Gravebloom

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Gravebloom
TAS gravebloom.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2017
RecordedJune 2016
StudioGraphic Nature Studios
Genre
Length47:51
Label Rise
Producer Will Putney
The Acacia Strain chronology
Coma Witch
(2014)
Gravebloom
(2017)
It Comes in Waves
(2019)
Singles from Gravebloom
  1. "Bitter Pill"
    Released: March 27, 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MetalSucks Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rock Sound 6/10 [5]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Gravebloom is the eighth studio album by American metalcore band the Acacia Strain. It was released on June 30, 2017, through Rise Records. It is the band's first album to feature bassist Griffin Landa.

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by the Acacia Strain

No.TitleLength
1."Worthless"4:22
2."Plague Doctor" (featuring Kobayashi Hiroyuki)3:18
3."Bitter Pill"3:12
4."Big Sleep" (featuring Matt Honeycutt)3:19
5."Gravebloom" (featuring Rob Fusco)3:32
6."Abyssal Depths"3:51
7."Model Citizen"3:05
8."Calloused Mouth"4:10
9."Dark Harvest"4:02
10."Walled City"5:46
11."Cold Gloom"9:14
Total length:47:51

Personnel

The Acacia Strain

Additional personnel

Production/other

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 146
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 4
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 29

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