CancerBats

AxeWound is the latest metal supergroup to emerge on the scene and as their new album, Vultures, proves, they set out to not just bang some heads, but have some fun. The band features guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine and lead vocalist from Liam Cormier of the Cancer Bats, along with drummer Jason Bowld of Pitchshifter, guitarist Mike Kingswood of Glamour of the Kill and ex-R

Today, Noisecreep is excited to bring you an exclusive stream of Bullet Treatment's new EP, Designated Vol. 2. For those not cued in, Bullet Treatment is an LA-based punk rock project created by brainchild Chuck Dietrich. The band's secret recipe is a revolving door of members on every release which has boasted Tim McIlrath from Rise Against, Dave Hildago from Social Distortion, Matt Caughthran fr

Toronto's Cancer Bats have just finished recording for their fourth album, tentatively titled 'Dead Set on Living,' and lead singer Liam Cormier says he's been looking outside the heavy music universe for inspiration. "In a lot of ways we get really inspired by non-metal bands," Cormier, whose band has covered the likes of Tegan and Sara and the Faint, tells Spinner...

Toronto, Canada punk metal band Cancer Bats will play a one-off show July 17 in Toronto before heading out on a full Canadian tour that starts Aug. 5 in Vancouver, B.C. and runs through Aug. 21 in Halifax, N.S. The Cancer Bats tour dates are in support of their third studio album, 'Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones,' which came out in April...

The past six months have been rough for a lot of great metal musicians. At the end of 2009, Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan died. On April 14, Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele passed away from heart failure. On May 16, Heaven & Hell frontman and metal legend Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer and on May 24, Slipknot bassist and co-founder Paul Gray was found dead i

It may have an unassuming, unflashy name, but the first annual Cool Tour is quickly ascending to hot ticket status this summer. The tour kicks off July 12 and is sponsored by Metal Blade, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing and Musician's Institute College of Contemporary Music...

Talk about a lineup! Christian metalcore act As I Lay Dying, who will be releasing a new record called 'The Powerless Rise' next month, have revealed their plans for the inaugural Cool Tour, which will also feature Underoath, Between the Buried and Me and a host of other bands...

Mark your calendars and make notes for July 13 in whatever PDA/handheld/smart phone you use. Because that's when Norma Jean will release their fifth album and Razor & Tie debut, 'Meridional.' The official word on 'Meridional' is that it's a return to the band's abrasive, chaotic roots all the while heading down a darker, more experimental path. If...

Liam Cormier, vocalist of Cancer Bats, is seriously bummed that the upcoming tour his band will enjoy with Every Time I Die and Norma Jean is only two weeks, instead of two years. So we had to ask the Canadian vocalist if the tour was two years, would he and the rest of the Bats end up killing or totally falling in love with ETID and Norma Jean...

During the month of May, Every Time I Die and Norma Jean will embark on a brief run of U.S. shows with openers Cancer Bats, according to a press release. And no one's more psyched than Cancer Bats frontman Liam Cormier, who is a self-admitted Every Time I Die disciple...