Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas

Josh elmore has used dava picks on most if not all of the cattle albums hes been on.

In this video producer Dave Otero talks about how on every album he has worked on with Cattle Decapitation they have used a 6505. On the newest album (as of 2019) Death Atlas he used the 6505 in conjunction with a Hi-Watt Custom Super-Hi 50. "After tracking and as I was getting into the mix I did feel the need to blend in a tone with more saturation a little bit more of a modern kind of shape, so I did reamp through the 6505 and we just blended that in probably about even in the mix...the 6505 definetly saturates more, has a little bit of a wider spetcrum, goes a little bit deeper, has crispier highs, where the slighly more vintage tone of the Hi-watt just fills in those mids..."

Producer Dave Otero talks about the new amp Josh got for the newest Cattle album in this video. "Josh had recently picked up a Custom Hi-Watt Super-Hi 50, Josh tends to gravitate more towards gear that other people aren't using or playing, maybe in effort to find a unique tone, or maybe just because he's a punk rock mother fucker, but reguardless you don't see anyone else in extreme metal playing one of these amps, some of that is 'cause it's new, some of that is because it's pretty crazy expensive...The Super Hi-50 is based on a traditional Hi-watt amp design, but with a mod by Mike Fortin which gives it that extra gain boost and brings it into that more metal arena. It has four gain stages with a boost on, which we had the boost on for all of te rythms, and it is an extremely percussive and tight sounding amp, we didn't use an tubescreamer any kind of boost up front, just guitar straight into the head, and it had as much punch, and clairty, and definition as you could possibly want out of an amp."

In a video titled "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown (2025)" by Metalhead Productions on YouTube, guitarist Josh Elmore demonstrates the use of his ISP Technologies Decimator pedal at the 18:40 mark. He specifically notes using it to mute loop noise and manage any other noise floor issues.

In this video Josh mentions he uses the dunable version of the eidolon for leads and ambiance.

In the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown (2025)" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore discusses his use of the Red Panda Context reverb pedal, primarily utilizing the cathedral setting. He mentions using the pedal for big octaves, support Belisario’s guitar lines, and in conjunction with the Eidolon pedal for lead sections.

In the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, it is visually confirmed that Josh Elmore uses a Morley Maverick Mini Switchless Wah pedal, as it is clearly visible on the right side of his pedalboard during the segment starting at 18:24.

At the 19:15 mark in the video "Josh Elmore Cattle Decapitation Gear Rundown" by Metalhead Productions, Josh Elmore discusses his use of the Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork pedal. He explains that on the song "The Geocide," he employs both the octave up and down features in conjunction with the Eidolon pedal. Additionally, for "Aphotic Doom," he uses the Pitch Fork in octave down mode alongside the Mel 9 pedal to achieve a cathedral-like tone.

In this video you can see josh Elmore's Morley mini Volume pedal. he mentions just using it as a mute.

around the 52:21 mark you can see that josh elmore talks about using the lone wolf hazy boy on the death atlas record. it is also seen in the terrasite documentary.

In a 2016 interview with The Moshville Times, guitarist Josh Elmore stated that he uses Suhr Doug Aldrich Signature pickups in his copper top cardinal guitar.

In a video by Dave Otero titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Bass Recording Gear," it is mentioned that bassist Olivier Pinard uses Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Stainless Steel Bass Strings (50-105).

In a video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Bass Recording Gear" by Dave Otero on YouTube, it is mentioned that Olivier Pinard uses dave otero's Creation Audio Labs MW1 Studio Tool as part of his bass rig for the album "Death Atlas."

Past 5:30 this is mentioned and showed

In the Digital Tour Bus video "Cryptopsy - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 12," Olivier Pinard discusses using the Darkglass Electronics Microtubes B7K Analog Bass PreAmp, noting he plays "direct" with it.

Olivier Pinard shared on Instagram that he received a Darkglass Electronics Microtubes X7 Bass Preamp Pedal, expressing excitement to use it in the studio for Cattle Decapitation's new album.

In the Digital Tour Bus episode of "Cryptopsy - GEAR MASTERS," Olivier Pinard discusses using the Spector Euro 5LX bass guitar primarily for live performances.

In a YouTube video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Guitar Recording Gear," Dave Otero mentions that Belisario Dimuzio used Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom M-Steel Slinky Guitar Strings (10-52) during the recording of the "Death Atlas" album at the 6:29 mark.

In the amp demo section of the video provided you can see Belisario playing the LTD mh-1000hs.

In the YouTube video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Guitar Recording Gear" by Dave Otero, it is confirmed that guitarist Belisario Dimuzio uses a Mesa/Boogie 4X12 Recto Standard Oversized Slant Cabinet. Around the 10:20 mark, the cabinet is shown being miked with a single SM57 microphone during the recording of the "Death Atlas" album.

In Dave Otero's video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Guitar Recording Gear," it is demonstrated that Belisario Dimuzio runs through Josh Elmore's Hiwatt Custom Super-Hi 50 amplifier during the guitar recording process for the album "Death Atlas." Both Dimuzio and Josh Elmore are shown running through this amplifier, which is also used in the recording of "Terasite," as seen in the "Making of Terasite" video.

Belisario Dimuzio is confirmed to use the Peavey 6505 Guitar Amp Head, as seen in a video by Dave Otero titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Guitar Recording Gear," where both Dimuzio and Josh Elmore are shown using this equipment during the recording sessions for "Death Atlas" and "Terasite."

Belisario Dimuzio is confirmed to use the Hiwatt Maxwatt 4x12 cabinet, as seen in a video by Dave Otero titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Guitar Recording Gear," where both Dimuzio and Josh Elmore are shown using Josh's cabinet during the recording of the "Death Atlas" album.

In a YouTube video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Drum Recording Gear," at approximately the 3:50 mark, Dave Otero mentions that Dave McGraw recorded using Remo Clear Emperor tom heads.

At around the 3:50 mark in the video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Drum Recording Gear," Dave Otero states that drummer Dave McGraw records using Remo Ambassador Clear Drumheads.

At approximately the 3:50 mark in the YouTube video titled "CATTLE DECAPITATION Drum Recording Gear," Dave Otero confirms that drummer Dave McGraw used the Remo Controlled Sound Coated Drum Head during the recording of the "Death Atlas" album.