British melodic metalcore band Acres have announced a deluxe edition of their latest album “The Host“. This newly reconfigured take of that record follows a September 2025 release of an expanded edition. This presumably final collection of tracks for “The Host” will arrive through Solid State on November 06th and incorporate their “What It’s Like To Feel Worthless” EP, along with additional bonus tracks.
A cover of HIM‘s 2003 track “Buried Alive By Love” has just been shared from this edition, with a visualizer available below. As for the extent of the bonus material included this time around, here’s what’s new:
“Leave You To Rot“
“A Different Shade Of Misery“
“Lost“
“Deadweight“
“Lost” (Acoustic)
“Buried Alive By Love” (HIM cover)
“Bloodlust” (deletetheinternet re-wire)
“Staring At The Sun” (Acoustic)
“Not So Different” (Live in Munich)
“Built to Bleed” (Live in Munich)
Vocalist Ben Lumber commented of once again beefing up this record:
“‘The Host‘ has always felt closely connected to the ‘What It’s Like to Feel Worthless‘ EP, so doing a deluxe version felt like the perfect way to bring those two worlds together and close out this era of the band. We loved the idea of putting everything into one record, but also giving people something new with the additional tracks and different versions of songs.
We’ve always been into reworking our music whether that’s stripping a song back, a live version, or letting it exist in a completely different way. As music fans ourselves, we’ve always loved when bands give you another side of a record you already know, so it felt right to do that with ‘The Host‘.”
Speaking on why the band chose to cover this HIM track, he offered:
“When we were planning a cover, HIM were instantly the first band that came to mind. They’ve been such a huge part of my life and honestly one of the main reasons I ever wanted to be in a band. When I was younger, my friends and I would spend hours in the garage learning and playing HIM songs so getting to bring ‘Buried Alive By Love‘ into the world of Acres all these years later feels like a proper full circle moment. It’s our way of paying respect to a band that had a massive part in shaping who I am as a musician.”
You can presave this latest edition of the album via acres.ffm.to/thehostdeluxe. The band’s immediate touring plans with Thousand Below, VCTMS and Lost In Separation include:
09/12 Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
09/14 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Event Center
09/15 Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
09/19 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
09/20 Norfolk, VA – The Annex
09/22 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
09/23 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
09/26 Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
09/27 Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall
09/29 Albany, NY – Empire Live
09/30 Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance
10/02 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
10/03 Indianapolis, IN – Turntable
10/04 Springfield, MO – The Regency Live
10/06 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
10/08 Henderson, NV – Grey Witch
10/09 Pomona, CA – The Glass House Concert Hall
