History YMMV / CattleDecapitation

* TearJerker: The first 3 stanzas of "Forced Gender Reassignment" are an incredibly sorrowful and accurate description of gender dysphoria and social discrimination. Then the [[AssholeVictim smashing]] [[CatharsisFactor starts.]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: To some, the tortured individuals in the "Forced Gender Reassignment" video. While they're supposed to be AssholeVictims considering they're shown to be members of the infamously homophobic and transphobic Westboro Baptist Church, the ''insane'' brutality inflicted upon them had many viewers [[DontShootTheMessage missing the message]] [[OvershadowedByControversy of the video]] and instead criticizing the violence as [[TooBleakStoppedCaring gratuitous shock value]]. Special mention goes to the man who is [[spoiler:violently [[AssShove sodomized]]]] not once but ''twice'', [[spoiler:the second time done '''''with a drill so long it reappears out of his mouth'''''.]] CruelAndUnusualDeath doesn't even begin to describe it.
* WTHCastingAgency: They once wound up sharing a stage with, among others, Onyx on a festival bill. For their part, they were quite excited, and Travis Ryan fondly reminisced about driving around blasting ''Bacdafucup'' with friends at ludicrous volumes in his youth.

* DontShootTheMessage: The message against homophobia and transphobia in “[[ForcedGenderReassignmentHorror Forced Gender Reassignment]]” was much appreciated. However, the [[{{Gorn}} incredibly graphic gory violence]] in the music video undoubtedly distracted many viewers from the message.

* MisaimedFandom: There are a concerning amount of fans who think that "[[ForcedGenderReassignmentHorror Forced Gender Reassignment]]" was meant to scare transgender people themselves out of transitioning rather than the transphobes.

* [[SignatureSong Signature Album]]: Which release is the band's signature album is usually split between their three most recent studio albums: ''Monolith of Inhumanity'', ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' and ''Death Atlas''. The former has what is likely the band's most well-known song, "[[ForcedGenderReassignmentHorror {{Forced Gender Reassignment}}]]", and the latter is their most listened-to album overall.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: To some, the tortured individuals in the "[[ForcedGenderReassignmentHorror Forced Gender Reassignment]]" video. While they're supposed to be AssholeVictims considering they're shown to be members of the infamously homophobic and transphobic Westboro Baptist Church, the ''insane'' brutality inflicted upon them had many viewers [[DontShootTheMessage missing the message]] [[OvershadowedByControversy of the video]] and instead criticizing the violence as [[TooBleakStoppedCaring gratuitous shock value]]. Special mention goes to the man who is [[spoiler:violently [[AssShove sodomized]]]] not once but ''twice'', [[spoiler:the second time done '''''with a drill so long it reappears out of his mouth'''''.]] CruelAndUnusualDeath doesn't even begin to describe it.

* DontShootTheMessage: The message against homophobia and transphobia in “Forced Gender Reassignment” was much appreciated. However, the [[{{Gorn}} incredibly graphic gory violence]] in the music video undoubtedly distracted many viewers from the message.

* MisaimedFandom: There are a concerning amount of fans who think that "Forced Gender Reassignment" was meant to scare transgender people themselves out of transitioning rather than the transphobes.

* [[SignatureSong Signature Album]]: Which release is the band's signature album is usually split between their three most recent studio albums: ''Monolith of Inhumanity'', ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' and ''Death Atlas''. The former has what is likely the band's most well-known song, "Forced Gender Reassignment", and the latter is their most listened-to album overall.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: To some, the tortured individuals in the "Forced Gender Reassignment" video. While they're supposed to be AssholeVictims considering they're shown to be members of the infamously homophobic and transphobic Westboro Baptist Church, the ''insane'' brutality inflicted upon them had many viewers [[DontShootTheMessage missing the message]] [[OvershadowedByControversy of the video]] and instead criticizing the violence as [[TooBleakStoppedCaring gratuitous shock value]]. Special mention goes to the man who is [[spoiler:violently [[AssShove sodomized]]]] not once but ''twice'', [[spoiler:the second time done '''''with a drill so long it reappears out of his mouth'''''.]] CruelAndUnusualDeath doesn't even begin to describe it.

