Cancer Bats discography explained
Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario.[1] They have released six studio albums and six extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|
CAN
[2] | UK
[3] |
|---|
| 2006 | Birthing the Giant
| — | — |
| 2008 | Hail Destroyer- Released: April 22, 2008
- Label: Distort
- Formats: CD, vinyl record, download
| — | — |
| 2010 | Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones- Released: April 13, 2010
- Label: Distort
- Formats: CD, vinyl record, download
| — | 58 |
| 2012 | Dead Set on Living- Released: April 24, 2012
- Label: Distort
- Formats: CD, vinyl record, download
| 80 | 49 |
| 2015 | Searching for Zero
| | 60 |
| 2018 | The Spark That Moves- Released: April 20, 2018
- Label: New Damage Records, Bat Skull Records
- Formats: CD, vinyl record, download
| - | - |
| 2022 | Psychic Jailbreak- Released: April 15, 2022
- Label: Bat Skull Records
- Formats: CD, vinyl record, download
| - | - |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | |
EPs
- 2005: Cancer Bats
- 2007: This Is Hell / Cancer Bats 7"
- 2009: Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi [4]
- 2009: Tour EP[5]
- 2010: Sabotage EP[6]
- 2011: Cancer Bats / Black Lungs
- 2013: Bat Sabbath EP[7]
- 2019: New Damage Records Switcheroo Vol 1. : Cancer Bats / Single Mothers
Music videos
Cancer Bats often incorporate their friends such as Alexisonfire in their music videos. In the French Immersion and Pneumonia Hawk videos the band parodied some of Dallas Green's City and Colour songs. Fellow Alexisonfire members George Pettit and Wade MacNeil performed guest vocals on the tracks "Pneumonia Hawk" and "Deathsmarch" respectively, and also appeared in the videos for the songs that included their respective contributions.
All of their music videos have been directed by Marc Ricciardelli except Old Blood and Road Sick which were directed by Vulture Culture Films.
- Hundred Grand Canyon (2006)
- French Immersion (2006)
- Pneumonia Hawk (2007)
- Hail Destroyer (2008)
- Lucifer's Rocking Chair (2008)
- Deathsmarch (2009)
- Sabotage (2010)
- Dead Wrong (2010)
- Scared to Death (2010)
- Old Blood (2012)
- Road Sick (2012)
- Bricks And Mortar (2012)
- R.A.T.S. (2013)
- Satellites (2014)
- True Zero (2015)
- Brightest Days (2018)
- Winterpeg (2018)
- Bed Of Nails (2018)
- Heads Will Roll (2018)
- Fear Will Kill Us All (2018)
- We Run Free (2018)
- Rattlesnake (2018)
- Headwound (2018)
- Space and Time (2018)
- Can't Sleep (2018)
- Gatekeeper (2018)
Members of Cancer Bats have also appeared in music videos by other bands, including '"Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama"' and "Waterwings" by Alexisonfire, "Vices" by Silverstein, "Chelsea Smile" by Bring Me the Horizon and "St. Andrew's" by Bedouin Soundclash.
Notes and References
- Web site: Cancer Bats Official Fan Hub - Powered by SocialMediaHubs.com . Cancerbats.com . 2011-12-07.
- Web site: CANOE -- JAM! Music - SoundScan Charts . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . December 26, 2004 . 15 September 2014 .
- Web site: CANCER BATS - The Official Charts Company . Theofficialcharts.com . 2010-04-24 . 2011-03-10.
- Web site: Alter The Press!: Limited Edition Cancer Bats/Rolo Tomassi Split 7" Announced. 15 September 2014.
- Web site: Cancer Bats Releasing Tour EP | CHARTattack . 2012-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607170159/http://www.chartattack.com/news/70286/cancer-bats-releasing-tour-ep . 2011-06-07 . usurped .
- Web site: Distort : Releases : Cancer Bats – Sabotage - Single . 2012-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722012215/http://www.teamdistort.com/discography/dd22/ . 2011-07-22 . dead .
- Web site: Cancer Bats to Release Deluxe Edition of "Dead Set On Living" - CONFRONT Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509145846/http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2012/12/cancer-bats-to-release-deluxe-edition-of-dead-set-on-living/. usurped. May 9, 2015. CONFRONT Magazine. 15 September 2014.
