Cattle Decapitation do not consider themselves grindcore at all

Cattle Decapitation do not consider themselves grindcore at all | Aggressive Tendencies

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Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan talks about their politically-charged, misanthropic lyrics, why vocals should always come secondary to the music, why they're NOT a grindcore band, how they've managed to get more popular with each records (whereas most bands don't), how line-up changes helped them improve and why any musician should start out as a drummer. September 30, 2016.
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Interview by Bradley Zorgdrager and Denise Falzon
Filmed and edited by Katherine Kwan
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@johnf817 7 жыл бұрын

kurt cowbane is so cool

@MrBelmontcain 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like he is embarrassed by what a legend he is.

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

Ya, seems a little sheepish about it, rather than being like "THIS WAS A SICK IDEA!"

@erikbecker318 4 жыл бұрын

@@AggressiveTendencies he is humble. some people have a seriously hard time talking about their success or even see it as a success.

@higler. 4 жыл бұрын

@@erikbecker318 While others have a hard time shutting the fuck up about it. Hard to find that balance.

@ryang3225 3 жыл бұрын

@@AggressiveTendencies sheepish is kind of a bad choice of words wouldn’t you think

@horridCAM Жыл бұрын

He's humble.

@prophesytheorist5130 5 жыл бұрын

How awake he is. A humble man, a wise man.

@andrebirds6308 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh bruh

@erikbecker318 4 жыл бұрын

@@andrebirds6308 he's got humble right.

@andrebirds6308 4 жыл бұрын

Erik Becker lmao I don’t even remember writing this comment lmao. I don’t even know who’s men’s this is

@dyingfetus2483 4 жыл бұрын

@@andrebirds6308 good save 😂

@s.t.e.v.e.r 7 жыл бұрын

_This interview may contain traces of gluten._

@mrcrowleybr 7 жыл бұрын

How? hahahaha

@wojpm2000 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@-Vitalis- 6 жыл бұрын

Lelz

@tshred666 5 жыл бұрын

Stever no wonder I had diarrhea afterwards

@Nnonetwo 7 жыл бұрын

Such a great man.

@blacksunshine7122 7 жыл бұрын

Dennis Friedrichsen yes he is ☺

@-Vitalis- 6 жыл бұрын

He looks like he was watching cow porn in his cellphone and then BAAM interview time.

@UnendingGrimness 7 жыл бұрын

This dude spit on me when i saw them...Was a mistake seeing them pressed up against the stage lol He was hockin some super spit up into the air then catching it in his mouth but he missed and it went over at least 3 of us lol Saw them with Cryptopsy \m/

@Max-nf1vw 7 жыл бұрын

UnendingGrimnesS dude, that's brutal 😂

@user-ni7ui7hs8c 6 жыл бұрын

I saw them in Houston a couple months back he spit in the air caught it on his hand then snored it like it was cocaine, all my friends said "why do you even listen to this band" jajaja I love this band so much.

@wojpm2000 6 жыл бұрын

I hope he's stopped that habit, WTF!!!

@cattledecapitation7193 6 жыл бұрын

UnendingGrimnesS, You should be honored!😂😎

@peepeerogers 6 жыл бұрын

I remember that iconic spit 10 ft into the air back in summer slaughter 2013 in NYC

@Chuloloc 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Long Live Cattle Decapitation.

@jacobeberhardt1649 6 жыл бұрын

Chill guy. Says whats on his mind even though a little hesitant.

@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG 6 жыл бұрын

Human Jerky was like a goregrind record but ever since To Serve Man I think its been Death Metal. But Travis is the man and knows whats up.

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

Travis IS the man. Super fun dude to talk to.

@ericveli88 7 жыл бұрын

I saw Cattle Decapitation last night,, pretty sure Travis Ryan was wearing a GoatWhore shirt. They were awesome!!

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

That'd make sense as they're on tour together, right? Haha. Thanks for watching!

@chandlerbrown3172 7 жыл бұрын

He is spot on with 100% of what he says here. Not too mention, he's starting to look like Viggo Mortinson as Aragorn with his hair lol. It's awesome

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

They might as well make their next album cover look like Mordor!

