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With the band’s new record, The Acacia Strain have proved its intense and unforgiving musical tonnage has not compromised the band’s lyrical and aural integrity. The Dead Walk has The Acacia Strain making a social critique on the lull in cultural comfort, all the while displaying the band’s brutal heaviness alongside an uncanny, mosh-worthy sense of rhythm. The result: some of contemporary metal’s heaviest and hardest songs, without ever losing sight of the band’s original goals.

“People say, ‘Oh, The Acacia Strain is so tough or whatever,’” Bennett says. “Number one: We are the furthest thing from tough there is. Number two: We write the music we want to hear, and what we think kids will have the most fun with. We are trying to write heavy music. We love tech music, death metal, and hardcore, but we don’t want to be those types of bands. We don’t try to be something we aren’t, bottom line.”

Unconcerned with trends, and continually earning street credentials through constant touring, The Acacia Strain have surely upped the ante on The Dead Walk. This time around, the purveyors of all things heavy are tuning their guitars down further, allowing them to dig even deeper into the band’s bowel-shaking, trademark sound they’ve been developing since 2002. In the time since the band released 3750, the Prosthetic Records debut from 2004, The Acacia Strain has dropped its provisional third guitar player, and in turn rotated in Seth Coleman and Kevin Boutot on bass and drums respectively, resulting in a sleeker, efficient band.

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lawlercopter_ wrote:
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Face down ass up!

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JasonFlett wrote:
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http://www.last.fm/group/Show+Me+Some+Beats!! join my group. see these guys soon stoked

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chilledvondub wrote:
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3750 and The Dead Walk are still alot better than continent

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Snuffz wrote:
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kytoughcookies wrote:
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JUST TELL THEM YOU FELL DOWN THE STAIRS

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ADritzl wrote:
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I have a live video of JFC! check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVUSUxsyNLE

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steve_traitor wrote:
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Seaward is the heaviest track

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SeeEsssss wrote:
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After listening to nothing but The Acacia Strain lately, i will retract my previous statement ( from months ago) saying that Continent is better than The Dead Walk. All the albums are sick though, TDW is just the best.

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robbyownzlow wrote:
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I wish someone has the bonus tracks in good quality. :/

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ADritzl wrote:
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Seaward, JFC, Cthulhu, balboa towers all destroy shit!

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Rawwbert wrote:
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bonus tracks are siiiiick

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povilas_sako wrote:
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fuck man! this band is pure evil! ...in a good way.

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SeeEsssss wrote:
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I personally love JFC, but I do agree with ryanhamlett13, I honestly think Cthulhu is the best song on Continent.

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derekfour wrote:
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ugh i hate continent tdw was so much better

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ryanhamlett13 wrote:
last month

disagree. I actually think that's the worst song on the album despite the "I AM THE END OF THE WORLD" chant. I think they were like "fuck, what else should we make a song about?" hahahaha. Cthulhu is easily my favorite song.

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JFC IS THE FUCKING BEST SONG EVER MADE

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Just saw them with see you next tuesday and through the eyes of the dead. Amazing show

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god their show w/ whitechapel last week was awesome

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yo can someone hook up the extra 2 tracks, stay puft and global warming!

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