Continent (The Acacia Strain album)
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Continent is the 4th studio album from the Deathcore band The Acacia Strain. Recording began on April 13th, 2008 and it was released August 19, 2008 via Prosthetic Records. [1] Frontman Vincent Bennett also spoke to MTV News about the band's forthcoming LP, saying it was Acacia's "darkest" effort to date.
The album debuted at #107 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Billboard's Heatseeker Chart with first week sales of almost 5,600.[2]
Track listing
- "Skynet" - 4:22
- "Seaward"- 4:15
- "Dr. Doom"- 2:26
- "Forget-Me-Now"- 2:43
- "Cthulhu"- 3:27
- "Baby Buster"- 4:18
- "Balboa Towers" - 4:36
- "JFC" - 2:56
- "Kraken" - 2:41
- "The Combine" - 2:02
- "The Behemoth" - 6:37
Bonus Songs from the vinyl edition:
- "Global Warming" - 2:55
- "Stay Puft" - 3:15
Personnel
- Vincent Bennett - vocals
- Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz - guitar
- Jack Strong - bass
- Kevin Boutot - drums
- Paul Romano - artwork
- Zeuss - production
Trivia
- Several of the albums tracks refer to the television show Arrested Development:
- Seaward (name of GOB's boat)
- Forget-Me-Now (name of GOB's date-rape drug)
- Baby Buster (Buster's Nickname)
- Balboa Towers (name of Lucille's Mansion Community)
- Track #8, JFC, is an abbreviation for "Jesus Fucking Christ"
- An internet rumor circulated stating that lyrics on the first track, "Skynet", were written about the deathcore/metalcore band Mannure and how they have blatantly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennet has denied this on stage numerous times.
References
- ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE ACACIA STRAIN: 'Continent' Release Date Set
- ^ "STAIND, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THE ACACIA STRAIN First-Week Sales Revealed". blabbermouth.net. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- "Amazon". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- "Blabbermouth". Retrieved 2008-08-27.