* UncannyValley: Ryan's vocals frequently don't sound anything close to human.

* [[SignatureSong SignatureAlbum]]: Which release is the band's signature album is usually split between their three most recent studio albums: ''Monolith of Inhumanity'', ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' and ''Death Atlas''. The former has what is likely the band's most well-known song, "Forced Gender Reassignment", and the latter is their most listened-to album overall.

* [[SignatureSong SignatureAlbum]: Which release is the band's signature album is usually split between their three most recent studio albums: ''Monolith of Inhumanity'', ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' and ''Death Atlas''. The former has what is likely the band's most well-known song, "Forced Gender Reassignment", and the latter is their most listened-to album overall.

* SignatureAlbum: Which release is the band's signature album is usually split between their three most recent studio albums: ''Monolith of Inhumanity'', ''The Anthropocene Extinction'' and ''Death Atlas''. The former has what is likely the band's most well-known song, "Forced Gender Reassignment", and the latter is their most listened-to album overall.

* NauseaFuel: Many of their songs qualify, such as "Suspended in Coprolite".[[note]]Coprolite is fossilized feces.[[/note]]

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/CattleDecapitation Now has its own page.]]

%%* SignatureSong: "Your Disposal" and "Manufactured Extinct".

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Given the cynical lyrics, [[SensoryAbuse deafening sound]], and [[NightmareFuel rather disturbing]] music videos, it can be hard to get immersed in their music.

* BrokenBase: Fans feel very split on the era post-''Homovore'' and pre-''Harvest Floor''. The fact that the band themselves try to sweep it under the rug doesn't help matters much.

* SignatureSong: "Your Disposal" and "Manufactured Extinct".
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** "Forced Gender Reassignment." Behind the gore is a message against homophobia and transphobia, much needed in the metal community.
** "Circo Inhumanitas" isn't subtle, but its message is clear: circuses involving animals are horrible, morally reprehensible entities whose abuses are so well known by now that ignorance is no excuse for going to them and anyone who does so anyways is a terrible person.
** Despite the primitive, unfriendly goregrind-ish sound and... ''frightening'' intro, "Testicular Manslaughter" off ''To Serve Man'' took misogyny to task, an all-too-common subject in the extreme metal scene.

* NauseaFuel: Many of their songs qualify, such as "Suspended in Coprolite". [[note]]Coprolite is fossilized feces[[/note]]

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/CattleDecapitation Now has its own page]]

* TearJerker: The first 3 stanzas of "Forced Gender Reassignment" are an incredibly sorrowful and accurate description of gender dysphoria and social discrimination. Than the [[AssholeVictim smashing]] [[CatharsisFactor starts.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: They once wound up sharing a stage with, among others, Onyx on a festival bill. For their part, they were quite excited, and Travis Ryan fondly reminisced about driving around blasting ''Bacdafucup'' with friends at ludicrous volumes in his youth.

** "Circo Inhumanitas" isn't subtle, but its message is clear: circuses are horrible, morally reprehensible entities whose abuses are so well known by now that ignorance is no excuse for going to them and anyone who does so anyways is a terrible person.

* NauseaFuel: Many of their songs qualify, such as ''Suspended in Coprolite''.[[note]]Coprolite is fossilized feces.[[/note]]

** Despite the primitive, unfriendly goregrind-ish sound and... ''frightening'' intro, "Testicular Manslaughter" off ''To Serve Man'' had the band taking misogyny to task, a common concept in the extreme metal scene.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: When the Covid-19 pandemic rolled around, a lot of people drew parallels to ''Bring Back The Plague''. So the band decided to film a video for it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGSLKWeVwE While in quarantine, on their phones]].

* LighterAndSofter: ''Death Atlas'' is not as brutal as many of their old albums, including more clean vocals and being focused on environmental destruction over gore and {{Squick}}.

* NauseaFuel: Try watching the "Forced Gender Reassignment" video without puking.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: "Forced Gender Reassignment." Behind the gore is a message against homophobia and transphobia, much needed in the metal community.