THE BATTLECAT TM
FORMED AS HELL OR HIGH WATER(H.O.H.W) IN LATE 2004 SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THE BAR FOR NOT ONLY THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO, BUT THE NORTH AMERICAN HARDCORE/METAL SCENE ABROAD. WITH A FEROCIOUS PERFORMANCE AND WRITING STYLE, IT WAS NO JOKE TO SAY THAT THE LEGACY PORTRAYED OF THE BATTLECAT IN THE 1980'S HEE-MAN CARTOON WAS NOTHING BUT A SEAMLESS FIT FOR THEIR NEXT NAME AFTER A LIGHT LEGAL DEBATE REGARDING THE FIRST TITLE OF H.O.H.W
TWO DEMOS WERE RELEASED UNDER THE TITLE HELL OR HIGH WATER. ONE FOR EACH YEAR UNDER THE NAME, VOL I I-III(2004) AND VOL II I-II(2005). A LARGE AMOUNT OF LOCAL AND NOT SO LOCAL TOURING WAS DONE TO SUPPORT THESE DEMOS, FOR IT WOULD BE UNTIL LATE '07 BEFORE THE BATTLECAT WOULD BE SET TO RELEASE THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THEIR EAR PUNCHING MASTERWORK.
THE SUMMER OF 2007 AND THE ANNUAL WEST COAST TOUR TO "YESTERDAY WAS EVERYTHING FESTIVAL" WOULD MARK THE TIME FOR THE RELEASE OF THE LONG AWAITED EP "NEVER FORGET." THIS SELF PRODUCED/SELF ENGINEERED/SELF RELEASED EP WOULD BE THE DEFINING WORK THAT WAS AND STILL IS THE ESSENCE OF THE BATTLECAT
THE BATTLECAT HAVE BEEN HONORED TO BE SEEN ON STAGE ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH SUCH AMAZING ACTS AS: SHAI HULUD, MADBALL, DARKEST HOUR, MISERY SIGNALS, THE WARRIORS, WALLS OF JERICHO, WITH HONOR, FIRST BLOOD, CANCER BATS, THE BANNER, THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, MODERN LIFE IS WAR, JERSEY, RIGHTEOUS JAMS, BLEED THE DREAM, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, SINCE THE FLOOD, DESPISED ICON, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART, ALEXISONFIRE, ION DISSONANCE, FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW AND THIS IS HELL.
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