Cancer Bats is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. They have released eight studio albums and seven extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Jackson Landry and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer.
Albums Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions CAN UK 2006 Birthing the Giant Released: September 5, 2006 Label: Distort Formats: CD, vinyl record, download — — 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 Released: March 10, 2015 Label: Metal Blade Records Formats: CD, vinyl record, download 60 2018 The Spark That Moves Released: April 20, 2018 Label: New Damage Records, Bat Skull Records Formats: CD, vinyl record, download - -2022Psychic Jailbreak Released: April 15, 2022 Label: New Damage Records, Bat Skull Records Formats: CD, vinyl record, download -902026Give Me Dirt Released August 7, 2026 Label: Marshall Records Formats: CD, vinyl record, download22 "—" denotes a title that did not chart.
EPs 2005: Cancer Bats 2007: This Is Hell / Cancer Bats 7" 2009: Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi 2009: Tour EP 2010: Sabotage EP 2011: Cancer Bats / Black Lungs 2013: Bat Sabbath EP 2019: New Damage Records Switcheroo Vol 1. : Cancer Bats / Single Mothers 2020: You'll Never Break Us // Separation Sessions, Vol. 1 2021: You'll Never Break Us // Separation Sessions, Vol. 2
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. +Album/ReleaseTrackRelease YearBirthing the GiantHundred Grand Canyon2006French Immersion2006Pneumonia Hawk2007Hail DestroyerHail Destroyer2008Lucifer's Rocking Chair2008Deathsmarch2009Bears, Mayors, Scraps & BonesSabotage2010Scared to Death2010Dead Wrong2010Dead Set on LivingOld Blood2012Road Sick2012Bricks and Mortar2012R.A.T.S2012Searching for ZeroSatellites2014True Zero2014Arsenic in the Year of the Snake2014Beelzebub2015The Spark That MovesBrightest Days2018Winterpeg2018Bed of Nails2018Heads Will Roll2018Fear Will Kill Us All2018We Run Free2018Rattlesnake2018Headwound2018Space and Time2018Can't Sleep2018Gatekeeper2018Inside Out (single)Inside Out2019Psychic JailbreakPsychic Jailbreak2022Lonely Bong2022Radiate2022Friday Night2023Hammering On2023Weird Punx2023Backstab the Rat Race (single)Backstab the Rat Race2025Give Me DirtStay Stuck2026Long Tooth2026Give Me Dirt2026
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.
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