Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. Oct 22, 2012
    90
    Vast and breathtaking, RIITIIR is simply stellar.
  2. Nov 13, 2012
    80
    RIITIIR is a complex, schizophrenic work, verging on the overly sensorial at points, leaving the listener feeling as if they've been repeatedly bashed over the head with a really clever hammer.
  3. Kerrang!
    Oct 22, 2012
    80
    Once again, Enslaved have produced music that kicks slavish notions of genre limitations into touch. [29 Sep 2012, p.54]
  4. Oct 22, 2012
    64
    A restless and sometimes laborious album that attempts to spotlight all of Enslaved's parts in one very overbearing package.
  5. Oct 22, 2012
    60
    Unfortunately, every song ends up sounding too similar, even as the band breaks, as always, from black metal's norms.
  6. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    40
    It delivers patches of sheer brilliance, but the overwhelming urge is to ask them to cut to the chase. [Dec 2012, p.109]
User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Awaiting 2 more ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Jun 13, 2013
    10
    Phenomenal album. Breaks every expectation of what Black Metal should, and can, be. Don't confuse apparent repetition of song structures onPhenomenal album. Breaks every expectation of what Black Metal should, and can, be. Don't confuse apparent repetition of song structures on this album for unoriginality here. Instead, it's Enslaved simply proving their dominance in the genre they spend all other parts of the album redefining. Full Review »