@viborgguys1 6 жыл бұрын

*Mortensen

@blacksunshine7122 7 жыл бұрын

I gotta say. The Clandestine Ways video shorts oughta be a few seconds longer because that's, where the climax is ❤

@-Vitalis- 6 жыл бұрын

That time when Cattle Decapitation doesn't know Cattle Decapitation is actually Cattle Decapitation. ... I'll name my son Grind Core Jr.

@AmericansforTrump 7 жыл бұрын

can't wait to see cattle, allegaeon goatwhore and Whitechapel at Bogart's in Cincinnati March 2nd, Travis has the best vocals in metal imo

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

He's an insane vocalist. His pseudo-cleans are so unique!

@pippincovington1348 7 жыл бұрын

Aggressive Tendencies i like to call them gutteral melodics

@Jared-nu2tz 7 жыл бұрын

ketakone fuck yeah man! I'm seeing them February 26th in Cleveland!!!

@AmericansforTrump 7 жыл бұрын

Jared Simpkins, fuckin a, I've never seen goatwhore but am a fan so hopefully they kill it and Whitechapel shouldn't be on that bill unless they play early stuff

@calebshady1670 7 жыл бұрын

I agree with white chapel not being there like I love them but it's like they just don't fit with cattle decap or goat whore. I rather see behemoth with them!

@gorgardmw222 7 жыл бұрын

Deathgrind

@TheCryptCrawler 4 жыл бұрын

With Monolith, they became a much more of a Technical Death Metal band with less Deathgrind in it than their previous albums. In Anthropocene, they retained the signature sound they created, while cutting down on Deathgrind a bit more and in Death Atlas they added Blackened elements over their Tech Death sound.

@doomhead4203 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCryptCrawler there were black metal elements in anthropocene. Hell even in karma.bloody.karma they had some full on black metal parts thrown in so they have been doing that for a while

@TheCryptCrawler 4 жыл бұрын

@@doomhead4203 Yes, but not to the extent as in Death Atlas where it was used much more liberally.

@pain9270 5 жыл бұрын

It makes me really happy to see that most members of metal bands are so down to earth and cool guys. To be honest i didn't expect that too but even the guys from bands with the most extreme music and lyrics are really relaxed and just no bad guys at all.

@damienfrizzell9394 2 жыл бұрын

what did u expect?

@SADUS44 Жыл бұрын

@@damienfrizzell9394 😂😂 goreee obession terror never dies

@elyogito5621 5 жыл бұрын

Someone told me that cattle was a "death goregrind" band and it made sense to me because I was very much into bands like death, morbid angel, carcass, brujeria, stuff like that but it was my first time ever hearing about them when I saw them at summer slaughter 2013 fillmore silver spring. Their music has just gotten more chaotic, maniacal, brutal, compared to when I first heard them but I was still blown away to how crazy this band sounded. I've been on and off with them but when their last album came out, I saw there was a bit more structure to their extremity. Over all, MUCH respect for this band keeping it real and getting better each album. I love all their discographies. I hope I can see them again on suffocations farewell frank tour!

@AggressiveTendencies 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, hell yeah. Unreal band. I'll be attending that tour, hope you can too!

@herculesbrofister265 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard em, they don't sound like Carcass (whom i grew up on) at all. They sound more like Cannibal Corpse to me

@elyogito5621 4 жыл бұрын

@@herculesbrofister265 they're notably influenced plenty by both bands, idk I just hear a lot of influences from bands. Of course they're more death metal, but they used to sound like goregrind. Just like how carcass went... they went straight up grindcore/goregrind and eventually moved towards more death metal/melodic kinda stuff where as cannibal corpse started as a brutal thrash band and moved on to more brutal styles of death metal that never borderline anything other than their thrash and hardcore influences (and other death metal of course) thats why I say they remind me of Carcass :p

@feverXdream 6 жыл бұрын

On tour I actually got to play two Texas dates with Cattle Decapitation with one of my old bands back when "To Serve Man" was their latest record. This was right after David Astor was replaced on drums by Michael Laughlin. Fuck they put on an awesome show! Sea of Thousand (ex Employer Employee) also played those shows, they're an amazing band as well! Those were the good ol' days!

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

What was your band called?

