Over the course of their existence, the San Diego-based Cattle Decapitation have transformed from a stripped-down, animal rights-supporting, gore-grind side project of the Locust to a full-fledged death metal band of their own. Emerging in the late '90s with a punitive sonic attack that evoked decibel-crushing contemporaries like Carcass and Cannibal Corpse, the group eventually signed to Metal Blade and musically took on more of a professional death metal sound on notable outings such as Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) and Death Atlas (2019), while retaining their original pro-vegetarian/gore-oriented lyrical stance. The band's tenth album, Terrasite, appeared in 2023.