Description

Over the span of a decade, Cattle Decapitation has forged its not-so-humble beginnings in gore-grind into one of extreme metal’s most relentless forces, encompassing a sound as schizophrenic as their record collections but with a determined lyrical stance resolutely damning the ills of humanity. The foundation for Karma.Bloody.Karma. has been poured. In Vocalist Travis Ryan’s words, This will be the most nihilistic, pessimistic and condemning record we’ve ever done lyrically. Musically, imagine the Caninus split material, just longer in every way. The album features guest appearances by Joey Karam (The Locust) and John Wiese (Sunn0) and production by Billy Anderson (Swans, Mr. Bungle, Melvins).Karma. Bloody. Karma is a huge step towards Cattle Decapitation being a great, epic band. The songs are longer, the music is much less one-dimensional and more complex, unique, and technical, and most importantly, it has a lot more standout tracks. But, despite what you may have heard, the album has very little melody to speak of. The band’s furious, teeth-rattling sonic brutality is never compromised; the drums wallop, the vocals are ultra evil (frontman Travis Ryan even mixes it up a bit by adding black meta-style shrieks to go alongside his ultra-evil growl), and the guitar riffs are feverish and uncompromising. But this grindcore quartet adopted one new, key ingredient to make the album a leap forward: tempo changes. Every song on Karma. Bloody. Karma. pack a high level of intensity and viciousness which will be overwhelming to everyone who doesn’t have quite a bit of experience listening to death/grind. But the album is highly recommended listening and a success and a leap forward for Cattle Decapitation.

Track list:
1. Intro
2. Unintelligent Design
3. Success Is… (Hanging By The Neck)
4. One Thousand Times Decapitation
5. The Carcass Derrick
6. Total Gore
7. Bereavement
8. Supsended In Coprolite
9. Alone At The Landfill
10. Karma.Bloody.Karma
11. The New Dawn
12. Of Human Pride And Flatulence