Metal Injection — by James Zalucky When it comes to THE ACACIA STRAIN, I usually enjoy their music live rather than on record. Vincent Bennett's brutalizing growls have a greater presence on stage than they do on stereo speakers, and the band's down-tuned ap... more info

Metal Injection — Last week, I got the digital advance of The Acacia Strain's new album, Wormwood and heavy is truly an understatement. These guys come out swinging and don't stop 'till the very end. Did you know the album comes out today? It's tru... more info

DrivenFarOff — The Cool Tour, featuring As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, The Acacia Strain and others, has released a download pack filled with coupons, videos, and mp3s. View the entire list below and head over to the COOL TOUR Facebook page t... more info

Metalsucks — Earlier this week, we got some live footage of a kinda-but-not-really new song by The Acacia Strain; now the band has actually released a new song, “Jonestown.” I haven’t really given the lyrics a good listen, but I imagine the next word in tha... more info

Metalsucks — Okay, so back in October, The Acacia Strain had some new tracks on a five-way split CD with War From a Harlots Mouth, This or The Apocalypse, Aggressive Dogs and Fact. It’s called Pentagon.3, and it was only released in Japan. Two of the three song... more info

Metal Injection — The Acacia Strain have been posting many hilarious studio updates over the last few weeks to get you guys stoked for their new CD. They have been less than serious with much information being withheld from the public. Well, we finally get a straight ... more info

Metalsucks — Even though “wormwood” just sounds like the name of a death metal band, it’s actually a type of plant that they used to put into absinthe; it’s what gave that drink (which, if you’ve never had any, will fuck you up right proper even if it d... more info

Altsounds — Western Massachusetts' chuggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN, have completed work on their new album, which will be released July 20th in North American and August 2nd in Europe. The band recorded the follow up to 2008's "Continent" at Planet Z Studios in... more info

Altsounds — Western Massachusetts' metal mammoths THE ACACIA STRAIN, have unveiled the fifth video in their ongoing studio video blog series. In this episode, we see two of the all-star guest vocalists laying down some tracks, and front man Vincent Bennett giv... more info

Altsounds — Western Massachusetts' THE ACACIA STRAIN, have posted the latest installment of their on-going in-studio video blog series. After the fall out of last week's video, front man Vincent Bennett shows his devotion to perfection by working on some new v... more info