{"id":11723,"date":"2015-03-03T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-cancer-bats-searching-for-zero\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:12:25","slug":"album-review-cancer-bats-searching-for-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-cancer-bats-searching-for-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Cancer Bats &#8211;\u00a0Searching For Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/f38e317b99ad53795e610ab54d4fe509\/tumblr_inline_nklrl0UxHp1qztcot.jpg\" width=\"250px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">If you thought you\u2019d seen the last of 70s metal, think again. <strong>Cancer Bats<\/strong>\u2019 previous experience as a cover band has provided them with the confidence to engage with the influence of Black Sabbath and adapt it to their own brand of anger.<\/p>\n<p>With a co-headlining tour with While She Sleeps looming on the horizon, the hotly-anticipated <em>\u2018Searching For Zero\u2019<\/em> ticks all the boxes fans expected after the storming <i>&lsquo;Dead Set On Living&rsquo;<\/i> . Exploring a myriad of tempos and emotive states relating to a theme of reflection, <em>\u2018Searching For Zero\u2019<\/em> demonstrates the band\u2019s years of development and experimentation, looking back on the lessons of the last four albums in order to <em>\u201cface annihilation\u201d<\/em> with the fifth.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Revitalising an unmistakable Black Sabbath vibe with <em>\u2018True Zero\u2019<\/em> and <em>\u2018No More Bullshit\u2019<\/em>, <strong>Cancer Bats<\/strong> tell a foreboding tale of looking back and not liking what you see. Lead anthem <em>\u2018Arsenic In The Year Of The Snake\u2019<\/em> presents the most reflective and gut-wrenching message, bringing stark reality with the lyrics <em>\u201ctoo many friends died this year\u201d<\/em>. From the echoing punk vitality of to the hell-raising venom of <em>\u2018All Hail\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Searching For Zero\u2019<\/em> explores a myriad of intensities to create an atmosphere that will doubtlessly raise venue roofs.<\/p>\n<p>Reality takes a back seat only briefly. The terrifying opening to <em>\u2018Devil\u2019s Blood\u2019<\/em> and the surreal <em>\u2018Dusted\u2019<\/em> soon burst into energetic punk as the album explores a new atmospheric turn. However, the foreboding danger of <em>\u2018Beelzebub\u2019<\/em> combined with the exuberant anger of <em>\u2018Cursed With A Conscience\u2019<\/em> further demonstrates the band\u2019s maturity, experimenting with crushing guitars and punchy drums to coincide with their back catalogue of revenge anthems.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, there are <em>\u201ctoo many broken mirrors\u201d<\/em> to look back through, but <em>\u2018Searching For Zero\u2019<\/em> gives us every good reason to stick a middle finger up at the past.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019Searching For Zero\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Cancer Bats<\/strong> is released on 9th March through <strong>Noise Church Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cancer Bats<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/cancerbats.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/cancerbats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cancerbats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ali Cooper (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alizombie_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AliZombie_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought you\u2019d seen the last of 70s metal, think again. 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