Birthing the Giant

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Birthing the Giant
Cancer Bats - Birthing the Giant cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2006
Recorded2005–2006
Genre Hardcore punk, metalcore, sludge metal
Length40:10
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
  1. "French Immersion"
    Released: February 18, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

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

  1. "Golden Tanks" – 3:46
  2. "French Immersion" – 3:10
  3. "Grenades" – 3:51
  4. "Shillelagh" – 3:19
  5. "Butterscotch" – 3:08
  6. "Death Bros" – 4:48
  7. "Firecrack This" – 3:30
  8. "Diamond Mine" – 4:16
  9. "100 Grand Canyon" – 2:44
  10. "Ghost Bust That" – 3:47
  11. "Pneumonia Hawk" (featuring George Pettit of Alexisonfire) – 3:55

Bonus track

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