@PsycHoOone 7 жыл бұрын

To the Point "the more records we've done, we became more popular": I do like their old stuff, but I LOVE them since Monolith. That was such an increase in their style imo! And they even push it further with their newest Album. They just have/developed the sense for melody and Musical craftsmanship that is needed in a such a genre like Deathgrind to not just Sound like a pile of noise trying to be hard, but be Special and unique. (sorry for my english, It's not my mother tongue and I'm close to being drunk :D )

@Fr3sHxiFn4TiC 6 жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more! Monolith and Anthropocene are in my humble opinion two of the better albums so far in extreme metal

@EmceeMayo Жыл бұрын

How fucking cool finding this comment after Death Atlas.. still holds true 100000%

@s.spikoski5120 Жыл бұрын

@@EmceeMayo and even cooler finding this comment after Terrasite. This band just consistently impresses me.

@irieploog579 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Travis! They're not, so stop calling them that! If you think Cattle Decapitation past the first album is grindcore then you have no idea what grindcore actually is.

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

The man speaks!

@mrpenguin2247 6 ай бұрын

I'm super new to death metal and was especially avoiding those guys because I always heard some links to Deathcore (which I mostly hate) but what an awesome band this is, what an awesome guy Travis is! Not only because of their music but also because of what they stand for. Starting to become my new favorite DM band

@iantorrisi6671 5 ай бұрын

their only real connection to deathcore is that a bunch of mid deathcore bands were inspired by travis and tried to copy his sound in a deathcore style, but did it really badly

@vr6glx96 3 жыл бұрын

I just got the remastered version of Human Jerky and I would hesitate to call that grind. Its a damn good album and only about 8 minutes long with a track list of 18 songs but its quite amazing what they can fit into such short songs, even for a first album. Cattle is one of my favorite bands of all time.

@Disco2FiB 4 жыл бұрын

Ill be damned if he doesnt look like Zach Galifianakis and Steve Carell had a metal baby

@laceys2582 4 жыл бұрын

I think he looks a little like ted bundy

@TomTreeMan 6 жыл бұрын

Travis, you Dave n Josh, & I wanna say Justin? Anyway, whatever mystery corn swueezin potion Ya’ll had, and o graciously shared, got me so flippin tuned up and then I was wasted! I remember leaving Championships Bar, but apparently needed assistance boarding the truck I was Hungry, but passed out drunk on the way out so no diner (My ole lady drove) I awoke freezing my balls off in the cab of the old farm truck at 6:30 am 24-25°F no hangover!! Whooo hooo! I had a great night you guys were a riot! I appreciate y’all

@Bulldog_Tony 5 жыл бұрын

DJ Human Jerky!!! I remember he would do Metal Mondays and other events a while back in San Diego. I remember scrolling through his iPod and he had Destinys Child in it. He had such a wide range of music which was pretty cool. One of the most down to earth guys in the scene.

@AggressiveTendencies 5 жыл бұрын

Haha that's awesome. The acronym for Destiny's Child is DC...the opposite of Cattle Decapitation's CD! Dundundunnnnnn!

@Bulldog_Tony 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha it all makes sense now 😉🤘

@alwayssomewhattired 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@CIRCLEOFTONE 7 жыл бұрын

I can relate why he's avoiding the grindcore thing. The U.K. started it with Napalm Death and Bolt Thrower etc but America seemed to copy instead of expand but started to overproduce it. Snapped to a grid production and drum replacement is now the standard gridcore.

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting point. I wouldn't say that's just in grindcore though...production like that is pretty standard in music in general, I find. It's sad.

@jarednd 6 жыл бұрын

Bolt Thrower is grindcore?

@SewNegative 3 жыл бұрын

No. grindcore started in the u.s with Repulsion the u.k expanded it bruh SMFH

@iachtulhu1420 Жыл бұрын

Sound-wise, Cattle is too metallic to be a grindcore band. To qualify for grindcore "tag" you need to incorporate a lot of hardcore punk and crust punk elements. That is missing in Cattle's music. Even Travis himself admits to that - no d-beats, no formulaic simplistic song structures and definitively too technical and too metallic to be a grindcore band. Even their most grindy stuff, earlier stuff is still deathgrind, not pure grindcore.

