''Birthing the Giant'' is

Cancer Bats Cancer Bats is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. To date, they have released seven studio albums and six extended plays; with their most recent LP, ''Psychic Jailbreak'', having been released on 15 April 2022. The band is cur ...

' first full-length album. It was released on June 6, 2006, by

Distort Entertainment Distort Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario. The label specializes in bands performing hardcore punk-derived music, including Alexisonfire, Cancer Bats and Johnny Truant, but its sister division Distort L ...

in Canada and on September 5, 2006, by Abacus Recordings in the US. Videos were shot for "100 Grand Canyon," "French Immersion," and "Pneumonia Hawk."

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "with all the swagger of Southern rock but all the slummy goodness of New York City punk, the Cancer Bats slam through 12 impressively heavy tracks." '' The Skinny'' called the album "a pick-squealing romp of metal riffery interspersed with some slamming punk chord progressions."

Track listing

#"Golden Tanks" – 3:46 #"French Immersion" – 3:10 #"Grenades" – 3:51 #"Shillelagh" – 3:19 #"Butterscotch" – 3:08 #"Death Bros" – 4:48 #"Firecrack This" – 3:30 #"Diamond Mine" – 4:16 #"100 Grand Canyon" – 2:44 #"Ghost Bust That" – 3:47 #"Pneumonia Hawk" (featuring

George Pettit George Frederick Douglas Pettit(born October 2, 1982) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He is also currently active as the vocalist of Dead Tired. Biography Pettit grew up in Grims ...

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) – 3:55 Bonus track *"Roy Rogers Party" – 3:28

References

External links

Official WebsiteOfficial Cancer Bats Myspace page"Birthing The Giant" album lyrics
Cancer Bats albums 2006 debut albums Distort Entertainment albums {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub