Cancer was produced by Rich Veltrop,[2] who had previously co-produced Showbread's albums No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical, Age of Reptiles, The Fear of God and Who Can Know It?.

The album and story takes place in the near future, over the years 2014 to 2016, and is told through the journal of main character Kimo which is included in the free download.

I: Cycle of Disenchantment (Institution of Principalities) The first part of Kimo's journal outlines history, beginning with a spaceship crashing on earth, then showing pictures of multiple events - including the death of every firstborn in Egypt as told through the Bible, and the Pilgrims' journey to America - with figures shaped as winged and fanged aliens performing actions in those events.

The band tours from July to September, and hides digital copies of their album in each venue, which are discovered and shared online for free.

Kimo, torn between his beliefs and fame, packs up everything in his house in November and performs one last show with the Protozoa using the old logo and an anti-Principality message.

Songs in this part: "Germ Cell Tumor", "Two-Headed Monster", and "Escape From Planet Cancer" IV: Eschaton Cycle (Glory of the King) In an Internet chatroom in December, it is revealed that the Protozoa are currently incarcerated by the Principalities.

The chat also reveals that many people believe that the arrest was a marketing gimmick; many others are throwing out all their Protozoa gear in order to break all associations with the band.

[3] Tyler Hess of CMZine wrote: "The music is back to where Showbread belongs, with in your face punk and hardcore inspired raw rock.".