Editing Cattle Decapitation (section)

{{Short description|American extreme metal band}}
{{About|the music group|other uses|Animal slaughter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Cattle Decapitation
| image             = Cattle Decapitation at Inferno 2016 - 26166510895.jpg
| image_upright     = 1.2
| alt               = 
| caption           = Cattle Decapitation performing at Inferno festival in Norway, 2016
| alias             = Cattle Decap
| origin            = [[San Diego]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Deathgrind]]<ref>Andy Hermann.[http://www.laweekly.com/music/seeing-cattle-decapitation-at-los-globos-just-made-me-a-deathgrind-fan-5324891 Seeing Cattle Decapitation at Los Globos Just Made Me a Deathgrind Fan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201020113/http://www.laweekly.com/music/seeing-cattle-decapitation-at-los-globos-just-made-me-a-deathgrind-fan-5324891 |date=December 1, 2017 }}. ''[[LA Weekly]]''. January 6, 2015.</ref>
* [[grindcore]]<ref>Bayer, Gerd, ''Heavy Metal Music in Britain'' (Ashgate Publishing, 2013), p.60.</ref>
* [[technical death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/68143/Cattle-Decapitation-The-Anthropocene-Extinction/|title=<nowiki>Staff Review: Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction | Sputnikmusic</nowiki>|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=February 23, 2019|publisher=SputnikMusic}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[goregrind]] (early)<ref>{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=mn0000988168 |label=Cattle Decapitation}}</ref>}}
}}
| years_active      = {{Start date|1996}}–present
| label             = {{Flatlist|
* Satan's Pimp
* [[Three One G]]
* Accident Prone
* [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
* War Torn
}}
| associated_acts   = {{Flatlist|
* [[The Locust]] <!-- before adding read: Template:Infobox_musical_artist#associated_acts -->
}}
| website           = {{URL|cattledecapitation.com}}
| current_members   = * Travis Ryan
* Josh Elmore
* Dave McGraw
* Belisario Dimuzio
| past_members      = * Scott Miller
* [[Gabe Serbian]]
* Dave Astor
* Michael Laughlin
* Troy Oftedal
* Derek Engemann
* Olivier Pinard
}}

'''Cattle Decapitation''' is an American [[deathgrind]] band formed in [[San Diego]], California, in 1996. The band's current lineup includes vocalist Travis Ryan, guitarists Josh Elmore and Belisario Dimuzio, bassist Olivier Pinard, and drummer David McGraw. Since 2001, none of the founding members remain with the band. Despite not being in the original lineup, Ryan and Elmore are the only constant members on all of Cattle Decapitation's eight studio albums.