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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great name, great album, 14 Feb 2007
Here we have an interesting proposition indeed: Cancer Bats hail from Toronto, Canada, and on this, their blistering debut album, they deliver a mouth-watering concoction of dirty, greasy, Southern-tinged riffing and punk-as-f*ck 'tude, with some Killswitch Engage-style harmonics chucked in for damn good measure... and that's just the first track!
The four-piece, led by rabble-rousing frontman Liam Cormier, are unremitting in their assault and, like similar-minded hard-partying punk 'n' rollers The Bronx, they offer a real alternative to the over-saturated emo scene and the scores of formulaic metalcore acts currently vying for column space in all the music mags. A giant kick up the arse for hardcore fans who have a penchant for good ol' fashioned rock 'n' roll (or vice-versa) Birthing the Giant is a chaotic aural frenzy from start to finish and I defy any fan of either type of the aforementioned styles to dislike this.
Get it now and begin battering your imaginary drum kit.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
promising stuff , 18 Dec 2006
cancer bats are a canadian band and this is their very promising debut,mixing a few genres such as hardcore,punk and rock n roll,this is a pretty addictive album after you have heard it,furious and melodic,you would be forgiven for punching the air like a madman.
The album starts with intent with 'golden tanks' and from here the album rocks and grooves with the best of them,influences can be placed at the feet of clutch,down,pantera,killswitch engage and most precious blood.The singing style is commercial and the riffs are all killer.
The album contains two anthems for me that will lead to glory for these lads,and they are 'firecrack this' and the awesome 'ghost bust that',these songs need to be heard.
Its good hollerin' music with a backbone,good band chants and most of all a sense of undisputable fun,great debut.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
These's guys rock!!!!, 26 Jul 2007
Canada has given us some damn fine music over the years, especially it seems, in recent times. From Billy Talent to Alexisonfire right through to er... Sum 41 and Nickelback, Canadian rockers just keep on coming. Joining the ever expanding ranks are Cancer Bats, blasting from the north in a whirlwind or blood, puke and filthy riffs.
Coming across like a less polished Every Time I Die, the band fuse old school rhythms with gang vocals and a penchant for pinch harmonics. The riffs just keep on coming, opening track "Golden Tanks" getting off on the right foot in gloriously emphatic style, the darkly hued harmonies and punker-than-thou intent lay the foundations for something truly special. Where Cancer Bats excel though is the riffs. Not since the heady days of the boogie fused rock of AC/DC has a band truly taken what rock and roll is about, pounded it into submission and truly created a monster. Punk is all well and good, but this band sound genuinely dangerous. Like The Bronx gone thrash metal, "Birthing The Giant" sticks old school metal, southern boogie and the snottiest punk and hardcore into one big melting pot and emerges with a party (albeit one with a few broken teeth).
The album continues as it started, "Butterscotch", "Death Bros" and "100 Grand Canyon" effortlessly piledrive you to the ground, while "Shillelagh" throws in a few off-kilter time signatures and jarring chords (reminiscent of label-mates The Bled) and never lets up the aggression, naturally. In short, It's Punk Jim, But Not As We Know It.
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