One of the things that always attracted
me to death metal when I was a whee tyke was the way that the genre,
more than perhaps any other in the history of recorded music could
sound... monstrous. There is something strangely satisfying about a
record that sounds like it is coming to murder you and your family.
That's exactly what I love so much about the new Cattle Decapitation
record, The Anthropocene Extinction
it sounds like all of your nightmares have come true and are coming
to tear you the fuck apart. What more could you want?
Beyond
that – Cattle Decapitation have always charmed me because of their
ability to evolve. The Anthropocene Extinction is
great because it is their most varied and most intelligent record
yet. Hell, songs like Not Suitable For Life feature some borderline
clean vocals and see the band pushing the envelope further than ever
on what death metal can be. Cattle Decapitation are great because
they are constantly broadening their musical horizons and expanding
on what this music can accomplish. Sure they may never use acoustic
guitars or break from blast beats for too long, but that's not the
point. Instead with this record the band have proven that even with a
fairly limited (But ever expanding) sonic pallet they can create mind
bending art.
The
fact of the matter is that The Anthropocene Extinction is
among Cattle Decapitations best work yet. It opens your eyes and
broadens your mind to the all consuming power of death metal and
rattles you to the core. There is something distinctly demented about
this record and that's why freaks like me will always love it, and by
extension, anything the band does. Cattle Decapitation are the true
masters of the genre, and the deeper you delve into their aural
blasphemy the harder it is to come out clean. The
Anthropocene Extinction has the
power to profoundly change the listener, so you better be ready!
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