Post-punk vocalist JARBOE has posted the following message:

"(Feburary 6th), I went to the Atlanta show of CATTLE DECAPITATION. I have the new album, The Harvest Floor and have listened to it numerous times. I had recorded some atmospheric vocals on a track for the album because the band intrigued me and the person asking was producer/engineer Billy Anderson who had worked with SWANS and for whom I have the utmost respect.

The album to me is a type of "terrifying". It is unrelenting and punishing and something about it in the overtones of the guitars and vocals and rapidly pounding drums and sounds is otherworldly frightening. To me, it is more than a sound that incorporates elements of terms like "death metal" and "grindcore." It is the nameless feeling that I get that accumulates inside the nervous system and the brain that open to allow the sensation of sheer horror frenzy * to develop. (*extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement)

I was curious if this feeling would occur watching the band live.

I can report that it most definitely did.

I usually fixate on performance aspects of a band and the overall dramatic impact they make upon me. I find that mostly I respond more to bands with a designated vocalist/front person. (Yes, there are exceptions.) The controlled severe vocal acrobatics of Travis Ryan stunned me. So much so that the moment I saw him offstage after the show, I asked him about his technique! His impressive performance also incorporated an elegantly beast-like spew alternately of water and saliva as he bent his head back and sprayed into the air. I have only seen something like it in movies of boxers in slow motion. Travis Ryan's performance was captivating to watch. It is like Olympic ice-skaters or strenuous muscular Russian ballet when the sweat blasts off the forehead, spinning.

The members of the band are spectacular musicians.

Cattle Decapitation are on tour. SEE THEM."