Search - Acacia Strain :: 3750

These children need to step aside...

J. Doe | Pennsylvania | 05/14/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"normally i don't review albums...i just make lists and whatnot...but i was reading the reviews for this cd...and i had to say something. not a single person i've read a review from so far has said anything remotely accurate in describing this cd at all!! for starters...the one guy says they sound like korn...your first cues as to not taking him seriously is that he cites watching battle for ozzfest...a/k/a you are a poser who thinks Lamb of God and KsE are the greatest bands of all time and you need to go be trendy and wear makeup. second...there's another comment about the screamer not being able to carry a tune...then he says that the band isn't as good as lamb of god or burnt by the sun...neither one of those bands have screamers that sing or carry tunes and in fact, 90% of the time randy blythe is the biggest complaint ABOUT LoG...so think about what you say before you try to sound like you know what you're talking about...the positive review i read compared this to blood has been shed and bleeding through...this is also a joke.



Now, for someone who actually knows something about metal and hardcore to review this cd...



as far as style goes...typical metal CT sound...a lot like Invocation of Nehek and Cannae...in fact...almost EXACTLY like a lower tuned version of Cannae...even on the same label...so if you've heard Cannae's album Horror...i think it's called...you've basically already heard this cd. The best songs on the cd are without question track 9 (Sun Poison And Skin Cancer) and track 3 (Smoke Ya Later). The first real song on the cd, track 2 (Brown Noise) is good too. All in all, this cd is nowhere near as good as their first release, which was actually original and a very worthwhile listen. It's called ...And Life Is Very Long (not And Life Is So Long, like the person below said). It's not for sale on Amazon, but it's available through Devilshead Records and you can buy copies on Verydistro.com and Revhq.com, I highly recommend getting that cd. And you never know, you might actually like this one. It doesn't blow you away...but it's not terrible either. Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of KsE (who also, ironically, produced Cannae's new cd...which, as I said...sounds exactly like this one...Adam D. has a habit of making every metalcore cd he produces sound exactly the same...including KsE's...which is why they suck now.) So get their first cd...if you want to...get this too. But don't read the other reviews of this cd...because the people who wrote them were wearing football helmets and playing with their toes when they listened to this cd...if you catch what I mean."

Mosh metal at its best!!!

Jordan Nalley | Tokyo, Japan | 05/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an amazing album. Although basically an EP, don't let the 9 tracks fool you, at just under 30 mins track 1 is an awesome breakdown intro that belts out "This is true crime!", track 5 is bunch of creepy noises (not a song) and track 8 is an acoustic interlude which you may think of as waste of space, but it was a great contrast before the best and most brutal song on the album, "Sun Poison and Skin Cancer" with guest vocals from Toby Dutkiewicz (brother of Adam D. guitarist from Killswitch Engage). This is also the longest song on the album at just under 5 mins. Altogether a very solid EP (although its not, it gives me more satisfaction to think of it that way). This band stands out from other bands, with some of the best and most frequent breakdowns, a few melodic parts reminiscent of All That Remains, some rock parts similar to Every Time I Die (Hot Damn! era) and with solid death metal vocals (that you can understand???) to top it off. Slow, extremely tuned down and booming breakdowns assault the listener time and time again without repeating itself. Production done by Adam D. which is always good. For fans of All That Reamins, On Broken Wings, Despised Icon, Blood has Been Shed.



Favorite Song: Sun Poison and Skin Cancer"

One of my favourite local bands ever

Metalhead | Mass | 06/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, not bashing don or anything, but TECHNICALLY The Acacia Strain origonated from Springfield, Massachusetts, but it's close enough to CT. My friends brother has played in a band with every member of the current band except the third guitarist, but dang, these guys are really something in concert. They're like, a kid with ADHD high on pixy stix and caffine pills. And their first album ... And Life Is Very Long blows this one out of the water, it captures their sound much better.



The three guitarists is probably one of the most innovative and unseen setups nowadays. And to whoever was saying their guitar is too loud and it drowns out the drum and what not, go to one of their concerts, cause it really doesn't. But, sadly, their third guitarist quit recently, so they're back to two.



Sun Posion and Skin Cancer is definatelly one of the best track on the CD. The begining is just beastly. The slide is just hinting at whats to come, then it breaks into a long series of complex guitar playing.



I like halcyon because i think it's nice to have a break from thrashing about, yet still have it be a good song.



Drawn and quartered is one of their more technical songs. The guitar is really cool, fast, and it's constantly changing rythym. The whole song has odd beats and starts and ends, this song is a great song on the technical side."