@iachtulhu1420 Жыл бұрын

@@jarednd Not per se, but in the old days they hung around that scene, and punk scene in general much more then in metal scene. Their first wo records still retained their punky sounds to an extent, which is what you can hear especially on their demo and debut album. Grindcore elements are definitively a strong presence there, even on Realm of Chaos you can hear those unarticulated down-tuned grindcore riffs and even some blast beats which they have stopped using after this album. Still, the majority of their career and discography is firmly in metal, particular death metal territory.

@GabrielaSilva-xk5yf 5 жыл бұрын

It’s doesn’t matter. They are brilliant!

@sausagesuckersolaire 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck'n love Cattle Decapitation

@cizmar1972 Жыл бұрын

I disagree with the lyrical politics but they write some insane badass music.

@alc4117 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like the crossbreed of Ryan gosling and Ted bundy

@rathernot3839 5 жыл бұрын

Yep Travis, Josh, Dave and Derek is the ultimate cattle lineup, hopefully the album will show the new members are also awesome

@AttilatheThrilla 5 жыл бұрын

So humble for a dude with fucking terrifying vocals!!

@JLR77 4 жыл бұрын

They definitely get better with each new release

@Buddlebot 4 жыл бұрын

Band so good they just take from all roots of metal and just make shit that sounds great to listen to. Love Death Atlas

@johnstevens2972 Жыл бұрын

What's the song?

@shawnseven2428 7 жыл бұрын

The song/music video in the interview is which one?

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5xpg6tzl6q-e2w.html

@tyboviys8039 5 жыл бұрын

Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)

@sunejepsen 2 жыл бұрын

Only a person with the voice of an angel, can say lyrics don't matter.

@voidtofillNC 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't see how people think they are tech death. Like at all. Just because the production is more clean doesn't mean they are tech death. Their instrumentation doesn't remind me of really any tech death bands beside maybe cryptopsy and that's pushing it. I think their classic stuff was definitely grindcore, then they went to more deathgrind and when their last album came out it was much more just death metal with their own specific sound. Either way cattle hasen't lost all their grind influence, they've just found a way to revolutionize it and make it much more easy to grasp.

@johnnihil1689 4 жыл бұрын

Human Jerky and Homovore were grind. To Serve Man is where the tech metal started to slowly creep in. The last few albums aren't grind at all.

@murraybox2165 4 жыл бұрын

They started as deathgrind then became brutal death metal then progressive/experimental brutal death metal

@greensanta0666 6 жыл бұрын

AEOOOOON!

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

Sick shirt, right?

@greensanta0666 6 жыл бұрын

Aggressive Tendencies Yesss. I own it as well, they're one of my favorites

@BirdOfHermes83 2 жыл бұрын

I had to go back and read their lyrics. Never saw the over population theme thing. 😉

@xenochrist5301 7 жыл бұрын

What's the song at the 3:00 minute mark?

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

"Clandestine Ways (Krokadil Rot)"

@jacobeberhardt1649 6 жыл бұрын

The same song is played throughout. Just different parts.

@murraybox2165 5 жыл бұрын

I’d defo say to serve man and onwards yous are way more brutal/extreme death metal than grind.

@v616sirius 4 жыл бұрын

Top ten people I don't want in possession of the death note

@user-bx8sj6qm3w 3 жыл бұрын

You mean I WANT 👀

@aKitchenChair 4 жыл бұрын

Whatever genre it is, it's fuckin' sweet.

@psychedelia6891 7 жыл бұрын

honourable

@TheCryptCrawler 6 жыл бұрын

Cattle Decap's last two albums have nothing to do with Grindcore. It's just really Technical Death Metal.

@Mr.Nector 5 жыл бұрын

Hellyeah if your vocals bring it!!

@masoncarusi2558 5 жыл бұрын

I'd say CD is more of a (Techincal) Death Metal band

@mang3139 Жыл бұрын

Death Atlas is a fucking masterpiece

@raingirlcat2245 Жыл бұрын

It’s emotional and it’s technical as hell. I can’t say the f word on youtube. Damn it youtube. 😂

@yurei3714 4 жыл бұрын

What ever the fuck CD are, i love them, dont change

@abdo19code 4 жыл бұрын

Over population isn't the problem... It's the way we allocate resources.

@SADUS44 Жыл бұрын

I love this man❤️

@amiepecaut6707 6 жыл бұрын

He looks like Cj McMahon

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

I mean, technically CJ McMahon looks like him.

