# Slow Decay

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Slow Decay
| type         = studio
| artist       = [the Acacia Strain](/source/the_Acacia_Strain)
| cover        = The Acacia Strain - Slow Decay.png
| alt          = 
| released     = July 24, 2020<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiVita |first1=Joe |title=The Acacia Strain Debut Two New Songs, Detail 'Slow Decay' Album |url=https://loudwire.com/acacia-strain-new-songs-slow-decay-album/ |website=Loudwire |date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| recorded     = 2020
| studio       =
| genre        =
* [Metalcore](/source/Metalcore)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/05/04/review-the-acacia-strain-brings-unbridled-mayhem-with-step-into-the-light/|title=Review: The Acacia Strain Brings Unbridled Mayhem with Step Into The Light|author=Max Heilman|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=May 4, 2023|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/05/04/review-the-acacia-strain-mines-the-depths-of-doom-with-failure-will-follow/|title=Review: The Acacia Strain Mines the Depths of Doom with Failure Will Follow|author=Max Heilman|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=May 4, 2023|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>
* [sludge metal](/source/sludge_metal)
* [deathcore](/source/deathcore)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_acacia_strain_slow_decay_album_review|title=The Acacia Strain Are Unafraid of Reinvention on 'Slow Decay'|author=Mark Tremblay|work=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|date=July 22, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>
| length       = 43:00
| label        = [Rise](/source/Rise_Records)
| producer     = Randy LeBoeuf
| prev_title   = [It Comes in Waves](/source/It_Comes_in_Waves)
| prev_year    = 2019
| next_title   = [Step Into the Light / Failure Will Follow](/source/Step_Into_the_Light_%2F_Failure_Will_Follow)
| next_year    = 2023
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Slow Decay
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = D (Feed a Pigeon Breed a Rat/Seeing God)
 | single1date = February 28, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/02/28/the-acacia-strain-have-released-two-new-songs/|title=The Acacia Strain Have Released TWO New Songs|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=February 28, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> 
 | single2     = E (Solace And Serenity/The Lucid Dream) 
 | single2date = March 20, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/03/20/stream-the-acacia-strains-new-ep-e/|title=Stream The Acacia Strain's New EP, E|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=March 20, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>
 | single3     = C (I Breathed in the Smoke Deeply It Tasted Like Death and I Smiled/Crossgates)
 | single3date = April 17, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/04/17/stream-the-acacia-strains-new-ep-c/|title=Stream The Acacia Strain's New EP, C|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=April 17, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>  
 | single4     = A (Inverted Person/Chhinnamasta)
 | single4date = May 15, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/05/15/stream-the-acacia-strains-new-ep-a/|title=Stream The Acacia Strain's New EP, A|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=May 15, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> 
 | single5     = Y (One Thousand Painful Stings/EARTH WILL BECOME DEATH)
 | single5date = June 12, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/06/12/the-acacia-strain-release-y-ep-confirm-new-album-slow-decay/|title=The Acacia Strain Release Y EP, Confirm New Album Slow Decay|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=June 12, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> 
 | single6     = Slow (Crippling Poison/Birds of Paradise, Birds of Prey)
 | single6date = July 26, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/07/26/the-acacia-strain-post-two-more-new-songs/|title=The Acacia Strain Post Two More New Songs|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=July 26, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> 
}}
}}

'''''Slow Decay''''' is the tenth studio album by American [metalcore](/source/metalcore) band [the Acacia Strain](/source/the_Acacia_Strain). It was released on July 24, 2020, through [Rise Records](/source/Rise_Records), though originally scheduled for release a week earlier, on July 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/06/10/are-the-acacia-strain-releasing-a-new-album-in-july/|title=Are The Acacia Strain Releasing a New Album in July?|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=June 10, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>

