Author: Team Uber

Cancer Bats – ‘Psychic Jailbreak’ (Bat Skull Records)

Like many bands who wrote albums over lockdown, Cancer Bats have had to change and adapt to be able to continue to move forward with their music, especially given the departure of founding member and guitarist Scott Middleton in 2021. Although the pandemic caused many to rethink life’s priorities, for others it fuelled a need to find different avenues of creativity to achieve their goals. The remaining members of Cancer Bats – Liam Cormier (vocals), Mike Peters (drums) and Jaye Schwarzer (guitars/bass) – trying to keep in with the kids as they might put it, honed their technical skills and went online.

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Black-Out Arises – ‘Oneself’ (Klonosphere)

Originally formed in 2017, Black-Out Arises [BOA] are one of Paris’ newest and most promising proponents of hard-hitting, underground rock and their debut album ‘Oneself’ is a whooping 18 track album. The album was recorded in and around France’s strict Covid lockdowns last year. As guitarist Yoann Marrec said, “we work hard to combine a mix of powerful energy and catchy songs with choruses that stay in your head”.

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