@prophesytheorist5130 5 жыл бұрын

Most of his writing is blatant disclosure. Listen to this man. He is a dark prophet. He will show you what happens behind the curtain.

@davecheney8501 4 жыл бұрын

Music should just be music ... why sweat the labels... not hatin , just sayin

@whoshotya117 5 жыл бұрын

I always thought thrash was a more intense punk.

@iachtulhu1420 Жыл бұрын

Could be, but not necessarily. I know some hardcore punk artists and songs that are infinitely more intense, brutal, faster and more evil sounding than any thrash metal or even death metal for that matter. Grindcore is just a logical progression of historical melting point between two extremes of punk (hardcore punk/crustcore and metallic crust punk/stenchcore) and two early extremes of metal (first of death and black metal), but in grindcore punk element is much more present than in any other kind of crossover genre because of rich history of interrelation with punk sound, ethos and scene.

@themessiah9766 Жыл бұрын

I always thought they were a progressive death metal band, they are to polished to be grindcore

@tormentor2686 6 жыл бұрын

Cuz they aren't?

@TheCryptCrawler 5 жыл бұрын

Technical Death Metal*

@OceanofPain 2 жыл бұрын

First stuff is Goregrind, now it more deathgrind a bit slammy and progressive

@spengbabsquorponts2064 6 жыл бұрын

He looks like CjMcmahon

@AggressiveTendencies 6 жыл бұрын

Or CJ looks like him!

@N30KID 6 жыл бұрын

Nawh Travis looks a lot better frankly

@JoshuaFreakyVenomFan 7 жыл бұрын

Who's interested in Death Grind rap?

@AggressiveTendencies 7 жыл бұрын

I'd check that out...

@johnathonmcdaniel751 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Doesn't Care About How You Feel look up butchers harem

@nut8856 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Doesn't Care About How You Feel uh, death grips maybe?

@JoshuaFreakyVenomFan 7 жыл бұрын

Necro - Butcher knife. Search it

@JoshuaFreakyVenomFan 7 жыл бұрын

Search up Necro.

@omramoryth Жыл бұрын

Hasn't overpopulation been debunked as a myth over and over again? I mean, I love Cattle, they're marvelous musician, but some of the stuff they talk about sometimes sounds like two rednecks arguing if the earth is round.

@gamevault4580 4 жыл бұрын

It’s deathgrind

@FlabbyPigLegs 5 жыл бұрын

Human jerky was an attempt at death metal?well shit I figured they were doing old school carcass

@felipegalvao9418 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah,even because they're actually Deathgrind

@herculesbrofister265 4 жыл бұрын

I think they're pornogrind with a touch of Ariana Grande

@professionalguinnessdrinke1719 6 жыл бұрын

I would say Blackened Deathgrind or Slamming blackened technical death.

@skepticmonkey6923 6 жыл бұрын

Lets keep it simple ok?

@professionalguinnessdrinke1719 6 жыл бұрын

Sporebubu lol, ok

@jacobeberhardt1649 6 жыл бұрын

Go over to bangertv lol

@Hopium500 6 жыл бұрын

Wrong wrong and wrong.

@InGrindWeTrust85 6 жыл бұрын

Deathgrind

@somenothing7914 5 жыл бұрын

1:05 i think he's obviously talking about shit like mainstream trap, pop.. other groups forsure too tho

@herculesbrofister265 4 жыл бұрын

Dumb hipster, it's ANY band that's some generic band that's just there. There are tons of shitty, generic death, black, gore grind, thrash metal bands too.

@naughtygawd3269 6 жыл бұрын

Their Tech Death IMO

@BongwaterJones 5 жыл бұрын

They’re very much not grindcore. Cattle decap is super good, but not grind. Tech death 100%. Grindcore requires a lowfi production, Dbeat... bullshit like “I wrestled a bear once” is NOT fuckin grind. He even says it, requires Dbeat.

@iachtulhu1420 Жыл бұрын

Not just d-beats. Grindcore riffs are basically faster hardcore punk power chords comparable to faster parts in regular hardcore songs. The degree to which some grindcore band is metallic is debatable, but even the most metallic grindcore bands do still have this punky elements and that's what I like about that genre - the consistency and intensity that is carried over from punk, especially hardcore punk styles that built the basis for extreme music to come in the early 80s.