By Jack Rafferty
Cattle Decapitation is generally a pretty safe bet for me. Ever since Monolith of Inhumanity, I have been a massive fan. While Terrasite is still great at parts, I definitely feel like it is the weakest album they have made in a long time. Aside from the fucking awful cover art, there is not a great deal that leaps out at me, unlike so much of what they have done in the past decade. Nevertheless, this is still a solid album—it is just underwhelming when considered relative to their other work. I think a large reason for this is that I have always loved the more dark, brooding, despairing atmospheres they cultivated on Monolith, Anthropocene, and Death Atlas. Terrasite is definitely a departure from this, opting for a more plainly aggressive approach. I also really don’t like the more spoken-word clean vocals that Travis introduces on this album. Perhaps I just need to spend some more time with it. There is certainly a lot to like here. I think I’m just distracted from focusing on what is good because I am paying attention to changes I don’t like.
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