CATTLE DECAPITATION – The Anthropocene Extinction Chart Numbers Released

The Anthropocene Extinction, the newest studio recording from San Diego deathgrind unit, Cattle Decapitation, unleashed via Metal Blade Records on August 7, pillaged the Billboard Charts upon its first week of release. More than doubling the sales of their previous offering, the record debuted at #41 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart. On the iTunes day of release charts The Anthropocene Extinction hit #80 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart. In Canada the record ranked #36 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart and #73 and elsewhere The Anthropocene Extinction came in at #88 in Germany and #135 in Holland.

Produced by Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, The Anthropocene Extinction stands among the most sonically and thematically engrossing record of Cattle Decapitation’s maniacal discography.

Check out a new “making of” documentary below:

Thematically, with The Anthropocene Extinction we are transported forward to man’s last gasps, reminiscent of what is currently going on with the Laysan Albatrosses on the island of Midway Atoll. The birds and aquatic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean are mistaking the vast amounts of man-made plastic items for food, ingesting it and are dying in large numbers, rotting where they fall and exposing to the world what is happening to the ecosystems of the earth’s oceans – the most unknown and unexplored part of our planet. The breakdown of the earth’s ecosystems has begun long ago due to human interaction as well as the domino effect that will surely seal the fate for our species: The Anthropocene Extinction.

As a precursor to its release the band is offering up seventh track and second single “Mammals In Babylon”.

Offers guitarist Josh Elmore, “‘Mammals In Babylon’ was one of the earliest songs written for the new album. At that time we had completed several other tunes that fell more on the epic side of our writing style. As a foil to that strategy, ‘Mammals’ came about based upon a desire to concoct a no-BS, straight-forward ripper. Blending a brutal death metal assault with groovier passages that leads into a bleak, yet triumphant chorus, ‘Mammals’ has a pounding quality that gives way to a buzz-sawing completion. All the while [vocalist] Travis’ [Ryan] lyrics frame humanity’s infancy in paradise and our evolution to ‘maturity’ which now finds us dwelling in a wasteland of our own creation. We invite you to take a listen to the next track from The Anthropocene Extinction.”

The Anthropocene Extinction tracklisting:

“Manufactured Extinct”
“The Prophets Of Loss”
“Plagueborne”
“Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)”
“Circo Inhumanitas”
“The Burden Of Seven Billion”
“Mammals In Babylon”
“Mutual Assured Destruction”
“Not Suitable For Life”
“Apex Blasphemy”
“Ave Exitium”
“Pacific Grim”

“Mammals In Babylon”:

“Manufactured Extinct”:

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