buy tickets
06/09 St Paul, MN Station 4
06/11 Chicago, IL House Of Blues click to buy tickets
06/12 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
06/13 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theater
06/14 Toronto, ON The Opera House
06/15 Montreal, QC Les Foufounes Electriques
www.myspace.com/blackenedfest
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Jarboe posts myspace blog about Cattle Decapitation’s show in Atlanta
Jarboe, the infinitely talented singer, songwriter, composer, etc. of Swans fame, has posted a blog on her myspace about seeing Cattle Decapitation live in Atlanta on February 6th.
“Last night, I went to the Atlanta show of Cattle Decapitation. I have the new album, The Harvest Floor and have listened to it numerous times. I had recorded some atmospheric vocals on a track for the album because the band intrigued me and the person asking was producer/engineer Billy Anderson who had worked with Swans and for whom I have the utmost respect.
The album to me is a type of "terrifying". It is unrelenting and punishing and something about it in the overtones of the guitars and vocals and rapidly pounding drums and sounds is otherworldly frightening. To me, it is more than a sound that incorporates elements of terms like "death metal" and "grindcore." It is the nameless feeling that I get that accumulates inside the nervous system and the brain that open to allow the sensation of sheer horror frenzy * to develop.
(*extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement)
I was curious if this feeling would occur watching the band live.
I can report that it most definitely did.
I usually fixate on performance aspects of a band and the overall dramatic impact they make upon me. I find that mostly I respond more to bands with a designated vocalist/front person. (Yes, there are exceptions.) The controlled severe vocal acrobatics of Travis Ryan stunned me. So much so that the moment I saw him offstage after the show, I asked him about his technique! His impressive performance also incorporated an elegantly beast-like spew alternately of water and saliva as he bent his head back and sprayed into the air. I have only seen something like it in movies of boxers in slow motion. Travis Ryan's performance was captivating to watch. It is like Olympic ice-skaters or strenuous muscular Russian ballet when the sweat blasts off the forehead, spinning.
The members of the band are spectacular musicians.
Cattle Decapitation are on tour. SEE THEM.”
CATTLE DECAPITATION
Killing 'Til Oblivion 2009
Tour w/ Psyopus, Book Of Black Earth, Gigan
02/09 Little Rock, AR The Village
02/10 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm Street
02/11 Farmington, NM Gator's
02/12 Tucson, AZ The Rock
02/13 San Marcos, CA The Jumping Turtle
w/ Woe Of Tyrants, Rose Funeral
04/17 Worcester, MA Palladium New England Metal and Hardcore Festival
04/19 Rochester NY Penny Arcade
04/20 Wheeling, WV Yesterday's Draught House
04/21 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
04/22 Sauget, IL Pops Nightclub
04/23 Tulsa, OK The Marquee
04/24 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
04/25 Juarez, MEX Histeria Club Ignacio Mejia
04/26 Tempe, AZ Phix Gallery
04/27 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
http://www.myspace.com/jarboeliving
http://www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation
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