“Hey, man, we’re all just trying our best with what we’ve got,” Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier says on “Long Tooth”. In the case of this veteran Toronto hardcore crew, what they’ve got—not to mention the ease with which they blend metal, punk, and rock ’n’ roll—has always served them well. Their eighth album, Give Me Dirt, is no exception. Leadoff track “World Wild Fire Death Race” leans into a huge riff and Cormier’s lyrics about climate change as Converge bassist Nate Newton makes a cameo. “Stay Stuck” grooves with snotty abandon and furious riffery courtesy of new guitarist Jackson Landry. Closer “Fools Like You” and the aforementioned “Long Tooth” also feature guests in the form of Death By Stereo frontman Efrem Schulz and Ontario indie-folk singer-songwriter Brooklyn Doran, respectively.