''Terrasite'' is the eighth studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on May 12, 2023, via

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Background

''Terrasite'' was recorded in

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with producer Dave Otero. Just prior to the start of recording,

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, founding member of Cattle Decapitation, died. During the two-and-a-half month recording session, the band played a tribute show to Gabe in

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. Travis Ryan left the recording studio in Denver to attend Gabe Serbian's memorial service in

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and got

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during transit, which delayed recording. The loss of Gabe, combined with the death of their friend Trevor Strnad from The Black Dhalia Murder sent the members of Cattle Decapitation "spiraling", and Travis Ryan described the experience as "the roughest recording session ever". The album artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. The first single "We Eat Our Young", was released on February 16, 2023, followed by "Scourge of the Offspring" on March 29. In May 2025,

and NJV Media released the

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''From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story''. The documentary was filmed during the recording sessions for ''Terrasite'' and focuses on the production of the album, as well as the history of the band.

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

Cattle Decapitation

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

Additional personnel

*Tony Parker – keyboards *Dis Pater – keyboards, synthesizer, percussion (tracks 1, 3 and 10)

Production

*Dave Otero – production, engineering, mixing *Wes Benscoter – artwork

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2023 albums Albums produced by Dave Otero Albums with cover art by Wes Benscoter Cattle Decapitation albums Metal Blade Records albums