New Yorkers Cattle Press Bring Together Influences From Sludge Death Metal Hardcore Grindcore And Crust Punk To Create Their Own Dense Pummeling And Ultimately Hard-To-Pigeonhole Sound. The Overall Anger And Aggression Of Their Music Puts Them In Line With Punk And Hardcore But Their Lyrical Philosophies - Inspired By Such Sources As Anton LaVey Frederick Nietzsche H.P. Lovecraft The Necronomicon And Self-Improvement Guru Tony Robbins - Give Them More In Common With The Death Metal Likes Of Morbid Angel Another Influence On The Band . They Formed In The Early '90s And Have Since Gone Through Several Lineup Changes But At The Helm Has Always Been Guitarist/vocalist Eddie Ortiz. Cattle Press Recorded Their First Demo In 1993 Followed By An EP Showered In The Love Of The Abhorer In 1995 For The Small Devastating Soundworks Label. A Split LP With Grindcore Band Agoraphobic Nosebleed For Bovine Records Followed In 1997 On The Heels Of Several Compilation And 7" Appearances. Cattle Press' First Full-Length The Interestingly Named Hordes To Abolish The Divine Finally Came Out In 2000 And Was Released Through The Hydra Head Records Label.