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Cancer Bats

Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. To date, they have released seven studio albums and six extended plays; with their most recent LP, Psychic Jailbreak, having been released on 15 April 2022. The band is currently composed of lead vocalist Liam Cormier, drummer Mike Peters and bassist/guitarist Jaye R. Schwarzer. The band are also currently joined by touring guitarist Jackson Landry, following the departure of founding guitarist Scott Middleton in 2021. Cancer Bats take a wide variety of influences from heavy metal sub-genres and fuse them into hardcore and punk rock, and also include elements of Southern metal. Their sound has been likened to sludge metal, as well as to that of metalcore bands such as Converge and Hatebreed. The members of Cancer Bats have also toured and recorded as a Black Sabbath tribute band under the name Bat Sabbath.

Albums

2006 Birthing the Giant
2008 Hail Destroyer
2010 Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
2012 Dead Set on Living
2015 Searching for Zero
2018 The Spark That Moves
2022 Psychic Jailbreak
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Cancer Bats
Cancer Bats Announce 2024 Australian Tour
The Canadian hardcore legends are returning for their first trek Down Under in half a decade!
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Aww! Cancer Bats' Bong is Lonely :(
Cancer Bats have dropped “Lonely Bong” from their anticipated forthcoming seventh studio album, Psychic Jailbreak on April 15, 2022 through their own label Bat Skull Records in partnership with New Damage Records and Cooking Vinyl Australia.
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Cancer Bats Announce Australian Headline Tour
In support of their latest album.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Cancer Bats - 'The Spark That Moves'
'The Riffs That Slay'. 
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cancer Bats, High Tension, A Ghost Orchestra
"Three bands from three different statures and three different origins joined together to commemorate their triumphs and in turn vivaciously raise hell."
Features / Music
Just Visiting: Cancer Bats
"We are coming back because some of the craziest shows we've played in our lives have been here."
Features / Music
Cancer Bats
Killyourstereo.com sat down with Cancer Bats' always affable and friendly singer to talk about the band's upcoming Australian tour, and find out which Aussie band he has been loving lately.
News / Music
Cancer Bats Unveil Aussie Tour Dates
Heading our way this September.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Cancer Bats -- Searching For Zero
"Evidently creative pressure has taken its toll, the ferocious power and groove of earlier greats such as Hail Destroyer and Sorceress lost in the wind."
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Album Review: Cancer Bats - 'Searching For Zero'
They've done it again.
News / Music
Cancer Bats, Kingdom Of Sorrow, This Is Hell Announce Melbourne Sideshow
Yup, just the one
Features / Music
Bats Out Of Hell
"I don’t know if it will induce a riot, but definitely a circle pit is the goal... We just tried to make the best Bats record that we could, that was our vibe."
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