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| To Serve Man | ||||
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| Released | July 30, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | Trident Studios | |||
| Genre | Deathgrind, grindcore | |||
| Length | 34:59 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade [1] | |||
| Producer | Juan Urteaga | |||
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To Serve Man is the debut studio album by American deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation, released in 2002. [2] [3] The title is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man".
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10 [5] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 6.5/10 [6] |
| Exclaim! | favorable [7] |
| Metal Storm | 5.5/10 [8] |
Exclaim! wrote that the band "has entered the upper realm of gore-grinders," and praised the "nice, clear production sound ... that allows us to hear exactly what it is that gore-grind bands do with their instruments: grind, slash and hack their way through speedy and short bursts of dissonant grindcore." [9]
All tracks are written by David Astor, Troy Oftedal, and Travis Ryan
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Testicular Manslaughter" | 2:50 |
| 2. | "I Eat Your Skin" | 1:54 |
| 3. | "Writhe in Putrescence" | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Land of the Severed Meatus" | 2:22 |
| 5. | "The Regurgitation of Corpses" | 2:02 |
| 6. | "Everyone Deserves to Die" | 2:36 |
| 7. | "To Serve Man" | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Colonic Villus Biopsy Performed on the Gastro-intestinally Incapable" | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Pedeadstrians" | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Long-Pig Chef and the Hairless Goat" | 2:09 |
| 11. | "Hypogastric Combustion by C-4 Plastique" | 2:36 |
| 12. | "Deadmeal" | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Chunk Blower" | 3:06 |
| Total length: | 34:59 | |
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