Cancer Bats Swoop Through Eastern Canada In April and May

Eastern Canadian hardcore scenesters, get yourselves ready for the mosh pit, because Cancer Bats are coming your way.

The Toronto hardcore punk band will play a string of dates in support of their sophomore album, Hail Destroyer, which is due on April 22 through Distort. Cancer Bats are fresh off two performances at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas last week and spent February and early March on the road in western Canada. A video for Hail Destroyer's title track is on the way.

The band formed in 2005 and quickly built a large following, including the members of Alexisonfire, who've appeared in some of their videos. Alexisonfire's Wade MacNeil appeared on Cancer Bats' 2006 debut, Birthing The Giant. The band were named favourite metal/hardcore group at last year's Canadian Independent Music Awards and they won a best independent video MuchMusic Video Award for "French Immersion."

Here's where you can catch Cancer Bats:

April 22 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 23 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 24 Barrie, ON @ Foundation w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 25 Kitchener, ON @ The Gig w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 26 London, ON @ The Salt Lounge w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 27 Kingston, ON @ Time To Laugh Comedy Club w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 29 Fredericton, NB @ Kinsmen Centre w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

April 30 Saint John, NB @ Carlton Community Centre w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 1 Glace Bay, NS @ St. Anne's Hall w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 2 Moncton, NB @ Manhattan w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 3 Halifax, NS @ The Pavilion w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 4 Coldbrook, NS @ Coldbrook Lions Hall w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 5 Charlottetown, PEI @ The Arts Guild w/Black Lungs, A Textbook Tragedy and Iron Giant

May 7 Quebec City, QC @ The Casbah at The Imperial Theatre w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Tragedy

May 8 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi w/Black Lungs and A Textbook Traged