{"id":32698,"date":"2012-10-15T11:27:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T11:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-acacia-strain-death-is-the\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:28:14","slug":"album-review-the-acacia-strain-death-is-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-the-acacia-strain-death-is-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Acacia Strain – Death is the Only Mortal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I never got the hype around The Acacia Strain<\/strong>, as I result I never bothered with them up until I was sent their new album ‘Death is the Only Mortal’<\/em>. Now I am going to pre-warn anyone who is a fan of this band, I am definitely not a fan and if you can imagine what I am going to say, don’t bother reading the rest of this review.<\/p>\n

As a genre I thought death-core was dead, I realise that fans of the genre, cannot admit to it being defined as this, but it is the formation of death metal and hardcore. Anyway I never got the whole guttural pig squeal vocal style (listen to the end of ‘Brain Death’<\/em> for a perfect example of this), the monotonous and frankly boring chugging guitar which is followed by a breakdown and then, you guessed it, a chugging guitar slotted in to round off this formulaic style of writing. It bores me, call me a prude but I like my music to be interesting and with some substance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Acacia Strain<\/strong> just don’t seem to have that substance I look for in a band; as a result I find them lifeless. Honestly, I approached this review with a clear perspective but trying to find good in this album is something I am finding impossible to do. They obviously have a fan base and with a career spanning 11 years they are doing something right but this band are just not for me.<\/p>\n

Maybe it was just this album and their previous releases were different; after listening to their previous efforts I came to the conclusion that in fact no this is their definitive sound. Tracks like ‘Victim of the Cave’<\/em> apply simple rhyming couplets (\u201cThere is no end, there is only pretend\u201d) sounds too simplistic and thrown together just because it will fit, it is seemingly a very sloppy and lazy approach to lyric writing.<\/p>\n

The only track worth mentioning is the aforementioned ‘Brain Death’;<\/em> with a superb chorus and guitar solo which personally makes it the stand out track on ‘Death is the Only Mortal’<\/em>. Unfortunately the ending however is disappointing, as previously mentioned it digresses back to the formula this band seems to base it’s song writing around.<\/p>\n

I tried with this release but there is nothing interesting about this band, album or genre for me.<\/p>\n

1\/5<\/p>\n

‘Death is the Only Mortal’<\/em> by The Acacia Strain<\/strong> is available now on Rise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Acacia Strain<\/strong> links: Official Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by\u00a0Robert Maddison (@BertMaddison<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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