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  • Summary: The eighth full-length release for the Massachusetts metal band was produced by Will Putney and its first with new rhythm guitarist Tom "The Hammer" Smith, Jr.
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Model Citizen
Broken fingers broken legs Attention for all those who beg All alone with bones exposed I'm the only one who knows Fingernails tearing under the... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Jul 5, 2017
    70
    While this album isn't likely to draw in a lot of new listeners, it's a well-crafted record that provides a fresh soundtrack of ultra heavy, doom-based brutality.
  2. Jul 5, 2017
    60
    It doesn’t deviate much from the well-worn blueprint that the band have stuck to throughout their career, but when your music is this deliciously punishing why would you change?
  3. Jul 5, 2017
    60
    Fans that feasted on the band's seven previous outings and enjoyed the minerally aftertaste will likely rate Gravebloom a success, as it descends as deep or deeper into the abyss, but those with more curious palates should probably bring some snacks.
  4. Kerrang!
    Jul 5, 2017
    60
    The whole thing is suitably drenched with nihilism, once more conveying the sense that, in their world, smiles should result in a beating, because everything is truly hopeless. [1 Jul 2017, p.52]
  5. Jul 10, 2017
    56
    Gravebloom is a fun album. Honest. But it’s also a rehash, plain and simple. Nothing done across its eleven tracks hasn’t been done on previous Acacia Strain records.