| The Harvest Floor | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Cattle Decapitation |
| Cover: | Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor.jpg |
| Alt: | people being herded into a giant slaughterhouse, guarded by a SWAT trooper |
| Recorded: | Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California |
| Genre: | Technical death metal, deathgrind |
| Label: | Metal Blade |
| Producer: | Billy Anderson |
| Prev Title: | Karma.Bloody.Karma |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Monolith of Inhumanity |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
The Harvest Floor is the fourth studio album by American deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation. It was released through Metal Blade Records on January 20, 2009. The album was recorded and mixed at Sharkbite studios in Oakland, California, with engineering and production handled by Billy Anderson.[1] The artwork was designed by Wes Benscoter, and shows the outside of a large slaughterhouse with the "general public being herded inside to meet their demise." It is the band's last album to feature bassist Troy Oftedal, and their first to feature drummer Dave McGraw. The album was inducted into Decibel's hall of fame.[2]
A music video was released for the song "Regret and the Grave".
The Harvest Floor sold 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[3]