Hail Destroyer

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 the US.[2]

Hail Destroyer
Studio album by
Cancer Bats
ReleasedApril 22, 2008
GenreHardcore punk, sludge metal, Southern rock
Length37:35
LabelDistort, Metal Blade
ProducerEric Ratz, Kenny Luong, Greg Below
Cancer Bats chronology
Birthing the Giant
(2006)		 Hail Destroyer
(2008)		 Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
(2010)
Singles from Hail Destroyer
  1. "Lucifer's Rocking Chair"
    Released: November 2, 2008

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.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hail Destroyer"3:17
2."Harem of Scorpions" (featuring Tim McIlrath)2:47
3."Deathsmarch" (featuring Wade MacNeil)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" (featuring Ben Kowalewicz)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.TitleLength
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
Cancer Bats
  • Liam Cormier – lead vocals
  • Scott Middleton – lead & rhythm guitars, bass, backing vocals
  • Mike Peters – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • 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
Production
  • 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net(82%) link
Allmusic link
Alternative Vision link
Kerrang!
Punknews.org link
Punktastic.com link
Rockmidgets.com link
Toronto Music Scene link
Unglued Reviews(Positive) link
  • "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
gollark: Well, it has to be decryptable by payment terminals, so that's useless.
gollark: Anyway, pretty much the only secure way to do this magcard thing would be... having payment terminals bother a central server, and even that would have problems.
gollark: (that's probably a metaphor for life somehow)
gollark: I'm not sure tying your currency to Krist is a good idea. Krist has really weird wealth distribution because mining was fifty times more profitable before.
gollark: It probably works on OS caches anyway.

References
  1. Chart attack article Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Interview on Exclaim.ca (video)". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  3. Cancer Bats 'Hail Destroyer' reissue pre-order online NOW!
  4. Cancer Bats Releasing Tour EP Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
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