Jarboe posts myspace blog about Cattle Decapitation's show in Atlanta

Jarboe, the infinitely talented singer, songwriter, composer, etc. of Swans fame, has posted a blog on her myspace about seeing Cattle Decapitation live in Atlanta on February 6th.

"Last night, 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."

CATTLE DECAPITATION
Killing 'Til Oblivion 2009
Tour w/ Psyopus, Book Of Black Earth, Gigan
02/09 Little Rock, AR The Village
02/10 Dallas, TX The Lounge on Elm Street
02/11 Farmington, NM Gator's
02/12 Tucson, AZ The Rock
02/13 San Marcos, CA The Jumping Turtle
w/ Woe Of Tyrants, Rose Funeral
04/17 Worcester, MA Palladium New England Metal and Hardcore Festival
04/19 Rochester NY Penny Arcade
04/20 Wheeling, WV Yesterday's Draught House
04/21 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theatre
04/22 Sauget, IL Pops Nightclub
04/23 Tulsa, OK The Marquee
04/24 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
04/25 Juarez, MEX Histeria Club Ignacio Mejia
04/26 Tempe, AZ Phix Gallery
04/27 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction