Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. May 31, 2012
    89
    This is dirty, dusty, disintegrated bay-music at its best.
  2. Like a rare, truly-great creepshow, it's the type of harrowing ride I want to experience again and again.
  3. Mar 14, 2012
    80
    The Horror makes for a largely relentless, immersive listening experience.
  4. Jan 31, 2012
    80
    From the album's onset, you're treated to both the abrasive and the profane.
  5. Jan 26, 2012
    80
    As an unsettling exercise in pop terrorism, The Horror is a rare treat.
  6. Jan 26, 2012
    80
    The Horror is a highly effective album because of how its sense of doom infects you.
  7. Jan 26, 2012
    80
    The Horror's assault is quite capable of speaking for itself, and that's what makes it so memorable.
  8. Feb 15, 2012
    77
    The Horror is one of the label's most tenacious offerings yet.
  9. Mar 5, 2012
    76
    The lack of "slower" numbers doesn't really feel like a valid criticism, though, especially when the band really are at their best when they're riding a burst energy.
  10. Feb 3, 2012
    75
    It's The Horror's dirgey digressions that actually best showcase his cold-blooded character.
  11. Feb 10, 2012
    70
    In all its abrasive, atonal, and grotesquely depraved glory, The Horror brings some overdue edge and mayhem to the scene.
  12. Jan 26, 2012
    60
    The band's free-form style of playing is every bit as anti-musical and explosive as '70s no wave, making for a savage listen.
  13. Under The Radar
    Mar 21, 2012
    50
    You want it to be better, to infuse some of the precision and fire of those [proto-industrial 80's] predecessors - but it lags. [Mar 2012, p.87]

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