Album Review: The Acacia Strain – Failure Will Follow

"Bodies writhe under the soil, not long for this mortal coil." The Acacia Strain - Failure Will FollowMay 12th, 2023Deathcore / Sludge MetalRise RecordsAlbany, New York, USA New York deathcore outfit The Acacia Strain are one of the longest running and consistently great outfits in the subgenre since its inception, at least according to me. …

Album Review: Polyphia – Remember That You Will Die

"Someone call a paramedic, I can't speak it's all phonetic, made me forget every word 'cause like that's a lot of letters, ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ." Polyphia - Remember That You Will DieOctober 28th, 2022Progressive / Pop RockRise Records / Equal Vision RecordsPlano, Texas, USA Polyphia is a band that has endured no end of online discussion over …

Album Review: The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay

"We flee like rats, feasting upon the scraps. Clear skies, sunshine, living on borrowed time." The Acacia Strain - Slow DecayJuly 24th, 2020DeathcoreRise RecordsChicopee, Massachusetts, USA If you read my review of the last release from The Acacia Strain, It Comes in Waves, which was released at the tail end of 2019, then you already …