Album Review: ACRES - 'Burning Throne'
ACRES are on fire to be number 1.
ACRES are about to grace us with their second album “Burning Throne” being released on March 3rd. ACRES have already gifting with five singles from the album including sucker punch opener “Nothing” featuring Garrett Russell (vocalist from US metalcore band Silent Planet).
“Burning Throne” was born out of the pandemic and guitarist Alex Freeman says “making it wasn’t easy…due to the pandemic allowed me to create a vibe that I’ve wanted ACRES to explore for a long time..”
In a way, you can thank the pandemic as this album opens a new door of creativity and darker musicals choices that they haven’t used before.
As a whole “Burning Throne” is dynamic and goes 0 to 100 in a matter of seconds. It’s a classic metalcore album filled with swinging hooks, rough riffs, popping electronic elements and lovely vocals that turn into monster screams. Mixed together it’s a crazy hard slap in your face as you are pulled into ACRES world which makes you groove and mosh in your own bedroom. While they are able to strip back to have a rockin melo moment, in the closing track“Lost In our Own World”. Which is a beautiful moment that sums up the album. Dealing with how the much your own world changed and how you dealt with the
pandemic.
ACRES have done it with “Burning Thrones” Watch out for them as they take over your ear drums.
Words by Victoria Lewis
