Unloved (album)

Unloved is the second studio album by Scottish band Frontierer. On 27 July 2018, it was released independently through the group's Bandcamp account.^[2] The album drew critical attention for its harshness and unrelenting tone.^[3][4][5] Unloved was preceded by the digital singles titled, "Tumoric" and "Glitcher" in May and June respectively.^[6][7][8]

Unloved
Studio album by Frontierer
Released	27 July 2018
Studio	Outlier Sound in Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre	Mathcore extreme metal[1]
Length	56:23
Producer	Pedram Valiani
Frontierer chronology
Orange Mathematics (2015) Unloved (2018) Oxidized (2021)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	8.3/10[9]
New-Transcendence	9.5/10[10]
The Music	[1]

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".^[3] 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".^[4] 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

Year	Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
2018	Exclaim!	"Exclaim!'s Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums"	8	[3]
	Rolling Stone	"20 Best Metal Albums of 2018"	17	[4]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
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

• Pedram Valiani – guitars, production, writing, recording, mixing
• Chad Kapper – vocals
• Owen Hughes – drums
• Dan Stevenson – guitars
• Calum Craig – bass

Additional personnel

• Brad Boatright – mastering
• Meld – design
• Justine Jones – additional performance
• Sammy Urwin – additional performance
• Michael Dafferner – additional performance
• Greg Kubacki – additional performance