Existential Reckoning is the fourth studio album by Puscifer. The album was released on October 30, 2020, by Alchemy Recordings and BMG Rights Management.
Critical reception
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.
Accolades + Publications' year-end list appearances for Existential ReckoningCritic/PublicationListRankRef. Consequence of Sound Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 202027 Revolver Top 25 Albums of 2020 19
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.
Track listing
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 performance for Existential Reckoning Chart (2020) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 92
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