Birthing the Giant

2006 studio album by Cancer Bats

Birthing the Giant

Studio album by

Cancer Bats

Released

June 6, 2006

Recorded

2005–2006

Genre

Hardcore punk, metalcore, sludge metal

Length

40:10

Label

Distort^[1]

Producer

Gavin Brown

Cancer Bats chronology

Cancer Bats EP
(2005)

Birthing the Giant
(2006)

Hail Destroyer
(2007)

Singles from Birthing the Giant

"French Immersion"
Released: February 18, 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Now	^[3]
Punknews.org	^[4]
The Skinny	^[5]

Birthing the Giant is Cancer Bats' first full-length album.^[6] It was released on June 6, 2006, by Distort Entertainment 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

Exclaim! 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."^[7] The Skinny called the album "a pick-squealing romp of metal riffery interspersed with some slamming punk chord progressions."^[5]

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 of Alexisonfire) – 3:55

Bonus track

"Roy Rogers Party" – 3:28

References

^ "DISTORT : BANDS : CANCER BATS". March 21, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-03-21.
^ "Birthing the Giant - Cancer Bats | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ "NOW Magazine - Music in Toronto, JUNE 1 - 7, 2006". June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-06-19.
^ "Cancer Bats - Birthing the Giant". www.punknews.org. 9 June 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Cancer Bats - Birthing the Giant | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
^ "Cancer Bats | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ "Cancer Bats Birthing the Giant". exclaim.ca.