Cancer Bats @ CMW 2006

Hometown:  Toronto, ON

Background/Composition: Four-piece play greasy, dirty, loud-ass metal.

Grade: 89

Comment: If you like having your eardrums split in half and your innards reduced to a quivering, gelatinous goo, Cancer Bats are the band to see. They punished the audience with ferocious intensity.

Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations
80-100: Exceeds skill and knowledge expectations, i.e. rocked us so hard we peed our pants.
70-79: Achieves required skills and knowledge. Meets rock 'n' roll standard.
60-69: Demonstrates some skills. Approaches rock 'n' roll standard.
50-59: Demonstrates some required skills and knowledge in a limited way.
00-50: Has not demonstrated required skills or knowledge.

Learning Skills: E=Excellent, G=Good, S=Satisfactory, N=Sad Really

Oral And Visual Communication
Eye Contact: E
Pronounciation: N
Stage Presence: E
Stage Banter: S
Image: E
Appearance: G
Use Of Stage: E
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: Cancer Bats are a metal band who actually look like a metal band, complete with unwashed long hair ideal for headbanging. Singer Liam Cormier spat and thrashed his way convincingly around the stage, although his attempts to engage the crowd between songs didn't always pay off.

Musical Analysis
Level Of Participation: E 
Problem Solving: G
Teamwork: E
Work Habits: E
Organization:G
Audience Participation: G
Sound: E
Composition: G
Songs: G
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: Cancer Bats delivered an all-out sonic assault, but the underlying melodies were surprisingly decipherable in the midst of the racket. They're an accomplished band who know how to sell their sound onstage. And, again, they're really, really loud.

Other Skills And Areas Of Interest
Charisma: G
Problem Solving: G
Teamwork: G
Sexiness: S
Haircut: E
Indie Rock Footwear: G
Nods To Disposible Fashion: G
Cool Equipment: G
Level Of Inebriation: E
Actual Ability: G
Strengths/Weaknesses/Next Step: These guys did exactly what they came to do, rocking hard enough to inspire brief spurts of moshing and leaving everyone's ears ringing. Cormier was a dynamo, leaping onto the stacks and bouncing into his bandmates. If anything, he should give up the chit-chat altogether and concentrate strictly on the rock.