August 9th 2025
The Acacia Strain’s exciting new album tease set the stage for another incandescent night. People of all ages gathered specially, just for this performance. Swinging arms and legs, crowd surfers, flying water bottles, and angry faces, arose all for these 5 hard hitting bands. This tour, which includes 23 shows across America, is in preparation for their new album release, “You Are Safe From God Here,” which is being released in October 2025. “You Are Safe From God Here” will be their fourteenth album in their discography. The Acacia Strain is nearly 24 years old and still rocks just like they did on day one. As the singer said, “This band is going to be 24 years old this year, which is way too long. I’ve been in this band longer than half of my life.” This very much highlights how special the time in this band has meant to him and how he will continue to cherish these memories in the years to come.
The opening acts consisted of four bands, Bodysnatcher, Ingrown, Tribal Gaze, and No Cure. No Cure started off with a bang, X'd up and ready to get down. Their lead vocalist came out with a puffer jacket, blinged up sunglasses, and a hot Starbucks coffee. Despite them being an opener, the crowd moshed like it was their last day alive. Then, Tribal Gaze took the stage. Tribal gaze's punchy drums and endless riffs piqued everyone's interest. After Tribal Gaze, Ingrown was up next. Surprisingly, there were only three members in Ingrown. Somehow, they pulled off a violent sound and ran around the stage sporadically whilst playing guitar and screaming. Towards the end of their set, they brought out the bassist of Mongrel, Andy Kukta and guitarist for Major Pain, Derek Sinock for some killer guest vocals. Finally, Bodysnatcher took the stage. Their Floridian personality and 808 breakdowns never fail to make the crowd go Insane.
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Photos by Anastasia Benesh
Review by Anastasia Benesh