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The Acacia Strain is an American metalcore band originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts. They are currently signed to Rise Records.[1] The band has released ten full-length albums.

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The Acacia Strain
The Acacia Strain in 2014
Background information
Origin	Chicopee, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Metalcore deathcore
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Rise Closed Casket Activities Prosthetic Devil's Head
Members	Vincent Bennett Kevin Boutot Devin Shidaker Griffin Landa
Past members	Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz Christopher Daniele Daniel "Outhouse" Daponde Karrie Whitfield Jeanne Sagan Seth Coleman Ben Abert Jack Strong Richard Gomez Tom Smith

History

Forming in 2001, The Acacia Strain was started by high school friends Vincent Bennett, Christopher Daniele, and Ben Abert. Looking to bring their current band Septic Orgasm to the next level of technicality, they brought in their mutual friend, Karrie Whitfield, and high school student Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz to play bass and guitar respectively. The band began playing local shows around Massachusetts and recorded their demo in 2001.

After DL received a shoulder injury while playing high school football, Bennett asked friend and current Blood Has Been Shed guitarist, Daniel Daponde, to fill in on guitar while DL healed from his injury. The group felt Daponde brought a heavier and more technical aspect to the band, so when DL returned they wanted Daponde to stay, thus forming the unusual three guitar lineup.

After countless local shows, including quite a few in Bennett mother's basement, the band was approached by Toby Dutkiewicz, who ran Devil's Head records, if they would join his label. The band agreed and recording for their debut album ...And Life Is Very Long began in 2002 at Zing recording studio in Westfield, Massachusetts with Adam Dutkiewicz and Jim Fogarty at the helm with Jim doing most of the tracking.

Artistry

Musical style

The Acacia Strain's music has been primarily described as deathcore[2][3] and metalcore,[4] and has been noted to include heavy influences from sludge,[5] doom metal[5] and death metal[6] along with some punk rock-style aesthetic and sensibilities.[7]

AllMusic characterizes the band's musical style as "utiliz[ing] a bone-crushing rhythm section, apocalyptic samples, and a unique triple-guitar assault to deliver their signature blend of hardcore punk, noise, death metal and doom metal."[5] The site's review of Wormwood elaborates on the band's sound as "an inelegant and unstoppable juggernaut fueled by memories of the unchecked aggression unleashed on the world by the likes of Sepultura and Pantera."[8]

Vocalist Vincent Bennett and drummer Kevin Boutot have both denied that The Acacia Strain is of the "deathcore genre", going as far as expressing dislike for the label,[9][10] though Bennett was later more ambivalent towards it, stating "sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't."[11]

The Acacia Strain's influences include Candiria, Integrity, Dismember, Deftones, Rush, Iron Maiden, Crowbar, Meshuggah, Hatebreed, Slayer, Arch Enemy, and Overcast.[12][10][13]

Lyrics

Written by lead vocalist Vincent Bennett, the band's lyrics generally center around misanthropy[14] and nihilism.[15] Bennett employs misogynistic and sexually deviant imagery in his lyrics, but usually only as metaphors to help get his points across while keeping the songs' overall meanings open for interpretation.[14][15][16]

Members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [17]	US Heat. [18]	US Indie. [19]	US Rock [20]	US Hard Rock [21]	US Internet	US Current Albums	Billboard Top Albums	US Vinyl	US Digital Albums
...And Life Is Very Long	Released: September 2, 2002 Label: Devil's Head Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3750	Released: July 13, 2004 Label: Devil's Head, Prosthetic Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Dead Walk	Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Prosthetic Formats: CD, digital download	—	40	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Continent	Released: August 19, 2008 Label: Prosthetic Formats: CD, digital download	107	2	13	—	18	—	—	—	—	—
Wormwood	Released: July 20, 2010 Label: Prosthetic Formats: CD, digital download	67	—	6	21	8	—	—	—	—	—
Death Is the Only Mortal	Released: October 9, 2012 Label: Rise Formats: CD, digital download	51	—	10	21	5	—	—	—	—	—
Coma Witch	Released: October 14, 2014 Label: Rise Formats: CD, digital download	31	—	4	8	1	—	—	—	—	—
Gravebloom	Released: June 30, 2017 Label: Rise Formats: CD, digital download	146	—	4	29	8	—	—	—	—	—
It Comes In Waves[22]	Released: December 26, 2019 Label: Closed Casket Activities Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Slow Decay[23]	Released: July 24, 2020 Label: Rise Formats: CD, digital download	87	—	1	1	1	3	5	5	5	7
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

• Money for Nothing (2013)
• Above/Below (2013)
• The Depression Sessions with Thy Art Is Murder and Fit for an Autopsy (2016)

Singles

• "Jonestown" (2010)
• "Servant in the Place of Truth" (2012)
• "Above – Below" (2013)
• "D" (2020)
• "E" (2020)
• "C" (2020)
• "A" (2020)
• "Y" (2020)

Demos

• 2001 Demo (2001)

DVDs

• The Most Known Unknown (2010)

Music videos

• "Smoke Ya Later" (2004)
• "3750" (2005)
• "Angry Mob Justice" (2006)
• "Skynet" (2009)
• "The Hills Have Eyes" (2010)
• "The Impaler" (2011)
• "Cauterizer" (2014)
• "Send Help" (2015)
• "One Thousand Painful Stings" (2020)

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain ist eine 2001 gegründete US-amerikanische Metalcore-Band aus Chicopee.

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[es] The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain es una banda estadounidense de deathcore de Chicopee, Estados Unidos formada en 2001. La banda ha pasado por varios cambios de formación y el vocalista Vincent Bennett es el único miembro desde su fundación hasta la actualidad. La banda firma para el sello Rise Records.[1]

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