Quest For Fire
by Skrillex
  • Record Label: OWSLA
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2023
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
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  1. andrescuevas262
    Feb 19, 2023
    9
    A very good album with a lot of experimental sounds, makes it feel like an old skrillex but with more knowledge about music
  2. nerquila
    Feb 19, 2023
    9
    It takes the meme out of dubstep while pushing the genre forward in an exciting direction.
  3. ScreenScraggy22
    Feb 17, 2023
    4
    The entire album is trying to be carried by the features because the production is just so empty and lifeless, people like to call skrillex a production god but he is not showing it making all these tracks with empty trap beats and 0 passion in them. There are a couple good songs carried by the collaborators but that's it.
  4. DivineHybridd
    Feb 18, 2023
    4
    This album is just soulless. Cramming as many features as possible might carry it. There's a couple good songs (Personally I like Hydrate, Rumble, Tears, and Ratatat). Sonny could've done so much better for someone so acclaimed in the EDM world. This album while it has a few outliers, is about as consistent as tap water
  5. beegcock
    Feb 20, 2023
    0
    pure garbage, the novelty already wore off
    pure garbage, the novelty already wore off
    pure garbage, the novelty already wore off
    pure garbage, the novelty already wore off
  6. Amoax10m4r4
    Feb 21, 2023
    10
    Más alla de la primera impresión, todos los sonidos están bien producidos, al igual que DGTC.
    Es normal, no entender el álbum a primera vista, porque es algo nuevo, pero llega a ser un muy buen trabajo con vista hacia el futuro.
  7. Mhart9
    Feb 21, 2023
    9
    Getting into electronic music around the time Skrillex released his first album, I was intrigued by the heavier side of the genre. As I got older I grew out of that sound, but hearing this album brought me back to that same excited feeling. It has a much more laid back sound then his earlier stuff, and that’s why I vibe with it so much. It’s something I can put on wherever and get thoseGetting into electronic music around the time Skrillex released his first album, I was intrigued by the heavier side of the genre. As I got older I grew out of that sound, but hearing this album brought me back to that same excited feeling. It has a much more laid back sound then his earlier stuff, and that’s why I vibe with it so much. It’s something I can put on wherever and get those subtle “wubz” that I used to enjoy so much, while getting an impressively clean mix, and a more modern sound.… Expand
  8. Saadfather20
    Feb 22, 2023
    10
    A great follow up to Recess. Skrillex is dubstep back to its roots and showing off his immaculate sound design. I appreciate the collaborations he has throughout the album (porter robinson, fred again, four tet, noisia, joker, etc...). I feel this may be another project by Skrillex that heavily impacts and influences the EDM genre. Can't wait to see what is next for Sonny
  9. reznov77
    Feb 25, 2023
    10
    For me one of the best albums ever made. The pandemic may have impacted the launch plans... Skrillex is the real GOAT

    If you are looking for sound design and true quality, this is it.

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    Mar 6, 2023
    70
    The tracks on Quest for Fire go for instant dancefloor gratification, but they're far more refined and nuanced than the brostep ragers that made Skrillex a household name in the early 2010s.
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  2. Resident Advisor
    Feb 27, 2023
    50
    Listening to the album feels like opening a time capsule to the early and mid-10s, a period marked by a cheesy, over-the-top hedonism that might only be truly understood if you survived the Great Recession and saw Obama become president twice. ... It's easier to get behind Quest For Fire when Moore's dubstep influences are subtler.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Feb 22, 2023
    70
    Perhaps some of this record suffers from thin songwriting but the drops, so clearly the main attraction here, are characterful, razor-sharp and banging.
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