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The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band that was founded in 2001 and originally based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, but now based in Albany, New York. The group is currently signed to Rise Records[1] and initially consisted of high school friends Vincent Bennett, Christopher Daniele, and Ben Abert, Karrie Whitfield, Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz, and Daniel Daponde joining shortly after. They recorded and released their debut album ...And Life Is Very Long in 2002 via Devil's Head records. Since then, the band has released eleven more full-length albums.
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| Origin | Chicopee, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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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][6][7] and death metal[8] along with some punk rock-style aesthetic and sensibilities.[9]
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."[10]
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,[11][12] though Bennett was later more ambivalent towards it, stating "sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't."[13]
The Acacia Strain's influences include Candiria, Integrity, Dismember, Rush, Iron Maiden, Crowbar, Meshuggah, Hatebreed, Slayer, Arch Enemy, and Overcast.[14][12][15]
Written by lead vocalist Vincent Bennett, the band's lyrics generally center around misanthropy[16] and nihilism.[17] 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.[16][17][18]
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US [19] |
US Heat. [20] |
US Indie. [21] |
US Rock [22] |
US Hard Rock [23] | |||||
| ...And Life Is Very Long |
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| 3750 |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Dead Walk |
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— | 40 | 47 | — | — | |||
| Continent |
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107 | 2 | 13 | — | 18 | |||
| Wormwood |
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67 | — | 6 | 21 | 8 | |||
| Death Is the Only Mortal |
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51 | — | 10 | 21 | 5 | |||
| Coma Witch |
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31 | — | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Gravebloom |
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146 | — | 4 | 29 | 8 | |||
| It Comes in Waves |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Slow Decay |
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87 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Step Into the Light |
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— | — | — | — | — | |||
| Failure Will Follow |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
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