Step into the Light / Failure Will Follow

Step into the Light and Failure Will Follow are the eleventh and twelfth studio albums by American extreme metal band the Acacia Strain. They were released on May 12, 2023, through Rise Records. They are the band's first albums to feature rhythm guitarist Mike Mulholland, replacing Tom Smith who left the band in 2022, and the last to feature longtime drummer Kevin Boutot.

Step into the Light features 10 tracks of the band's usual deathcore/metalcore style that are mostly each under three minutes long, and it features guest vocals from Jacob Lilly (Chamber) and Josef Alfonso (Sunami). Failure Will Follow consists of three tracks that are each over 10 minutes long that show "the sludgier side of the band".

Track listing

*Step into the Light* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flourishing"	1:17
2.	"Calf's Blood"	1:40
3.	"Chain" (featuring Jacob Lilly)	1:12
4.	"Fresh Bones"	2:29
5.	"Teeth of the Cursed Dog"	2:40
6.	"Open Wound"	1:54
7.	"Sinkhole" (featuring Josef Alfonso)	3:50
8.	"Is This Really Happening?"	2:57
9.	"Untended Graves"	2:17
10.	"None of Us Asked to Be Here"	3:17
Total length:		23:33

*Failure Will Follow* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pillar of Salt" (featuring Dylan Walker and iRis.EXE)	11:32
2.	"Bog Walker" (featuring Sam Sawyer)	17:00
3.	"Basin of Vows" (featuring Ethan McCarthy and Abra Bigham)	10:10
Total length:		38:42

Personnel

The Acacia Strain

Vincent Bennett – lead vocals
Devin Shidaker – lead guitar, backing vocals
Mike Mulholland – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Griffin Landa – bass
Kevin Boutot – drums

Additional personnel

Jacob Lilly – vocals on "Chain"
Josef Alfonso – vocals on "Sinkhole"
Dylan Walker - vocals on "Pillar of Salt"
iRis.EXE - vocals on "Pillar of Salt"
Sam Sawyer - vocals on "Bog Walker"
Ethan McCarthy - vocals on "Basin of Vows"
Abra Bigham - spoken word on "Basin of Vows"

Production

Produced by Randy Leboeuf

References

Andrew Sacher (February 14, 2023). "The Acacia Strain announce new LP 'Step Into the Light' (new song & exclusive swirl vinyl)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
Sam Taylor (March 15, 2023). "The Acacia Strain have announced a second new album for May". Upset. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
Max Heilman (May 4, 2023). "Review: The Acacia Strain Brings Unbridled Mayhem with Step Into The Light". www.metalsucks.net. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
Max Heilman (May 4, 2023). "Review: The Acacia Strain Mines the Depths of Doom with Failure Will Follow". www.metalsucks.net. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
Jack Rogers (December 14, 2022). "The Acacia Strain Release Punishing New Track 'Untended Graves'". Rock Sound. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
Hesher Keenan (April 20, 2023). "The Acacia Strain Released Their Latest Single "Chain"". Metal Sucks. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
"The Acacia Strain Guitarist Tom Smith Calls It Quits, Says There's No Beef and Names Final Shows". Metal Sucks. February 24, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
Calum Slingerland (February 14, 2023). "The Acacia Strain 'Step into the Light' on New Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
Hesher Keenan (March 15, 2023). "The Acacia Strain Announce a Second New Album, Failure Will Follow to Release the Same Day as Step Into The Light". www.metalsucks.net. Retrieved May 21, 2023.

v t e The Acacia Strain
Vincent Bennett Devin Shidaker Griffin Landa Mike Mulholland Matt Guglielmo Jeanne Sagan Mark Castillo
Studio albums	The Dead Walk (2006) Continent (2008) Wormwood (2010) Death Is the Only Mortal (2012) Coma Witch (2014) Gravebloom (2017) It Comes in Waves (2019) Slow Decay (2020) Step into the Light / Failure Will Follow (2023)
Live albums	The Most Known Unknown (2010)
Related bands	All That Remains Bad Wolves Between the Buried and Me Bury Your Dead Emmure Impending Doom
Record labels	Prosthetic Rise

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