CANCER

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: ENG
Style: aggressive intricate thrash death metal

first attempt to resurrect the band in new millennium resulted in their sole, rather expressive album [2005], where no attempt was made to recapture straightforwardness of early era, instead reflecting musicians’ desire at the time to diversify death metal with thrash, groove, and more progressive elements, so alongside choppy, mid-tempo riffs there are more intricate structures, atmospheric passages, and articulate guitar solos, while John Walker's vocals, though still unmistakably harsh, fit into somewhat more melodic and technical context, where Solar Prophecy, Hell House, and the title track embody desire not to restore the past, but to continue an interrupted evolution, making this nine tracker particularly interesting as a transitional document, capturing Cancer's attempt to reclaim their good name without abandoning newer ambitions; recent British edition comes with a new cover artwork and design