Virginia Beach, VA – Touring in support of their May 12, 2023 album Terrasite, Cattle Decapitation came to Hampton Roads to crush Peabody’s with support from New York’s death metal masters Immolation, Columbus, Ohio’s death metal outfit Sanguisugabogg and New York’s all-female death metal band Castrator.
Castrator started the night off a few minutes early, but got things going. Filling in for guitarist Kimberly Orellana who couldn’t make the tour was Kurtis Layne, who did an outstanding job. Clarissa asked at one point if anyone had seen them play with Exhumed last year at the Norfolk Taphouse, which got a few hoots and screams. I got into the pit to take a few photos of the band and the moshing was energetic and fun. It was great to see them back in the Hampton Roads area to throw down.
Castrator SETLIST
Tormented by Atrocities
Forsaken and Deprived
Inquisition Sins
Tyrant’s Verdict
Befoul My Existence
Sinister Mind
Dawa of Yousafzai
This was my first time seeing Sanguisugabogg live. Talking to some of my friends who were at the show, they didn’t like them much. To me, they sound like a hardcore band with death metal vocals, which isn’t a bad thing but for some it is an acquired taste. That didn’t stop the fans who came for them from moshing and headbanging. Their set consisted almost exclusively of songs from their February 3, 2023 album Homicidal Ecstasy, which pleased the fans greatly.
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Sanguisugabogg SETLIST
Black Market Vasectomy
Face Ripped Off
Pissed
A Lesson in Savagery
Permanently Fucked
Mortal Admonishment
Dead as Shit
It is not very often that bands such as Immolation and Cattle Decapitation come to Hampton Roads to play. The last time both of the bands played was in November of 2017 at the former Shaka’s Live in separate shows. Immolation supporting Mayhem and Cattle Decapitation supporting Revocation, so it is a special night when two of metal’s heavy hitters come to play locally and fans don’t have to drive to Richmond, DC or Baltimore.
Fans of Immolation got a special treat as the band played a set that spanned nearly their entire existence as a band with songs from their 2022 effort Acts of God to 1991’s Dawn of Possession. The old school metalheads took over the pit and threw down with the band.
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Immolation SETLIST
And the Flames Wept
All That Awaits Us
The Age of No Light
Dawn of Possession
Once Ordained
When the Jackals Come
Christ’s Cage
Abandoned
An Act of God
Higher Coward
Epiphany
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As I said previously, it has been nearly seven years since I last saw Cattle Decapitation live and it was definitely worth the wait. Travis Ryan took control of the crowd and marched them through their set with military precision, which included most of their 2023 release Terrasite and their three previous albums. What can be said about a band that plays crushing riffs and has incredible stage presence that hasn’t already been said. This was an awesome night of death metal and we enjoyed every minute of it.
Cattle Decapitation SETLIST
Terrasitic Adaptation
We Eat Our Young
Scourge of the Offspring
Dead Set on Suicide
The Storm Upstairs
Bring Back the Plague
Finish Them
Solastalgia
A Photic Doom
Vulturous
Time’s Cruel Curtain
Pacific Grim
Kingdom of Tyrants
The “Terrasitic Infestation” tour runs through December 16th with the last stop in San Diego, CA.
Special thanks to Peabody’s Nightclub for hosting this incredible show.
Show Date: November 25, 2023
