Acres Stream Premiere Their Cover Of HIM's "Buried Alive By Love" - Deluxe Edition Of "The Host" Announced

British melodic metalcore band Acres have unveiled plans for a deluxe edition of their latest album “The Host“. This revamped incarnation follows the release of an expanded edition in September 2025. Likely serving as the final “The Host” collection, the new version will arrive through Solid State on November 06th and fold in their “What It’s Like To Feel Worthless” EP alongside a selection of additional bonus material.

A rendition of HIM‘s 2003 song “Buried Alive By Love” has now emerged from the deluxe edition, accompanied by a visualizer available below.

The newly added material includes:

“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)

Frontman Ben Lumber commented on further expanding the album:

“‘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‘.”

Discussing the decision to tackle the HIM classic, he added:

“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 the latest version 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