On November 29th (Black Friday 2019), Cattle Decapitation will launch their long-awaited 9th studio album, Death Atlas, via Metal Blade Records. This week brings the release of the album's first single, "One Day Closer to the End of the World". You can give it a spin below!
Death Atlas can be pre-ordered on CD, digital, and vinyl (with many color variant options). Exclusive bundles are also available, including a deluxe box set packaged in a wooden box that includes a digipak CD w/ bonus track, dead gold marbled vinyl, 7″, embossed metal pin, backpatch, and a poster. A signed collector’s bundle includes a CD, "Blood Moon" vinyl, cassette, wall map, wall clock, and a autographed lithograph.
All of these formats and bundles can be pre-ordered on Metal Blade's official website.
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.
"The core concept of this record is humanity’s insignificance despite what we’ve convinced ourselves," explains vocalist Travis Ryan. "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."
Produced once again by Dave Otero (flatlineaudio.com), Death Atlas also features a number of guests: Laure Le Prunenec (Igorrr, Ricinn), Riccardo Conforti (Void of Silence), Dis Pater (Midnight Odyssey), Jon Fishman (Phish) – plus, brass instrumentalists from Ottone Pesante. The end result of these experimentations and collaborations is one of the most devastating records of 2019, and it demands an emotional response.
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."
Death Atlas tracklist:
1. Anthropogenic: End Transmission 2. The Geocide 3. Be Still Our Bleeding Hearts 4. Vulturous 5. The Great Dying 6. One Day Closer to the End of the World 7. Bring Back the Plague 8. Absolute Destitute 9. The Great Dying II 10. Finish Them 11. With All Disrespect 12. Time’s Cruel Curtain 13. The Unerasable Past 14. Death Atlas
Cattle Decapitation will begin their world tour in support of Death Atlas this November/December, with a headlining trek across North America. Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, and Vitriol will also join the bill, making this one show not to be missed! See below for all dates.
Cattle Decapitation Global Warmup Tour
Oct. 28: Bristol, UK @ The Fleece Oct. 29: Birmingham, UK @ Mama Roux’s Oct. 30: Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse Oct. 31: London, UK @ ULU Nov. 1: Manchester, UK @ The Bread Shed Nov. 2: Sint Niklass, BEL @ Masters of Grind Fest Nov. 3: Oberhausen, DE @ Kulttempel Nov. 4: Aarau, CHE @ KiFF Nov. 5: Leipzig, DE @ Bandhaus Nov. 6: Munchen, DE @ Backstage Nov. 7: Mannhein, DE @ MS Connexion Nov. 8: Gießen, DE @ MuK Nov. 9: Aalborg, DNK @ Aalborg Metal Fest
Cattle Decapitation “The Geocidal Tendencies Tour” dates w/ Atheist, Full of Hell, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, Vitriol
Nov. 22: Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room * Nov. 23: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill * Nov. 24: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall * Nov. 25: New Orleans, LA @ The Parish @ House of Blues * Nov. 26: Orlando, FL @ The Abbey * Nov. 27: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room * + Nov. 29: Atlanta, GA @ Hell @ Masquerade * + Nov. 30: Richmond, VA @ Canal Club * Dec. 1: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge * Dec. 2: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall * Dec. 3: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore * Dec. 4: Toronto, ON @ Opera House * Dec. 5: Chicago, IL @ Metro * Dec. 6: Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater % Dec. 7: Denver, CO @ The Oriental % + Dec. 8: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater % Dec. 10: Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater % Dec. 11: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red % Dec. 12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent/ Decibel Pre-Party % Dec. 13: Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club % Dec. 14: Fresno, CA @ Strummers % Dec. 15: Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre % Dec. 17: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox % Dec. 18: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom % Dec. 19: Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver % Dec. 20: Pomona, CA @ The Glass House % Dec. 22: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick %
*=Full of Hell +=No Author & Punisher %=Primitive Man
Source: Metal Blade Records