The Acacia Strain announce tour with Bodysnatcher, Ingrown, No Cure, & Tribal Gaze, confirm LP 13

Boundary-pushing, Massachusetts-born metalcore/deathcore vets The Acacia Strain recently confirmed that their 13th album is on the horizon and now they’ve announced the ‘Six Feet Closer To Hell Tour’ for this summer. Vincent Bennett & co. always have their ear to the ground on up-and-coming heavy bands so it should come as no surprise that the undercard for this tour is a stacked bill of newer bands from the current scene: Bodysnatcher, Ingrown, No Cure, and Tribal Gaze.

The tour will conclude with the band’s own, first-ever New England Sadness & Failure Festival, which marks their 40th performance at the Worcester Palladium and happens on August 23. The lineup for that has every band on the tour, plus direct support from Boston metalcore vets On Broken Wings, as well as Missing Link, Age of Apocalypse, Mongrel, Gigan, and one more band to be announced on August 4. “The Palladium has withstood harsh punishment throughout the years,” The Acacia Strain says, “but it has never witnessed this.” Tickets for both the fest and the entire are on sale now.

Two days before the Worcester fest, The Acacia Strain play NYC’s Irving Plaza on August 21. All dates are listed below.

About The Acacia Strain’s new album, Vincent said, “During the writing and recording process I felt the full gamut of emotions. I was back and forth to the studio what feels like 100 times. Fortunately Randy was there with me every step of the way – the acacia strain wouldn’t be where we are right now without him. I am confident we have done more than we expected, and I am happy with what came out on the other side. I laughed, I cried (literally during certain vocal takes), I went sicko mode, and I ate airheads. It’s angry, it’s sad, it’s a little ridiculous; it’s pure TAS. Welcome to the existential depressive low fantasy era.”

In related news: Tribal Gaze recently announced that they signed to Nuclear Blast and their sophomore album is recorded, so hopefully we’ll hear more about that by the time this tour begins. Ingrown recently released their new album Idaho on Closed Casket Activities and made us a fun, multi-genre list of albums to dirt bike to. No Cure swept in at the tail-end of 2024 with one of our favorite hardcore releases of the year, a concept EP on SharpTone Records called I Hope I Die Here. Age of Apocalypse also have a new album on the way and we featured its recent single featuring High Vis’ Graham Sayle in our list of the best punk songs of April.

The Acacia Strain — 2025 Tour Dates
with Bodysnatcher, Ingrown, No Cure and Tribal Gaze:
07/29 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
07/30 Joliet, IL – The Forge
07/31 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
08/01 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
08/02 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
08/03 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
08/05 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
08/06 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
08/07 Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
08/08 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
08/09 San Diego, CA – Soma
08/10 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
08/12 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
08/13 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
08/15 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
08/16 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven)
08/17 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
08/19 Richmond, VA – Canal Club
08/20 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
08/21 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
08/22 Philadelphia, PA – TLA

08/23 Worcester, MA – The Palladium (‘New England Sadness & Failure Festival’)