Guitarist Daniel "Dl" Laskiewicz (pictured below), who has been writing music for Massachusetts metallers The Acacia Strain but hasn't toured with the band for several years, will not be part of the creative team on the group's future albums.

Says Laskiewicz in a posting on his Facebook page: "Well, if you haven't noticed, I haven't played a show with The Acacia Strain in years and I've just been writing the music for them. I've been informed today that they will continue on without me, meaning shows and writing albums. This is totally understandable and I wish the band the best. I'll be around, as I'm still recording and producing and also have another project in the works. So once again, I Will Not be writing for The Acacia Strain anymore. It's been fun tas, later!"

During The Acacia Strain's tenure with Prosthetic Records, the band released four acclaimed studio albums — two of which, 2008's "Continent" and 2010's "Wormwood", cracked the Billboard chart — as well as a Top 10 live Dvd. To commemorate the end of an era, Prosthetic has assembled "Money For Nothing", a compilation of rarities, B-sides and previously unheard tracks by the band. The six-track release, which was released on February 19, was made available as a specially priced digital Ep and a limited-edition digipak.

"Death Is The Only Mortal", the latest album from The Acacia Strain, sold 8,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 50 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on October 9, 2012 via Rise Records, the Cd was produced by Laskiewicz at his Western Massachusetts studio.