''Slow Decay'' is the tenth studio album by American metal band

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. It was released on July 24, 2020, through Rise Records, though originally scheduled for release a week earlier, on July 17. 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". Guest vocalists in the album include Aaron Heard ( Jesus Piece), Jess Nyx (Mortality Rate), Zach Hatfield (Left Behind), and

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). 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'' and '' 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.

Track listing

Personnel

The Acacia Strain

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– lead vocals * Kevin Boutot – drums * Devin Shidaker – lead guitar, programming, backing vocals * Tom Smith, Jr. – rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Griffin Landa – bass

Additional personnel

* Aaron Heard ( Jesus Piece) – 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" *

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) – vocals on "One Thousand Painful Stings"

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Acacia Strain albums 2020 albums Rise Records albums