Cattle Decapitation - New Single and UK Tour Dates
On Black Friday 2019 (November 29th), Cattle Decapitation will release their long-awaited 9th studio album, Death Atlas, via Metal Blade Records. Today you can hear the first single, "One Day Closer to the End of the World", right here:
Cattle Decapitation have never shied away from confronting the awfulness wrought upon the natural world by the human race, and Death Atlas is their bleakest offering to date. The cover art says it all: a stooped, skeletal Grim Reaper carrying the burnt-out husk of our planet on his back.
Vocalist Travis Ryan explains:
"The core concept of this record is humanity's insignificance despite what we've convinced ourselves. That's kind of why this album cover takes place in space, to remind you that 'the universe always finds a way to purge'. In the grand scheme of things, our species is merely a fleeting thought."
This imagery is backed up with a ferocious soundtrack, which includes elements of death metal, grindcore, black metal, sludge, doom, drone - with Ryan's vocals broader and more fully realized than ever before.
As the band prepares to tour and hopefully reach places they have yet play, what Ryan wants listeners to take away from Death Atlas is clear:
"I want people to be shocked into thinking more about their futures, their loved ones, the pain they're potentially subjecting their future generations to. Everyone just seems to live in the now with no care for tomorrow, and that's incorrect thinking, as far as today goes. Don't make tomorrow a cancelled check."
Cattle Decapitation will tour the UK right before the release of Death Atlas in October and November!
28/10 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
29/10 - Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux's
30/10 - Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
31/10 - London, UK @ ULU
01/11 - Manchester, UK @ The Bread Shed
