CATTLE DECAPITATION: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have set "Karma.Bloody.Karma." as the title of their new album, tentatively due in June/July via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Billy Anderson (SWANS, MR. BUNGLE, SLEEP) and features guest appearances by Joey Karam (THE LOCUST) and John Wiese (SUNN0))), BASTARD NOISE).

Regarding the album title, the band said, "NO, there is not any religious significance of the title. NO, the name does not imply that we’re 'crazy vegans' trying to push our lifestyle onto people (as a lot of gabbing Internet idiots like to pigeonhole us as). It is simply about the 'greatest natural disaster of all time,' humanity, and revenge for its effect on this planet.

"This will be the most nihilistic, pessimistic and hateful record we've ever done lyrically, and musically you can expect, what one of our friends has said perfectly about it, a very 'schizophrenic' release! Imagine the CANINUS split material, just longer in every way."

"Karma.Bloody.Karma." (view cover here) track listing:

01. Intro
02. Unintelligent Design
03. Success Is…(Hanging By the Neck)
04. One Thousand Times Decapitation
05. The Carcass Derrick
06. Total Gore
07. Bereavement
08. Suspended In Coprolite
09. Alone At The Landfill
10. Karma.Bloody.Karma.
11. The New Dawn
12. Of Human Pride & Flatulence

In other news, drummer Michael Laughlin has left CATTLE DECAPITATION for "personal reasons," according to a posting on the group' s web site. "Unfortunately, this leaves us in the predicament of trying to fulfill our upcoming tour obligations without a drummer," the band write. "Therefore we are asking drummers that would be interested in filling in for our upcoming tours with NECROPHAGIST and FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW (with the potential of becoming a permanent member) to submit a recording (audio or video) of themselves playing either the song 'No Future' off our split with CANINUS and/or 'Reduced to Paste' from 'Humanure'. Let it be clear that we are not looking for creative interpretations of the songs. A calypso version of 'Reduced to Paste' is not necessary. We would like for prospective drummers to be able to play hit for hit what is being performed on the above recordings. Either you have it or you don't. Sloppy double-bass or slow blasting is not acceptable.

"Our live set will be approximately 35 minutes a night for the aforementioned tours, so applicants should be prepared for a barrage of learning over the course of the next five weeks. Basically, we need a human drum machine. We plan to have 5-6 brand new unreleased songs in our set in addition to various selections from the split with CANINUS, 'Humanure', 'To Serve Man' and 'Human Jerky' for a total of around 11 songs. We will provide able prospects with recordings of the unreleased songs upon reception of successfully rendered versions of 'No Future' or 'Reduced to Paste'. A link to 'No Future' and 'Reduced To Paste' can be found on our My Space site: www.myspace.com/cattledecapitation. These tours start May 11th. You may reach us at [email protected] or at our Myspace.com page with submissions."

Also on the CATTLE DECAPITATION front, the band have announced the addition of second guitarist Kevin "Fetus" Bernier (WATCH ME BURN, FETUS EATERS, DEADFOOD, Vomitcore Records) to the group's ranks. "He's been an amazing friend of ours since the beginning and we're very excited to start playing live with him," the band write. "We'll try our hardest to have him ready for the NECROPHAGIST tour!"