Death Is the Only Mortal | ||||
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Released | October 9, 2012 | |||
Recorded | January – July 2012 at DLR Studios, Chicopee, Massachusetts / Stillwork Studios, Holyoke, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Deathcore | |||
Length | 45:04 | |||
Label | Rise | |||
Producer | Daniel Laskiewicz | |||
The Acacia Strain chronology | ||||
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Singles from Death Is the Only Mortal | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metal Injection | 9/10 [1] |
MetalSucks | [2] |
Death Is the Only Mortal is the sixth studio album by American extreme metal band The Acacia Strain. It was released on October 9, 2012. It is the band's first release on Rise Records and their final album with Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz as their guitarist before leaving the band in May 2013. The opening track, “Doomblade”, contains a sample from the 2012 horror film, The Devil Inside .
The first single, "Victims of the Cave", was released on September 6, 2012. [3] The second single, "The Mouth of the River", was released on September 24, 2012. [4]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Doomblade" | 4:17 |
2. | "Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow" | 4:30 |
3. | "Go to Sleep" (featuring Kirk Windstein) | 4:12 |
4. | "Brain Death" | 4:16 |
5. | "The Mouth of the River" | 4:27 |
6. | "Dust & the Helix" | 2:10 |
7. | "Victims of the Cave" | 4:08 |
8. | "Time & Death & God" | 5:47 |
9. | "The Chambered Nautilus" | 4:29 |
10. | "House of Abandon" | 6:58 |
Total length: | 45:04 |
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