Existential Reckoning

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Existential Reckoning
Puscifer Existential Reckoning.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2020
Recorded2020
StudioPuscifer Studios, North Hollywood, CA and The Bunker, Jerome, AZ
Genre
Length60:01
Label
Producer Mat Mitchell, Puscifer
Puscifer chronology
Money Shot Your Re-Load
(2016)
Existential Reckoning
(2020)
Existential Reckoning: Rewired
(2022)

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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

Publications' year-end list appearances for Existential Reckoning
Critic/PublicationListRankRef.
Consequence of Sound Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 202027 [8]
Revolver Top 25 Albums of 202019 [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

Existential Reckoning track listing
No.TitleLength
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

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Existential Reckoning
Chart (2020)Peak
position
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

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