To Serve Man

Cattle Decapitation

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B00006AGD9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #211,152 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

2002 Debut from San Diego, CA band formed in 1996 by David Astor and Gabe Serbian, also members of the popular sci-fi horror core group The Locust. 13 tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, Brutal Gore Metal, September 29, 2002

By	Total Scumbag "slayer_dude" (Hell) - See all my reviews

I first got in this band because I heard they were touring with Cannibal Corpse so I downloaded some of their music and then I bought this CD. And I must say I was VERY impressed. This band sounds like a mix of Mortician and Exhumed. This means we get the brutal fast drumming and guitar playing we get from Mortician and the sick vocals/lyrics of Exhumed in one band. This band is definitely better than Exhumed, after listening to an Exhumed CD for 3 or more times it gets tiring you can listen to this CD over and over and never get tired. Cattle Decapitation are brutal, sick, catchy, and just all around good to music to headbang to. I would recommend this to ANY death metal fan and I hope this band gets more popular. My favorite songs are "Pedeadstrians", "Chunk Blower", and "To Serve Man". Oh yeah and one other thing is the members of this band are devout vegetarians who think eating meat is wrong. Whatever, if you like brutal death/goregrind buy this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One word: DEVASTATING!!!, October 25, 2004

By	Jeremy Brackeen "themetalbeast" (Cameron, WI United States) - See all my reviews

Over the weekend, I bought Cattle Decapitation's first album To Serve Man along with their new album Humanure. When I listened to some of the samples, I was totally amazed. This album is a relentless brutal slamming grind/death metal assault in the veins of Cannibal Corpse and Carcass that makes you come back for more. Killer songwriting, jackhammering blast beats, lightining fast guitar riffs, this band has it all, even Travis Ryan's deep vocals really shine. After listening to the opening song Testicular Manslaughter, you know this disc is 100% Brutality. The second track I Eat Your Skin (my favorite song on here) has an addictive guitar riff very much similar to the riff on Brujeria's Laboratorio Cristlitos. This is true death meatal and Cattle Decapitaion are the future. Other standouts include To Serve Man, Chunk Blower, Writhe In Putressence, Deadmeal, Everyone Deserves To Die, and The Regurgitation Of Corpses. Recommended for fans of Carcass and Cannibal Corpse, buy it now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite bands, January 18, 2006

By	Smithy1185 (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Cattle Decapitation seems to be one of those bands that you either love or hate. I haven't heard all of their earlier material so I can't comment on that but I really love this album as well as Humanure. I can't really pick between the two on which one is the better album since I prefer some songs off of this one and some off of Humanure. Sure some of the songs sound similar but if your into death metal/grindcore then you know that this isn't a problem. To Serve Man is probably my favorite track by them although there are other standout tracks as well. As always, Travis Ryan does an excellent job with the vocals and the production is well done overall. If your a fan of Cattle Decapitation and have yet to pick up this album, you won't be disappointed.