ALBUM REVIEW: Cancer Bats – Psychic Jailbreak


This year will mark 18 years since the seminal Cancer Bats formed. After six albums, the band has cemented their heavy wild sound. Psychic Jailbreak (Bat Skull Records / New Damage Records) marks the first album since the departure of founding member, Scott Middleton, last year. The main question on every fans’ lips is whether this change in the lineup also marks the departure of their signature sound that has been developed over the years.

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Cancer Bats – The Spark That Moves


How do you put to bed any doubts about your band? Come hurtling out the traps with an opener as neck-snappingly, riff-chunkingly awesome as ‘Gatekeeper’, and follow it up with a slew of hits steeped in the ultimate Black’s (Flag and Sabbath).Continue reading


Danzig, Pennywise and Cancer Bats Confirm Summer North American Tour


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Canadian hardcore punk metallers Cancer Bats will be supporting Danzig and Pennywise this July on a string of North American tour dates. They are currently supporting their current release Searching For Zero, out via Metal Blade Records. Their previously announced shows on June 25th and 26th in Calgary and Edmonton have been cancelled and band vocalist Liam Cormier issued this statement:

“Calgary and Edmonton, I’m so sorry that we have to cancel our upcoming shows in June! You know how much we love you ripping babes and bros and we wouldn’t do it if we didn’t have good reason. The reason we can’t play is because are coming back in July to party with fucking Danzig and Pennywise! It’s going to be fuckin amazing! Sorry for June and see you in July!”

CANCER BATS w/ While She Sleeps:
Apr 15: Dynamo – Zurich (CH)
Apr 16: Batschkapp – Frankfurt (DE)
Apr 17: Substage – Karlsruhe (DE)
Apr 19: Rockhal – Luxembourg (LU)
Apr 20: Petit bain – Paris (FR)
Apr 22: The Institute – Birmingham (UK)
Apr 23: The Ritz – Manchester (UK)
Apr 24: The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA – Norwich (UK)
Apr 25: Hit the Deck Festival – Bristol (UK)
Apr 26: Hit the Deck Festival – Nottingham (UK)
Apr 28: University – Newcastle (UK)
Apr 29: O2 ABC – Glasgow (UK)
Apr 30: Forum – London (UK)
May 01: Groezrock Festival – Meerhout (BE)

w/ Danzig, Pennywise:
Jul 11: Fox Theater Pomona – Pomona, CA *no Pennywise
Jul 12: Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill Park – Flagstaff, AZ
Jul 14: Bayou Music Center – Houston, TX
Jul 15: Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
Jul 17: South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX
Jul 18: Club Brady – Tulsa, OK
Jul 19: Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland – Kansas City, MO
Jul 21: The Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
Jul 24: MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
Jul 25: Shaw Conference Centre – Edmonton, AB
Jul 27: Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Jul 28: Showbox SODO – Seattle, WA
Jul 30: The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
Jul 31: Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV

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