#346: The Acacia Strain's Devin Shidaker

The Acacia Strain guitarist Devin Shidaker is our guest this week.
We discuss releasing two albums in one year and the choice to
surprise-release It Comes In Waves, why they need to take chances
to keep their sound fresh instead of repeating past formats that
worked, how streams are more important to the band than actual
album sales, and the honor system with fans who buy physical
copies. We also talk about current events exhaustion, the backlash
against peers in hardcore and metal when they say something
ignorant on social media, the current unfriend me atmosphere of
people with different opinions, how his girlfriend testing positive
for Covid-19 changed his view of current news programming, all the
recent headlines involving System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan,
and how difficult it will be to change the culture of police in
America. Petar, Brandon, and Jozalyn discuss the recent episode of
The MetalSucks Quarantinecast with Iced Earth's Jon Schaffer, the
need for people to be "right" without facts, how speculation can
become facts to people these days, and why everyone needs to see
White Men Can’t Jump. Songs: The Acacia Strain - "Solace and
Serenity," "Seeing God (Featuring Aaron Heard from Jesus Piece),"
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