Continent is the fourth studio album from the metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...

. Recording began on April 13, 2008 and it was released August 19, 2008 via Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...

. Frontman Vincent Bennett also spoke to MTV News about the band's forthcoming LP, saying it was the band's "darkest" effort to date.

The album debuted at #107 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Billboards Heatseeker Chart with first week sales of almost 5,600.

Track listing

1. "Skynet
   SkyNET
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   " - 4:22
2. "Seaward"- 4:15
3. "Dr. Doom"- 2:26
4. "Forget-Me-Now"- 2:43
5. "Cthulhu
   Cthulhu
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   "- 3:27
6. "Baby Buster"- 4:18
7. "Balboa Towers" - 4:36
8. "JFC" - 2:56
9. "Kraken
   Kraken
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   " - 2:41
10. "The Combine" - 2:02
11. "The Behemoth
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    " - 6:37

Bonus tracks from the vinyl edition:

1. "Global Warming
   Global warming
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   " - 2:55
2. "Stay Puft" - 3:15

Personnel

The Acacia Strain

• Vincent Bennett - vocals
• DL Laskiewicz - lead/rhythm guitars, programming
• Jack Strong - bass guitar
• Kevin Boutot - drums, percussion

Artwork

• Paul Romano

Production

• Chris "Zeuss" Harris

Guest Vocals

• Human Furnace - guest vocals on "Baby Buster"

Trivia

• Several of the albums tracks refer to the television show Arrested Development:
  • Seaward (name of GOB's boat)
  • Forget-Me-Now (name of GOB's date-rape drug)
  • Baby Buster (Buster's Nickname)
  • Balboa Towers (name of Lucille's Mansion Community)
• Track #8, JFC, is an abbreviation for "Jesus Fucking Christ"
• The final 3 lines of "Skynet" are a reference to the message board on Lambgoat.com
• An internet rumor circulated stating that lyrics on the first track, "Skynet", were written about the band Emmure
  Emmure
  Emmure is an American band formed in 2003, originally based in Connecticut, but now residing in Queens, New York. The group has a total of seven releases...
  
  and how they have allegedly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennett has denied this on stage numerous times. Regardless, Emmure responded to plagiarism claims in their song "R2DEEPTHROAT".