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Cancerslug are a band from Huntsville, Alabama, prominent in the Horror Punk and Gothic/Death Rock scenes. The band has gone through many line-up changes since its inception in 1996, with frontman Alex Story being the only consistent member. The band has had the 'Cancerslug' name since 1999.

Lyrical subjects often include things such misanthropy, depression, the occult, necrophilia, rape, murder, lycanthropy, violence, inhumanity, love, hate, anger, and the end of the world. Shows often end with band members bloody and bruised.

Cancerslug sites bands such as : Danzig, The Misfits, Minor Threat, Neurosis, Black Flag, GG Allin, Amon Amarth, Deadboy and the Elephantmen/Dax Riggs, Filth, Blatz, Morrissey, His Hero Is Gone, The Damned, Mr. Bungle, At The Gates, Doom, Black Sabbath, The Dwarves and others as influences.