Unparalleled Universe

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Unparalleled Universe
UnparalleledUniverseOrigin.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2017 (US), [1]
RecordedChapman Studios (Lenexa, Kansas) in February 2017
Genre Technical death metal
Length40:54
Label Nuclear Blast (US), Agonia Records (EU)
Producer Robert Rebeck
Origin chronology
Omnipresent
(2014)
Unparalleled Universe
(2017)
Chaosmos
(2022)

Unparalleled Universe is the seventh studio album by American technical death metal band Origin. The album was first announced in May 2017, with a release date a month after. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
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Ghost CultStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Olivier Badin of Metal Hammer praised the album as a " technical and brutal death metal tour de force", but criticized the second half of the track Unequivocal for "being basically just anoutro more than anything else." [4] Greg Pratt of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles spoke highly of the album for its energy. In particular, he praised the album's opening track Infinitesimal to the Infinite for having "an absurd amount of zest and passion, and swirling tech-death riffs to die for." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Infinitesimal to the Infinite"2:23
2."Accident and Error"3:41
3."Cascading Failures, Diminishing Returns"4:19
4."Mithridatic"3:13
5."Truthslayer"2:07
6."Invariance Under Transformation"4:36
7."Dajjal"2:34
8."A Burden of Prescience"4:02
9."Unequivocal"9:54
10."Revolución" (Brujeria cover)4:05
Total length:40:54

Personnel

Origin
Production

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References

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  5. 1 2 Pratt, Greg (2017-08-11). "ORIGIN - Unparalleled Universe". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles .
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