Cattle Decapitation – Karma.Bloody.Karma (2006)
Karma Bloody Karma is another notable step forward in the evolution of the Cattle Decap sound. The gory explosions of Humanure are streamlined further and then expanded on with more intricacy, brutality and maturity. The production is clear and balanced, allowing the bass to feature prominently without detracting from the guitar and drums, and Travis’ vocals are excellently disgusting on this one.
Even though I picked the picture disc up upon release (think it was the Accident Prone pressing?) this album didn’t really gel with me – I was hoping for more goregrind and instead we got more technical, savage death metal. Now that I’m no longer a 17 year old obsessed with shady goregrind, I can appreciate Karma Bloody Karma for what it is: fucking excellent.