Death Atlas

Death Atlas is the seventh studio album by American death metal band Cattle Decapitation. It was released on November 29, 2019, via Metal Blade Records. 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 Voyager Golden Record.

Critical reception
Death Atlas received critical acclaim, gaining a score of 80 out of 100 from Album of the Year review aggregator. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. Decibel magazine named it the 20th best album of 2019.

Cattle Decapitation

 * Travis Ryan – vocals, keyboards (track 5, 9)
 * Josh Elmore – guitars
 * Dave McGraw – drums
 * Belisario Dimuzio – guitars
 * Olivier Pinard – bass

Additional personnel

 * Jon Fishman – narration (track 13)
 * Riccardo Conforti – keyboards (track 1)
 * Laure Le Prunenec – vocals (track 14)
 * Tony Parker – keyboards (track 13)
 * Ottone Pesante – horns (track 16)
 * Melissa Lucas-Harlow – narration (track 5)

Production

 * Dave Otero – production, engineering, mixing
 * Wes Benscoter – artwork
 * Gautier Serre – additional engineering (track 1)