Unloved (album)

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Unloved
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Studio album by
Frontierer
Released27 July 2018
StudioOutlier Sound in Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre Mathcore
Length56:23
Producer Pedram Valiani
Frontierer chronology
Orange Mathematics
(2015)		Unloved
(2018)		Oxidized
(2021)

Unloved is the second studio album by Scottish band Frontierer. On 27 July 2018, it was released independently through the group's Bandcamp account. [1] The album drew critical attention for its harshness and unrelenting tone. [2] [3] [4] Unloved was preceded by the digital singles titled, "Tumoric" and "Glitcher" in May and June respectively. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
KillYourStereo.com90/100 [8]
Metal Storm 8.3/10 [9]
New-Transcendence9.5/10 [10]

Joe Smith-Engelhardt of Exclaim! praised Unloved's aggression and "masterfully" executed breakdowns, writing, "If you're a fan of brutal beatdown riffs and demented experimental metal with a hardcore touch, Unloved is a necessary listen". [2] Rolling Stone's Christopher R. Weingarten also lauded the album's unrelenting harshness, describing it positively as "a hailstorm where time-signature confusion meets shrill noise-rock affects". [3] Metal Storm wrote that the aggression of the album was admirable, but criticized the running time for being too long and ultimately, unsustainable. [9] Daniel Cordova of Metal Injection wrote, "This album is nothing but breakdowns and chaos. It features some of the most fascinating and abrasive sounds I've heard on a record in a long, long time. The sounds on this hurt my brain almost as much as the band's name hurts my mouth to say." [11]

Accolades

YearPublicationAccoladeRankRef.
2018 Exclaim! "Exclaim!'s Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums"8 [2]
Rolling Stone "20 Best Metal Albums of 2018"17 [3]

Track listing

All music written, composed, and produced by Frontierer [12]

No.TitleLength
1."Tumoric"3:31
2."Gower St."4:31
3."Fluorescent Nights"4:30
4."Designer Chemtrails"3:45
5."Glitcher"3:54
6."Heartless 101"5:24
7."The Destruction Artist"3:15
8."Unloved & Oxidized"5:34
9."Bombgnasher"4:09
10."Electric Gag"3:48
11."The Sound of the Dredge in Deathcount Woods"3:22
12."Neon Barnacle"3:46
13."Darkside Moonstroll"3:42
14."Reprogrammed Dawn"2:58
Total length:56:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from Unloved liner notes [12]

Frontierer

Additional personnel

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