In a unanimous decision, death grinders Cattle Decapitation mopped the crimson floor with both Static-X and Within the Ruins in this week's "Your Vote Counts." And so, the victors' new video "Regret and the Grave" will air on the next "Headbangers Ball," a special two-hour episode that airs from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. on MTV2. Click "more" to read viewer comments and watch a professionally shot 32-minute-long Cattle Decapitation concert. Read more...

Here's the world premiere of the Cattle Decapitation video for "Regret and the Grave." The band shot the clip with director Gary Smithson (Goatwhore, High on Fire) early this year at a butcher shop in Santa Paula, California.

Click more to watch the video and read comments from vocalist Travis Ryan And watch the video on the big screen on Saturday's "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 2 to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...

When you've been around since 1996, and you've built a steady underground following by playing extreme death metal/grindcore, and then all of a sudden a bunch of new, young deathcore bands come along and steal your thunder by squealing like pigs and playing breakdown after breakdown, you're bound to get a little ticked off. So it is with Cattle Decapitation. Read more...

Cattle Decapitation have never minced words when it comes to their disdain for minced meat -- or any other kind of meat for that matter. So, why would a restaurant in their hometown of San Diego name a burger after the grindcore veterans? Simple, there's no meat in the burger.

The Cattle Decapitation burger at Hamilton's Pub and Cafe is an all-vegan patty made from black beans, garlic, corn, potatoes and a secret mix of spices. The burger comes with homemade pub chips and a side of vegan sweet coconut curry sauce.

The burger is now available on the menu for $7.50. On January 20 Cattle Decapitation's new album The Harvest Floor will be on the menu of most decent record stores and online outlets. Click "more" to find out how you can hear it streaming in full. Read more...

What is it about grindcore and vegetarians? It's not like there's a connection between insanely fast riffs, blinding blastbeats, indecipherable vocals and healthy eating. Yet Carcass, members of Napalm Death and Cattle Decapitation forgo the consumption of meat -- despite having canine teeth suited for meat-eating mammals -- in favor of green, leafy vegetables.

Then again, if we were musicians and had to subsist strictly on diets of soy products and green vegetables, we'd be pretty angry, too, and, if we didn't wind up writing hateful songs that sounded like the Jonas Brothers of Pink, we might make music in the vein of Cattle Decapitation.

The San Diego grinders recently finished their new album, The Harvest Floor, which will come out January 20. "Sonically, the band has managed to finally capture and accentuate its live intensity that we've become known for and has created one hell of an album from start to epic finish! Conceptually, its misanthropy shall go unmatched. This is it, humans... ferocity at its finest," writes the band on its MySpace.

Click "more" to read more from the band and check out a widget that features an MP3 of the new track "A Body Farm." Read more...

Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan with Carcass bassist and vocalist Jeff Walker

Pessimism -- Recanting the Saudadeous: My Carcass Reunion Show Experience
by Travis Ryan

I wasn’t going to do it. I honestly can't remember the last time I paid for a show, let alone fifty f--kin' dollars for one. It was actually no surprise to me to hear that Carcass was going to play the States. My band Cattle Decapitation had been talking to various booking agents and managers for the last year or so trying our hardest to land a slot on the tour. Didn't happen. So, I knew there was no way I was going to pay all that to get in. Perhaps we would know one of the support bands and get a hook up that way? At the last minute possible, my buddy Sal hit me up saying they had an extra spot in the car and an extra ticket. I wasn’t going to miss this, especially after the adrenaline and rush of nostalgia that hit me while watching the videos of their performances on the European festivals on the Internet. Read more...