The Acacia Strain Preview

06/18/2010
. Prosthetic Records are giving fans a sneak look at The Acacia Strain's new album "Wormwood," ahead of its July 20th release date. The label is streaming the album track "Jonestown" exclusively at store.prostheticrecords.com. If you like it, you can also buy it at iTunes.

"Wormwood" was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA with Zeuss (Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall) handling producing, mixing and mastering. The cover art was one by acclaimed artist, Justin Kamerer, who has done previous work for Bleeding Through, Guns N Roses, Slayer and many more.

Front man Vincent Bennett commented; "We worked just as hard if not harder on this album as we did on (2008's)"Continent.' We took an entire block of time off of touring and our lives in general to focus 100% on the creation of 'Wormwood.' Where we normally write a record with a theme already attached to it; this time around we wrote a record and the theme developed as we went. We wanted to do something that was still Acacia Strain, but broke away from the 'mold' that has been struck by all the bands these days that we seem to get grouped in with. All the songs have their own dynamic, instead of writing an album filled with like sounding songs. This is the heaviest record WE have ever written and these are the most personal lyrics I have ever written. Justin Kamerer; who did the artwork for the album, was really great to work with and really brought the songs to life with his imagery. I am really excited for this release, and we are all very proud of what we did with this record. I hope you enjoy."

THE ACACIA STRAIN played will be participating in "Cool Tour" in July/August with As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried And Me, Blessthefall, Architects, Cancer Bats and War of Ages. They'll also be in Europe in September and October on the "Hell On Earth Tour" with Terror and more.

Their upcoming dates are:
6/26 Leeds University, Leeds UK. - Ghostfest
7/9 Johnston City, TN- The Hideaway (w/ Cancer Bats)
7/10 Augusta, GA- Sector 7G (w/ Cancer Bats)
7/13 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle %
7/14 N. Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues %
7/15 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore %
7/16 Baltimore, MD - Sonar %
7/17 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy %
7/18 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre %
7/20 Boston, MA - House of Blues %
7/21 Sayerville, NJ - Starland Ballroom %
7/22 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory %
7/23 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion %
7/24 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Complex %
7/25 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant %
7/27 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater %
7/28 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom %
7/30 Mesa, AZ - Marquis Theatre %
7/31 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium %
8/1 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield %
8/2 Las Vegas, NV- The Farm (w/ War of Ages)
8/4 Kansas City, MO- The El Torreon (w/ War of Ages)
9/17 Jena, GER - F Haus $
9/18 Koln, GER - Essigfabrik $
9/19 Reading, UK - Sub 89 $
9/20 Norwich, UK - Waterfront $
9/21 Colchester, UK - Arts Centre $
9/22 Plymouth, UK - White Rabbit $
9/23 Manchester, UK - Moho Live $
9/24 Sheffield, UK - Corperation $
9/25 London, UK - Islington 02 Academy $
9/26 Antwerpen, BE - Hof ter Lo $
9/27 Paris, FR - Glazart $
9/28 Rotterdam, NI - Watt $
9/29 Frankfurt/Main, GER - Batschkapp $
9/30 Klagenfurt, AUT - Volxhaus $
10/1 Munchen, GER - Werk $
10/2 Pinarella di Cervia, IT - Rock Planet $
10/3 Solothurn, CH - Kofmehl $
10/4 Hannover, GER - Faust $
10/5 Gothenburg, SW - Musikens Hus $
10/6 Munster, GER - Sputnikhalle $
10/7 Hamburg, GER - Markthalle $
10/8 Saarbrucken, GER - Garage $
10/9 Schweinfurt, GER - Alter Stattbahnhof $
10/10 Zaandam, NI - Kade $
10/11 Lindau, GER - Club Vaudeville TBC $
10/12 Stuttgart, GER - TBA $
10/13 Wien, GER - Arena $
10/14 Praha, CZ - Abaton $
10/15 Leipzig, GER - Werk $
10/16 Berlin, GER - SO 36 $
10/17 Amneville, FR - Tat The Beast $
% "Cool Tour"
$ "Hell On Earth" Tour

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