Cattle Decapitation Streaming New Track "Mammals In Babylon"

"The Anthropocene Extinction" is the forthcoming new full-length from San Diego deathgrind icon Cattle Decapitation. Set for world wide release August 7th, 2015 via Metal Blade Records, the follow-up to 2012's "Monolith Of Inhumanity" was again captured by producer Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, and includes guest appearances from Philip H. Anselmo, Tristan Shone/Author & Punisher and Bethlehem's Mr. Jurgen Bartsch.

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 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.

As a precursor to its release, today seventh track and second single, "Mammals In Babylon" is available for communal appreciation below. 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.'"