Cancer Bats x Comeback Kid x Misery Signals

..:: Live At The Northern Bar & Stage ::..

..:: Wednesday, April 27th 2022 | Doors @ 7:30pm ::..

 

..:: Cancer Bats

With 13 years under their belt including 5 acclaimed studio albums, three Juno Award nominations and countless tours around the globe, Canadian hardcore metal punks, Cancer Bats have become a well­known force within the world of heavy music. 2018 sees the band embarking on the newest chapter of their career, self­releasing their 6th studio album “The Spark That Moves” on their own label Bat Skull Records. Not only looking to record and release albums on their own terms, but also choosing to forgo the traditional lead ups and teaser singles, Cancer Bats, without any forewarning, released “The Spark That Moves” in its entirety on April 20th, 2018, with vinyl and CDs ready to ship to fans that day.

“We were just tired of waiting,” said front man Liam Joseph Cormier. “We spent all of 2017 working hard on this album, all while playing shows and talking with our fans, who were constantly asking “when can we hear new music!?”. We figured why make anyone wait any longer, let’s just drop the entire new album all at once,” Cormier enthused. “I know as a fan, I just want to hear everything right away, let me buy the record right now! We figured, why not release our own music the way we want.”

This confidence is only matched by the excitement and raw energy coursing through the sonic arsenal that is “The Spark That Moves”. The album was recorded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the dead of winter, under the watchful eyes and ears of JP Peters (Propagandhi) at his studio Private Ear, and was mixed by long­time collaborator and award­winning producer Eric Ratz, (producer of “Hail Destroyer”, “Bears Mayors Scraps & Bones” and “Dead Set On Living”). This combination of talent that is JP Peters channeling the explosive dynamics of the band and Eric Ratz pushing all levels of performance to their sheer limit, results in an absolutely crushing display of power.

 

..:: Comeback Kid

Over the last twenty years Comeback Kid have been hailed as one of the major counterparts when it has come to shaping and pioneering both the Canadian and international modern punk and hardcore sound and scene alike.

Having formed in Winnipeg, before later releasing their 2002 demo, and the acclaimed, Turn It Around in 2003, the five piece have undoubtedly over the years been able to balance a DIY ethos and dependability, with that of a humanitarian ethos, and genre defining musicianship which has broken down the boundaries of hardcore, and transcended the genre onto a global stage. Breaking into the mainstream with their 2005 career defining record, Wake The Dead, and standing strong in the face of adversity and change ever since, the band have become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to their influence impacting both the present and future of the once underground genre. Now with their seventh record on the horizon, the band are defining what it means to be both an integral, and volatile leader amongst a now globally recognized, and distinguished genre.

 

..:: Misery Signals

Misery Signals is a Milwaukee-based anthemic metalcore band formed after the disbandment of several local-hardcore acts, including 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Hamartia and Compromise. The sound of Misery Signals is more often defined by their extremely tight riffing mixed with catchy, complex melodies and fluid jazz-influenced drum work (later introducing elements of string sections and ambient sound in their fourth album). They have a total of four LPs and single EP with a rumored fifth LP currently in the writing process.Current Line-up: Jesse Zaraska (vocals), Kyle Johnson (bass), Branden Morgan (drums), Ryan Morgan (lead guitar), Stuart Ross (rhythm guitar)