In Prong related news, the band will be touring with Soulfly, Cattle Decapitation and Mutiny Within starting at the end of September. Check out a full schedule here.

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Police who responded found a copy of Cattle Decapitation’s CD The Harvest Floor at the scene, which contains the track “A Body Farm”. Head over to The Gauntlet to view the video!

By the way, Cattle Decapitation are absolute geniuses. Well played.

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Authorities in San Diego County have confirmed that the remains of several bodies have been unearthed in the backyard garden of a coastal San Diego home on Wednesday.

Authorities found the bodies after an anonymous tip led them to the location.

For much of the day Sunday, neighbors tried to catch a glimpse of what was going on as a number of detectives were digging in what appears to be a vegetable garden of the home, located just off Interstate 5.

Then around 9 PM, they watched as several body bags were rolled out on stretchers from behind the home. Those body bags were then driven away by San Diego coroners.

“I thought there was just one. I was surprised to see they kept bringing them out,” said neighbor Josephine Wagacknyk.

After witnessing the disturbing scene, dozens of neighbors were left with even more questions.

But the one thing that was obvious to everyone Sunday night was a strong foul odor which seemed to emanate from the home.

“The stench. [It's a] real bad smell. If you’ve never been around a dead dog or something, then you wouldn’t know. But I’ve been around dead animals so I know it’s pretty bad,” said Wagacknyk.

Although police aren’t releasing the name of the owner of the home, neighbors tell Channel 12 News that the suspect spends much of his time working in the vegetable garden while listening to heavy metal music.

Upon further investigation, authorities found a CD which contained a song titled ‘A Body Farm’ in the suspect’s home; a song from an album that was released by local San Diego heavy metal band CATTLE DECAPITATION. Authorities are looking into this tragedy as being a possible “copycat crime” based on the band’s disturbing music and lyrics.

Channel 12 News attempted to contact the band, but the band’s representatives declined to comment.

The sheriff’s office isn’t expected to release the victims names until the coroner finishes the identification process and the next of kin are notified which is expected to be lengthy due to the advanced state of decomposition the bodies were in.

Great. Just what metal needs, another batch of idiots saying “This person was obviously not disturbed until he listened to ‘A Body Farm’ by Cattle Decapitation, at which point he completely lost his freakin’ mind and went on a killing spree!” The victims’ families will be lamenting the evils of metal music in general, and maybe Congress will want to get involved in a bit more censorship.

Or maybe nothing will happen at all.

Look, this dude (whoever the hell he his) was a psycho before he started listening to metal. The only music that has ever made me want to kill is Turkish pop and pretty much anything by Attack! Attack! or Hollywood Undead.

So what do you think? Will this blow up into some big unnecessary war on metal, or will it quietly go away?

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Confirmed dates so far are:

September 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
October 2 – San Diego, CA @ Canes
October 4 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
October 7 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
October 9 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes
October 14 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
October 16 – Detroit, MI @ Harpos
October 19 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
October 20 – Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre

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Withered come out of Atlanta Georgia and they are not an easy band to listen to at first, it’s an acquired taste, but once you get used to their sound, it’s hard not to listen and have a love/hate relationship with their music. Their latest release Folie Circulaire was released June 24th of last year.

You can check out the Blackenedfest Tune Widget here, instead of me posting it again.

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All I can say is that the bird flu didn’t stop Watain from butchering pigeons and smearing the blood on themselves for a show.

Word is that they are going to try to reschedule. In the meantime they will still be headlining Blackened Fest with Marduk, Cephalic Carnage and Cattle Decapitation.

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Now you can stream the entire Wrath album a week before it comes out. Mosey on over to Lamb Of God’s Myspace and give it a good listen at least two or three times before you really make the call. Here is the video once again for Set To Fail.

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If you’re not familiar with Cattle Decapitation, here’s a quick run-down. They are a death metal/ grindcore band from San Diego, California. They are vegetarians that detest the slaughter of animals, particularly cows and have huge resentment for mankind. The current line-up includes Travis Ryan on vocals, Troy Oftedal on bass, Dave McGraw on drums and Josh Elmore on guitars.

Human Jerky (1999) is Cattle Decapitation’s first full length studio record…that is still shorter than most band’s Eps. With a running time of 16 minutes and 17 seconds, Human Jerky proves short, but somewhat sweet. A fast onslaught of blast-beats, mostly incomprehensible lyrics sung in both a low, gurgle/growl and high toned growl, it comes at you in the sense that a lot of people describe as a wall of noise. It’s kind of a wall of noise, but with melody and short but relevant breakdowns. The longest song on this record is 1 minute and 8 seconds long. While your ears may fight to make out words, the song titles pretty much let you know what they are singing about. With song titles like Veal and The Cult Of Torture and Bludgeoned Beaten and Barbecued, you get the picture.

Homovore (2000) is an improvement on song length, but not by much. With Homovore you get an extra 5 minutes. You also get a rather long intro son that is 3 minutes and 28 seconds, making it the longest song. The shortest? 35 seconds. Homovore isn’t much of a progress from Human Jerky. You could put both albums on one cd and probably would never know the difference or transition. Again with the vocal clarity thing, you still get the basic grasp of the songs with titles like Carnal Fecophelia Due to Prolonged Exposure to Methane and Colostomy Jigsaw Puzzle.

To Serve Man (2002) is where I can start seeing some progress. Maybe because it was under the Metal Blade label and they were forced to put together more than just a 20 minute cd, I don’t really know. To Serve Man has a certain progression to it, yet the band keeps to form and it’s unmistakable that this is the same band. Through bigger label support comes better production and a better overall sound. The song titles do not stray from the bands original intent of being shockingly gross to those that don’t understand the concept of the band. Testicular Manslaughter kicks off the album with a blood-gurgling, agonizing moan (similar sounds are heard on other albums as well) and fast, melodic guitar work that takes the band to a whole new level.

Humanure (2004) continues where To Serve Man left off and again brings the band a bit further in songwriting and musicianship. Humanure is probably better known for it’s album cover and not so much the music that lies inside. The album starts off with an eerie piano number and then transverses in to the title track. More melodies, more breakdowns, slightly more clear vocals (with less of the higher toned backing) and solos solidify Cattle Decapitations presence as a great metal band.

Karma.Bloody.Karma (2006) is yet another great Cattle decapitation album that brings more experience to the game with bigger melodies and more breakdowns. Karma.Bloody.Karma also brings more matured and less gory song titles to the game. The goriest titles here are Success is…(Hanging By The Neck) and Suspended In Coprolite. Karma.Bloody.Karma is another step in the right direction for a band that wants a continual path of improvement as artists.

Now that we’re all up to speed, let’s look in to the bands latest release. The Harvest Floor (2009) brings the same band, with the same message and same basic feel as Karma.Bloody.Karma with a little better production. Again, much more mature song titles. Breakdowns with a cool leads and hooks that make it all worth more than a few listens. Progression is something that a lot of bands in the same genre as Cattle Decapitation lack. Each album starts to sound the same, but Cattle Decapitation prove that you can sound the same without sounding the same. Progress without compromising the band’s sound and integrity. Wall of noise, no. Brutal sound of semi-melodic death metal with a grindcore feel to it, yes. Blast-beats, lightening fast hammer-ons and pull offs, the occasional solo, power and bar chord breakdowns and you’ve got yourself The Harvest Floor.

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Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor

Deadlock – Manifesto

Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Living for Death

16 – Bridges To Burn

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