The Dead Walk

The Acacia Strain want to be the penultimate hard rock/post-grunge/doom/speed/death/black/metalcore band, and their sophomore release and debut for Razor & Tie does an awfully good job at taking the bull by the horns.

Heavy is good, angry is good, and unrelenting pummel is just super. Too bad those elements alone do not define metal excellence. No, I'm not going to rip THE ACACIA STRAIN's "The Dead Walk"; there are some fine cinderblock-to-the-head moments. It is just not something I can rave about. Now down to t...