Cattle Decapitation - Scourge of the Offspring (Official Video)

Order here: Second single from the upcoming album, ’Terrasite’ - out May 12th. CATTLE DECAPITATION Travis Ryan: All Vocals Josh Elmore: Lead Guitar Belisario Dimuzio: Rhythm Guitar Olivier Pinard: Bass David McGraw: Drums Director, Cinematography, Editor, “AI Artist”, Post-Production FX: David Brodsky for My Good Eye: Music Visuals @mygoodeyevisuals Producer, Cinematography: Allison Woest for My Good Eye: Music Visuals Editor: Jason Bozzi Add’l Camera: Jim Stramel Gaffer, “AI Artist”: Daniel Hagler Grip: Manny Plaza-Fernandez Production Assistants: Severin Hunt Renee Stramel Studio Manager: Juan Pantoja Office Manager: Margarita Sotomayor Audio Produced by Dave Otero for Flatline Audio AI Art generated in Midjourney v4 and v5 by David Brodsky and Daniel Hagler Lyrics used as prompts. Though many bands have tried, no one articulates the real apocalypse humanity is facing as vividly and succinctly as CATTLE DECAPITATION. With 2019’s Death Atlas, they reached the apex of this, perhaps leading some to believe they had no place left to go beyond such an achievement, but alas, they return with Terrasite, which is as bold a statement as they have ever made. “After a record like Death Atlas, you have to make a turn,” notes guitarist Josh Elmore. “Everything about that album - the concept, artwork, music, etc, was a final statement. The only way to move forward is rebirth. In approaching the newest record, it was not only necessary to keep the musical trajectory the band has been aiming towards since the beginning, but also to further explore the ambient/textural elements that were part of Death Atlas.” As such, Terrasite pushes their sound further into more epic and varied territory, and in the hands of vocalist Travis Ryan the governing concept takes a new and disturbing direction. “I wanted to do the 180° opposite of Death Atlas. I already had the concept idea from years back and since Death Atlas was so dark and brooding, I wanted a completely opposite effect - I wanted this to take place in the daylight. I’ve always found daytime horror to be really unsettling so I wanted to make sure what was going on on the cover took place in the light of day, which also finds its place within the lyrics.” The title is a word invented by Ryan that brings together “Terra-“ meaning “earth” and “-site” derived from the Greek word “-sitos” which means “food.” “The combination of the two means ‘earth-eater.’ It’s a metaphor for humanity’s role in the destruction of the planet and is a play-on-words of the very fitting word ‘parasite.’” This is vividly brought to life in the artwork by longtime collaborator Wes Benscoter (Vader, Kreator, Bloodbath, Hypocrisy). “We see the nymph stage of this human/cockroach hybrid that is more of a fully grown being that has just molted from its ootheca stage, startled, confused, frightened but also pissed off. The band once again worked with producer Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Allegaeon), who knows the members’ individual styles and how to coax the best out of them, bringing in Tony Parker of Midnight Odyssey to handle piano and synths. LYRICS: Hell hath wrought upon this earth From the desires of the patriarch To carry thine name unto the dawn A hapless spawn to go on and on and on A swift and deadly virus has once again emerged Blessed upon humankind to control the surge We are the scourge One more host to transmit death One more ghost shaped from my breath Human beings they never learn Even as their houses burn We are infections We are pathogens We are assassins The gluttonous factions Curve never flattens when the population fattens What a wondrous life this would have been But I’m outnumbered Like the stars at night There’s so many of us that need to die Like a swarm of flies There’s too many of us We came to destroy We’re alive to cause abject suffering The troops are deployed ultimately, unanimously outnumbering Live to feast upon everything feed to dilapidate our surroundings enveloped by kindred societies Evil, corrupt heterogeneities From the pupa to a nymph molting each stage of our lives til cold and stiff Now thriving terrasites, dramatic shift Now as a parasite humanity persists What a wondrous life this would have been But I’m outnumbered Like the stars at night There’s so many of us That need to die Like a swarm of flies There’s too many of us We need to die Can this vengeance please be mine? A virus emerged To control the surge A virus emerged We become the scourge #cattledecapitation #metalblade #deathmetal