2:56 AM / 31 May

Damn. Cancer Bats are really getting me back into listening to hardcore punk. Their energy is just crazy. It's just freaking infectious. I actually caught myself head-banging in public. Like one of those kind of "shiok-sendiri" moments. I bet I looked like a dickhead. Especially since it was in the MRT.

Cancer Bats are probably my favorite current hardcore band next to Gallows. I mean nothing can beat Gallows. They are just pure aggression in your face. Just balls out crazy. I mean just check out this song and the lyrics. Just intense man.

Orchestra of Wolves by Gallows



My name is Casanova
I'm basically a man
I have the head of a wolf
The appetite of an entire land
This song is going out to the girls
You're all looking fucking fine
Baby spread those shaking legs
Because I'm feeling fucking hungry tonight
I like to feed on broken hearts
There ain't no taste like lovers falling apart

If i offer to buy you a drink
Trust me when i say it's non-alcoholic
You're no good to me if you can't even speak
I don't want you passing out i want you sucking my dick
If i offer to buy you a drink
Trust me when i say it's non-alcoholic
I want you to wake up and remember my name
When you're washing my cum off your fucking face

My name is casanova
I'm basically a man
I have the head of a wolf
The appetite of an entire land
This song is going out to the girls
You're all looking well buff
I'm sick of all this long term shit
I just wanna fuck

My name is casanova
I'm nothing but a beast
Baby the way you're shaking those hips
Has got me ready for a fucking feast
This song is going out to the girls
I want to feel your body close against mine
Why waste time with conversation
When we can fuck for the rest of our lives

The hardest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return

---

So back to Cancer Bats. I realize quite a large number of the bands I listen to are Canadian bands. And this is a good thing. I mean there's Alexisonfire, Comeback Kid and now Cancer Bats. Cancer Bats actually toured a lot with Alexisonfire previously.

Cancer Bats, from what I've heard, are just in your face grinding, pounding hardcore. And they have awesome riffs. Just like how Gallows incorporate a lot of classic rock into their music, Cancer Bats have quite a distinct guitar styling. Sounds a lot like Pantera might I say. And I think that Kerrang! might have gotten it a bit off 'cause I read in one of their reviews and they called it metalcore. I guess the Pantera-ish riffing may give it that metal tinge, but this is straight-up hardcore punk. Their newest vid was Hail Destroyer which I already posted. So I'll post up a couple of vids from their first album.

French Immersion by Cancer Bats



Let’s do this, yeah, this reckless life, 1234
Chances all, written off, write our own, prevail
This blood we drink, in our hearts
This blood we drink, forever
Take back the bonds that break us
Take back the oaths we swear
Take back to make things right
Young hearts be free tonight
And what we’ve got
This is our ammunition
And what we’ve got
This is our ammunition
Let’s do this, yeah, this reckless life, making amends
Chance is ours, start a new, don’t look back, prevail
This blood we drink, in our lungs
This blood we drink, forever
Take back the bonds that break us
Take back the oaths we swear
Take back to make things right
Young hearts be free tonight
And what we’ve got
This is our ammunition
And what we’ve got
This is our ammunition
Let’s do this, yeah, this reckless way, yeah


Pneumonia Hawk by Cancer Bats(feat. George Pettit from Alexisonfire)



Good goddamn , I've got things to say
And this will break your heart
If you're running shit
I'm running scared, running scared
I'm feeling low, in this city
I'm feeling low, in this town
It comes down to this, this one
This place is hell on earth
This place is the worst
Good goddamn have I got things to say
And this will break you're heart
If you're running shit
I'm running scared, running scared
I'm feeling low, in this city
I'm feeling low, in this town
Waste time for this, this one
Waste time for this, this one
Alright, we won't get no younger
Alright, we won't waste no time
Oh this place is heaven I think
Oh this place is
Alright, we won't get no younger
Alright, we won't waste no time
Oh this place is heaven I think
Oh this place is
All this, this one thing, wasting my time
All this, this one thing, wasting my time