Hail Destroyer

Studio album by Cancer Bats

Released

April 22, 2008

Genre

Hardcore punk, punk metal, sludge metal, southern metal

Length

37:35

Label

Distort Entertainment, Metal Blade

Producer

Eric Ratz, Kenny Luong, Greg Below

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AbsolutePunk.net (82%) link
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Unglued Reviews (Positive) link

Cancer Bats chronology

This Is Hell / Cancer Bats
(2007)

Hail Destroyer
(2008)

Sabotage EP
(2010)

Hail Destroyer is Cancer Bats' second full-length album.^[1] It was released on April 22, 2008 by Distort Entertainment in Canada and on June 24, 2008 by Metal Blade Records in USA.^[2]

In 2009 Hail Destroyer was reissued in some regions with four bonus tracks (one new song and three cover songs) in addition to a DVD featuring live footage of the Cancer Bats.^[3] The bonus tracks were also released separately as an extended play dubbed the Tour EP on June 30, 2009.^[4] Videos were filmed for "Hail Destroyer", "Deathsmarch" and "Lucifer's Rocking Chair".

The title track was featured briefly in the 2009 sci-fi horror film Splice.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Accolades
4 Trivia
5 Reviews
6 References
7 External links

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hail Destroyer"	3:17
2.	"Harem of Scorpions" (feat. Tim McIlrath of Rise Against)	2:47
3.	"Deathsmarch" (feat. Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire)	3:36
4.	"Regret"	2:44
5.	"Bastard's Waltz"	3:28
6.	"Sorceress"	2:16
7.	"Lucifer's Rocking Chair"	4:21
8.	"Let It Pour"	2:42
9.	"Smiling Politely" (feat. Ben Kowalewicz of Billy Talent)	4:02
10.	"Pray for Darkness"	1:30
11.	"PMA 'Til I'm DOA"	3:03
12.	"Zed's Dead, Baby"	3:50
Total length:		37:35

Reissue bonus tracks and Tour EP
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Engine Skull"	2:38
14.	"Agenda Suicide" (The Faint cover)	2:57
15.	"So Jealous" (Tegan and Sara cover)	2:54
16.	"I Want a Lot Now" (Murder City Devils cover)	3:44
Total length:		49:56

Personnel

Liam Cormier – lead vocals
Scott Middleton – lead & rhythm guitars, bass, backing vocals
Mike Peters – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Wade MacNeil – guest vocals on "Deathsmarch"
Ben Kowalewicz – guest vocals on "Smiling Politely"
Tim McIlrath – guest vocals on "Harem of Scorpions"
Gang vocals by Jaye Schwarzer, Mike Peters, Scott Middleton, Billy Hamilton, Juice, Travis Porter, xHambonex, Adam Sylvester
Produced and engineered by Eric Ratz and Kenny Luong
Mixed by Eric Ratz, Greg Below and Kenny Luong
Mastered by Scott Lake
Design and art direction by Doublenaut
Illustrations by Alex Snelgrove

Accolades

"Hail Destroyer" was placed at #3 in Kerrang Magazine's 2008 "End of the Year" list.

Trivia

The song "Zed's Dead, Baby" is in reference to a line spoken by Bruce Willis' character Butch, in the film Pulp Fiction.

Reviews

Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer - CD Review

References

External links

"Hail Destroyer" album lyrics

Cancer Bats

Liam Cormier • Scott Middleton • Jaye R. Schwarzer • Mike Peters Andrew McCracken • Jason Bailey • Joel Bath

Discography	Birthing the Giant • Hail Destroyer • Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones

EPs	Cancer Bats EP • This Is Hell / Cancer Bats • Sabotage EP

Related	Distort Entertainment • Metal Blade Records • Taste of Chaos 2009