The Acacia Strain

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The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain at a concert in Saarbrücken 2010.
The Acacia Strain at a concert in Saarbrücken 2010.
General information
origin Chicopee , United States
Genre (s) Deathcore , metalcore
founding 2001
Current occupation
Vincent Bennett
Devin Shidaker (since 2013)
Richard Gomez (since 2013)
Jack Strong (since 2006)
Kevin Boutot (since 2005)
former members
Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz

The Acacia Strain is a Founded in 2001, American metalcore - band from Chicopee.

history

The band as a whole has been in existence since 2001, but there have been some line-up changes since then. Jeanne Sagan, bassist for All That Remains , and Mark Castillo, drummer for Bury Your Dead , have been members of the band.

The two albums … And Life Is Very Long and The Dead Walk were produced by Adam Dutkiewicz , the guitarist of Killswitch Engage . The album Continent was released on August 19, 2008. At the moment the band has only one guitarist, but originally three. Singer Vincent Bennett once said at the time when three guitarists were active:

“Most bands need to record multiple guitar tracks in the studio to achieve the kind of heaviness; The Acacia Strain deliver every time they step on stage. "

“Most bands have to record an awful lot of guitar tracks in the studio to get some kind of heaviness; The Acacia Strain deliver that every time they go on stage. "

- Vincent Bennett

After the 2010 album Wormwood and with the move to the Rise Records label, the band released their new album Death is the Only Mortal on October 9, 2012 .

On May 19, 2013 guitarist and songwriter Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz announced his departure from the band.

On June 4, 2013 the band announced the two new members Devin Shidaker (ex- Oceano ) and Richard Gomez (ex- Molotov Solution ).

  • Vincent Bennett

  • Jack Strong

  • Richard Gomez

  • Devin Shidaker

  • Kevin Boutot

style

The Acacia Strain is best known for their low-tuned electric guitars and uneven breakdowns . Often the style of the band is also assigned to deathcore .

Discography

Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Continent
  US 107 09/06/2008 (1 week)
Wormwood
  US 67 08/07/2010 (2 weeks)
Death Is the Only Mortal
  US 51 October 27, 2012 (1 week)
Coma witch
  US 31 11/01/2014 (1 week)
Gravebloom
  US 146 07/22/2017 (1 week)
Slow decay
  US 87 08/08/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)

Albums

  • 2002: ... And Life Is Very Long (Devil's Head)
  • 2004: 3750 ( Prosthetic Records )
  • 2006: The Dead Walk (Prosthetic Records)
  • 2008: Continent (Prosthetic Records)
  • 2010: Wormwood (Prosthetic Records)
  • 2012: Death Is the Only Mortal ( Rise Records )
  • 2014: Coma Witch ( Rise Records )
  • 2017: Gravebloom ( Rise Records )
  • 2019: It Comes in Waves (Closed Casket Activities)
  • 2020: Slow Decay ( Rise Records )

EP / demo

Video albums

  • 2010: The Most Known Unknown (Prosthetic Records)

Music videos

  • 2004: Smoke Ya Later
  • 2005: 3750
  • 2006: Angry Mob Justice
  • 2009: Skynet
  • 2010: The Hills Have Eyes
  • 2011: The Impaler
  • 2012: Victims of the Cave (Lyric Video)
  • 2014: Cauterizer
  • 2015: Send Help

useful information

  • The split EP When Angels Shed Their Wings Vol . a. den Slayer - Cover Song Seasons in the Abyss .

Web links

Commons : The Acacia Strain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ The Acacia Strain have parted ways with guitarist / songwriter Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz . facebook.com; Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ The Acacia Strain in the US album charts on billboard.com; Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Acacia Strain in the US album charts on acharts.us; Retrieved May 17, 2013.