Music News: Cancer, The UK Legends of Death Metal, Release the Ballcutter EP!

Carl Fisher 1 min read

Following Cancer’s 2018’s stellar return with their Shadow Gripped opus and a string of shows coming up including headlining the Wasteland Stage at this year’s esteemed Wacken festival, Cancer will be releasing the Ballcutter EP on 19th July.

This limited edition 5 track EP, available on acid yellow vinyl leads with an alternate master version of the Shadow Gripped album track ‘Ballcutter’, featuring a guest appearance from Anders Nyström of masters of Swedish brutality, Bloodbath.

Completing Side A are 2 unreleased tracks in the shape of ‘All the Curses’ & ‘Crocodile Itch’. These tracks were recorded at Foel studios, with Simon Efemey (Paradise Lost, Napalm Death, Amorphis) handling production and mixing duties.

Side B contains exclusive raw early demo versions of ‘Garrotte’ and ‘Organ Snatcher’, created in the midst of the reformation period of Cancer on the lead up to the creation of their comeback release.

Pre-order the Ballcutter EP here.

The release of their new EP comes just ahead of Cancer making their debut appearance at the legendary Wacken festival, they’ll headline the Wasteland Stage on August 1st:
“Cancer are excited to be playing Wacken open air this summer. This will be our first time playing this prestigious festival and we look forward to tearing off some testicles with some new songs and old favourites. Speaking of testicles being torn off, we are also over the moon to releasing our song BALLCUTTER as an EP to coincide with our debut appearance at Wacken open air.”




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