Humanure

• Artist: Cattle Decapitation
• Rating:
• Release Date: July 13, 2004
• Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Since their inception in the mid-'90s, Cattle Decapitation have been consistently written off as a side project of the Locust (lineup changes have squashed that connection) or a gore-obsessed novelty act (can't a band have a sense of humor, albeit a pitch-black one, without being stuck with this tag?). Humanure changes all that, though. On the surface it's not very different from To Serve Man or Homovore: gore-minded hardcore punks playing a brutal fusion of grindcore and metal. The difference here is in the playing and a higher level of songwriting in general. New to CD is drummer Michael Laughlin, who also plays in political metal conceptualists (really) Creation Is Crucifixion, and his impact on the band is immediate. Former tub-thumper David Astor was a great hardcore drummer, but Laughlin is clearly a metal drummer of higher technical ability, and that more than anything has allowed CD to blossom into something more than an also-ran. Laughlin is just part of the puzzle here, though, as is veteran producer Bill Metoyer, who -- along with the band -- went for a cleaner sound more typical of European metal bands. Standout tracks include "Lips & Assholes," "Bukkake Tsunami," and (surprisingly) the indulgent closing soundscape, "Men Before Swine" -- a collage of pig squeals, rattling metal, and swirling hiss, it's not something that metal fans will like but ultimately it's indicative of just how comfortable CD are right now, because noise has been an interest for all of these guys all along in their other projects (e.g., Uum), and it's nice to see them owning up to it here. ~ Wade Kergan, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Scatology Domine (Intro)	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(1:02)
Humanure	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(3:05)
Reduced to Paste	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(4:13)
Bukkake Tsunami	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(4:33)
Cloacula: The Anthropophagic Copromantik	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(3:05)
Chummified	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(3:43)
Applied Human Defragmentation	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(5:19)
The Earthling	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(3:27)
Polyps	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(4:24)
Lips & Assholes	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(4:56)
Men Before Swine (Outro)	Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan	Cattle Decapitation	(9:40)

Credits

Troy Oftedal (Group Member), Travis Ryan (Group Member), Justin Pearson (Vocals (Background)), Bill Metoyer (Engineer), Brad Vance (Mastering), Bill Metoyer (Audio Engineer), Travis Ryan (E-Bow), Travis Ryan (Vocals), Troy Oftedal (Guitar (Bass)), Gabe Serbian (Vocals (Background)), Bill Metoyer (Producer), Josh Elmore (Group Member), Bill Metoyer (Audio Production), Bobby Bray (Vocals (Background)), Troy Oftedal (?), Sean Vahle (Engineer), Michael Laughlin (Drums), Josh Elmore (Guitar), Troy Oftedal (Bass), Troy Oftedal (Guitar), Michael Laughlin (Group Member), Chris Pooley (Electronics), Bill Metoyer (Mixing), Cattle Decapitation (Producer), Scott Miller (Electronics)

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