Searching for Zero

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Searching for Zero
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2015 (2015-03-10) [1]
Genre Hardcore punk, sludge metal, metalcore
Length32:59 [1]
Label New Damage
Producer Ross Robinson
Cancer Bats chronology
Dead Set on Living
(2012)
Searching for Zero
(2015)
The Spark That Moves
(2018)
Singles from Searching for Zero
  1. "Satellites"
    Released: 9 November 2014
  2. "True Zero"
    Released: 26 January 2015
  3. "Beelzebub"
    Released: 17 August 2015

Searching for Zero is the fifth studio album by the Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats. It was released on 10 March 2015 and was recorded in Ross Robinson's studio in Venice Beach, California. [2]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (7/10) [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Liam Cormier, Scott Middleton, Mike Peters and Jaye R. Schwarzer

No.TitleLength
1."Satellites"4:05
2."True Zero"3:20
3."Arsenic in the Year of the Snake"2:25
4."Beelzebub"3:50
5."Devil's Blood"2:32
6."Cursed with a Conscience"4:10
7."All Hail"1:28
8."Buds"3:26
9."Dusted"4:11
10."No More Bullshit"3:39
Total length:32:59

Personnel

Cancer Bats
Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Searching for Zero - Cancer Bats - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. Cancer Bats (10 February 2015), Cancer Bats - The Making of Searching for Zero | Episode 1 , retrieved 23 February 2018