The songs in the album were all released as six two-track singles, the first five of which were released in the months leading up to the album's release with one-letter titles spelling out the word "DECAY".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/07/21/the-acacia-strain-guitarist-explains-why-they-released-slow-decay-two-songs-at-a-time-over-several-months/|title=The Acacia Strain Guitarist Explains Why They Released Slow Decay Two Songs at a Time Over Several Months|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=July 21, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> Guest vocalists in the album include Aaron Heard ([Jesus Piece](/source/Jesus_Piece_(band))),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/07/13/the-acacia-strains-devin-shidaker-on-the-metalsucks-podcast-346/|title=The Acacia Strain's Devin Shidaker on The MetalSucks Podcast #346|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=July 13, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> Jess Nyx (Mortality Rate),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/04/14/wsou-first-impressions-the-acacia-strain-d-and-e-eps/|title=WSOU First Impressions: The Acacia Strain, D and E EPs|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=April 14, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref> Zach Hatfield (Left Behind), and [Courtney LaPlante](/source/Courtney_LaPlante) ([Spiritbox](/source/Spiritbox)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/12/16/the-acacia-strain-post-video-with-spiritbox-vocalist-courtney-laplante/|title=The Acacia Strain's Slow Decay: First Week Sales Revealed|author=Vince Neilstein|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=December 16, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>

The album went on to have over 12,000 copies sold within a week after its release, over 9,000 of which being pure copies, selling more than their previous albums such as ''[Coma Witch](/source/Coma_Witch)'' and ''[Gravebloom](/source/Gravebloom)'' had in their respective initial weeks of release. The album peaked in the Billboard charts at #87 in the Top 200 chart and #3 in the Hard Rock Albums chart, along with #5 in Current Albums, Top Album Sales, and Vinyl Albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/08/04/the-acacia-strains-slow-decay-first-week-sales-revealed/|title=The Acacia Strain's Slow Decay: First Week Sales Revealed|author=Axl Rosenberg|website=www.metalsucks.net|date=August 4, 2020|accessdate=May 21, 2023}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Slow Decay'' track listing
| title1 = Feed a Pigeon, Breed a Rat
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = Crippling Poison
| length2 = 2:34
| title3 = Seeing God
| note3 = featuring [Aaron Heard](/source/Jesus_Piece_(band))
| length3 = 2:48
| title4 = Solace and Serenity
| length4 = 4:37
| title5 = The Lucid Dream
| note5 = featuring Jess Nyx
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = I Breathed In the Smoke Deeply, It Tasted Like Death and I Smiled
| note6 = featuring Zach Hatfield
| length6 = 4:44
| title7 = Crossgates 
| length7 = 1:08
| title8 = Inverted Person
| length8 = 3:23
| title9 = Chhinnamasta
| length9 = 3:50
| title10 = One Thousand Painful Stings
| note10 = featuring [Courtney LaPlante](/source/Courtney_LaPlante)
| length10 = 4:29
| title11 = Birds of Paradise, Birds of Prey
| length11 = 3:46
| title12 = Earth Will Become Death
| length12 = 3:57
| total_length = 43:00
}}

==Personnel==
===The Acacia Strain===
* [Vincent Bennett](/source/Vincent_Bennett) – vocals
* Kevin Boutot – drums
* Devin Shidaker – guitar
* Tom Smith, Jr. – guitar
* Griffin Landa – bass

===Additional personnel===
* Aaron Heard ([Jesus Piece](/source/Jesus_Piece_(band))) – vocals on "Seeing God"
* Jess Nyx (Mortality Rate) – vocals on "The Lucid Dream"
* Zach Hatfield (Left Behind) – vocals on "I Breathed in the Smoke Deeply, It Tasted like Death and I Smiled"
* [Courtney LaPlante](/source/Courtney_LaPlante) ([Spiritbox](/source/Spiritbox)) – vocals on "One Thousand Painful Stings"

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Slow Decay''
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|87|artist=The Acacia Strain|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|12|artist=The Acacia Strain|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|3|artist=The Acacia Strain|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|11|artist=The Acacia Strain|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Acacia Strain}}

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Category:The Acacia Strain albums
Category:2020 albums
Category:Rise Records albums

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