Cancer Bats - True Zero

The Canadian hardcore punkers CANCER BATS have released their fifth studio album "Searching For Zero" a week ago (March 10th).

The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer. Cancer Bats take a wide variety of influences from heavy metal subgenres and fuse them into hardcore punk and punk rock and include elements of sludge metal and southern rock. Their sound has also been compared to metalcore bands such as CONVERGE and HATEBREED. The members of CANCER BATS have also toured and recorded as a BLACK SABBATH cover band under the name BAT SABBATH.

The album includes today's tune "True Zero", for which the Jim Agapito-directed video can be seen below, a tune that will shake any leg that are freezed to the chair.

The iTunes version of the album will include two exclusive tracks titled "Kill Me Please…" and "Rust and Bone".

Produced by Ross Robinson (AT THE DRIVE-IN, SLIPKNOT, THE CURE, SEPULTURA, GLASSJAW), "Searching For Zero" is simultaneously the most melodic, yet menacing CANCER BATS release. The record incorporates the crude hardcore punk of their 2006 debut, "Birthing The Giant", and more metal leanings of 2008's "Hail Destroyer", while pushing the heavy hybrid sounds of 2010's "Mayors Bears Scraps And Bones" and 2012's darker "Dead Set On Living" to a new plateau. The choruses are hookier, the screams more savage, the riffs more vicious, the songs more powerful. That the album is inspired by their metal idols BLACK SABBATH can be heard in the melodic elements, both musically and vocally.

Current members:

Liam Cormier – lead vocals (2004–present)
Scott Middleton – lead guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)
Mike Peters – drums, percussion (2005–present)
Jaye R. Schwarzer – bass, backing vocals (2007–present)

Todays tune "True Zero" is taken from the latest release "Searching For Zero", enjoy!

Upcoming Tourdates:

Mar 27 Middle East Cambridge, MA
Mar 28 Saint Vitus Bar Brooklyn, NY
Apr 02 Essigfabrik w/ While She Sleeps Cologne, Germany
Apr 03 Melkweg Oude Zaal Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 04 Gruenspan w/ While She Sleeps Hamburg, Germany
Apr 05 Sticky Fingers Goteborg, Sweden
Apr 07 Fryshuset Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 08 Pumpehuset Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 09 Lido w/ While She Sleeps Berlin, Germany
Apr 11 Proxima w/ While She Sleeps Warsaw, Poland
Apr 12 Lucerna Music Bar w/ While She Sleeps Prague, Czech Republic
Apr 13 Arena w/ While She Sleeps Vienna, Austria
Apr 14 Backstage Halle w/ While She Sleeps Munich, Germany
Apr 15 Komplex Klub w/ While She Sleeps Zürich, Switzerland
Apr 16 Batschkapp w/ While She Sleeps Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 17 Substage w/ While She Sleeps Karlsruhe, Germany
Apr 19 Rockhal w/ While She Sleeps Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Apr 20 Petit Bain Paris, France
Apr 22 Institute w/ While She Sleeps Birmingham, United Kingdom
Apr 23 The Ritz w/ While She Sleeps Manchester, United Kingdom
Apr 24 UEA w/ While She Sleeps Norwich, United Kingdom
Apr 25 O2 Academy Bristol 1 and 2, The Thekla, and The Fleece Bristol, United Kingdom
Apr 28 Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Apr 29 O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
Apr 30 The Forum w/ While She Sleeps London, United Kingdom
May 01 Groezrock Festival Meerhout, Belgium

More info @

Official Cancer Bats Web

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