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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

  1. "Skynet" - 4:22
  2. "Seaward"- 4:15
  3. "Dr. Doom"- 2:26
  4. "Forget-Me-Now"- 2:43
  5. "Cthulhu"- 3:27
  6. "Baby Buster"- 4:18
  7. "Balboa Towers" - 4:36
  8. "JFC" - 2:56
  9. "Kraken" - 2:41
  10. "The Combine" - 2:02
  11. "The Behemoth" - 6:37

Bonus Songs from the vinyl edition:

  1. "Global Warming" - 2:55
  2. "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/rapcore band emmure and how they have blatantly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennet has denied this on stage numerous times.

References

  1. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE ACACIA STRAIN: 'Continent' Release Date Set
  2. ^ "STAIND, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THE ACACIA STRAIN First-Week Sales Revealed". blabbermouth.net. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
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