''Death Atlas'' is the seventh studio album by American

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. Its release coincided with Black Friday and came more than four years after their previous studio album, 2015's '' The Anthropocene Extinction''. It is the band's first album to feature second guitarist Belisario Dimuzio and new bassist Olivier Pinard. At just under 55 minutes, it is also their longest album to date. The album debuted at number 116 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 56 in Germany.

Background

''Death Atlas'' was recorded at Denver's Flatline Audio with producer Dave Otero. Album artwork was by Wes Benscoter. Vocalist Travis Ryan comments: "We have crafted what we feel is our strongest album to date", (...) "Musically and lyrically, there is a lot of grief, anger, hate, passion, and emotion poured into this one". Prior to the album release, the band co-headlined the 2019 Summer Slaughter Tour. The opening track "Anthropogenic: End Transmission" samples the Greetings in 55 Languages from the

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. During the production of '' Terrasite'', vocalist Travis Ryan called ''Death Atlas'' his "favorite Cattle record to date" and referred to the album as the band's

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Critical reception

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'' named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. ''Decibel'' magazine named it the 20th best album of 2019.

Track listing

Personnel

Cattle Decapitation

*Travis Ryan – vocals, keyboards *Josh Elmore – guitars *Dave McGraw – drums *Belisario Dimuzio – guitars *Olivier Pinard – bass

Additional personnel

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– narration *Riccardo Conforti – keyboards *Laure Le Prunenec – vocals *Tony Parker – keyboards *Ottone Pesante – horns *Melissa Lucas-Harlow – narration

Production

*Dave Otero – production, engineering, mixing *Wes Benscoter – artwork *Gautier Serre – additional engineering

Charts

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control 2019 albums Albums produced by Dave Otero Albums recorded at Flatline Audio Albums with cover art by Wes Benscoter Cattle Decapitation albums Metal Blade Records albums