Cancer Bats – Searching For Zero

After taking 2014 off to recuperate following a gruelling touring schedule in 2013, Canadian hardcore punks Cancer Bats re-emerge on the scene with their fifth album.

Immediately, the band makes it clear what should be expected from the remainder of the album. Opener Satellites is a fast paced entree of hardcore smashing into more traditional metal.

Unfortunately, the album continues down this paint by numbers path as the group is seemingly afraid to step off the beaten path. There are a few bright sparks on tracks Arsenic In The Year Of The Snake and the fast paced Devil’s Blood.

**1/2 out of 5