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║ Cancer_Bats-Searching_For_Zero-2015-UTP ║
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║ ARTiST......: Cancer Bats ║
║ ALBUM.......: Searching For Zero ║
║ TYPE........: Normal ║
║ LABEL.......: BMG ║
║ GENRE.......: Hardcore ║
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║ LANGUAGE....: English SOURCE.....: Compact Disk Digital Audio ║
║ RiP.DATE....: 03-29-2015 GRABBER....: EAC 1.0beta3 (Secure Mode) ║
║ RETAiL.DATE.: 03-10-2015 ENCODER....: LAME3.98.4 with preset -V0 ║
║ CATALOG.....: NDR0016 QUALiTY....: 272kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo ║
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║ URL.........: http://www.cancerbats.com/ ║
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║ Canadian metal-edged rockers Cancer Bats had a rough time leading up ║
║ to fifth album Searching for Zero. Always road dogs, the band toured ║
║ exhaustively in support of their 2012 album Dead Set on Living, ║
║ taking a more traditional hardcore style to the stage every night ║
║ and kicking off one leg of the tour with six individual shows in a ║
║ single day. Along with a deeply taxing tour schedule, several ║
║ friends and people close to the band died, leaving them in personal ║
║ states of grief and turmoil. The catharsis, turmoil, frustration, ║
║ and pain that inspired the album drip from every second of Searching ║
║ for Zero. Songs are touched with the bitterness and reluctance of a ║
║ hope that's hard won and struggled for. The sludgy tones of "True ║
║ Zero" scream out with Sabbath-like metal riffs and vocals high in ║
║ the mix, with singer Liam Cormier pondering regret, alienation, and ║
║ self-acceptance mixed with righteous anger. Even when the band ║
║ embraces more formulaic metal and predictable playing, themes of ║
║ loss and grieving still come through loud and clear. "Arsenic in the ║
║ Year of the Snake" is built around chugging, Southern-fried riffs ║
║ and hardcore screaming but still breaks down into a repeated group ║
║ yelp that cries out "Too many friends died this year." As the record ║
║ progresses, the band explores psyched-out stoner metal ║
║ ("Beelzebub"), blasting traditional hardcore ("All Hail"), and ║
║ sludgy, hypnotic grooves ("Dusted"), but regardless of style, the ║
║ songs seethe with a declarative sense of loss and anguish, feeling ║
║ like a true reflection of challenging times and a band of friends ║
║ trying to make it to the other side, together. ║
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║ 01 Satellites 4:04 ║
║ 02 True Zero 3:20 ║
║ 03 Arsenic In The Year Of The Snake 2:25 ║
║ 04 Beezlebub 3:49 ║
║ 05 Devil's Blood 2:32 ║
║ 06 Cursed With A Conscience 4:09 ║
║ 07 All Hail 1:27 ║
║ 08 Buds 3:25 ║
║ 09 Dusted 4:10 ║
║ 10 No More Bullshit 3:39 ║
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║ TOTAL SiZE.: 10 Files/67.70MB/33:00 min ║
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