“Dead Set On Living” now available worldwide

Agoura Hills, CA – April 27th, 2012 – The CANCER BATS are excited to announce that they will be performing on The True Defiance Tour! The tour headliner is none other than Demon Hunter, whose new album, True Defiance, was also released this month and debuted at #36 on the Billboard 200 chart. Dead Set On Living, the latest effort from CANCER BATS, is now available worldwide after being released on April 24th in the US via Metal Blade Records. The band is currently in Europe until the end of May as part of their seemingly endless touring schedule.

Perpetually enthusiastic Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier adds, “THIS TOUR IS GOING TO CRUSH ALL LIFE! We all can’t wait to rip it up with our homies in Bleeding Through and our soon to be homies Demon Hunter! This shit is gonna fuckin rip!”

The reaction to Dead Set On Living across the globe has been overwhelmingly positive. About.com claims that “With positivity this ugly, it’s hard not to find something to love”, while the UK’s Metal Hammer gives the album a 9/10; “It’s heavy, it’s catchy, it’s relentlessly brilliant and, above all else, it’s still quite unlike anything else you’re likely to hear this year”. Fans can pick up Dead Set On Living directly from metalblade.com, as well as on iTunes, Amazon, and at local record stores.

In other news, fans can now download a brand new CANCER BATS app for their iphones! Check it out on the iTunes app store HERE. It’s an easy place to keep track of the band’s tour dates, as well as listen to music, watch videos, and more.

BLUE COLLAR PRESS & REVOLVER MAGAZINE PRESENT:
THE TRUE DEFIANCE TOUR
Demon Hunter, Bleeding Through, CANCER BATS, The Plot In You, Willows
07/26 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
07/27 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
07/29 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
07/30 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
07/31 Dallas, TX The Door
08/01 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
08/03 Denver, CO The Summit Music Hall
08/04 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
08/05 Boise, ID Knitting Factory

CANCER BATS EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
04/27 Milan, IT Honky Tonky
04/28 Rome, IT Init Club
04/30 Lyon, FR Marquise

w/ Everytime I Die, Set Your Goals & Make Do and Mend
05/01 Colonge, DE Underground
05/02 Frankfurt, DE Batschkapp
05/03 Stuttgart, DE Universum
05/04 Zurich, CI Abart
05/05 Munich, DE Backstage Halle
05/06 Vienna, AU Szene
05/07 Cluj Napoca, RO Gambrinus Pub
05/08 Bratislava, SK Randall Club
05/09 Prague, CZ Futtum
05/10 Schwienfurt, DE Stattbahnhof
05/11 Berlin, DE Columbia Club
05/12 Copenhagen, DK Pumphuset
05/13 Stockholm, SE Klubben
05/14 Gothenburg, SE Sticky Fingers
05/15 Aarhus, DK Train
05/16 Hamburg, DE Knust
05/17 Bremen, DE Lagerhaus
05/18 Hannover, DE Faust
05/19 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo
End Tour

05/20 Valenica, ES Rock City
05/21 Barcelona, ES Rock Sound Bar
05/22 Mallorca, ES Sala Assaig
05/23 Lisbon, Portugal Music Box
05/24 Porto, Portugal Hardclub
05/26 Leeds, UK Slamdunk North
05/27 Longdon, UK Slamdunk South – Herts Uni
05/28 Cardiff, UK Slamdunk Wales – Cardiff Uni
05/29 Glasgow, UK Slamdunk Scotland – ABC

For complete European tour listings, including festival appearances, head to cancerbats.com.

06/29 Chicago, IL Cobra Lounge
06/30 Detroit, MI Misfit Lab

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Demon Hunter

“This is something that we’ve hoped to do for a while now, and we’re extremely honored to be a part of this tour,” says vocalist Ryan Clark. “We had the chance to play a festival with the band in 2008, but aside from that show, it’s been seven years since we’ve shared the stage with this metal powerhouse.”

The tour comes in support of Demon Hunter‘s latest album THE WORLD IS A THORN which was released March 9. The album is available everywhere and can be purchased in stores at Best Buy and online at iTunes, Amazon MP3 and Shockhound.

Dates for the tour are as follows:

29 Apr – Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
30 Apr – Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
01 May – Lubbock, TX Cactus Courtyard
02 May – Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
03 May – Des Moines, IA Peoples Court
04 May – Springfield, MO Remington’s Downtown
05 May – Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
06 May – Richmond, VA The National
07 May – Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
08 May – Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
09 May – Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
10 May – Nashville, TN Rocketown
11 May – Chicago, IL House of Blues – Chicago
12 May – Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze
13 May – Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
14 May – Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
15 May – Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
16 May – Boise, ID Knitting Factory – Boise
17 May – Spokane, WA Knitting Factory – Spokane
18 May – Eugene, OR McDonald Theater
20 May – Reno, NV Knitting Factory – Reno
21 May – San Diego, CA SOMA
22 May – Las Vegas, NV House of Blues – Las Vegas

Please check out the “50 Days Of Demon Hunter” at TheWorldIsAThorn.com. For 50 days straight fans will have access to exclusive Demon Hunter content, information, track listings, contests, images, videos, and much more!

Demon Hunter is an anomaly in today’s heavy music scene, jettisoning fashionable trends and easily recognizable cliches in favor of traditional heavy metal power and melodic hooks. THE WORLD IS A THORN recalls the best of the genre’s past while pushing the envelope forward at the same time. The album follows previous studio albums STORM THE GATES OF HELL (2007), THE TRIPTYCH (2005), SUMMER OF DARKNESS (2004) and DEMON HUNTER (2002), as well as the live album and three-disc CD / DVD set 45 DAYS, which have sold close to a combined half a million copies.

Demon Hunter is Ryan Clark (vocals), Jonathan Dunn (bass), Yogi Watts (drums), Patrick Judge (guitar) and Ryan Helm (guitar).

For more information visit:
www.demonhunter.net
www.myspace.com/demonhunter