Metal Injection — By Ben Apatoff
Like any remotely interesting hardcore band these days, CANCER BATS don't play it straight-up. The Canadian punks have a strong southern metal and sometimes sludgy influence, sounding a little like CORROSION OF CONFORMITY if the M... more info
DrownedInSound — Sonically the record is super masculine. It drips of man sweat. Music for marines; the moment in Fahrenheit 9/11 when the soldiers reveal the soundtrack for combat. A world underwritten by fear, testosterone and the capacity to kill.
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Altsounds — *Cancer Bats* release the highly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s critically acclaimed ‘Hail Destroyer’ in the form of ‘*Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones*’ on *Monday 12th April*.
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DrownedInSound — If Cancer Bats could do this good a job with 'Sabotage', what else might they be itching to rework in their own furious style? Singer Liam Cormier sets out his top, er, eight...
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Chorus.fm — My interview with Liam Cormier from *Cancer Bats* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=3593) can be read here (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1627692). Remember that Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones will hit shelves on Apr... more info
Altsounds — Cancer Bats have announced a *_SECOND_* matinee show for *Banquet records* at *The Fighting Cocks*, Kingston, on *Saturday 17th April* due to exceptional demand.
The matinee at 4pm sold-out immediately, so Banquet has put this extra new show on for... more info
Thrash Hits — Cancer Bats
Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
Hassle Records
12 April 2010
by Hugh Platt
Let’s just get it out of the way now – I’m a major Cancer Bats fan. I’m talking Hail-Destroyer-is-in-my-Top-3-Albums-Of-All-Time levels of fanboy-status here... more info