Existential Reckoning

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]

Existential Reckoning
Studio album by Puscifer
Released	October 30, 2020
Recorded	2020
Studio	Puscifer Studios, North Hollywood, CA and The Bunker, Jerome, AZ
Genre	Industrial rock alternative rock electronic[1]
Length	60:01
Label	Alchemy BMG
Producer	Mat Mitchell, Puscifer
Puscifer chronology
Money Shot Your Re-Load (2016) Existential Reckoning (2020) Existential Reckoning: ReWired (2023)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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

Publications' year-end list appearances for Existential Reckoning

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

Existential Reckoning track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

All tracks are written by Puscifer.

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)	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