LAKE ACACIA’s Post-Hardcore Industrial Juggernaut, Tear You Down, Fuels the Fire of Revolution –

The prolific hit-making post-hardcore duo, LAKE ACACIA, has delivered some of their hardest, hypersonic blows to date in their latest single, Tear You Down.

If you weren’t already salivating for an insurrection before hitting play, expect your hunger for a revolution to grow ravenous as you’re adrenalised by the insurgent synthesis of metalcore, groove metal and industrial. Alternatively, if you’ve been complacent about the atrocious state of reality, anticipate being slapped into your senses by the riling earworm which lays out vocal hooks like landmines in the melodic breaks and through the lyrics which resonate with piercing clarity through the mechanised, cacophonous instrumentals.

Tear You Down makes Marilyn Manson’s Fight Song, and subsequently Faith No More’s Be Aggressive sound wilted; flimsy in the face of this future-forward riot of fortitude. The bass-driven heft hits with colossal force, while unrestrained drumming, synth layers, strings, electronics and percussive textures turn the track into a cinematic demolition site with a militant heartbeat. Towering vocals rich with harmony and emotion sit at the centre, proving how LAKE ACACIA can balance brute-force impact with atmosphere. As a two-piece operating far beyond genre lines, their sound has become monolithic; far too towering for arbitrary genre parameters to cage.

Tear You Down is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast