The Acacia Strain Gravebloom
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Gameofmetal
Emeritus
July 8th 2017


12091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"They're essentially a rehash of the most average tough guy Deathcore out there "



they're kinda the originators of it so that's the trick

Spec
July 8th 2017


41427 Comments


The lyrics are fucking terrible.

GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
July 9th 2017


6263 Comments


HAIL MARY WITH THE BROKEN FACE

YOU NAME THE TIME I'LL NAME THE... wait wrong album.

XfingTheSullen
July 9th 2017


5564 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I think I know the reason this band never takes shit for embodying the worst deathcore tropes. They really kinda don't - the biggest gripe most people used to have with early deathcore bands (and sometimes still valid today) was how breakdowns were awkwardly shoehorned into the songs just for the sake of it - with no proper buildup, transition or even a good purpose for that matter. They stuck out like a sore thumb, and felt unnecessary, forced and only geared towards making people mosh while not matching the sense, quality and musicianship of the rest of the song.



In The Acacia Strain's case, such accusations cannot be valid, since all of their songs are downtempo and consist of chugs. Therefore it's not possible to distinguish a breakdown from the rest of the song, which at least gives them that bit of cohesion and authenticity that bands mentioned above lack. I remember one dude complaining in his review that there were like 117 or so breakdowns on Wormwood. I have no idea how he counted, since there is never a clear indication as to when the breakdowns start or end, as entire fucking songs are downtempo chugs, that's the thing here folks

artiswar
July 9th 2017


16639 Comments


Yes, sucking 100% of the time instead of just the usual 25. how cohesive and authentic.

chug73
July 9th 2017


4649 Comments


It's literally coma witch part 2 with better production.

robxdonahue
July 10th 2017


3 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i agree with the reveiw brah, Gravebloom is a slightly less better Coma Witch

betray
July 10th 2017


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

we needed death is the only mortal part 2 not coma witch part 2 3bh

trilo
July 10th 2017


7089 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

[2] ye

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
July 10th 2017


12091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i could get down to that

betray
July 10th 2017


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

too bad nerds this goes pretty hard

betray
July 10th 2017


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

also quite a few people itt had no problem w/ last architects albo which was a pt 2 of the one before it so ya

XfingTheSullen
July 10th 2017


5564 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Ironic as fuck that death is the only mortal is so many folks' fav album since like continent and yet its avg is the lowest. Like come on guys, victims of the cave or brain death alone beat this whole album

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
July 10th 2017


12091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i totally wrote it off when it first came out but way later i figured out that it ruled so



maybe it was the same with a lot of people

trilo
July 10th 2017


7089 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

that was exactly how i felt about it. hated it on release but after a while it clicked and i liked it a lot. same with wormwood actually. both of those are groovy as fuck, which is exactly what this album is missing.

chug73
July 11th 2017


4649 Comments


Death is the only mortal has the songwriting to back up its generic Djent sound. Also the production is awesome. Digital as shit but still sounds massive.
Like the first track. After the edgy intro you hear "BWAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRrrrr" and it ridiculously good

trilo
July 11th 2017


7089 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

the second half of our lady of perpetual sorrow is massive

chug73
July 11th 2017


4649 Comments


Didn't they lose the guy who used to write the songs?

betray
July 12th 2017


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

user gameofmetal can u please change this summary :^)

trilo
July 12th 2017


7089 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

yea they lost DL their guitarist in between DITOM and coma witch



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