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When I first saw The Acacia Strain in concert in December 2009, singer Vincent Bennet proclaimed, “Who here has had a shitty year? We are very fucking negative people!” … I couldn't agree more. Everyone emerge yourself from your windowless rooms and wear your “Ride Skateboards Not Dicks” t-shirts and be proud! The opus starts off with an eerie droning guitar riff that sets the stage for the rest of the album with the introductory track “The Beast.” “My life is a shooting rang,” exclaims Bennet with every breath in his being. The single track off of Wormwood, “The Hills Have Eyes,” with ambient guitar work play... (read more)

Australia has really been starting to become a mecca for extreme modern metal.  With the likes of The Amenta, Parkway Drive, Truth Corroded, and some others, you can definitely add THE RED SHORE to the list, and the band is definitely the most all out extreme of the bunch.  There is absolutely nothing pretty about this release, pretty, meaning flowers and shit.  Literally, THE RED SHORE does not slow down once throughout The Avarice Of Man, and the star on this album has got to be new drummer Tim Shearman.  He's on a nonstop marathon of blast beats, machine drum kick assaults, break neck speeds, and some pretty sick drum fills.  The guitars a... (read more)