UK death metal gods Cancer burst onto the UK extreme metal scene over thirty five years ago and quickly amassed a strong global following over the course of their early careers which later resulted in a stint with major label EastWest under Warner Music.
Cancer is one of the UK’s premiere death metal purveyors of the late 80’s and early 90’s and responsible for such genre classics as To the Gory End (1990) & Death Shall Rise (1991).
Their sixth full length studio album, Shadow Gripped saw the band reuniting all three original core members – John Walker on guitar/vocals, Ian Buchanan on bass and Carl Stokes on drums – for the first time since 1995.
Shadow Gripped features ten songs of brutal old school death metal, and was recorded at Foel studios, with Simon Efemey (Paradise Lost, Napalm Death, Amorphis) handling production and mixing duties alongside the band. A crushing slab of death metal in the classic Cancer style.