Nequient - Avarice CD

"Avarice is a nerve-flayed, teeth-grinding listen that captures the low-grade panic and spiritual exhaustion of modern life with alarming precision. Rather than settling for dime-a-dozen mathcore spasms or rote metallic bludgeoning, the Chicago crew stitches together dissonance, groove, chaos, and razor-wire technicality into something far more purposeful." - Angry Metal Guy

"Avarice is not just angrier, but much stranger than what the band has done before. The NEQUIENT sound can best be described as a collision of DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN hardcore, tech-death extremity, and a kind of VOIVODish nervousness and anxiety. [...] Technical without being pretentious, brutal without being mindless, and just plain mean, Avarice is the best NEQUIENT yet. For Christ’s sake, get on the case!" - Wormwood Chronicles

"Do you like your metal weird and unpredictable? Then spin this one. [...] Avarice feels like a stream of consciousness rage session from a band who are reading each other’s minds. [...] The listening experience is both cathartic and exhausting." - Heavy Metal Philosophy

"Super metal. Cookie monster vocals, hyper riffs and pounding, mathematical rhythms. If Sesame Street wants to prove its merit, let's see The Count follow along with these jams. Absolute abuse of the mind, body and soul. This is technical and massive." - Monuments in Ruin

"NEQUIENT have shown a vast improvement in their performances and songwriting on Avarice. Their technical skills are sharper than ever. The production and overall quality of this record bring it to life nearly as much as their impressive stage presence, and their barbed attacks against political and capitalistic oppression, genocidal and warmongering lunatics, and religious hypocrisy echo the sentiments of the rightfully pissed off, informed, and compassionate masses with all of the focused rage of the best hardcore bands, albeit with an ever shifting metallic edge. Despite the righteous fury, Avarice is the most fun record I’ve heard this year and should rightfully ascend NEQUIENT to one of the most recognizable metal bands in Chicago and the whole of the United States." - Everything Is Noise

"I don’t really know what’s cooler: the amount of work and dedication that was put into sourcing the sets for this video, the amount of attention needed to actually make it, or the absolutely killer music that it’s set to… It’s a veritable cornucopia of grind and camp aesthetics, all blending into one excellent whole." - Heavy Blog Is Heavy

"Framed as a furious response to modern decay, the band have positioned the record as both a sonic and ideological assault." - Metal Injection

"Desde de todo empieza con “Mad King / Fool” y termina con “Stochastic Terror”, por muchos momentos se siente una gran influencia de Brutal Truth, con esa idea de riffs pesados como pared e ideas más extremas a nivel general, porque desde que empieza el disco se siente como una máquina de violencia brutal y directa, donde como se dijo, son músicos de alto nivel para cambiar el tempo en segundos." - Metallerium

"Intentionally crafting tumultuous, disorganized sounding songs, [NEQUIENT] deliver alarmingly authentic portrayals of the vexation and cognitive dissonance caused by a system that methodically dismantles what individuals personally value, justifying it with contradictory arguments. The staggering amount of aberrant material packed into less than three quarters of an hour creates a mind-bending experience, offering listeners who share these frustrations a powerful outlet for expression, while also providing an opportunity to listen to a grindcore band unlike any other." - Asphyxium Zine