Existential Reckoning
2020 studio album by Puscifer
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Existential Reckoning is the fourth studio album by Puscifer. The album was released on October 30, 2020, by Alchemy Recordings and BMG Rights Management.[2][3]
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| Released | October 30, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
| Studio | Puscifer Studios, North Hollywood, California and The Bunker, Jerome, Arizona | |||
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| Length | 60:01 | |||
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| Producer | Mat Mitchell, Puscifer | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Consequence of Sound | B+[6] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5[7] |
Existential Reckoning received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 7 reviews.[4]
Accolades
| Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence of Sound | Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 2020 | 27 | [8] |
| Revolver | Top 25 Albums of 2020 | 19 | [9] |
Commercial performance
Existential Reckoning debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard Top Alternative Albums chart with over 11,000 album-equivalent units, of which 9000 units were pure sales.[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Puscifer.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Bread and Circus" | 6:28 |
| 2. | "Apocalyptical" | 5:22 |
| 3. | "The Underwhelming" | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Grey Area" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Theorem" | 5:04 |
| 6. | "UPGrade" | 4:53 |
| 7. | "Bullet Train to Iowa" | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Personal Prometheus" | 7:25 |
| 9. | "A Singularity" | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Postulous" | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Fake Affront" | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Bedlamite" | 4:50 |
| Total length: | 60:01 | |
Personnel
Puscifer
- Maynard James Keenan – vocals
- Mat Mitchell – Fairlight (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9–12), Voyager (1, 8), Juno-60 (1), bass guitar (1, 3, 7, 12), programming (1), 2600 (2, 8–10), synthesizers (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12), Steinberger (3, 5–8, 11, 12), Quantum (4), Synclavier (5, 10), MS-20 (8), S900 (9), Chapman Stick (11)
- Carina Round – vocals, Fairlight (4, 5, 9, 10), Akai S612 (5, 10)
Additional musicians
- Greg Edwards – bass guitar (1, 3–6, 8–12), guitar (1, 2, 7, 8), Deckard's Dream (3, 5), violin (6), sitar (7), synthesizers (9, 11, 12), Synclavier (10)
- Sarah Jones – drums (2–7, 9–12)
- Gunnar Olsen – drums (7, 8)
Technical personnel
- Mat Mitchell – producer, engineer, mixing
- Puscifer – producer
- Carina Round – additional engineering
- Greg Edwards – additional engineering
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 92 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 57 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] | 45 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 65 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] | 13 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[16] | 12 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] | 7 |