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Hail Destroyer

Cancer Bats

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Album Review

So you're looking for a metal band without all the "sword and sorcery" imagery, and a punk band whose members aren't mostly interested in how well they put on their mascara, eh? Well, you're in luck — the Toronto-based quartet Cancer Bats fits both of these descriptions. Their 2008 release, Hail Destroyer, also proves that the group has learned well from its influences — namely Refused, Black Flag, Down, and Black Sabbath. In other words, you get punk tunes with a metallic crunch or metal tunes with the speed rush of punk, especially on such standouts as the album-opening title track, "Regret," and "PMA 'Til I'm DOA," among others. Also, the group even throws in a few ditties that could be classified as "Southern metal," especially "Bastard's Waltz." In addition to all the slamming guitar riffs and power chords, frontman Liam Cormier sounds comparable to Zack de la Rocha — if the Rage Against the Machine frontman replaced the rapping with hollering, that is. Hail Destroyer is certainly a hard-hitting release from start to finish.

Customer Reviews

Indeed it is!!!

Alright Cancer Bats set out to release a record which both captured the energy of their live performance and also had an overall heavier sound to it... Well, That is a very o so very true!!! Theyve been compared to heavier acts like COC, Pantera, Down.. This record will proudly sit beside my Pantera collection. Noticeable tracks are Deathsmarch, Lucifers Rocking Chair (Chunkiness), Smiling Politely (Appearance by Ben K. from Billy Talent), Bottom line the whole f-ing record is amazing... I was floored by the song Shillelagh on their previous effort, and this record is back to back hit in the forehead... GET IT!!!

Never mind Hail Destroyer, hail Cancer Bats!!

The transition of styles between Birthing The Giant and Hail Destroyer, really reminds me of what happened to Comeback Kid when they went from Wake The Dead to Broadcasting. Hail Destroyer is louder and heavier and the vocalwork is way more hardcore sounding than on BTG. All hail Tough Punk!!! If ya love Cancer Bats, I recommend Comeback Kid, Every Time I Die, and Fucked Up as well.

Cancer Bats!!!

Hail Destroyer, Is An Amazing Album, Canadian Metal, Can't Get Enough Of It. If You Like Bands Like Alexisonfire, This Will Be A Hit With You.

Biography

Formed: 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Proving that loud, gritty, and ranting punk rock is still alive and thrashing in Canada, Toronto's Cancer Bats were founded in the spring of 2004 by singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton. Cormier and Middleton had worked together before in a metal band called At the Mercy of Inspiration, and were looking to launch a new project that would take their music in a harder but more elemental direction. Teaming with bassist Andrew McCracken and drummer Joel Bath, they formed Cancer Bats and...
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