Cancer Bats - Recordings

Recordings

The band have released four albums. Birthing the Giant was their first full-length album. It was released on June 6, 2006 by Distort Entertainment in Canada and September 5, 2006 by Abacus Recordings in the US. Videos were shot for "100 Grand Canyon", "French Immersion" and "Pneumonia Hawk". Hail Destroyer was the band's second full-length album. It was released on April 22, 2008 by Distort Entertainment in Canada and on June 24, 2008 by Metal Blade Records in the US. Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones was released on April 13, 2010 through Distort Entertainment in Canada. The name of the album derives from each of the band members personal nickname (Mike - Bear; Scott - Mayor; Liam - Scraps; Jaye - Bones).

They have also released five singles and EPs. Cancer Bats was the first EP by the band. It was produced and engineered by guitarist Scott Middleton. This EP was sold at all the live shows leading up until the release of Cancer Bats' first album Birthing the Giant and later repressed as a 7" record by Tragicomedy Records. This Is Hell / Cancer Bats was a limited release 7" vinyl EP shared with the This Is Hell band. Each band contributes one new song, and one cover song of the other band. Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi was a split release with the band Rolo Tomassi in 2009. The songs were recorded and released at the beginning of 2009 on to a limited amount of black 7" vinyl through Hassle Records. The vinyl is strictly limited to 300 copies and was only available through each artist's shows, and Rolo Tomassi's 'Subs Club' 7" (2009). Cancer Bats also released the Tour EP (2009). In March 2, 2010, Cancer Bats released the Sabotage EP. Its name is derived from their cover of the Beastie Boys' song "Sabotage". The band has also shot a music video for the song that premièred on February 16 through the band's MySpace page.