Wormwood (The Acacia Strain album)

Wormwood is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band The Acacia Strain. This is the band's second album to feature bassist Jack Strong and third featuring drummer Kevin Boutot; it was also their last release on Prosthetic Records. The album was released on July 20, 2010. Wormwood reached #67 on the US Billboard Top 200 chart.[3][4] The song "Jonestown" was released as a single in June 2010 and was available at the website for Prosthetic Records.[5]

Wormwood
Studio album by The Acacia Strain
Released	July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)
Recorded	April - May 2010
Studio	Planet Z Studios, Hadley, MA
Genre	Metalcore, deathcore
Length	47:32
Label	Prosthetic
Producer	Zeuss
The Acacia Strain chronology
Continent (2008) Wormwood (2010) Death Is the Only Mortal (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rock Sound	8/10[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Vincent Bennett; all music is composed by Daniel Laskiewicz.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Beast (feat. Jamey Jasta)"	4:03
2.	"The Hills Have Eyes"	4:20
3.	"BTM FDR"	3:51
4.	"Ramirez"	2:25
5.	"Terminated"	3:14
6.	"Nightman (feat. Bruce LePage)"	2:51
7.	"The Impaler"	4:35
8.	"Jonestown (feat. Kyle Chard)"	3:18
9.	"Bay of Pigs"	5:17
10.	"The Carpathian"	3:17
11.	"Unabomber"	4:47
12.	"Tactical Nuke"	5:34
Total length:		47:32

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

The Acacia Strain Vincent Bennett – lead vocals Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz – lead guitar, programming, backing vocals Jack Strong – bass Kevin Boutot – drums Production Zeuss – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering Paul Mocadlo – assistant engineer Angryblue – art direction, illustration, design

Guest musicians Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) – vocals on "The Beast" Bruce LePage (100 Demons) – vocals on "Nightman" Kyle Chard (Born Low) – vocals on "Jonestown" (only on iTunes and vinyl edition)

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	67
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7]	6
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[8]	8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9]	21
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[10]	22

References

1. Wormwood at AllMusic
2. Rock Sound review
3. Wormwood by the Acacia Strain on Billboard.com
4. Wormwood by the Acacia Strain on Metal Underground
5. Prosthetic Records
6. "The Acacia Strain Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
7. "The Acacia Strain Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
8. "The Acacia Strain Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard.
9. "The Acacia Strain Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
10. "The Acacia Strain Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.